Question from Jen Hi, After reading your great book and using it to completely detoxify our current home, we now have found ourselves in a position where we will have to move. 🙁 We have found a home deal that is really too good to pass up financially, whereby we...

Question from shell1424 Our home has a lot of particle board cabinets with white laminate, is there something non toxic I could use to seal it and prevent glue molecules from leaching into the air? Debra's Answer I don't think it's necessary to seal your cabinets. If...

Question from srosselet I finally found a pair of all wool pants but they have acetate lining. I looked up acetate and found that it is made from wood pulp mixed with acetic acid and other ingredients. Do you have an opinion about acetate? Thanks! Sue Debra's Answer...

I was wondering if you or anybody have every heard of Cupro. I have seen it a lot in my favorite organic designer but will not buy anything that is listed as Cupro because I do not know enough about. The last thing I want to do is spend a lot of money on something and...

A reader wrote: Hello, I just bought a piece of Fumigated Antique Wood Furniture Imported from India. The piece is a 3-door cabinet. The off-gassing is very strong. I have a Blue Air purifier system running right next to the furniture with the doors open. I'm hoping...

Today, I just need to get up on my soapbox for a few minutes and express my opinion. Over the weekend I learned that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is holding a discussion tomorrow on Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which...

Question from ruhajj I have several yards of non organic quilt batting that is unbleached. do you think that there is any residual pesticides after washing? Debra's Answer Yes! This is not my opinion, this was lab tested in Germany. Non-organic cotton batting retains...

Question from Shoshana I just saw a news report about ten fish oil supplement manufacturers that are being sued for selling fish oil capsules that contain unsafe levels of PCB's. The report claimed that some of these manufacturers say on their labels that their...

Question from Debra Lynn Dadd A reader wrote to me... Do you know if any company offers a tortilla press that is teflon/PFOA free? I have been searching for a while but have come up empty. Debra's Answer Hmmm. I seem to recall that tortilla makers don't have nonstick...

Question from Debra Lynn Dadd A reader wrote asking me... I need Queen Bed for that will handle sleepers over 250 lbs. as well as help with my severe lower SI back issues. I lost a large amount of inches and therefore lost my extra "cushion" around my waist and...