Health:

• Simple Tips & Tricks: Cut Your Household Expenses and Protect the Planet Too

 

• Go Solar! Alternative Energies

Sick House Syndrome: Is your home making you sick?

• Indoor Air: How safe is it & what can you do to improve it

 

• Indoor Plants that Clean Pollutants out of the Air

 

• Water & Your Health: What is in home's tap water?

 

Grocery Bags: The Price We Pay For Convenience

Emergency Preparedness:

• How to Survive the Cold
• How to Prepare for and Survive a Flood
• Evacuation & Rescue of Animals
• How to Treat Water in a Survival Situation

 

Teflon Poisoning: Canaries in the Kitchen:

The Risks of Teflon in Your Kitchen

 

Personal Stories: Pet Birds Died Due to Teflon Pots and an unlikely source of Teflon: Silicon Oven Liners

 

Canaries in the Kitchen:

 

do you think self cleaning ovens are safe?

need to replace my oven

Rob’s mom

 

EWG (Environmental Working Group) finds heated Teflon pans can turn toxic faster than DuPont claims -- EWG tests of coated pans found that in two to five minutes on a typical household stove, heated pans reach temperatures that produce toxins that even DuPont acknowledges kill hundreds of pet birds each year and cause "flu-like polymer fever in humans." I would recommend bookmarking this website: http://www.ewg.org. Great information. If you have time, I would advise you to carefully review this website -- it has a lot of information that will help you keep your family protected from toxins (as much as possible).

Bird owners should realize that using products withTeflon coating should not be used around birds. Other brand names with polytetraflouethylene non-stick coating are Silverstone, Fluron, Supra, Excalibur, Greblon, Xylon, Duracote, Resistal, Autograph and T-Fal. Some time ago, the San Antonio Zoo in Texas lost 21 birds in an outdoor aviary. Their death was attributed to recently installed lights in an outdoor aviary. The bulbs had been coated with Polytetraflouethylene (PTFE). PTFE can also be found on cooking and baking utensils, electric cookers, portable heaters, irons with nonstick plates, self-cleaning ovens, some hair dryers and curling irons - to name a few. Ask the manufacturer if uncertain.

Self-cleaning ovens: Do not run the self-cleaning cycle on ovens when birds are around. Self-cleaning ovens are lined with PTFE (Teflon) and reach 900 degrees Fahrenheit during the self-cleaning cycle and emit gasses into the air that kill birds rather quickly.

 

 

 

Weleda Salt Toothpaste Peppermint -- 3.3 oz$3.74 new - Vitacost.com

from Rob’s mom

great choice let me know what you think.

 

Natural teeth-whitening and protection for gums.

Salt toothpaste uses natural Sodium bicarbonate to help neutralise harmful plaque acids, helping to prevent the build-up of plaque. This unique formulation, which includes Sea Salt, increases the natural saliva production, encouraging your body to keep the gums clean, healthy and strong. The slightly salty taste is complemented by a mixture of essential oils, including Peppermint Oil, for a long-lasting freshness.

 

Ingredients: Natural Sodium Bicarbonate, pure plant extracts and a mixture of essential oils including Peppermint Oil, Sea Salt and other essential ingredients.

Free Of

Fluoride, detergents, synthetic fragrances, colours, preservatives and raw materials derived from mineral oils.