esskayelle

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Hey,

Did you know that many baby bottles contain an unnecessary toxic chemical even though safer products are available? Sign this petition with me to tell the CEO's of the leading baby bottle manufacturers that consumers demand toxic-free baby bottles.

Read on for more info:

The evidence is mounting. After years of concern about the safety of baby bottles, children’s care products, and other food and beverage containers that contain the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), the verdict is in--and it’s not good.

Yesterday the Canadian government announced it is planning to ban the use of BPA in baby bottles, and declared BPA dangerous.[1] And, earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times reported that the U.S. based National Institutes of Health (NIH) concluded that there is "some concern" that babies, fetuses, and children are in danger because BPA harms animals at the low levels found in nearly all human bodies.[2] Sadly, a recent study found this chemical in all five leading brands of American baby bottles.

It's enough to sink any mother's stomach.

Let's take a second to take a collective deep breath, and then mobilize for major action. Sign a petition calling for the CEOs of the leading manufacturers of baby bottles to stop the use of BPA in our baby bottles and other children’s products.

TAKE ACTION: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1768/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1177

Sign on now and we’ll send the petition to the CEOs of Avent, Disney/First Years, Dr. Brown’s, Evenflo, Gerber, and Playtex in collaboration with Center for Health, Environment, Justice and other organizations.

Can you also send this petition to five of your friends? The more signatures, we have, the more the CEOs will get the message that consumers want healthy products, not toxins. With the current media attention on BPA, this is a critical moment to take advantage of that momentum and push these CEOs to stop using it in baby bottles.

WHAT DOES IT DO? Growing children are especially at risk to chemicals as they face greater exposure per pound of body weight. Even fetuses are susceptible as chemicals, including BPA, cross the placenta in pregnant women. Over 130 studies suggest that BPA exposure, even at low doses, is linked to many health problems, including early puberty, breast and prostate cancer, obesity, attention and hyperactivity disorder, brain damage, altered immune system, and lower sperm counts.[3]

This is a widespread issue which we need to address together. A 2007 study by the Environment California Research and Policy Center found that all five leading brands of baby bottles leached BPA at levels found to cause harm in numerous laboratory studies.[4]

It is time for all parents to take action!

*Click here to sign the petition: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1768/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1177

Thanks for your work on behalf of all children.

P.S. For tips on how to limit exposure to BPA, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041502161.html

[1] http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/04/18/bisphenol-a.html?ref=rss

[2] http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-na-plastic16apr16,1,498138.story

[3] http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/environmental-health/stop-toxic-toys/bisphenol-a-overview.

[4] http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/reports/environmental-health/environmental-health-reports/toxic-baby-bottles

feeling green?

it's earth day...and i've been trying to do my part.

i started with recycling.  our building doesn't have recycling services...but i make the effort to collect thrown out plastics, glass, paper, and aluminum on my own.  i go once a week to our neighborhood drop-off. 

then, i saw oprah's going green 101 episode.

there were a lot of helpful tips, here are some baby-steps that i was reminded of that i can take right now:

1. use canvas bags for your groceries.  it takes 1000 years for a regular plastic grocery bag to biodegrade, and O2 giving trees for paper.  today, I tried it out. 
   i only brought one on my trip out, and quickly discovered that it's such a handy thing to have!  i can put so many groceries in the canvas bag...probably saving the 3 or 4 plastic ones that would have been used otherwise.  (is it me?  or does it seem like they put less and less in each bag nowadays?)  i actually preferred the canvas bag because the groceries stayed in place, and it was much easier to handle.  and instead of being left with a superfluous amount of plastic bags tucked away under your sink, you have more space.  just wash the canvas bags, when necessary.  much easier.
   
2. compact florescent light bulbs.  it's more $$ upfront, but they last years and will save you more $$ in the end.
   
3. dye-free, perfume-free, non-toxic cleaning products.  they can make the air you breathe safer.  which is a huge concern for parents and the uprise of allergies and asthma.
    
4. unplug appliances.  even if they're not being used, they're consuming energy.  so unplug your coffee maker, toaster, rice-maker, etc.  for tv's and lamps, use a powerstrip and switch it off when those things are not in use.  the energy you save is a huge percent.
   
5. cold water.  use cold water for all of your laundry. 

okay, that's my challenge to help the earth.  let's see how i do. 

what do you do?

baby, it's cold outside

it is quite frigid. 

weather in the negative digits for the last few days and snowy. 

recently saw:

an inconvenient truth

thought it was very good.  enlightening.

this weather has me remember its truth.

i'm going to start recycling. 

debating whether or not to use these environmentally safe diaper...

g diapers
seems like a lot of work.  anyone using these have something to say about them?

God gave us this place to live in.  I think it glorifies Him when we take faithful responsibility of His provisions.  No?