Everyone loves Target, but what we don’t love is their toxic thermal receipt paper. Target coats their receipt paper with a hormone-disrupting chemical called bisphenol-S (BPS) that easily gets onto your hands and into your body. Independent scientists are very concerned about the exposure rates that thermal receipt paper has on humans. It’s said that thermal…
When was the last time you went to Target and only bought what you intended to buy? Target is a favorite store for millions of Americans who enter only intending to spend $30 and end up with over $250 worth of things by the time they get to the car. People love Target because it’s…
As a busy parent, I know how frustrating it can be to walk into your kitchen and feel like it’s in complete disarray. As an area that your family is spending hours in each day, it’s fair to want (and expect) for it to be well organized, easy to navigate, and easy for everyone in…
Lotion can be essential to soft, comfortable skin, but conventional products are full of toxic ingredients that can cause endocrine-disruption and all sorts of allergies. Some of the most hazardous ingredients are carcinogens and neurotoxic compounds. Yikes! We’ve already tackled the main ingredients to avoid in personal care products, but now we’re focusing on lotions…
Today it was reported that Anthony Bourdain committed suicide and the first reaction is sadness as we lose one of the best storytellers of our generation. And right away the news is abuzz about things like gun control, the rise in opioids, depression and a lack of federal mental health programs for adult suicide prevention.…
Disposable plastic straws are very small in size, but they pose a massive threat to the planet. Why? It’s all in the numbers. We use and toss 500,000,000 disposable straws every single day here in the US. In the drive-through, at the coffee shop, during dinner out — that’s right, 182 BILLION straws a year.…
When summertime is here and it gets hot, of course, you want to swim in the pool. But what about all the chemicals they put in conventional pools? Too much chlorine can be a problem. Although we naturally produce chlorine inside our body, too much chlorine is linked to digestive problems, vitamin and mineral malabsorption,…
Just when you thought that organic TV dinner was a good idea, a study published in the journal Environment International released shocking information about what is inside black plastics. It draws attention to our circular economy of plastics and the recycling of plastic where we use plastic, throw it away, and then recycle it into…
Just when you thought it was those french fries making you fat, an organization representing thousands of endocrinologists, aka medical doctors specializing in the body’s hormonal system, announced in a press conference they blame hormone-disrupting chemicals on an increase of obesity rates worldwide. Okay, now you have my attention. *puts down french fries* Hormone-disrupting chemicals are…
When the heat comes, so do the bugs. Summer fun can bring insects that love to bug you indoors and outdoors. But before you go head out to find a pesticide to deal with the situation, take a look at our latest product investigation on pest control. Most conventional pesticides are problematic because they contain…
Touching thermal receipt paper is a major contributor to your body’s intake of toxic chemicals BPA & BPS. These chemicals are from the bisphenol family and are classified as hormone disruptors because they can disrupt your everyday hormonal processes. And they are common, like really common. In fact, over 93% of the population tests positive…
The World Health Organization studied air quality around the world and declared 92% of the world is breathing dangerous amounts of pollutants. And this becomes dangerous when you consider how many people each year are killed by symptoms of air pollution–9 million. That means air pollution kills more people than wars, obesity, smoking, and malnutrition combined.…
Most deodorants are full of toxic & hormone-disrupting chemicals. Nontoxic deodorant options are important for anyone who is trying to reduce the toxic load on their body. Are you looking for a more natural deodorant? Then don’t ask anyone working in the conventional cosmetic industry what is safe because you’ll get talking points from this organization.…
Did you know a green thumb and dirt under the nails can help alleviate depression? Studies show that gardening can make you feel happy in more than one way. Not only are you introducing healthy microbes from the soil into your life that add to the beneficial flora inside and outside your body, but you…
Are you looking for safe personal care products? There’s a simple way to figure out which personal care products are safer inside your bathroom cabinet. And this trick is useful about 85% of the time. Join Leah Segedie of Mamavation and Amy Ziff, Executive Director and Founder of MADE SAFE, for a discussion about the…
Just when you thought humanity was safe, another shocker has surfaced from the bowels of the chemical industry. Women’s Voices from the Earth has published a review on an industry panel that creates a monumental loophole for the chemical industry you can drive a Mack truck through. This panel makes decisions regarding our health without…
Just when you thought you’d get a break from learning how incredibly awful BPA is, a new study comes out that has every mom of young girls concerned…and for good reason. According to a new study, BPA linked to early puberty in girls has been published. To get more specific, BPA has been linked to a condition…
Babies feel like they need a lot of stuff. As a first-time mom (or even second, third, fourth, etc.) it is easy to feel like you need to accumulate so many “critical” things but when you are debating wipe warmers and and 3rd rocking contraption it is time to step back and think what do…