Healthy Child Healthy World on Plastics: An Everyday Risk

Matthew Parker suggests a paradigm shift when looking at our everyday use of plastics. Is it really as simple as getting up each morning and beginning your daily routine, or should you be aware of hidden toxins in your environment?
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Enviroblog Calls for Plastics Labeling - We Second the Motion

In their blog post, Our Poorly Managed Plastic System, Enviroblog spells out what most frustrated parents across America are thinking, “Just label the dang plastic already!”
But that would mean admitting there might be a problem with some of the chemicals used in baby feeding products, wouldn’t it?  It’s quickly becoming apparent that mandating labels may [...]

Enviroblog: House Bill Would Ban BPA in Food & Drink Containers

A new bill, brought to the House yesterday by Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), would ban BPA from food and drink containers, including canned infant formula. The ban would affect all canned foods, including prepared foods like soup and pasta which EWG tests found to contain some of the highest levels of BPA.
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More BPA and PVC Free Sassy Baby Products

Sassy has been so helpful in providing complete material lists since the very beginning. Now they’re working with us on an expanded list of products that are BPA, PVC and phthalate free.
We created a new Quick Reference Guide on Squidoo to help streamline your shopping experience. As usual, we’ll continue to add more [...]

ZRecs vs. Tupperware: A Lesson in Uncovering Product Material Lists

Parents across the world have grown weary of the games being played by the major manufacturers of our children’s feeding gear. The market is experiencing one of history’s fastest swings away from a single chemical used in product manufacturing. Manufacturers are reeling in the wake of requests for information regarding the types of [...]

The Soft Landing Featured in the Kansas City Star

Ooohhh yeah, now that was fun!  We’ve always been a little camera shy, so we weren’t sure about this whole interview adorned with goofy professional pictures of us on one of our many BPA Free Field Trips.  It turned out to be a blast!  We thought Stacy Downs did a fantastic job with the article BPA [...]

Playtex to Discontinue Use of Bisphenol-a

ZRecs provided us with the inside scoop on Playtex. We were surprised to hear that Playtex will become one of the first major baby product manufacturers to go BPA free. As ZRecs pointed out recently, Playtex is on the record indicating its belief that polycarbonate plastics are completely safe. The company is also [...]

Rubbermaid Provides a Helpful List of BPA Free Products

Rubbermaid has pleasantly surprised us by publishing complete lists of both BPA free and products containing BPA.  They went the extra step and included pictures to simplify the decision-making process.
They still maintain that “BPA has been used safely in the manufacture of thousands of products for years and its use fully complies with U.S. Food [...]

Canada Initiates Ban on Bisphenol-a in Baby Bottles

Health Minister Tony Clement announced today that Canada will be the first country to ban plastic polycarbonate baby bottles after concluding the chemical is toxic. The partial ban will focus on increasing the current safety margin to decrease exposure of infants and pregnant mothers to bisphenol-a. The move is meant to be preventative [...]

Healthy Child’s Take on Polycarbonate: Enough is Enough

Janelle Sorensen of Healthy Child Healthy World has set the record straight on polycarbonate. She certainly speaks for me and thousands of families I’ve encountered during my BPA free quest when she says, ” We don’t need it. We don’t want it. And while we wait for industry and government to understand that, we [...]