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Two down-to-earth experts answer your questions about raising children toxin-free.
Choosing the Right Beverage Is As Easy as Turning on the Tap. Except When It's Not
When it comes to the Conscious Kitchen Challenge, beverages are pretty easy: Drink tap water in most cases.
The Shower Curtain Rod Laundry FAIL and Other Adventures in Urban Laundry Drying
In the city, using indoor clothing racks, indoor clotheslines and improvised clothes lines can be a real challenge, but doing so saves energy and makes your clothes last longer.
How to Find Safe, Sustainable Fish
The Conscious Kitchen Challenge uses elements of the book, The Conscious Kitchen, to help real people make realworld changes to their diet to improve health and the environment. Week four: fish.
How to Buy Ethically Raised, Organic Meats, Even at a Chain Supermarket
The Conscious Kitchen Challenge uses elements of the book, The Conscious Kitchen, to help real people make realworld changes to their diet to improve health and the environment. Week four: meat.
When to Buy Organic Fruits and Vegetables, When to Buy Local
The Conscious Kitchen Challenge uses elements of the book, The Conscious Kitchen, to help real people make realworld changes to their diet to improve health and the environment. Week two: organic fruits and vegetables.
How to Make Food Shopping Healthy
The Conscious Kitchen Challenge uses elements of the book, The Conscious Kitchen, to help real people make realworld changes to their diet to improve health and the environment. Week two: healthy shopping.
Food Ingredients: Can You Identify What They Are? Can You Even Pronounce Them?
The Conscious Kitchen Challenge uses elements of the book, The Conscious Kitchen, to help real people make realworld changes to their diet to improve their health and the health of the environment.
Save You and Your Boss Some Money
5 Tips for Going Green at Work
Going green at work, saving energy at the office can be done even without help from management.
5 More Tips for Going Green at Work
Going green at work, saving energy at the office can be done with help from management.
This Organic Mom Fails: Buying Truly Safe Toys Is Impossible
Are toys safe? Even for The Organic Mom, it's hard to tell. And when your kid asks for toys by name, Christmas shopping for toys gets even tougher.
Why Flame-Resistant Pajamas May Not Be the Best Choice for Baby
Why flame-resistant or flame-retardant chemicals in pajamas may make them an unnecessary risk for babies, and how you can safely dress your baby for bed without the risk of harmful chemicals.
10 Tips for Buying Toys and Alternative Gifts for Children
Tips for buying safe, sustainable and fun toys and other gifts for children.
Babies Are Exposed to 100 or More Chemicals Before Birth
Babies are exposed to more than 100 chemicals each, according to a new study of cord blood. Here's what you can do to protect your baby from harmful chemicals in the womb.
H1N1 Vaccine: Pros and Cons
Should your child get the swine flu H1N1 vaccine? Maybe, maybe not. Here are some considerations.
What Mothers Can (and Can't) Do to Protect Unborn Babies from Toxic Chemicals
Avoiding exposure to chemicals in utero is impossible for most pregnant women, as new studies show, but there are steps you can take.
Do Organic Crib Mattresses Protect Babies Against SIDS?
Do organic crib mattresses help prevent against SIDS, or are they more dangerous?
Newly Pregnant? Do This for You and Your Baby's Health
Healthy pregnancy tips for you and your baby's health.
Breast Feeding In Public: 6 Tips for New Moms
Breastfeeding in public doesn't have to be uncomfortable with these simple breastfeeding tips.
Why I Avoid Microban
Microban and triclosan are related and both concerning antibacterial antimicrobial products found in many consumer goods, from soap to clothing to baby goods.
Natural Dandruff Treatments That Really Work
Natural dandruff treatments that will help cure dandruff naturally.
What's Scary This Halloween? Candy.
Alternative healthy Halloween candy is out there.
A Review of 'Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness'
Book review of Deeply Rooted by Lisa Hamilton.
Home Soda Maker Review: Greener Choices for Seltzer Addicts
Home soda maker review: The Penguin Sodastream is a great home soda maker and a great gift for seltzer lovers.
