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Sunscreens Exposed – 2011 Guide!
EWG’s 5th annual guide to safe and effective sunscreens features ratings for more than 1,700 sunscreens and SPF lip balms, moisturizers and makeups. Highlights? Only one in five sunscreens earns high marks for safety and efficacy. Products with exaggerated SPF claims above 50 still crowd out better brands, and nearly one-third of this year’s crop [...]
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Baby Bottles Containing Bisphenol-A Banned in Europe
Baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been banned in Europe as of early next year among growing fears that it could harm the health of children. John Dalli, European Union commissioner in charge of health and consumer policy, said that parents in the region “can be sure that as of mid-2011 plastic infant [...]
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Behind the Label: Calpol
The season of flu (and fear of swine flu) is upon us. But before you reach for this sticky pink cocktail dished out by doctors and parents as a cure-all for children, think again… Calpol, uncritically accepted by parents – and bizarrely by doctors too – is a kind of sticky pink magic bullet for [...]
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Nutritional Intervention for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, PDD-NOS, Aspergers syndrome, attention deficit disorders, and Down syndrome have an unusually high rate of food allergies and sensitivities. Many have found that the identification of food sensitivities through laboratory testing and/or elimination diets has alleviated not only the obvious symptoms of allergy such as chronic nasal congestion, [...]
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A (video) Green Guide to Pregnancy
When I was pregnant with my second child, I read Sandra Steingraber’s book, Having Faith, a haunting account of the effects of toxic chemicals on babies in utero, written while she was pregnant herself. It opened my eyes to the critical importance of timing when it comes to chemical exposures, and spurred me to make [...]
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