SIGG has posted a number of files with test results of their old and new liners, along with several other types of reusable bottles. The main points are:
* Old liners contained “trace amounts” of BPA but have been tested to be non-leaching, which is pretty good news. PDF files of the test results are here [...]
Categories: health
Tags: bpa, food, health, integrity, non-toxic living, school lunch, shopping, Whole Foods
How disappointing to learn that SIGG bottle liners have contained bisphenol-A (BPA) all along – up until August of last year, when the company debuted their new BPA-free eco-liner.
CEO Steve Wasik has posted a “bulletin” finally letting us in on the secret. Meanwhile suspicions about BPA’s adverse effects (I first heard of them in 2003) [...]
Categories: health Tags: bpa, ewg, food, health, integrity, kids, non-toxic living, school lunch, shopping
Ever since sandal season started, The Girl has been asking to paint her nails. Since I’m notoriously picky when it comes chemicals and kids, I’d been dragging my feet on the pedicure of her dreams.
Although many nail polish formulations are now “Big 3 Free” (i.e.,no formaldehyde, toluene, DBP/pthalates), other unsafe ingredients remain fairly common in [...]
Categories: Personal care Tags: beauty, cosmetics, coupon, kids, nail poilish, non-toxic living, shopping
The other day I stopped at the hardware store to buy a garden hose. This should have been a 5-minute trip, but have you ever been garden hose shopping? There was an entire aisle of them. Blue ones, gray, white, and all shades of green. And lengths and special features, like non-kinking… Who knew?!
Confounded over [...]
My little munchkin will be off to kindergarten in September, and she asks about it every other day. In her excitement to eat lunch at school, she’s already tested out her PlanetBox – a surprisingly fun and stylish stainless-steel lunch tray.
I’ve been trying to purge plastic from our kitchen due to concerns about BPA [...]
Earlier I blogged about some safe sunscreens based on the results of the EWG sunscreen report. I purchased some Sun Science Organic Daily Wear SPF 30 due to its “recommended” profile and a quick review of the posted ingredients. However, on receiving the product, I saw that methylparaben and propylparaben (suspected hormone disruptors) are used [...]
Categories: Personal care health Tags: beauty, ewg, integrity, non-toxic living, organic labeling, sunscreens
Over the years, I’ve found myself working my way up from the bottom of the “Hierarchy of Milk.” From best to worst in terms of what’s healthy for humans, humane for animals, and good for the environment:
1. Raw organic milk
2. Organic pasteurized milk
3. Organic ultra-pasteurized milk or no-rBST pasteurized milk
( I think these are pretty [...]
Categories: food Tags: agriculture, Cornucopia Institute, farming, food, health, locavore, Milk, non-toxic living, organic labeling, Sustainability, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods
Soléo Organics SPF 30 is another EWG-rated sunscreen I’ve been trying out this summer. It comes in a green tube and lists zinc-oxide (22.3%) as its active ingredient. The other main ingredients are grapeseed oil and sunflower oil, which kind of puts the “oleo” in Soléo.
Named one of ELLE magazine’s “top organic makeup, skincare, and [...]
As if it’s not enough to remember to put on sunscreen every morning… Now we know that chemicals found in some sunscreens – including major brands such as Neutrogena, Banana Boat, and Coppertone – contain chemical agents that can disrupt hormones and potentially cause cancer.
Sunscreens are a product worth thinking twice about because we rely [...]
Seems that medications in that we put in our bodies (and into the sewage system) are coming back in our tap water. Among others, estrogen from oral contraceptives can affect many animal species, even in very small amounts. Read more here from Scientific American.
Earlier today I read Envirothink’s post about cancer in sea lions exposed [...]
