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Vote For the Toxie Awards

Haley — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:01:53 +0000

Roll out the red carpet, it’s that time of year again. The Toxie Awards, an awards ceremony highlighting “bad actor chemicals.” The Toxies are proud to announce that this year they will have their first-ever People’s Choice Award. Please take a look at this year’s nominees and cast your vote! Some of the nominees include Bisphenol-A, Least [...]

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Vote For the Toxie Awards

Safe Sunscreen, QR Codes, Working From Home and Chemical Reform Policy

greenandcleanmom — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:00:49 +0000

This is a short week of blogging for me, my son is turning seven! S-E-V-E-N! I cannot even get over it. The other night he had a nightmare and wanted me to hold him and I lay in bed cuddling him remember when he was just a tiny and smelled like baby lotion. Now he [...]

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Safe Sunscreen, QR Codes, Working From Home and Chemical Reform Policy

BornFree Recycling Program

Haley — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:00:02 +0000

When I was pregnant with my daughter and still naive about the effects of BPA and other toxic chemicals in our products my sister was on a mission to educate me. For a baby shower gift my sister bought me a bucket of non toxic house cleaners and BornFree bottles that were of course BPA [...]

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BornFree Recycling Program

What’s On Your Receipt?

Haley — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:00:23 +0000

Would you like BPA with your receipt? Nobody ever asks you that at the register but surprise! your getting a little extra BANG for your buck. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is at it again; EWG and their environmental conscious work force and associates have found high levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) [...]

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What’s On Your Receipt?

Chemical Industry Decides Public Health Really IS Better Than Private Profits

greenandcleanmom — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:48:15 +0000

Guest post written by, Janelle Sorensen with Healthy Child. In a turn of events not even Nostradamus could foresee, Cal Dooley, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), today announced that the millions of dollars the industry trade group has been using to lobby against policies that protect public health will now be [...]

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Chemical Industry Decides Public Health Really IS Better Than Private Profits

21 Never Before Detected Contaminants Detected in Human Cord Blood

greenandcleanmom — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:08:49 +0000

The EWG has done it again! This time they tested the cord blood of 10 newborns in racial and ethnic minority groups. They’ve done 11 bio-monitoring investigations in recent years, with the goal of quantifying the ‘pollution in people’ to drive science and policy changes to protect public health. What did they find? They found 232 toxic [...]

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21 Never Before Detected Contaminants Detected in Human Cord Blood

Tuesday’s Shout Out for Safe Mama: You Rock!

greenandcleanmom — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:00:08 +0000

Tuesday’s shout out this week is going to Safe Mama! I just adore their calming blue, adorable site that is chalked full of cheat sheets, updated guides and terrific reviews that tell it like it is. The website gives you up to date information on product reviews, ways to save money on eco-friendly products, easy [...]

The Low Down on Melamine

greenandcleanmom — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:51:19 +0000

What is Melamine? Eye roll, yes another thing for us mommies to worry about (or not). Basically in a nutshell, another chemical compound that was invented years ago to make products hard and durable – as a mom I know this from my kids dishware that often have characters, themes and can be seen on [...]

Study Proves Eliminating One Chemicals Such as BPA has a Healthy Impact

greenandcleanmom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:10:31 +0000

A few weeks ago I was attempting to buy eco-friendly promotional material and wanted to find BPA free snack cups. My “day job” doesn’t ordinarily coincide with Green and Clean Mom but there are times when I recognize that this brand I’ve created is indeed me and I’m genuinely concerned about BPA and chemicals and [...]

Coke and Del Monte I Hope You Are Listening

greenandcleanmom — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:31:57 +0000

I’m annoyed by this BPA issue. I’m annoyed that BPA isn’t banned yet and that there is still plastic water bottles, baby bottles and BPA being used, P-E-R-I-O-D! I’m frustrated that companies like Coke and DelMonte would try to use advertising dollars to market BPA and pull the wool over consumers eyes using a pregnant [...]