How I Found Out about PVC in dishwashers and the dangers it poses to our kids! After having been used for 11 years, my dishwasher died. I wasn’t too sad, as I knew it meant getting one that matched the kitchen a bit better! Because I was preoccupied with the kids, Bill went out to…
Even the skin of Oranges Have Food Dye!? Looking at Each Food Dye Individually
Yesterday I went to the grocery store looking to find the brand of rice crackers I like. Unfortunately, King Kullen no longer carries them, so I went looking for another brand, which I found in their “Healthy Food Aisle” (on a side note, I can’t get over how supermarkets label one or two aisles as…
I’ll Have Pancakes, Eggs and a side of Fruit; Leave the Chemicals Out Please: The Truth About Teflon and Non Stick Pans
It used to drive my husband crazy when he had to make an egg in my stainless steel pan. He was used to the Teflon, non stick pan and claimed his eggs never came out the same. He’s over it now; I never did see the difference, though I knew there was one: when I…
"We are what we Eat" – A fetus is what his/her mother eats, breathes and does!
After recently hearing that babies are born with 200-300 toxins in their cord blood, I felt sad! Then I wondered why and what we can do to help bring that number down, as it should be at zero! The statistics are frightening, as I found from Sabine Vollmer in “Science in the Triangle” : “The…
New Study Finds that BPA free plastics are still Releasing Harmful Chemicals
A new study finds that even those plastic products labeled BPA free are still leeching harmful chemicals. The findings of this study can be found in the links below, but for a quick recap, most plastic products, BPA free or not, are releasing chemicals that have EA, which stands for estrogenic activity, “In other words,…
Please, not near my kids! – The Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors
Not that this possible link is new, but it is in the news again. The gist of the new findings is this: The electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from a cell phone DOES effect the brain. What is still in question is whether this radiation causes cancer. Here is a link to one article that…