daisymommy
04-08-2010, 04:54 PM
This is a spin-off of the the flame retardant thread. There were some other miscellaneous questions being asked there that didn't pertain to the subject, so I thought maybe we should start a new thread.
Also, Earth Day is coming up on the 22nd! But with our babies and kids being so heavily influenced by our environment, we need to think about these issues everyday.
Some one asked about sippy cups, and we use Foogo straw cups and sippy cups, Kleen Kanteens with the Avent sippy spouts and the sports tops.
We bought SIGG water bottles years ago, when they said that the inner coating was BPA free, and then come to find out this past year they lied! So I returned them, got my money back, and I will never buy another SIGG again. Partly because I won't give them my money, partly because how do I know they are being truthful that the new lining is really BPA free or free from other hazardous chemicals?
Some GREAT books in my personal library:
Healthy Child Healthy World (plus their awesome website)
Growing Up Green, Green You and Green This: all by Deirdra Imus
Raising Baby Green: By Alan Greene
Easy Green Living: by Renee Loux
Natural Baby and Childcare: by Lauren Feder
The Complete Organic Pregnancy: by Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu
Home Safe Home: by Debra Lynn Dadd
Food Books:
To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: by Cindy Burke
Anything by Micheal Pollan
The Real Food Revival: by Sherri Brooks Vinton and Ann Clark Espuelas
Real Food by Nina Plank (life changing read for me!)
Websites:
http://healthychild.org/main/
http://safemama.com/
http://www.zrecsguide.com/
http://www.thegreenguide.com/
http://www.ewg.org/
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
A compelling study:
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2005/8418/8418.html
Whew! Thats just the tip of the iceberg. I seriously don't even know where to begin, there is so much on this subject that we could talk about. I have about 100 other links in my bookmarks folder on "green stuff" but these are what I refer to most often.
Also, Earth Day is coming up on the 22nd! But with our babies and kids being so heavily influenced by our environment, we need to think about these issues everyday.
Some one asked about sippy cups, and we use Foogo straw cups and sippy cups, Kleen Kanteens with the Avent sippy spouts and the sports tops.
We bought SIGG water bottles years ago, when they said that the inner coating was BPA free, and then come to find out this past year they lied! So I returned them, got my money back, and I will never buy another SIGG again. Partly because I won't give them my money, partly because how do I know they are being truthful that the new lining is really BPA free or free from other hazardous chemicals?
Some GREAT books in my personal library:
Healthy Child Healthy World (plus their awesome website)
Growing Up Green, Green You and Green This: all by Deirdra Imus
Raising Baby Green: By Alan Greene
Easy Green Living: by Renee Loux
Natural Baby and Childcare: by Lauren Feder
The Complete Organic Pregnancy: by Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu
Home Safe Home: by Debra Lynn Dadd
Food Books:
To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: by Cindy Burke
Anything by Micheal Pollan
The Real Food Revival: by Sherri Brooks Vinton and Ann Clark Espuelas
Real Food by Nina Plank (life changing read for me!)
Websites:
http://healthychild.org/main/
http://safemama.com/
http://www.zrecsguide.com/
http://www.thegreenguide.com/
http://www.ewg.org/
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
A compelling study:
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2005/8418/8418.html
Whew! Thats just the tip of the iceberg. I seriously don't even know where to begin, there is so much on this subject that we could talk about. I have about 100 other links in my bookmarks folder on "green stuff" but these are what I refer to most often.