Question from Tammy
Hi Debra,
Hi for about a year now my feet have been very painful cannot get comfortable in any shoe my feet become real hot and I just want to rip my shoes off within 10 minutes of putting them on. Recently found out I was allergic to fossil fuel’s which include Rubber all the memory foam shoes I can’t find any shoes that are good for me I am looking for leather shoes with no padding and no rubber soles I’m allergic to the glue’s etc. I really need help has anybody found any shoes That might work?
Debra’s Answer
First, there are already some resources on this website for shoes:
How to Choose Toxic Free Shoes
But today I want to give you even more information.
I spent quite a bit of time online over the weekend looking at shoes. And I found some I want to investigate further.
But here’s what I learned. There are A LOT of shoes available made from natural materials. The key is to search on the type of material you are interested in and then look at IMAGES. From this gallery you will find many brands and then you can find out more about them.
Also if you find some you like, click on the image and google will give you a box with “more like this” choices. Look at those too.
For example here are some search results…
“vegetable tanned leather sandal”
“cotton shoes” and “cotton espadrilles”
Have fun looking and post a comment to let us know what you find.
