Healthy, Wealthy and Wise….

In my first post (and I am sure that you have read each and every one), I mentioned that my non-toxic journey began three years ago by helping a friend find a car seat, which led me to a site: Healthycar.org – which led me to the disturbing knowledge that most car seats were SATURATED with lead, ARSENIC (Wot?!) , cadmium, mercury, chlorine, bromine and all sorts of other scary toxic heavy metals and chemicals that baby skin absorbs and which they, double the adult rate, breathe via the air.  And where do they tend to breathe these neurotoxin fumes rising out of the car seat?  In your Dachcar – that is saturated in the same poison (that belongs in an Agatha Christie mystery – not your baby’s body).

Is it getting better since three years ago?  Yes.  Angry mothers calling manufacturers, writing their legislators, supporting healthy childrens products legislation, starting blogs and spreading the word are FORCING companies to mitigate or rid their products of these cheap chemicals.

What was www.HealthyCar.org, (bless every last one of the people that work with The Ecology Center that puts on this site) – is now www.HealthyStuff.org, which now reviews heaps of other kid’s products.

I bought my Sunshine Kids car seat based on these cats – as well as my car.  And now that they review an increasing pile of products – I’ll be sure to check them even more frequently.

HealthyStuff has mobile apps, that you may consider.  You can text their elves with a product and they will text you back with it’s toxicity rating.

Please take a gander, become their Facebook friend, sign a petition on their site, get a widget, download an app, send them a few shekels — these people are doing incredibly important work – and deserve your support.

And most importantly? (I’m on my knees begging here), PLEASE check HealthStuff.org before you buy a new car or car seat…with cherries on top.

And if you car brand isn’t on their site (which mine wasn’t), buy one that is 3 years old.  That’s how long it takes for these cars to “off-gass”.

www.HealthyStuff.org.

Pass it on.

Thank you.