Archive for the Pesticides

A TOUGH DILEMMA: in the United States most children’s pajamas are treated with flame retardants, which can give our kids critical extra time to escape a fire. Flame resistant sleepwear is likely to be labeled as “flame resistant.” I looked around and found an alternative. The trick is to find sleepwear that has the label, […]

I promised the following post on produce and pesticides when I was on the Dr. Pat Show. Here it is a day late.
I try to feed my children organic food whenever I can. However it isn’t always possible to find organic produce and it always costs more. The USDA regularly tests samples of organic and […]

I have written articles about lice alerting moms to the effects of pesticides in prescription and over-the-counter treatments on two occasions. I have seen it aggressively treated at my school in Jersey City, New Jersey. Even so, in all the years I have been a mother I have never had an intimate, first hand, in-my-own-home […]