‘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...

BPA In Paper Money

Dec 9, 2010Laws & Regulations

It turns out that the cash in your wallet may be contaminated with the dangerous chemical BPA.  A recent study found that BPA (a widely used chemical that causes genetic damage, miscarriages, birth defects and acts like a hormone) is present in paper money.  Water...

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...