November 5, 2007
· Filed under bpa, bpd, health, healthy baby, motherhood, phthalate, polycarbonates, pvc
There is a news story about links to lead in children’s lunch boxes I keep seeing. I have been buying lunch boxes for Zannie from Artic Zone, but I like a product I heard about amongst my mom friends who live locally. It seems there is a great product called Laptop Lunches that is a local company and is sold in health conscious shops. Here is the story:
http://www.cehca.org/lunchboxes.htm
Also, the other thing I’ve done recently is started using unbleached sandwich bags for anything that isn’t damp. Every little bit counts, right?
How much more proof do we need? Vinyl. It’s bad.
August 16, 2007
· Filed under New York Times, bibs, bpa, bpd, healthy baby, motherhood, phthalate, polycarbonates, pvc
For a long time, there have been concerns with products from China. If, for no other reason, there are so many human rights violations concerning sweat shops and working conditions, we should be buying less products from China and Taiwan. But, in yet another massive sweep of recalls involving children’s bibs being sold under several different brand names like Koala kids and Especially For Baby from Kids/Toys ‘R us, there is a new concern over lead being in the PVC vinyl bibs they sell.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/business/15lead.html?ref=asia
May 12, 2007
· Filed under bpa, crunchy, healthy baby, motherhood, phthalate, polycarbonates, safe toys
A company that makes my favorite bibs and also other fun stuff like Dr. Seuss onesies. The bibs are the waterproof kind with a pouch at the bottom to catch the inevitable crumbs and plops. They are free of polycarbonates and phthalates. They make similar styles with long sleeves (think art projects) and not just for babies either. They also carry their own all in one diapers and diaper covers. Yay Bumkins!
May 9, 2007
· Filed under baby bottles, bpa, phthalate, polycarbonates, pvc, safe toys
I found a great article on Greenpeace.org and their grades for manufacturers of baby items and PVC plastics. Each company gets a grade which is given based on how many products they make that contain polycarbonates, and if they have made less than in previous years. I was very glad to see that Sassy brand toys have only one product that contains PVC. It’s the “Who Loves Baby” photo book which, ironically, I mentioned on my other blog and how much I love it! ACK! I hate it when my blogs clash. Anway. Check it out…it’s also going on the blogroll.
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/2003-toy-report-card
