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Batter Blaster Organic Pancake Batter: BPA in Packaging?

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 My husband came home from a grocery shopping trip not long ago and he had a look of total excitement and triumph on his face. “Look what I found!” he said as he handed me a whipped cream can looking item. It was the new Batter Blaster that I keep hearing about. At first glance [...] Related posts:

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Found: Stainless Steel Popsicle Molds (Giveaway!)

Monday, March 8th, 2010 I know many of you are really itching for Spring and Summer to arrive despite the weather we’ve all been having. (Even in Florida its been in the 40’s – not ice pop weather!) I was going to hold off until a more appropriate time to post this but it’s just too good! A while [...] Related posts:

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Cheat Sheet: BPA Free Baby Food, Baby Food Creation and Storage Tools

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Having a 6 month old means I am in the midst of the baby food jungle.. starting to introduce cereals and purees, which he is really loving and doing so well on them. I’d love to say I carve time out of my day to make all my own baby food but realistically, we all [...] Related posts:

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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:

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CitizenPip Waste Free Lunch Kits (Giveaway!)

Friday, November 27th, 2009 It is my absolute pleasure to introduce you to a company I just recently learned about, CitizenPip. CitizenPip specializes in waste-free lunch supplies that are safe for you and the kids. I know what you’re thinking, “Not another reusable lunch box“. Ok yes but I really adore so many things about this product that I [...] Related posts:

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BPA Free Thanksgiving?

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Since all this started I’ve been trying desperately to come up with alternatives to the old family favorites that require a can of this or that. So here’s a few solutions I’ve come up with that replace those cans that plague our meals with BPA. No one wants hormone disruption with their dinner do they? [...] Related posts:

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Review: Sprout Organic Baby Food

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Now that the days of baby food are here in my house once again, I’ve been on the hunt for all of the “homemade” types of baby food. Now, I’ll confess my snobbery here, for giving my baby only homemade of my own, but I’ll also confess that the second child really does get [...] Related posts:

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Consumer Reports Tests Find BPA in Canned Soups, Juice, and More

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Here we go … BPA in the news again. I have been wanting to post something about this since I saw it on the evening news the other night. Consumer Reports just published new findings (but none of it is really news to us) about levels of BPA in canned food. We knew it was [...] Related posts: