Guest Post by Janelle Sorensen, Healthy Child Healthy World In a turn of events not even Nostradamus could foresee, Cal Dooley, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), today announced that the millions of dollars the industry trade group has been using to lobby against policies … [Read more...]
Editors Note: This article was originally published by Alicia Voorhies at Healthy Child Healthy World.Many of us are aware of the dangers of PVC. Made from the flammable gas vinyl chloride and then often combined with phthalates, PVC poses a threat from its inception to its afterlife in the … [Read more...]
The Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal released a special report today saying that the FDA's draft supporting BPA's safety was prepared primarily by major stakeholders in keeping BPA on the market. Stephen Hentges, executive director of the American Chemistry Council's group on BPA, was involved in … [Read more...]
Healthy Child Healthy World + Dr. Greene + Plastics 101 = :) In the same down-to-earth style of his must-have book Raising Baby Green, Dr. Greene takes the often confusing subject of plastic and exposes its bare-bones foundation in a way we can all understand. Know Your Plastics by Dr. … [Read more...]
Let me start by saying that this is not an article about whether melamine dinnerware is safe. We personally don't use melamine dishes, because we're waiting for more scientific evidence that toxic chemicals (like formaldehyde) don't migrate from them into our food. Rather, this is an … [Read more...]
Boy, it's two steps forward and one step back. We just celebrated the ban of phthalates and lead a few days ago, only to turn around and find the FDA upholding the use of BPA in children's products. It's depressing to see the FDA failing to protect us again. The folks at Green to Grow sent an … [Read more...]
Healthy Child Healthy World announced recently that the Safe Toy bill banning six phthalates and requiring lead-testing has passed in the Senate! The final tally: the House voted 424 to 1 and the Senate voted 89 to 3 to pass this historic piece of legislation. Not only does it set a precedent to act … [Read more...]
