I just came across this link from the Connecticut Department of Health on one of my listservs – its a great little fact sheet on the different types of plastics that are used for everything from toys to baby bottles. It also explains which ones leach various chemicals into your food or water (um, yuck) [...]
Time Magazine published an article on the (known) dangers of plastic last week, and of course, plastic is hard to avoid when you have a kid. I was happy to see the article because even though this is not news, it doesn’t seem like enough people realize the compromises we are making by using plastic. [...]
We’ve been trying to reduce plastic and trying to reduce the amount of weird things (BPA etc) that our kids are exposed to, but it’s really hard to give up the ’sippy’ cup – that great object that allows kids to drink without spilling excessively all over themselves, their clothes and the couch. Sigg, [...]
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Its old news now that a lot of the plastic things on the market, especially baby things, have the chemical BPA in them. BPA has been linked to causing all sorts of ugly stuff – cancer, diabetes and behavioral changes like hyperactivity. One of the things I’ve been fretting about is my son’s pacifiers. I [...]