I do miss the taste of bacon though – nothing smells like it! (But I’d never let my daughter have it. Ever.)

And please take note…Tiffany did NOT say she would stop using sunscreen on her kids! By the way, there’s a new sunscreen on the market that is said to be as “safe” as can be made. Biovera Parasol. go to http://www3.telus.net/public/biovera/Skincare/sunlotion.htm to read more about it. Don’t forget that covering up and staying out of primetime sun is your best bet!

Oh, and I think SUGAR in general should be on the Top 20 list…it’s in practically EVERYTHING processed or packaged. And it’s harmful not only to children, but adults too!

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This is a terrifying list, but I appreciate you drawing attention to it. We need to be less passive as consumers and realize what we’re getting/eating/etc.

Also read my post again. I never said I don’t use sunscreen.

That you wouldn’t vaccinate or sunscreen your children is truly frightening and just becuase MMR vaccines (which haven’t contained mercury in YEARS) occur at the same time as Autism doesn’t make is a causal relationship.

I know the stories are heartbreaking but they aren’t science, they’re anecdotal and the relationship has not been established.

I’ve known a few people lately who question vaccines, admit that they aren’t comfortable with giving them to their kids, but they do it anyway because of fear.

Just because “everybody does it” doesn’t mean you should or that it is safe.

Thanks for this list, Tiffany.

Now dryer sheets I simply do not get. They make towels nonabsorbent. When people come to my house and use my bathroom they comment on how absorbent the towels seem.

I hope Shani above listens to my show in two weeks, where I will be featuring a woman whose adult son went from perfectly healthy and normal to a severely brain damaged child who had dozens of seizures daily, and is now a profoundly disabled adult. All because of the vaccines he got when he was a toddler. (The book is called the Boy in the Window)

I personally know 3 boys who became autistic after their 18 month MMR, according to their Mothers, and two girls who did so. And I grow more confident of my decision to NOT vaccinate my 4 each year. They are simply put, the healthiest kids I know.

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The minimal risks you are talking about in regards to vaccines are not so minimal. My oldest child has mild brain damage from a seizure brought on by a vaccine. I do not tell anyone NOT to vaccinate but I am for INFORMED consent and saying that risks are minimal or non-existent is not informed. My son’s experience is proof of that. You say it is dangerous to tell parents about the dangers of vaccines. I say it is dangerous NOT to give them ALL the information. I say give them the good, bad, and the ugly and let them decide for themselves.

BTW polio was often caused BY the vaccine in earlier days…a little tidbit they don’t like to tell you about.

I don’t recall advising anyone not to use sunscreen. In fact I said I myself was not going to give them up. So I am confused about this advice I am supposedly giving…. the key is to find one that is without too many chemical additives.

The fact that natural products can also be dangerous is not news here either. But by and large I find that natural products are better than synthetic. But as always these are just my opinions…

But your advice about some other so-called dangers? Is just plain dangerous.

People who don’t vaccinate? Are the very reason everyone else needs to. Perhaps they truly aren’t needed if you never travel to countries where those diseases are rampant, and are never exposed to anyone who does. If that describes your family, great, but anyone who travels internationally, or lives in a major city? Good luck preventing your family from being exposed to life-threatening diseases. My family avoids vaccines formulated with thimerosal, and never do more than two at a time, but I am confident any minimal risk is worth the benefits. A dear family friend suffered from polio as a child and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair; I’m happy to be able to protect my children from that sort of thing.

Your advice about sunscreen is truly dangerous. If you are concerned about nano particles, there are sunscreens available without them; the dangers of sun exposure are significant, and almost certainly greater than the putative dangers of sunscreen.

Also? Just because a product is natural does not mean it’s harmless. And just because a product is synthetic doesn’t mean it’s harmful.

The problem with common sense is that it’s all too uncommon.