‘Tis The Season

Dec 22, 2010Food, Tips

Today I discovered something that depressed me as much as learning there was no Santa Claus: my favorite holiday candy is loaded with harmful food dyes. Candy canes, a mainstay of the holiday season, contain Red 40, a synthetic food dye associated with severe allergic...

Where It All Begins

Dec 21, 2010Tips

When we first conceived of Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS) five years ago, the co-founders and I decided that in order to tackle the chemicals ending up in mothers’ milk, we’d need to track them back to their source. In the course of conducting our early research, one...

What to Give the Techie Who Has It All

Dec 8, 2010Tips

Year in and year out, the holidays leave so many of us racking our brains for gift ideas.  Which got us thinking:  maybe this is a sign that many of our loved one don’t need more things. This season,  the reckless, short-sighted electronics industry is expected to...

Out With The Old, In With The New (& Used)

Dec 1, 2010Tips

Crossposted at Safemilk.org I don’t know what it is, but I find the practice of purging to be incredibly satisfying (as in, the contents of closets or inboxes, or car glove compartments—stomach contents, on the other hand, not so much fun). When the holidays...