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Green Failures: The Little Plastic Goodie Bag of Crap from the Dentist

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:42:27 +0000

I just took my daughter to the dentist. I have greened so many areas of our family life, and plastic bags do not enter our home. Well, except from the dentist. At the end of every dental visit, you get that little plastic bag decorated with molars and telling you to smile. The goodie bag [...]

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School Lunches Get Healthier, But Pizza is Still A Vegetable

Healthy Child Healthy World — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:39:09 +0000

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Last week Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Rachael Ray announced new nutrition standards for school lunches, the first major change in school meals in over 15 years. The program allots an additional six cents per school lunch—the first real increase in 30 [...]

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Slings, Car Seats, Baby Wearing and the Risk of Hip Dysplasia

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:28:11 +0000

When writing a review of a , the carrier I used most for baby wearing my infants, a reader commented on the concern of hip dysplasia. I had never even considered this a risk with any baby wearing device, and I was seeking my own comfort and the baby’s contentment when finding what worked best for [...]

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Arsenic in Fruit Juice Exceeds U.S. Federal Drinking-Water Standard

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:29:31 +0000

Arsenic conjers up images of rat poison and soap opera poisonings. The truth is that arsenic does occur naturally in water. It is in the creeks and spring where I live. The EPA regulates how much arsenic is safe for drinking water: Arsenic is a semi-metal element in the periodic table. It is odorless and [...]

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Holistic Health: The Naturopathica 30 Day Skin Transformation Challenge

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:16:16 +0000

Between my two blogs, I receive a lot of natural beauty product samples. Actually, I sort of resent these products. I used to be a 100% junkie, but I get so many samples that I am not able to buy or use my beloved products. Recently, I have switched to organic tanamu oil for all [...]

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Get Outside! Wooden Outdoor Playsets Bring the Park to Your Backyard

guest writer — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:36:46 +0000

When caring for your children as they develop into young individuals, it is important explore various tools for allowing this to naturally happen. An outdoor playset helps motivate your child to get outside and become more physically active. An outdoor playset not only helps build physical strength and coordination, it also aides in developing social [...]

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Gloves Come Off in GE Food Fight

Healthy Child Healthy World — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:56:10 +0000

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World When is a salmon not a salmon? It sounds ridiculous, but that’s one of the most important issues in the food world, where the gloves are off in the fight about genetically engineered foods. Genetically engineered or modified foods—known as GE foods or GMOs—have been [...]

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5 Simple Steps to Remember to Use Your Reusable Bags!

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:41:39 +0000

I am finally in the habit of taking my reusable bags in every store, not just the grocery store! It was one of my “eco-sins” for awhile, as I could never remember them, but I finally have a system. They key to remembering to use reusable bags is to have plenty of them! We were [...]

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CDC: Delayed Breastfeeding Increases Rotavirus Vaccine Effectiveness

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:55:23 +0000

When my son was recovering from open heart surgery as an infant, another child came down with rotavirus in the NICU. The nurses wanted us to trade places with this child and swore a “hard clean” would take care of killing the virus. I refused to move. My son had not been vaccinated for rotavirus, [...]

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5 Green Products: Even Superheroes Get Diabetes and The Princess and the Peanut, Take a Deep Breath, Amazing Minds,

Jennifer Lance — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:23:37 +0000

1. Even Superheroes Get Diabetes and The Princess and the Peanut Children’s literature is a developmentally appropriate and fun way to educate about illness. Whether sharing with classmates and friends or individual children, we were sent two books that can help youngsters understand their potentially life-threatening health conditions. The Princess and the Peanut by Sue [...]

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