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Toxic Airstream Trailers
For years I’ve been hearing that Airstream Trailers are less toxic that other brands of trailers. That may have been true at some time in the past, but it’s not true today. Over the weekend Larry and I went to an Airstream showroom and the toxic odor in the new models was terrible. Airstream […]
January 13, 2019
Safety of Motorhomes
Question from Kim G Hi Debra, I’m looking into purchasing a Class C motorhome (as a tiny home on wheels) for full-time travel but I’m concerned with the level of toxic materials used in construction. I’ve thought of purchasing an older model so that I can do renovations with non-toxic materials but I’m not […]
Lovesac Furniture
Question from Melissa Hi Debra, I recently saw a Lovesac piece of soft furniture, and wanted to know about the materials it is made from. They are textiles, REPREVE, repurposed from plastic bottles, and Durafoam, a premium blend of shredded recycled foam. They make a “Sac” and a sectional couch. They are designed for […]
Shopping for Shutters + New Nontoxic “DURAWOOD” Wood Composite Material
I’m very excited to write this post today because it is the first post that contains links to my new Zero Toxics Knowledge Base. These links give you more information about the material, so I can link to that materials information again and again from different posts. Eventually you will begin to become familiar […]
December 4, 2018
Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year is…TOXIC
Well! The world is catching up with me. After forty years of talking about things toxic…the Oxford English Dictionary chose “toxic” as the Word of the Year! The Oxford Word of the Year is a word or expression that is judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting […]
November 17, 2018
San Francisco “Worst Air Quality in the World” Yesterday
You may have heard in the news yesterday or this morning that San Francisco had the worst air quality in the world. So I just wanted to let you know I’m OK and what is was like here. Yesterday was day 9 of smoky skies. Larry and I had been staying pretty much indoors for […]
Why Buy Organic Turkey
Last week I wrote a post about choosing my Thanksgiving turkey. This week I want to give you more information I just received from the Organic Consumers Association about why you shouldn’t buy the standard supermarket turkey. I did make a decision about my turkey. I chose a local organic Willie Birds turkey, which […]
Thanksgiving Turkey 2018
Last year I wrote a long post about all the different choices we have for Thanksgiving turkeys. After doing this research I decided to purchase a locally-grown heritage turkey from a 4H project and wrote about that experience as well at My Thanksgiving Organic Heritage Turkey—A Shining Example of a Toxic Free Product. This […]
November 6, 2018
New Study Shows Organic Food Really Does Reduce Risk of Cancer
There are many lists on the internet about why you should choose organic food. They say things like No synthetic pesticides No GMOs No herbicides like glyphosate No sewage sludge fertilizer No obesogens that can make you fat And more. But now there is a new study from France in which a team of […]
Portable Heaters with Metal Housings
I originally wrote this post in 2010. Not much has changed since then in terms of types of heaters, but I’ve updated it to bring the links to products up to date. Readers, I’d love to have some comments with the brands of heaters you are using and like. I had someone ask this week […]
Fragrance-Free Laundromats in San Francisco
Here’s a great idea whose time has come: fragrance-free laundromats! The link below goes to a post on a blog for an acne clinic. Their concern is acne, not fragrance in general, but since fragrance on clothing from scent in detergent causes acne, they’re on board to live fragrance-free. “laundry detergent is a major […]
October 30, 2018
Home Iron
I’m moving this post up to present time (originally published 17 March 2008) because there is a new related question and I wanted to include these comments. One of the commenters decided not to purchase a new Rowenta iron for the reasons stated in her comment. And she’d like to know what other brands […]
New IKEA MAUSUND MATTRESSS
Question from Concerned Mom Hi Debra, I noticed that Ikea recently came out with a new latex/cotton/wool mattress called Mausund. We are preparing to move to Europe and will need to buy mattresses for our three young children and this mattress is available there. It appears as though the materials in the US and EU […]
October 23, 2018
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