Archive for the ‘Less toxic’ Category
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Tonight is Halloween! Elliot is a bit too young to go trick or treating, although he will be wearing his bear hat. With the crazy pace of our lives since he's been here, we haven't had time to carve any pumpkin, which is really disappointing for Zak who usually carves ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
A CBC sponsored investigation has echoed the results from an Australian study, by the Queensland University of Technology, that found breathing the air pollution created by some printers could be the same as breathing second hand smoke:
"These small particles remain airborne for much longer than the larger particles that tend ...
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
According to a recent study from the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona, Spain, using household cleaning sprays and scented air fresheners as little as once a week can raise a person's risk of developing adult asthma. CBC.ca reports:
Fifteen per cent, or one in seven, adult asthma cases ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
There is no doubt that babies need to suck. The question is: what should they be allowed to suck on? Arguments for and against the use of a pacifier are sometimes contradictory, and it's hard for parents to make up their mind.
For the pacifier is the fact that studies have ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
I guess it should have come as no surprise that my dishes have a lead glaze, after all if corporations are willing to sell baby items that contain Bisphenol A (BPA), and kids toys and lunch boxes that contain lead, then they would certainly have no qualms about poisoning me.
Luckily ...
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