Toxins on Shine

5 Ways to Make Your Kitchen BPA-Free

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By now you may have heard of the controversy surrounding Bisphenol-A (BPA), the plastic hardener whose harmful effects on humans—especially infants and small children—have been well documented.…

One Hospital Offers Green Class To All New Moms

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One of the many things I disliked about giving birth in a hospital were the truly toxic products they had to use on my newborn - wipes, creams and the like I would never, ever have in my own home. (Looong story why I was there in the first place, and not in a birthing...

Your kids are not in the clear: "Third-hand smoke" is full of toxins that linger long after the cigarette's out

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We all know smoking is one of the simplest and worst ways to can your health. It's not news that second-hand smoke is a danger to everyone who comes near an exhaling smoker. And most of us are aware that it is risky for children to be around cigarettes. Whether parents are smokers or not, many do what they can to shield kids from smoking.

Scientists now say, though, that despite efforts to blow smoke out of a window of a car or step into another room or duck outside to light up, we aren't doing enough to keep cigarette's toxins from kids.