Find Out if That Toy (or Handbag, or Anything Else) Is Toxic
Healthystuff.org tests all kinds of stuff to see if it's safe and nontoxic.
Tips for Keeping Childhood Hobbies Safe
Hidden hazards like lead in PVC wiring can make the kind of tinkering many kids like to do, or even collage making with found materials, a hazard. Be wary of materials. Here's what to look out for.
4 PVC-Free Inflatable Mattress and Guest Bed Options
How to find a good safe organic mattress, PVC-free inflatable mattress or other guest bed options.
BPA in SIGG Bottles — What's a Parent to Do?
Sigg water bottles, popular with green shoppers, had Bisphenol A in the liner, according to recent reports.
How to Find Out if Your Beach Is Safe for Swimming
How to know if your beach is safe for swimming, or if beach pollution makes swimming unsafe.
Back to School 2009: A Guide to Green Goods
Green back to school supplies, including green childrens shoes, green childrens clothes, green school supplies, green lunch boxes and more.
Does Buying Renewable Energy Give You License to Be an Energy Hog?
Purchasing wind energy from your local utility bill helps the environment, but it doesn't give you license to waste energy, if you're concerned about pollution.
2 Alternatives to Disposable Iced Coffee Cups
It's hard to find a reusable iced coffee cup or a reusable iced tea cup. Here are some options for alternatives to disposable plastic coffee cups.
The Urban Compost Conundrum
How to compost in a tiny city apartment. The NatureMill works well, usually, but can smell. How do you deal with it?
BPA in Jarred Baby Food!? What Next?
Bisphenol A is being found in jars of baby food.
How to Have an Organic Party
Tips for making your bbq or backyard party green and organic, without sacrificing fun or flavor.
How to Choose a Natural Deodorant
When choosing a natural deodorant, which ingredients to use, which third-party certifiers to trust, where to look for more information -- and which brands I trust.
10 Ways to Limit Health Risk from Cell Phones
10 tips to reduce exposure to electromagnetic radiation from cell phones, thereby reducing the health risks for you and your children.
How To Be a Green Summer Houseguest or Host
Why It's Harder Than Ever To Find Safe, Natural Sunscreens
Finding safe effective sunscreen is harder than ever, with nanotechnology, parabens and SPF all concerns. Here are commonsense recommendations for finding effective safe nontoxic sunscreens and sunblocks.
My Pressure Cooker Experiment
Pressure cookers save time, energy and ultimately money, while preserving nutrition and sanity. Here's how.
New Choices on the Cloth vs. Disposable Diaper Scene
New options when deciding whether cloth diapers or disposable diapers are the most eco friendly green option for your household and child.
Organic Mother's Day Wishes: From Local Asparagus to an Automatic Composter
13 Fun, Rainy Day Activities for Kids
13 tips for keeping your kids busy during long rainy days, summer holidays or other times when you feel cooped up indoors.
Trying to Get Pregnant? Do These 10 Things
Trying to get pregnant? Help yourself and your soon-to-be-conceived child with these pregnancy detox tips.
It's Easy Family Vacationing Green: California Edition
Tips for being green while on vacation.
Organic and Nontoxic Soaps for Green Babies (and Their Parents)
How to choose organic sustainable and nontoxic soaps for your children.
Why Zipcar Doesn't Work for City Families
Zipcar isn't available nearby enough on peak weekends and holidays to make it worthwhile for a city family.
Don't Outsource Infant Nutrition to a Manufacturer
Breast feeding is better for your child than infant formula. Here's why.
DIY Cheap and Green Kids' Room Decorations and Games
DIY home decorating and games ideas for parents and kids.
10 Healthy, Green Snack Tips for School Kids
When it comes to school snacks, these 10 tips will help you buy only healthy, sustainable foods for your child and his or her classmates at school.
When Is It OK To Give Your Infant Tylenol?
When Is It OK To Give Your Infant Tylenol? This post answers the question for organic moms and dads who try to limit any unnatural substances in the child's diet.
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