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Stop Antibiotic Abuse on Factory Farms

March 10, 2010

I signed this petition to “Stop Antibiotic Abuse on Factory Farms”

According to Petitionsite.com where you can go to sign the petition,
Factory farms use 70 percent of antibiotics in the United States, not for sick people and animals, but for healthy pigs, chickens and beef cattle. Why? The agricultural industry says it helps the [...]

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Truth about BPA in cosmetics on Eco Diva

February 20, 2010

I wrote a tell-all article on “BPA and cosmetics” on my diva friend, Eco Diva’s blog.
Check out the article and let me know what you think.
And YES. BPA is in cosmetics and their containers too!
Truth about BPA in cosmetics

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7 Foods Even Food Safety Experts Won’t Eat

February 11, 2010

Guess what some food safety experts won’t even eat according to Liz Vaccariello from prevention magazine.
1. Canned Tomatoes

The expert: Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri who studies bisphenol-A

The problem: The resin linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive problems [...]

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Hormones and Emotions

February 8, 2010

I usually receive upwards of twenty articles and blogs in my e-mail every day. I don’t know if that’s too many or too few but I skim through them while having coffee and read the ones that grab my attention for the day.
And boy, this article from Care2.com particularly spoke to me this morning.
Photo: Care2.com
You [...]

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Eczema and Foods Update

February 5, 2010

This is the list that’s been on our kitchen wall since January 2nd.
As you might know from my previous post about Eczema and Food Allergies, my kids have been on this elimination diet for their Eczema…and by default, so are my husband and I. And as you might have guessed, it hasn’t been easy. We’ve [...]

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