Recent Posts Tagged With 'toxins'

• Company That Brought Us Saccharin, rBGH, PCBs & Dioxins is Now Taking Over Food Supply

  Posted on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 13:48 in toxins, healthy eating, gmos

  Yesterday, I received a disturbing email from a local farmer, who recently sold me organic beef from grass-fed cows, about a must-see documentary on how one chemical company is trying to take control of the world's food supply.If you haven't heard of...

• Your Natural/Organic Personal Care Products May Contain Toxins

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 15:01 in toxins, skincare products, personal care products, petrochemicals

  If you buy personal care products touted as natural or organic from the better-known brands found at health food stores, you'll be disappointed to learn that many of them contain residues of the chemical 1,4-dioxane, according to recent testing commi...

• Aspartame Experiment Delivers Proof of its Toxicity

  Posted on Monday March 24th, 2008 at 07:04 in toxins, aspartame, sugar alternatives

  If you're a regular consumer of diet drinks and other aspartame laced products, you'll want to know about one woman's experiment with the sugar substitute and see her compelling proof that it's far from safe.Concerned about the health of her family b...

• Cheap Feed Makes Farmed Salmon Less Healthy

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 14:07 in fish, toxins, healthy eating, omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids

  Yes, that farmed Atlantic salmon at the grocery store may be a deal compared to the wild kind, but in addition to containing more toxins, the fat in the farmed fish isn't as healthy.In fact, farmed salmon is increasingly eating cheaper food, namely v...

• Toss Out Your Plastic Water Bottle!

  Posted on Wednesday January 30th, 2008 at 13:24 in hormones, toxins, plastics, bisphenol a

  If you haven't heard of bisphenol A (BPA) yet, it's time to wake up and throw out that polycarbonate plastic water bottle you bring back and forth to the gym.BPA--a hormone disruptor--has been blamed for insulin resistance, birth defects, miscarriage...

• Cleaning Product Industry Going Green

  Posted on Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 at 14:07 in healthy home, toxins, environmental health, Air pollution, cleaning products

  When I was pregnant with my daughter, I made the wise decision to toss out my chemical cleaners and go natural. I wasn't thinking so much about the environment at large, but the air space in my home where I live and breath. Those harsh smelling produ...

• "Earth Friendly" Dry Cleaning Isn't Necessarily "Health Friendly"

  Posted on Thursday January 17th, 2008 at 14:19 in toxins, environmental health, Air pollution, dry cleaning

  If toxic chemicals in dry cleaning have convinced you to switch to a "greener" cleaner, you my be disappointed to learn that it may not be a healthier choice.According to Body + Soul, many of the so-called eco-friendly cleaners are still using perch...

• Guide to Help Parents Weed out Toxic Toys

  Posted on Wednesday December 5th, 2007 at 13:30 in toxins, children's health

  Recent headlines about toys contaminated with lead and other toxins have parents worried. But just in time for the holiday season, a safety group has released a list of more than 1200 toys that they tested for toxins at HealthyToys.org. The online ...