They work hard to gain your trust..…then they know they can screw you. Johnson & Johnson has spent billions building the name of “family trusted products” for babies and adults, so it may surprise you to learn that a court… Read More ›
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FDA to Regulate Harmful Anti-bacterial Soaps! Yippee!
Finally, after over 5 years of pleading, the FDA does something I can get behind! As I wrote in my book, the FDA had planned to investigate the health and safety of anti-bacterial chemicals like triclosan, a very common ingredient… Read More ›
Aluminum…great for cans…bad for humans
Aluminum surrounds us. Aluminum is one of the most common elements found on the earth. But it belongs outside your body, not in it, and even though our bodies do a good job of filtering out the aluminum that does… Read More ›
Johnson & Johnson admits: Our baby products contain cancer-causing formaldehyde
This original post written August 2012. Scroll down for recent update. Unfortunately, it’s not surprising. No more tears? I would rather have no more formaldehyde. I just might get my wish. Today, the personal care giant announced that it would voluntarily… Read More ›
New Study Links Toxic Exposure of Your Parents to YOUR Disease
I have decided to dedicate Saturdays to highlighting a research article that I find eye opening. This one blew me away. A study out of Washington State University links your current illnesses to your parent’s exposure of pesticides, plastics, jet… Read More ›
iWhat’s in your “naturally derived” hand soap?
The ingredients in “naturally derived” soaps aren’t. One such case: Method hand soap. So I am in a rush and I pick up some hand soap at the market. I make sure it doesn’t contain triclosan, an anti-bacterial chemical that… Read More ›
Good News/Bad News for Women and Breast Cancer
The 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium just concluded and the stories are coming out about what was said. Here are two. Good news first: A drug therapy that is much less debilitating than chemotherapy is showing great promise for… Read More ›
Harvard Study Shows Soup May Be Harmful
Canned soup that is, because of the high levels of BPA in the soup and the high levels that were measured in the soup eaters urine. According to the study performed by the researchers from the Harvard School of Public… Read More ›
Disinfecting with UV light….. Does it work?
I started looking at these ultraviolet light disinfectant wands because they looked pretty cool. I liked the idea that I could kill bacteria without the use of bleach and other harmful sprays and liquids. (see my household chemical post here)… Read More ›
Everything you need to know to clean your home naturally- (the lungs you save may just be your own)
We all want clean happy homes. But sometimes in wanting “clean” we get “chemically-induced-smells-like-it’s” clean. And the chemicals that “clean” sometime do so at a cost to you and those living in your house. Most were formulated for industrial… Read More ›
New Warning Letter from FDA for Brazilian Blowout
Not long ago, I posted on the not-so-safe hair straightening system called “Brazilian Blowout Acai Smoothing System”. The company was told to halt sales of their product because of the mislabeling issue. The product contained over 10% formaldehyde…..more than is… Read More ›
Fluoridated water…friend or foe?
When I decided to research this post on fluoride, I did so with a yawn. I really didn’t expect to find anything shocking or discover concrete evidence on either side. Man, was I wrong… Let me preface this post by… Read More ›
Brazilian Blowout: is it safe? (and the moral of the story)
**Update Jan 30, 2012***Legal settlement against the company that makes Brazilian Blowout requiring “caution” labels to be on every bottle. See full story here. When I first heard about a “Brazilian Blowout” it sounded like the title of a new… Read More ›
H.R. 2359: Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011…will it make you safe?
On June 24, 2011, 12 members of the House of Representatives proposed a bill, H.R. 2359, “The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011”, “to ensure the safe use of cosmetics, and for other purposes”. (other purposes?……) Ensuring the safe use of cosmetics… Read More ›
New side widget– No, I am not selling out!!
You may have noticed a new side widget that says “Official blog of “MOON Organics”. Allow me to explain….. I am not selling out to commercialism and I am not getting paid to put that link on my site. When… Read More ›
The Savvy Sister 