Archive for 'environmental toxins'
Washington State Recognizes Plastic Bottle Health Threat
The Washington State House today passed a bill that would ban BPA from baby bottles, sports bottles, and eating utensils such as sippy cups used by children under 3 years of age.
This bill was passed overwhelmingly and is expected to sail through the Senate and be signed by the Governor. Only one Representative voted against [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2010 under FDA, cancer prevention, contaminated water, cosmetics, danger of bottled water, environmental toxins, health precautions, health warnings, natural health, plastic hazards, plastics, toxic food, toxic water, toxicology, toxins, toxins from plastics, toxins in bottled water.
Tags: baby bottles, BPA banned, water bottles
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Can Your Furniture Make You Infertile?
According to the results of a new study, it could.
As usual, the culprit is chemicals. This time its the toxic flame retardants used in upholstery fabrics, foam padding, carpets, plastics, and more.
Flame retardant toxins can cause other health hazards as well, and some of the worst culprits are being banned in future production. [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2010 under environmental toxins.
Tags: environmental toxins, infertility causes, toxic furniture, toxic household goods
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Childhood eczema
Pediatricians estimate that today nearly one in ten babies has eczema – a definite increase from years past.
Some doctors attribute the rise to allergies – created in part because we’re keeping our homes – and our babies – cleaner. Kids don’t get a chance to build any resistance in their immune systems. That makes [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2009 under allergies, childhood eczema, environmental toxins.
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