Question from Mary Hi Debra, There is paper made from sugar cane, but isn’t sugar cane one of the crops grown from GMO and so wouldn’t the paper have residues of glyphosphate? Debra’s Answer I love sugar cane paper and was just about to buy some....
Here are some references about the toxic dangers from dryer sheets. Please add a comment with any others you know about. THE HEALTH WYZE REPORT: The Toxicity of Dryer Sheets, Fabric Softeners, and Laundry Detergents DAILY MAIL: ‘Cancer risk’ of perfumed products that...
Heavy metals have been detected at high levels in Portland residential neighborhoods, around two glass factories. Environmental authorities are recommending that citizens should avoid eating produce grown within a half=mile of the highest mapped metal concentrations...
We know about chorine and fluoride and heavy metals in tap water, but does your water have 1,2,3 Trichloropropane (1,2,3TCP)? After all the news about water problems in Flint, Michigan, a reporter decided to actually read the “consumer confidence report” for her...
Question from Michelle Bishop Hi Debra, I just ordered a Cangshan N series (hollow center in handle, solid metal knife) from Amazon. All the reviews are good but they’re from Aug 2015 and forward so it seems these knives are not long-established. They got an NSF...
Update February, 2020: Is There Lead in Glassware? It has long been assumed that glass is a safe material. However, recently, there have been tests done on regular glassware that shows lead is found in glass. At first I couldn’t believe this. Lead is not added to...
“For more than a decade, it has been impossible for operators of the Indian Point nuclear power plant to stop highly radioactive reactor and spent fuel pool coolant from leaking into the groundwater and migrating to the Hudson River. “And despite...
More and more in the past few weeks stories are coming out about glyphosate contamination in one product after another. In October 2015, I wrote a post on my Toxic Free Body blog called “Glyphosate Detox: How to Remove Roundup From Your Body.” Since that blog is...
Tests done by the Munich Environmental Institute (Umweltinstitut München) found glyphosate in ALL of the 14 beers tested. The German Brewers’ Association admitted that low residues of the probable human carcinogen glyphosate could not be prevented, because “the...
Question from Deanna McFarlain Hi Debra, Like many of your readers I have been searching for non toxic shoes for years. Finding a shoe that is both healthy for our feet and non toxic is quite a challenge. Recently I have been on the hunt for barefoot shoes & found...