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Brentwood “Hybrid” Mattresses
Question from Teresa Hi Debra, Do you know anything about BRENTWOOD HOME – CRYSTAL COVE MATTRESS OR CEDAR MATTRESS, THEY ALSO HAVE ONE THAT HAS SOME BAMBOO IN IT. Debra’s Answer First, it was difficult to find ALL the materials used in an organized way that was easy to find. There was no materials […]
October 2, 2018
Test Your Polyurethane Foam for Toxics at Duke University
This reader had foam from a memory foam bed in her home through the Foam Project at Duke University. Any US resident can submit a sample of polyurethane foam (PUF) from furniture, child car seats, or any other product containing PUF using the submission form on our website. After completing the form, samples can […]
Safety of Plastic Drinking Glasses
Question from Lyle Hi Debra, I have two new sets of plastic drinking glasses. The first is hard plastic; the second is a cheaper and lighter plastic. All of the glasses have either cracked or have turned white from the hot water in my dishwasher. Are there harmful chemicals in the plastic now that […]
Guava Family Lotus Crib/bassinet
Question from Akh Hi Debra, I was trying to search your site. Not sure if this has been asked but have you reviewed the Guava Family Lotus Crib/bassinet? It is the only portable one I have found that in greenguard certified but not sure if it is really non-toxic. Debra’s Answer I actually can’t […]
Toxic Hotel Room? Ask for Different One
I just spent four nights at the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge MA. I always stay at Kimpton hotels when I can because they have “eco” policies. These don’t always translate into toxic-free actions, but I consistently find their hotel rooms to be less toxic. So I was surprised when I walked into my […]
September 25, 2018
What’s it Like to Live in an RV?
Question from Bonnie Hi Debra, I have some health issues and have been stuck in Mi for 10 years. I have an older home and am going to sell. I am considering a RV full time for a couple years. Just want to get out and live again. Does anyone here live in one? […]
Toxic-Free Tomorrow Happens From What You Do Today
Larry and I love to watch movies together. Our cable TV service comes with more than a thousand free movie, so we’ve been exploring them. Over the weekend we watched a Disney movie from 2015 called Tomorrowland. In the film there is a land of tomorrow that exists in kind of a parallel universe […]
Proposition 65 Warning on Readers Eyeglasses
I’ve been wearing reading glasses for years. I have prescription glasses too for driving, but readers work fine for reading and they are inexpensive. I like to have a pair in my purse, a pair at my desk, and a pair next to the bed, and that adds up when you are buying prescription glasses. […]
New Toxic Mattress Report From MADESAFE
The nontoxic certification organization MADESAFE issued a new report last week called Detox Your Sleep: Toxic Chemicals in Bedding, Safer Alternative & Certified Products for Healthier Sleep . It was sponsored in part by Naturepedic, manufacturer of mattresses and Coyuchi, manufacturer of bedding. I want to tell you what’s good about this report and what—in […]
What I Learned About My Health When I Spent the Day in the Emergency Room
At about 3 an on 23 August 2018, while lying in bed peacefully, suddenly—with no warning—the room started spinning violently. Within seconds my body was nauseous and sweating. Finally the attack subsided and I fell asleep for a few hours. But as soon as I awoke the spinning started up again. We didn’t know what […]
September 4, 2018
The Dangers of Dehydration and Why It’s Important to Drink Enough Pure Water
Last week I ended up in the Emergency Room with my head spinning, nausea, and sweating. By the end of the day the doctors determined the problem was vertigo, but the first thing they observed was that my body was very dehydrated. Over the course of they day they gave me five bags of saline. […]
Is Your Head Spinning? How A Simple, Natural Adjustment Handled my Vertigo in Half an Hour
Last week I ended up in the Emergency Room after I woke up at 3 am with the room spinning violently. nausea, and sweating. By morning I still couldn’t walk or drink or eat without vomiting, so Larry took me to the Emergency Room. After a day of tests the doctors said I was […]
To Live Toxic-Free is a Basic Need of Life
Each of us has our own unique reasons for wanting to choose toxic-free products. But I just discovered that in addition to our individual motivations, collectively as human beings we actually have a deep need to protect ourselves from the harm inherent in toxic chemical exposure. There is something you may already be familiar […]
Air Pollution Causes a Huge Reduction in Intelligence
According to a new study, “air pollution causes a “huge” reduction in intelligence, indicating that the damage to society of toxic air is far deeper than the well-known impacts on physical health.” The study found that, ” high pollution levels led to significant drops in test scores in language and arithmetic, with the average […]
September 3, 2018
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