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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sun Organic Farm
This is your basic bulk organic foods--grains, beans, dried fruits, coffee, nuts. All ingredients, not packaged food products. But what a selection! You'll find things here you won't find at your natural food store. Many varieties of beans and dried fruits, and "a...
How Toxic-Free Do I Need to Be?
This post has been coming on for weeks. But you know, sometimes you have to watch things unfold and then you have the big realization. I finally had the big realization over the weekend, so finally I can post this post. It started with an interesting conversation...
My Temporary Toxic-Free Corner Kitchenette
A few days ago a reader comments on last week’s post Thermafoil Kitchen Cabinets and Offgassing saying: I feel duly chastised. We too, moved into our home and didn’t check the cabinets. We removed old carpet throughout entire home which cost a fortune to redo with...
New Fragrance Studies from Anne Steinemann + A Call for Ingredient Disclosure for Fragranced Consumer Products
This week Professor Anne Steinemann, who has been a champion for the elimination of scented products, has released some new studies that are very interesting Fragranced baby products (both regular and "green") - nearly all products emitted chemicals classified as...
California Fires Releasing Radioactive Particles in Smoke
As if breathing smoke itself wasn’t enough, this morning I read a disturbing personal account of one man’s measurements of radioactivity in the smoke coming from our California fires. As horrific as this season’s fires have been so far, with all the destruction of...
