1. California Baby*
2. Burt's Bees Baby*
3. Kiss My Face
4. Dr. Bronner's*
5. Nature's Baby
6. Terressential's Baby Care
7. Tom's of Maine*
*products I have personally used.
There are many more. Most products will advertise that they are free of the bad chemicals. Read your label. There is a great book called Raising Baby Green by (unironically) Alan Greene. It has good ideas for making your own personal hygiene products as well as a good list of house hold, garden, and kitchen products that are non-toxic. Not only is this better for you and your baby, but also for the earth and future generations. Another favorite book if you are looking to eliminate all toxic products from your home is The Safe Shopper's Bible: A Consumer's Guide to Nontoxic Household Products, Cosmetics, and Food by David Steinman and Samuel S. Epstein. This one is great, but a lot of the products are difficult to find. Tom's of Maine is a good brand for Mom and Dad's bathroom, but I don't love their deodorant, which seems to be a little sticky.
For household use, I prefer 7th Generation, which you can find at Publix. I use their dish washing detergent, dish soap, laundry detergent, and fabric softener. They are all effective and safe. Lastly, be very careful with sunscreen as many of them contain chemicals that are very harmful to young children as well as adults.
For household use, I prefer 7th Generation, which you can find at Publix. I use their dish washing detergent, dish soap, laundry detergent, and fabric softener. They are all effective and safe. Lastly, be very careful with sunscreen as many of them contain chemicals that are very harmful to young children as well as adults.
http://www.skinbiology.com/ has this to say about sunscreen:
Chemical sunscreens have three primary defects:
1
They are powerful free radical generators.
Their free radical generation increases cellular damage and changes that lead to cancer. Psoralen - such a compound that is used to treat psoriasis increases skin cancer rates 83-fold.
2
They often have strong estrogenic activity.
Estrogenic - "Gender Bending" - chemicals interfere with normal sexual development - Engendering a host of secondary medical problems - see more below.
3
They are synthetic chemicals that are alien to the human body and accumulate in body fat stores.
The human body is well adapted to de-toxify biologicals that it has been exposed to over tens of millions of years. But it has often has difficulty removing new and non-biological compounds such DDT, Dioxin, PCBs, and chemical sunscreens.
Chemical Sunscreens Include:
Benzophenones (dixoybenzone, oxybenzone)
PABA and PABA esters (ethyl dihydroxy propyl PAB, glyceryl PABA, p-aminobenzoic acid, padimate-O or octyl dimethyl PABA)
Cinnamates (cinoxate, ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, octocrylene, octyl methoxycinnamate)
Salicylates (ethylhexyl salicylate, homosalate, octyl salicylate)
Digalloyl trioleate
Menthyl anthranilate
Avobenzone [butyl-methyoxydibenzoylmethane; Parsol 1789] - This is the only chemical sunscreen currently allowed by the European Community. However, its safety is still questionable since it easily penetrates the skin and is a strong free radical generator.
Chemical sunscreens have three primary defects:
1
They are powerful free radical generators.
Their free radical generation increases cellular damage and changes that lead to cancer. Psoralen - such a compound that is used to treat psoriasis increases skin cancer rates 83-fold.
2
They often have strong estrogenic activity.
Estrogenic - "Gender Bending" - chemicals interfere with normal sexual development - Engendering a host of secondary medical problems - see more below.
3
They are synthetic chemicals that are alien to the human body and accumulate in body fat stores.
The human body is well adapted to de-toxify biologicals that it has been exposed to over tens of millions of years. But it has often has difficulty removing new and non-biological compounds such DDT, Dioxin, PCBs, and chemical sunscreens.
Chemical Sunscreens Include:
Benzophenones (dixoybenzone, oxybenzone)
PABA and PABA esters (ethyl dihydroxy propyl PAB, glyceryl PABA, p-aminobenzoic acid, padimate-O or octyl dimethyl PABA)
Cinnamates (cinoxate, ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, octocrylene, octyl methoxycinnamate)
Salicylates (ethylhexyl salicylate, homosalate, octyl salicylate)
Digalloyl trioleate
Menthyl anthranilate
Avobenzone [butyl-methyoxydibenzoylmethane; Parsol 1789] - This is the only chemical sunscreen currently allowed by the European Community. However, its safety is still questionable since it easily penetrates the skin and is a strong free radical generator.
So, I hope I didn't freak you out or bore you to death. You can only do so much at a time. Burts Bees makes a sunscreen that is pretty good. Kinda sticky, but chemical free. (After some more research, I have found two more sunscreens (Badger and Mexitan) available online.)
In happier news, here is Avery trying applesauce (organic of course) for the first time! MMMM!
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