Quirky books for kids
Caren Trafford is a children’s book writer and publisher, whose environmental books have reached over 200,000 children in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, the UK, the US and Canada. They have been translated into Korean, Thai and Indonesian. She visits schools and libraries around the world to talk to students about what they can do to [...]
Continue reading...6. May 2009
Phthalates
Phthalates are reproductive toxins that can affect the development of children, yet are so prevalent that repeated studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found phthalates in the urine of nearly every test subject. Unfortunately, phthalates aren’t always included ingredient lists; typically they’re referred to as “fragrance” in perfume, hair spray and deodorant.
Continue reading...6. May 2009
Parabens
Parabens are a common preservative found in most conventional beauty and personal care products; look for the words ‘methyl-’, ‘ethyl-’, ‘propyl-’, ‘butyl-’ and ‘isobutyl’. They have been linked to breast cancer and reproductive disorders.
Continue reading...20. April 2009
Reusable bags
Australian company Onya manufactures a range of reusable bags including Weigh, a nylon mesh produce bag that we have reviewed on our site. Purchasing their produce bags means that you will never have to deal the annoying problem of useless plastic supermarket produce bags. They also make folding backpacks as well as biodegradable doggy doo [...]
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Onya reusable produce bags
Who hates the plastic produce bags provided by supermarkets? They’re usually too small and flimsy to reuse and either end up in clogging your kitchen’s plastic bag collection area or go directly to the local landfill without passing go or collecting $200. But there are alternatives. I recently began using ‘Weigh’, Onya’s reusable produce bags and [...]
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1. April 2009
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