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Safe sealant for baby items

Question from Stephanie Hi Debra, I recently bought handmade wooden ABC magnets with paper overlays for my toddler. The magnets are not sealed, and so he’s able to peel up the paper illustrations. I want to seal the paper so that he can’t peel it up and...

Metal Containers For Natural Cleaners

Question from Mary Anne Hi Debra – I’m normally really good at researching this stuff myself but I can’t seem to find any info on this, so I hope you can help me. I’m like many other people trying to get rid of plastic, including now the the...

Paper Cups And Plates

Question from kk I frequently use the Dixie brand “to-go” coffee mugs (our cafeteria provides these). I realize that these may not be the most environmentally sound mugs, but I do reuse the same one throughout the day. I have assumed because they are made...

polycarbonate roofing for a greenhouse

Question from Sally Reinburg We have heard that there is an off gas to this, we want to use it for a large greenhouse-passive solar heat system for a new home. What do you know?? Debra’s Answer My understanding about polycarbonate is that it leaches bisphenol-A...

Oil Pulling

Question from queen of fun Can anyone comment on oil pulling? www.oilpulling.com I don’t know if you are familiar with oiling pulling, but in short a person swishes oil around their mouth on an empty stomach. It is suppose to remove toxins from your body, whiten...

Soot from burning candles

Question from Barbara Cole I just purchased a house and when I had the carpet cleaned the man told me that the lady who had the house before me must have burned a lot of candles. The carpet is a medium beige color and you can see where the soot from the candles framed...

Hemorrhoids

Question from Susan The only treatment I know of for hemorrhoids is Preparation H and other brands that have mimicked the Preparation H ingredients. EWG gives these products a level 6 on the danger scale and they are full of parabens. Does anyone have any suggestions...

MCS and Diabetes

Question from Julie After many years of MCS, I discovered a new twist that everyone with Chemical Sensitivities should look into. The Endocrinologist discovered that I had Insulin Resistance (some would say Pre-Diabetes or early diabetes.) In any case after treating...

Carcinogens in natural cleaning products?

Question from K.H. Debra, Recently, I read this article that explained that natural products contain carcinogenic by products as well as the regular ones. Obviously this has worried me. At that point aren’t the cheaper big brand cleaning products equal to these...

Perfume in wallpaper

Question from Ira Hi there, I am renting a house and the wallpaper and bannister keep having a recurring odor of perfume or fragrance. I wipe them down with an odor removing product and that temporarily rids the odor…but with this hot weather lately, the odor...

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.