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Tags: Phthalates

• Footprint Friday–The Bellisima Green Challenge: Home Air Freshening

  This weekend, I am traveling to spend time with a very close friend. I didn’t want to miss “Footprint Friday,” so enjoy what follows…
  Because it’s wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere, most of us spend more time indoors with our doors and windows shut tight to keep out the cold. This contributes to the potential for [...]

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• Footprint Friday–Bellisima Green Challenge: What Are Phthalates and What to Do About Them?

  In December 2009, I promised I would blog about another group of chemicals, phthalates.
  According to EWG, “Phthalates (pronounced “THAL-ates”) are a group of chemical “plasticizers” that are used in a huge variety of consumer products, from PVC pipes to perfume. With billions of pounds produced annually, phthalates are everywhere. They’re even in the indoor [...]

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• Wellness Wednesday–How Do We Protect Ourselves from BPA and Other Chemicals?

  As part of my discussion of BPA this week and the risks it poses to human beings as well as to our environment, it is important that we take a look at what we can do to protect ourselves and minimize our exposure to this very real chemical threat.
  Even though bisphenol A (BPA) first made [...]

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