Merely living on earth puts you at risk - Theo Colborn, PhD.
<h1>Plastics:</h1>
Many contain BPA (Bisphenol A) and Phthalates
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	<li>We avoid plastics when we can - particularly 7, 6 &amp; 3.  Even my children know  "7, 6 and 3 are not for me".   When we were getting rid of "bad" plastics I taught my children what to look for and told them I'd give them $1 for every bad plastic they found in our house!  They ran around the house like crazy.  Fortunately they only found 3 pieces of "bad" plastic in our house.</li>
	<li>we never microwave anything in plastic</li>
	<li>use glass or ceramics to store food</li>
	<li>don't let babies chew on plastics - find natural products/toys instead</li>
	<li>I breastfed my babies for well over a year each</li>
	<li> I didn't use pacifiers - it was my choice not merely because of the plastic exposure but the "plastic" factor definitely belongs on the pro side to breastfeeding and thumb sucking over pacifiers</li>
	<li>try and avoid plastic water bottles but we don't like stainless steel so found some good glass bottles that are wrapped in rubber so they are safe for my kids' backpacks.</li>
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<h1>Cosmetics:</h1>
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Organochlorines:
<h1>Household Cleaning Products:</h1>
<a title="Environmental Working Group's Hall of Shame" href="http://static.ewg.org/reports/2012/cleaners_hallofshame/cleaners_hallofshame.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Working Group's Hall of Shame</a> - Click here to see the worst offenders - some of these toxic chemicals are banned in certain countries, some have ingredients known to be carcinogenic.   And some of these products pretend they are "green" - some I've had them in my own home thinking I was doing the right thing by buying "Green" products!  I'm a sucker!

<a title="Environmental Working Group's Guide to Cleaners" href="http://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners" target="_blank">Environmental Working Group's Guide to Healthy Cleaning</a> - Look up the Cleaning Products that you use &amp; see what you're bringing into your house maybe without even knowing it!  EWG - rates common products for

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