It was about two years ago now that I wrote about the issue of toxic bubble bath. That post was spurred by a Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report that highlighted known carcinogens in baby bath products and Johnson & Johnson appeared on the report several times. This just happened to coincide with a blogger campaign the company was running, trying to get mom bloggers to endorse their products. I was pretty livid at the time and while I hoped that J&J would clean up their act, I highly … [Read more...]
Simple & Clean Beauty Products
I am very opinionated about what goes on my skin or in my hair. It has to have simple and clean ingredients, preferably with no fragrance or smell. Yeah, occasionally I might like to wash my hair with a peppermint shampoo bar but for the most part, fragrance makes me nauseous. Add to that the fact that I am totally a bar of soap gal. I don't like lotions, creams, oils, perfumes, body washes, and all that fancy, smelly stuff that the beauty industry cranks out each year. If I were to go into a … [Read more...]
Thimerosal banned from kids’ vaccines
I wish I could say that this is a new Federal law but it IS progress! Thimerosal banned from kids' vaccines By Dorsey Griffith SACRAMENTO BEE SACRAMENTO - Vaccines containing a mercury-based preservative are now largely off-limits to children younger than 3 and pregnant women in California. The only exception to the new state law, which took effect Saturday, is the vaccine against Japanese encephalitis virus, a deadly mosquito-borne illness endemic to certain parts of Asia. The new … [Read more...]
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