Let's Stop Poisoning Our Children

How safe is your home?
Of chemicals commonly used in homes 150 have been linked to, allergies, birth defects and cancer.
Cleaning products (which people usually think of first) are not the only problem - after analyzing 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products 884 were found to be toxic. That is 1 in 3!

According to Philip Landrigan M. D. of Mount Sinai Medical Center, the most pressing health issues for children today are:

1. the rise of asthma
2. the rise in childhood cancers
3. the rise in central nervous system disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, and other learning disorders as the result of environmental neurotoxins
4. the effects of endocrine disruptors*

All these are related to toxic chemical exposure in the home.  Let's Stop Poisoning our Children!

The GOOD NEWS

Fortunately, for every almost every toxic product there is a safe alternative available. There are a number of ethical conscientious companies now offering household and personal care products that are safe and more natural. They work just as well or better than of the shelf brands, and in many cases actually cost less. So, there's really no reason to risk the health of your children or yourself any longer.

As parents, we do everything we can to protect our children yet we all use hundreds of chemicals everyday, supposedly to keep our homes clean and safe.  These same products are destroying our health and more importantly the health of our children. As I talk to more and more concerned parents I learn that most people still use chemicals which would be banned or aggressively controlled in the work place.

Let's stop poisoning our children. The first step can be as simple as requesting a Free Home Safety Consultation today from one of the Moms or Dads with EveVenture.
Sometimes a solution is as quick and easy as learning where to shop for safer products.

Sources:

1. Philip Landrigan M. D. of Mount Sinai Medical Center
2. Children's Environmental Health Center 
3. Graphic Source: RMBarry.com

Cancer Causing Ingredients in Children's Products

This is exactly what we have been teaching for 6 years now.
Do not trust manufacturers to be looking out for your best interest -- they DO NOT.
This is exactly why I shop with a company that has a Mission Statement laser focused on making lives better, healthier and safer and a 25 year record of putting wellness first.

Maybe more people will take notice since this is increasingly hitting the mainstream.

But, be assured and forewarned that unscrupulous manufacturers will "jump on the bandwagon" and try to peddle their goods as safer.  In fact, it is already being done. Case in point - Clorox.

Feel free to contact me if you'd like to know what I have learned and where I shop!

Kids and Cars - Let's Save Some Lives

Cars backing over out-of-view children.
Power windows strangling children.
Cars getting inadvertently shifted into gear.
And, of course, children left unattended in hot cars.

“The thing that motivates me more than anything is that it’s all preventable,” Fennell said.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/01/1916635/founder-of-kids-and-cars-saves.html#ixzz0myz0wllD

The article is longish but an easy and fast read. It includes so many GREAT tidbits that will raise your awareness that it is worth the 5 minutes it takes to read.

Quick excerpt:

She is not afraid to challenge popular institutions and ideas.

She lobbied to get a Diet Pepsi commercial off the air that featured Cindy Crawford leaving her toddler and baby in her closed SUV on a warm day while she cooled off with a drink. After Fennell complained, Pepsi donated $20,000 to Kids and Cars.

She also helped get a Corvette commercial pulled. Directed by Guy Ritchie, it showed a 10-year-old boy driving the car. She got death threats from Corvette lovers for that one.

When an Arkansas brother and sister died in the trunk of a 2000 GM car last summer, Fennell called for GM to retrofit all its 2000 and 2001 cars with trunk releases.

Cross posted at The Best Nest

Car Seats (& Mighty Tites)

This is a great place on the web to learn about carseats!  The Car Seat Lady
And, may I strongly encourage the use of a Mighty Tite to go with this info!!

You will find accurate, up-to-date information from NHTSA-Certified Child Passenger Safety technicians and instructors about how to keep your most precious cargo safe:

• the best car seat for your child and your vehicle
• when your child is ready for a booster seat
• how to use a car seat in a taxi
• how to use a car seat on an airplane
• why rear-facing is safer than forward facing
• how to pick a safe vehicle

We also offer experienced, private car seat installation lessons in the New York City and Baltimore areas.
Or if you live elsewhere, find a qualified car seat installation expert near you to teach you how to properly install your child's car seat.
Read our response to the recent Consumer Reports article (Feb. 2007) Please note that on 18 Jan 2007, Consumer Reports withdrew the article.

 

We're in the New Yorker!

Alisa Baer, the Car Seat Lady, was the Talk of the Town in The New Yorker on 5 Sep 2005!

Temporary Tattoos

Here is an idea that will put your phone number ON your little ones. What is really cool is that kiddos can't take it off or lose it!





You can now get Temporary Tattoos (SafetyTats) customized with your cell phone number on them!
There are several cute designs from which to choose.
At $19.95 for 30 the price is within reason, too! HERE is the link where you can check this out for yourself.
This is one of my favorites.


There is also a LOT of good information on child safety at the website. You can read more HERE.




I like the idea of being able to customize these SafetyTats to give information like these for school field trips and special needs.