Do I Really Need Organic Produce? We'd all love to feed our little angels an all-organic diet... but who can afford it when organic produce can cost almost 50 percent more? I mean, avocados are currently my daughter's favorite food, and one organic avocado can cost more than a gallon … [Read more...]
Alba’s Honest, Ergo Baby’s Orbit: Why Green Companies Are Found with Concerning Chemicals!
Here we go again. Independent testing found a chemical in a “green” children’s product that the company itself called “toxic”.The Wall Street Journal reports that it found SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) in the Honest Company’s laundry detergent.Similarly, our recent investigation … [Read more...]
How I Found “Cancer-Causing” Flame Retardants In My Child… And In Her ‘Green’ Car Seat
I'm not a particularly green mom. Though, as a consumer reporter I've covered enough studies over the years to know I should try to reduce my child's exposure to concerning chemicals (especially those "known to cause cancer"). It certainly never occurred to me that there might be a … [Read more...]
Want to Test Your Home for Lead, Concerning Chemicals and Flame Retardants? Here’s How.
A new friend recently asked me about testing her child's room for formaldehyde. She noticed that the newly-installed closet in her nursery had a strange order, and she wanted to make sure it was safe. She sent me a link to a formaldehyde test she found on Amazon and asked for my … [Read more...]
Wake The Baby! Don’t Use Car Seats as Stroller Seats
All together now… “That’s unrealistic!”If this was a TV news story, I’d be starting off with a montage of moms rolling their eyes and replying “that’s unrealistic” when I tell them that “the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Green Science … [Read more...]
Orbit Baby Responds to Flame Retardants in Car Seats
The day before publishing "Concerning Chemicals in Orbit Baby and Other Car Seats", I reached out to Orbit for a response to the Ecology Center-Duke University study. Orbit's website claimed its products were “Free Of Brominated Flame Retardants” and other concerning chemicals … [Read more...]
Concerning Chemicals Found in Orbit Baby & Other Car Seats
While picking out car seats two-and-a-half years ago, my husband and I spent a fortune on the Orbit Baby car seat and stroller system solely because we were led to believe there were no concerning chemicals in Orbit Baby.While researching the product (both professionally and … [Read more...]
Nail Polish Chemicals “In” Your Body
Don't you hate it when you realize your dad was right? Here's a quote from mine last night when I sent him a press release titled "Study Finds Toxic Nail Polish Chemical In Women’s Bodies". I have been telling every woman I have known for the last 30 years, but they didn’t … [Read more...]
Chicken Label Myths
The Truth Behind "No Added Hormones" and Other Claims Have you seen the new Foster Farms "skateboarding chicken" commercial that boasts "no added hormones"? It's cute. The two wannabe Foster Farms chickens dress up in skater clothes, hop on boards and cling to the back of a car … [Read more...]
The Sunscreen Debate
Cancer If You Do, Cancer If You Don’t—The Sunscreen Debate Continues. First the Environmental Working Group released its annual sunscreen safety guide, then Consumer Reports published its buying guide and, finally, the blogosphere lit up with backlash over Jessica Alba’s … [Read more...]