Tag Archives: sustainable

9 Little Known Toxic Ingredients that Could Affect Your Pregnancy (and what to do to avoid them)

Posted on October 20, 2009 by admin

I blame the pregnancy message boards.  At the outset of my first pregnancy, I was blissfully oblivious to the potential hazards of shampoo.   Then, the posting was clicked: “Shampoo?“, then, the link followed: “Pregnancy Alert: Shampoo Ingredient Could Damage Developing … Continue reading →

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Morning Sickness: A Rant

Posted on October 14, 2009 by admin

I try to make healthy, balanced and sustainable food choices. That is always my goal in shopping and cooking and selecting restaurants. And one would think, wouldn’t one, that during pregnancy, this goal would only be that much more important? One would. Think. Continue reading →

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Pregnancy: a new category at CIE

Posted on October 5, 2009 by admin

Most newly pregnant women are pummelled with the basic information on what to avoid during pregnancy, and in most cases, these things were no surprise: raw/undercooked meat, smoking, illicit drugs, unpasteurized cheese, cat litter……….but aside from the pamphlet list that you get from the doctor, there are actually very many more products and drugs and airborne things to know about; something that I learned slowly over the course of the nine months before the Little One’s birth. Continue reading →

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A Less Toxic Tomorrow?

Posted on October 3, 2009 by admin

If you’re like me, you were caught pretty off-guard over the big headlines the last few years regarding toxins in our everyday lives: Melamine in pet food, Bisphenol-A in our plastics, lead paint on our toys………and because I was caught off-guard, I was furious. Continue reading →

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Garage Sale Friday

Posted on September 25, 2009 by admin

It’s not that I’ve been finding great stuff at garage sales these last weeks and then not posting about it; it’s not even that I haven’t been going to garage sales.  I have.  Every week, without fail.  I just haven’t … Continue reading →

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Smart Choices?

Posted on September 9, 2009 by admin

The only true shorthand I can think of that might be worthy of such labeling practice is this: Don’t eat anything with ingredients that your grandmother wouldn’t recognize. But the food industry wouldn’t be very gung-ho on that one, would they? Continue reading →

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Dishwashing, phosphate-free

Posted on August 5, 2009 by admin

Those of you that have dishwashers have probably settled into a comfortable routine with the detergent of your choice, but if that comfortable routine involves a detergent that contains phosphates, I’m afraid a change is due. The market is already littered with a handful of phosphate-free detergents, and as I’ve tried many of them over the course of the last year or two (with a little nudge from my very eco-wise mom), I offer my experiences and my favorite pick from among them.
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