March 13, 2008

Skin Deep



This database independently tests body care products for the presence of known toxins and potentially hazardous ingredients. After looking up the baby shampoo we use, we were shocked to find it had among the worst ratings. http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php

The same people, The Enviromnental Working Group, publish a parent newsletter and a food guide:

An EWG simulation of thousands of consumers eating high and low pesticide diets shows that people can lower their pesticide exposure by almost 90 percent by avoiding the top twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated instead.




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