Knowing my propensity to over-research consumer products, sometimes a friend or family member will call me to ask my advice about a par...

We are a family of very thick, very curly hair. I am particular about hair products (I  never  use whatever happens to be in the sh...

We've been topping 80 degrees regularly for the past few weeks and while slogging through the final month of school my thoughts...

Last summer one of my kids' favorite activities was swimming with friends at a local pool. So this summer I decided to fork over t...

Recently I was asked what advice I had for parents or soon-to-be parents who want to limit their family's exposure to toxic chemical...

To learn more about the story of toxic Teflon, read last week's post: Toxic Teflon: How a Deadly Chemical Evaded Regulation and ...

There is a prevailing sentiment among well-meaning people who don’t want to be unduly influenced by alarmists and worrywarts: if somet...

This post is sponsored by Green Sisterhood . All opinions are my own. Get outside! As parents, it is hard not to worry about...

Plastics, so convenient, so ubiquitous, so problematic. While it's probably impossible to eliminate plastics from your life entire...

Early puberty. A phrase that strikes fear in the heart of this mother of two young girls. I don’t think any parent wants her daughter...

Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and their partners have been working on a campaign called Mind the Store for nearly a year. I love th...

Polystyrene Causes Cancer and Messes with Your Hormones! Styrofoam and other polystyrene plastics have been enjoying a bit of notoriet...

As we enter the winter months and the holidays , keeping shoes out of your home can become a little more challenging. But the bene...

This post was sponsored by Green Sisterhood. All opinions are my own. Every holiday there are headlines about the toxic chemicals that...

© Depositphotos.com/alenkasm Flame retardant chemicals  are Persistent Organic Pollutants, meaning that they are toxic, persistent...

Although I would have been happy to keep our decade-old sofa set for a few more years, my two-year-old helped me decide it was time to p...

Reconsidering Full Fat Dairy For years my family has been eating organic whole plain yogurt produced by a local creamery. I chose wh...

School's out and that means that my kids are spending a lot more time in our backyard. I am a big fan of outdoor play for kids and...

Does Play Sand Cause Cancer? Last summer I purchased a used rigid plastic sand box with a cover on Craig's List. Once I had t...

When I first became concerned about environmental toxins after my first child was born, there was plenty of information about eco-frie...