Question from S. P. I own a small janitorial company. My mother and my wife both experience symptoms of chemical sensitivity and over the past year I have been converting to all green products. I enjoyed your book on the non-toxic home and office. I liked the fact...

Question from S. T. Why do you recommend silicone baking mats? Isn't cooking parchment safer? Debra's Answer Cooking parchment also called parchment paper, kitchen parchment, greaseproof paper and cooking paper is a sheet of paper impregnated with silicone, which...

Question from T. A. We need black-out curtains for our baby's room, but I can't find all natural material. All have some polyester, or vinyl, in them. Debra's Answer Readers ~ I tried to find all-cotton black-out curtains or even black-out fabric, to no avail. All...

Question from T. S. I have recently heard that the capsules used to package vitamins and herbs are not good for you. Is this true? if so, what is a good alternative to getting the benefits of the these nutrients if not in pill form. It seems difficult when most of us...

Question from B. C. Thanks to all your tips, my wife is really feeling much better with her MCS. In fact, we're now carefully considering putting a tile floor where the carpet used to be in the bathroom adjacent to her bedroom. Using your recommendations we have found...

Question from R. G. I was wondering if you know of a safe nontoxic garden hose, one that doesn't leach any toxic chemicals or plasticizers into the water? Debra's Answer All garden hoses are made from either polyvinyl chloride "PVC" or "vinyl", rubber, or a...

Question from R. W. We want to replace carpeting in our daughter's bedroom. She is chemically sensitive and so we were comparing prefinished wood flooring with laminate wood flooring. At our local Lowe's store we saw Bruce wood floor and a Pergo laminate. Is the...