Healthy Home and Garden

General Health, Healthy Home and Garden

Save our Bees

Here is a list of research articles summarizing the impact of pesticides on our bee population.  Please read, consider voicing your opinion to the EPA to ban these, and stop using pesticides in your yard (which will also reduce your toxic burden!!).  The articles are linked via Dr. Sharol Tilgner’s […]

General Health, Healthy Home and Garden

Safe baby products

The good news:  Weleda baby products contain safe ingredients.  Homemade versions of shampoos, creams, salves and powders are also great options–one of my favorite books for “recipes” is “Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair” by Dina Falconi. The bad news:  Johnson & Johnson has been using chemicals, including 1,4-dioxane, in their […]

ADD/ADHD, Brain and Nervous System Health, Healthy Home and Garden, Nutrition and Diet, Women's Health

Avoid BPA–new research results on impact on children of pregnant mothers.

Research is showing yet another concern regarding exposure to BPA (bisphenol-A)–there is an increased incidence of anxiety and attention difficulties in girls born to women who had elevated levels of BPA in their urine. Bottom line:  Avoid packaged foods and plastic containers.  Stick to glass containers (stainless steel is a […]