I’m honored to be featured as Dr. Greene’s Perspectives blogger this week for a brand new, updated series on Toxic Plastic! Here’s our schedule of topics for this week: Monday: A little background on why I left nursing to research endocrine-disruptors found in food storage, baby teethers and toys Tuesday: What is BPA? Wednesday: What are Phthalates? Thursday: What is PVC? Friday: How [...]
Tupperware is one of the most recognized names in food storage, which explains why we are consistently asked whether they use BPA in their products. There is no short, simple answer to this question, but Tupperware does provide some information to help us sort through their products. As of today, Tupperware lists the Rock ‘N [...]
Many Americans have come to the point where they agree that bisphenol-a (BPA) is probably something worth avoiding in food containers. It’s no longer a leap of faith when current research keeps churning out evidence of gender-bending effects, such as increased aggression in toddler girls after exposure to BPA during pregnancy. But now we’re hearing [...]
Dr. Greene has been on the leading edge of the Green Baby Movement for many years. Most parents are familiar with his best selling book Raising Baby Green, which quickly became the standard for parents striving to make eco-friendly choices. Now Dr. Greene bursts onto the scene with Feeding Baby Green at a time when pre-packaged convenience [...]
Our experience with SIGG has made for an interesting story. This month we were finally able to read the last chapter – and the ending was just as we thought it would be. Back in 2006 when The Soft Landing was just being hatched and I had begun to search for BPA-free alternatives, SIGG was one of three major metal water bottle brands. They promoted their products to me, [...]
The blogosphere is on fire with frenzied talk of Health Canada’s recent study finding BPA in major baby bottle brands claiming to be BPA-free. Now before you run screaming to throw out all of your plastic bottles, take a minute to work through this situation with us. We don’t believe much concern is warranted. We [...]
