Category Archives: Plastic

A Plastics Primer

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Lina

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.  … Continue reading →

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Time Magazine on Plastic

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Lina

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, … Continue reading →

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Sigg Bottles for Kids – Another Way to do “Sippy”

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Lina

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 … Continue reading →

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Pacifiers Without Plastic and No BPA

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Lina

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 … Continue reading →

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