Lead is a heavy metal that was once used in gasoline and paint. Persistent in urban dust, lead has been proven to lower children’s IQ levels, impairing their ability to learn and succeed in school, and to contribute to aggression, attention deficit and other behavioral problems that may last into adulthood. Lead also causes brain [...]
Bisphenol A, otherwise known as BPA, is a chemical compound primarily used to harden plastic. While the industry that makes BPA says that it is safe, there have been several reports lately about how it could be toxic to the human body because it mimics the sex hormone estradiol when exposed to high temperatures and/or [...]
Photo by weardale one. The FDA thinks that you are. There are so many things wrong with this I barely even know where to start. The FDA is expected to decide by next week that meat and milk from cloned animals is OK for human consumption. They did it tentatively in 2006, but this time [...]
When you need to replace the antifreeze in your car this winter, be sure to try to get the less toxic propylene glycol rather than the standard ethylene glycol. The latter is the kind that that dogs and cats like to lick, and they can die from doing so. Most every auto store should sell [...]
I take back everything I ever said about Burt’s Bees products – turns out they were only after the money. They recently agreed to a buy-out by Clorox for $925 million bucks. Clorox, the company that encourages people to spray bleach all over their house, kids, and pets? No thanks, I don’t want to give [...]
Here we go again – more products made in China have been recalled due to lead paint issues. Although this is a separate issue, it kind of goes along with my post about forced child labor in India and China, as what expense are we willing to pay for the ability to get products for [...]
Butyl Cellosolve is a chemical that is found in a wide variety of household cleaning agents – glass cleaners, oven cleaners, general degreasers, spot removers, air fresheners, and carpet cleaners, among other things. It is a colorless liquid with a sweet, ether-like odour and is manufactured by the Eastman Kodak company. But why should you [...]
