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Toothpaste for Dogs?

Question from TerryAnn Hi Debra. Can you recommend something to use to brush my dogs teeth that is natural and would have an enzymatic element to it? If there isn’t anything with an enzymatic effect, how about anything natural that would help with tarter beyond...

EcoQuest Laundry Pure Machine

Question from audrey A friend of mine has a question: She has mcs and has an aide for her husband. His uniforms smell so strongly from fragrance that she has to soak them between 7-9 times in baking soda. Does anyone know of or own The Laundry Pure by EcoQuest? It is...

Toys Treated With Formaldehyde?

Question from reinventingqueen Dear Debra, I am soo glad I found your blog. We recently purchased several toys from a reputable european company for our 8 month old baby. The toys are made from cotton/polyester. On the caring instructions it says that the toys should...

Latex Mattress Allergy

Question from Leslie Hi, the Sealy website says that the latex layers in their innerspring mattresses are petroleum-based latex — not the natural. They claim that it’s the natural latex that people with latex allergies react to. Debra – is this true?...

Greenwashing Continues to be a Problem

Here’s an article from last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal about false and misleading claims on green products: ‘Green’ Goods, Red Flags: Rash of Earth-Friendly Claims Spurs Rising Number of Lawsuits and FTC Actions This is exactly why we as...

Problems With Growing Tomatoes

Question from trina dear debra, can you help me with my tomatoes , they are always looking sick after a while and get a yellowing and browning off of the bottom leaves after a while they all get the disesse and die. what if anything can i do that is organic and safe...

Is it safe to buy a floor model mattress?

Question from Brie Hi Debra, What a great website – congratulations on all your hard work! My question is this: my husband and I desperately need a new mattress. We have decided (long, long story) that we have to buy a traditional innerspring – so we are...

Crib And Mattress Question

Question from singing tomato Dear Debra, after research we decided to replace our 7.5 months daughter’s crib with a safer one from Pacific Rim. My question is: should we also replace her mattress as well? we have been using an organic cotton one from Naturepedic...

New And Safe Sofa

Question from singing tomato Dear Debra, After reading about the health concerns about the use of flame retardants in upholstery furniture we decided to buy new ones. Since our bugdet is tight we have 4 options: 1. keeping the sofa and loveseat which we bought 3-4...

Royal-Pedic Quilted Latex Mattress

Question from bjenkins I was wondering if anyone has information on what goes into Royal-Pedic’s blended latex mattress that they sell in their non-organic line? I have gotten many different answers to this question from dealers and from calling their own 800...

ARE TOXIC PRODUCTS HIDDEN IN YOUR HOME?

Toxic Products Don’t Always Have Warning Labels. Find Out About 3 Hidden Toxic Products That You Can Remove From Your Home Right Now.