Once upon a time, in 1976, there was passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Of the 62,000 chemicals on the market at the time TSCA passed in 1976, EPA has only required testing on about 200; and it has only regulated five. 
Congress is currently involved with mandating stricter guidelines, under the Kids-Safe Chemical Act. But, the chemical industry may not be as happy about these changes, as they claim to be.
We are not living in a fairytale, this is the real deal. Watch the below video and take action …

For those of us who defied the Surgeon General’s warning on the cigarette package for all those years…. We all know,  how valid the warning was and still is.
And now,  research has proven that many products that families are using in our homes around their children and family, can be detrimental to their health.
In a report from the NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences), the following statement pretty much sums up what all the research is saying:
Children are highly vulnerable to the negative health consequences associated with many environmental exposures. Children receive proportionately …

Birth defects, asthma symptoms, obesity in children, pediatric cancer, infertility, environmental allergies and more are on the rise. And, due to their staggering statistics, more research is pointing the finger at all the toxic exposures that children come in contact with. They become exposed prior to birth, as well as afterwards.
These exposures come from products right off the shelf. Plastic baby bottles, baby clothes, cleaning products, personal care products, to name a few. And, since all of these products are for sale to each and every consumer, a natural assumption …

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In Consumer Reports upcoming December publication, they have released results of some independent studies that they completed on BPA in food products. They found that there are still some food products that contain significant trace amounts of BPA in them.
There is ongoing debate about what are safe amounts of ingested BPA. The Federal guidelines state that a “safe upper limit” of daily exposure is at 50 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight. This information is based on studies done back in the 1980s. But, there have been numerous …

Last June, I posted information about a Bill that had been introduced into the House of Representatives in May 2008. It’s called the Kid-Safe Chemical Act, and it is a comprehensive bill attempting to amend the current Toxic Substances Control Act. This bill’s intent is to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to everyday toxins.
Recently, I was directed to this video on the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) website, that explains a lot about the type of exposures that all of us can and do come in contact with. …

Last week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted an article about a potential conflict of interest involving the recent report published by the FDA on the supposed safety of BPA (Bisphenol A), to humans. Apparently, the group responsible for completing the FDA’s report, had members who’s personal interests may have been seriously influenced by the “plastics industry”.

As previously mentioned on this blog, the FDA came out recently with a report that there were no known hazards to humans, caused by BPA. Yet, Canada and numerous other independent groups have done …

I had previously posted about a new book that was about to hit the shelves; Green Goes With Everything by Sloan Barnett. Well, it’s out and has climbed quickly to # 8 on the New York Times Best Sellers List. Green Goes With Everything is available through it’s own website, Amazon, Costco, just about anywhere books are sold.
This is a great resource and/or gift idea, to share with friends easy ways to battle the toxic jungle that we are all exposed to. True, not everything can be eliminated and probably …

I’ve talked a lot about BPA (Bisphenol A), being in the plastics that we use on a daily basis, most commonly, plastic water bottles. But, I haven’t really addressed some other commonly used containers that often contain this hormone disrupting chemical, that can make its way into our bloodstreams.
BPA has also been found in foods packaged in Tetra Packs and also the linings of cans used for the packaging of canned foods. Yes, that’s right, those good ole’ canned green beans may have traces of BPA that has leached into …

I’ve talked about it on this forum previously, but the previous references to BPA (Bisphenol-A), were related to adverse exposures to children and pregnant women.Now, in a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, they believe there may be a link between BPA and heart disease and diabetis 2.
The discussion is really heating up, because the FDA will be holding a public hearing this coming Tuesday. Stay tuned for more bantering while our society’s health continues to suffer.