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Kids and chemicals

Two stories in the news today highlighted how our children potentially can be exposed to toxins just by the foods we eat and the products we use around the home.

“Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products" discusses a recent study that showed how kids eating conventional foods from Seattle area grocery stores ended up with “biological markers of organophosphates – the family of pesticides spawned by the creation of nerve gas agents in World War II” in their urine and saliva. Once the children switched to organic food, the pesticides in their systems disappeared.

“Study links baby products to pthalates” explains how baby shampoos, lotions and powders may expose infants to chemicals that have been linked to reproductive birth defects.

As a parent, does this worry you? Or do you think these studies just cause moms and dads to suffer unnecessary paranoia?

If this is a concern, what do you do to limit your children’s exposure to harmful chemicals in food and other everyday products? What prompted you to make these changes and how has it affected your lifestyle and pocketbook?



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