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Childhood obesity: Caused by pollutants in the womb?

If you're expecting, not only should you not count calories, you should be wary of pesticides too, according to recent reports. In studying childhood ... Read More »

Men: This chemical might make you fat

Pay attention, men, to all the stuff you've got stashed in your house -- everything from plastics to shaving creams to foods -- because a common ... Read More »

Parents ga-ga over green baby products

I often bought organic baby food for our babies. We also worried about all the plastics surrounding them. While just last month the Food and Drug ... Read More »

Baby products: Too many chemicals?

Phthalates. It's a hard word to say (it's pronounced thowl-ates), harder to spell. Harder yet, though, is sorting out the research over whether ... Read More »

Home hazard: Air Fresheners

Millions of homes have air fresheners -- mine included, until I started looking into the issue further. Sure, they make your home smell pretty, but ... Read More »

Is your air freshener safe?

When you spray that chemical air freshener in the air, do you take a deep breath of that clean, fresh smell? According to a post I recently read over ... Read More »

Think twice about using that air freshener...

Air fresheners are big business these days -- in my grocery store almost a half of an aisle is devoted to all the different styles and scents of air ... Read More »