Archive for the ‘Chemicals’ Category

Study Links Non-stick Chemicals to Thyroid Illnesses

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 This is not shocking news to me.  We wrote about safer cookware last year and the EWG has been hemming and hawing over PFOA’s for years.  A new study, done by British researchers found that people with high levels of the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in their blood have higher rates of thyroid diseases — [...] Related posts:
  1. Dear SafeMama: Safer Non-Stick Cookware
  2. New Research Links Bisphenol-a to Metabolic Syndrome
  3. Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Harmful


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Have Ingredient Questions? Stephanie Has Answers

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 If you’ve been reading here long enough, you know that we never shut up about Bubble and Bee, or Stephanie.  We love that woman for so many reasons.  One is her lengthy knowledge of chemicals.  I never hesitate to bug her when I have a question about an ingredient.  She’s even guest posted for us [...] Related posts:
  1. Guest Post: Stephanie of Bubble & Bee Tells Us About Dimethicone
  2. Oh Great, Another Ingredient to Avoid: Propylene glycol
  3. Safe Mama Review: Pit Putty


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