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Antique Drapery Rod Company

This company proves recycled can also be beautiful with their gorgeous historic, classical window hardware. They manufacture over 600 types of drapery hardware in recycled wrought iron, reforested carved wood, recyclable cast stone, tortoise shell bamboo (the fastest...

Anna Sova

The most luxurious eco-friendly bedlinens I've seen. Organic cotton bedlinens come in a rainbow of solid colors, in an Indian print applied by hand with wood blocks, and other natural designs and in various weights. Natural color linen bedlinens contain both fine...

Perchlorate in batteries

Question from Annette Tweedel Hi Debra, One day I was looking for a scale, one that would check for Body Mass Index (BMI), and found one and decided to look further on the box for other information. Well, I noticed that the battery that goes inside the scale contains...

Kahrs or Mannington engineered hardwood floors

Question from Brenda S Hi Debra, I was wondering if anyone has had a experiences with Kahrs or Mannington engineered hardwood floors. From what I have read on the websites of these companys Mannington uses formaldehyde free adhesives and Kahrs said theirs is very low...

Plywood Vs Particleboard

Question from kpc I know both of these use formaldehyde based resins, but is furniture made from plywood less toxic (less offgassing) than that made with particle board? Debra's Answer Particleboard is made from wood chips and sawdust, held together with a...

Formaldehyde Free Plywood For A Subfloor

Question from Brenda S Hi Debra, I was wondering also if anyone knows if there is such a thing as formaldehyde free plywood for sub-floors. I know there is a PureBond brand from Home Depot but they said that type of panel wasn't suitable for sub-floors. I was also...

Anna Sova

Milk paint made "with up to 99% food grade ingredients. Milk casien (as in yogurt), titanium dioxide (as in powdered donuts), food grade emulsifiers and preservatives (as in milkshakes and chocolates...we import our pigments from Germany, now the cutting edge of...

Dangerous Cosmetics in the News

Here's an article from the Miami Herald talking about the dangers of toxic ingredients in cosmetic products: After you read this, go to Debra's List to see safe, natural and organic bodycare products. [button...

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.