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Showing posts with label Food Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food Safety. Show all posts

Sunday, January 15, 2012

EWG's Guide to Triclosan

This is very interesting. My husband would always say to people who put the anti-bacterial hand gel on there hands, "Your just putting chemicals on your hands!". I have to agree with him on that one! They have the dispensers everywhere in hospitals. It is always best to just wash your hands with warm soapy water if possible. 

Here is the PDF link if you would like to print this out.             
 
ewg.org
EWG’s Guide to Triclosan

Triclosan is an antibacterial chemical found in many consumer products.

Where is triclosan found?

EWG's Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce

I came across this list while reading another mom's blog. I think it will be very helpful to follow since buying everything organic can get quite expensive. I myself don't buy everything organic. But everything I do buy is without artificial colors, flavors, preservatives and GMO ingredients. Buying the right foods is even more important than buying exclusively organic. In other words, there is such a thing as eating healthy "junk" food. It is hard not to buy those potato chips, or cookies or all natural root beer. But organic cane sugar is still just that - sugar. I will talk about this more in another post I will be doing on the video, Sweet Suicide.