Environmental Safety Articles
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Don’t Get Greenwashed: A Quick Primer on Environmental Claims Validation
Consumers are demanding more environmentally responsible products and so industries and advertisers are putting more environmental claims on packaging. But are they true?
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Lead Poisoning: Get the Facts about the Threat
While many potential threats to childhood safety feel new, lead poisoning is a decades-old concern.
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Paint Your Walls. Protect Your Family: Tips on How to Safely Paint Indoors
Before you grab the rollers and get going, it’s important to remember that paint and paint thinner can have extremely harmful effects on you and your family, especially when used indoors.
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Q&A: How Safe is My Tap Water?
As a parent, you want to do everything you can to keep your family as safe as possible, so even the simple act of turning on the faucet may provoke a moment of thought and worry.
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What is Bisphenol A (BPA)? Should I Be Worried About It? Q&A
If you’re a parent and you’ve been watching the news recently, you’ve probably heard something about BPA – most likely in relation to baby bottles and hard plastic toys.
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What You Need to Know About Mercury Exposure
Mercury has been in the news a lot lately, frequently being blamed for serious and sometimes seemingly improbable health problems.