Before you head to Ross, Nordstrom Rack, and Papaya, you may want to take a look at a report recently dropped by the nonprofit Center for Environmental Health about cadmium in jewelry. Cadmium, an incredibly toxic heavy metal that causes cancer and reproductive harm, was found in jewelry sold with women’s dresses and shirts. The public…
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies are hard to ignore online. Women have found a way to have an independent business without having to leave the comfort of their home and we are happy for them. However, which companies are selling products with questionable ingredients? When the cosmetic industry virtually runs itself, it’s paramount for consumers to…
Indoor plants such as the Peace Lily, Fern, and Cheese Plant, require plenty of watering, but can significantly contribute to a healthy living environment. Human beings were born to be outside surrounded by nature, but the urban society in which most people now live only allows them to spend a limited amount of time outdoors.…
Mountains of evidence funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has demonstrated over and over again that bisphenols like BPA are dangerous. And who agrees? The American Academy of Pediatrics. Shockingly, weeks ago the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) held a press conference to say that “BPA is safe!” The problem with this is they…
Unsettling news has been circulating recently about asbestos, a deadly human carcinogen. This toxin is a fibrous mineral used widely throughout the U.S. during much of the 20th century. Even though negative health effects associated with asbestos have been known for over 100 years, asbestos is not banned in the U.S., allowing the toxin to…
How do you feel about the water in your city? Do you have trust in your local water district? If the answers to those questions make your blood boil, you’re not alone. I just found out my water district is adding groundwater to my tap. That would be pretty uneventful if it wasn’t for the partial nuclear…
Weeks ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) came out saying that the way the Feds evaluate food additives puts pregnant women and children in harm’s way. They are referring to things like artificial colors and “indirect additives” coming from packaging materials and processing contamination. But according to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) these…
Tess Holiday, a plus-sized model, is the Septembers 2018 cover girl for Cosmopolitan UK. And the world reacts with high intensity at the idea of a fat girl being a cover model. One side of the aisle reacted with glee about how far the body-positivity movement has come while the other side yelled in disgust…
To escape the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, many have moved out of the City to discover toxic secrets within tap water that is rarely disclosed in their real estate contract. Secrets of a partial nuclear meltdown were covered up from 1959 to 1979. Citizens of Simi Valley didn’t find out until 1989, over…
There is no denying the fact that reducing the amounts of waste generated and protecting our environment from the serious threat that it is posing requires a community effort, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to improve the situation. Seemingly insignificant changes such as switching to cloth bags, reusing stuff, composting, installation of effective waste…
Diapers and wipes are a must for every parent for the first several years of each child’s life. And with all the brands out there, which ones are nontoxic and are void of chemicals that would impact baby’s hormones? We run into trouble though when we begin questioning what those diapers are made of. Most…
Most American children spend five to seven hours a day on electronic devices or watching television. However, too much screen time makes it hard for your children to sleep, raises their risk for attention deficit disorders, and contributes to childhood obesity. If you have a backyard, we’ve got some great DIY projects that are sure…
I don’t know a kid in the world who doesn’t LOVE popsicles. My kids think it’s the most important culinary invention of all time. But really, what’s better than a delicious frozen treat on a hot summer day? The problem is the ingredients found in most freezer pops aren’t safe for children. For this investigation,…
It’s estimated that over 5.9 MILLION children have some type of food allergy. That’s roughly 1 in every 13 children or two per classroom. Experts are shocked not just by that number, but by how fast it has grown. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reports that the prevalence of food allergy in children…
This week I was featured on Fox News affiliate in Los Angeles for their morning show, Good Day LA. Now I’ve been on live television before, but it’s been something like 15 years since I’ve done live television working for the California State Assembly. So I was a little bit rusty, but it came back…
Home pesticide testing is here! That’s important because they just found high levels of glyphosate in some of the most common kid cereals, breast milk, & infant formula. And when it comes to glyphosate, an herbicide that has been found to be dangerous even at “safe” levels, it’s important to ensure that your family is…
Babies are born with particularly vulnerable immune systems, and everything from taking a dose of antibiotics to picking up germs from others at the hospital can have a potentially weakening effect on them. But it’s important for all parents to know that while an infant’s immune system is, indeed, susceptible at this point in life,…
Glyphosate is in the news yet again as the Environmental Working Group releases a study on everyday food products like oat cereals and granola bars that contain dangerous levels of the herbicide glyphosate. And with all the bad press on this dangerous chemical, it seems more people are heeding our indelible warnings. We’re seeing all…