Organic Shopping and Healthy Green Gift Ideas
Find Meaningful, Safe, Non-Toxic Gifts
We'd like to help you shop without stress with organic shopping and green gift ideas. We put together this list of online stores where you can find the safest, healthiest, most meaningful, organic, sustainable, green gifts. Shopping online is a great way for busy parents to shop. And most of these gifts are at great discounts.
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Stay Healthy: Prevention and Holistic Treatment of Viral Illness
A Presentation by Randall Neustaedter OMD* 
Randall Neustaedter, OMD has created an excellent presentation for parents, and you can listen to and view it here at Healthy Child. Dr. Neustaedter gives you simple steps to prevent flu and other illnesses and treat your children safely and effectively with holistic medicine if they do get sick.
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Mattresses are a primary source of chemical poisoning in babies. The majority of baby mattresses today contain polyurethane foam, vinyl (PVC), phthalates, chemical fire retardants, and an extensive list of added industrial chemicals. These chemicals can leach out of the mattress or off-gas to expose the baby through inhalation and through the skin.
A mattress exposure is particularly problematic because it is up-close and long-term. Sleeping on typical crib mattresses, babies breathe and absorb these chemicals for ten to 14 hours a day or more for a period of two or more years during the critical developmental period of their brains, nervous systems and immune systems. Babies who spend over 50-70% of their early life on baby mattresses are likely to receive pretty high doses of these chemicals and gases.
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Toxic Toys
We've all been alarmed by the recent reports about lead in toys, but there are many other toxic chemicals used in baby and children's toys, including phthalates, cadmium, chlorine, and arsenic. Soft squeeze toys and bath toys are likely made from PVC with added phthalates that off-gas. In order to make toys more flame retardant, durable, flexible, or rigid, manufacturers add chemicals to the fabric, paint and plastic materials. Babies are exposed to these chemicals when they put the toxic toys in their mouths. They can also be exposed from breathing the air around the toxic toys.
Alternatives to Toxic Toys - Find Non Toxic, Safe, Green Toys
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