Would you like a side of pesticide with your juicy apple? If you are consuming non-organic apples you might just be getting that. According to the Environmental Working Group, 92% of conventionally grown apples contained 2 or more pesticide residues. So just how dirty is your food? That to me is an alarming amount. Not […]
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Detox Your Home – 5 Simple Tips
We are exposed to toxins on a daily basis, but just how much depends on the foods we eat, the furniture we sit on, the beauty care products we decide to put on our bodies, etc. The degree to which we potentially put our health at risk depends on the different products we decide to bring […]
10 Tips to Help Reduce Your Exposure to BPA
BPA and other toxins that can be found in our food and products are at levels dangerous enough to be concerned with and we need to encourage companies to ditch the chemicals and toxins in our products. What is BPA? BPA is one of the most common chemicals to which we are exposed to in […]
Dryer Sheets Alternatives – 7 Non-Toxic Options
Did you know that fabric softener products (liquid/dryer sheets) are concentrated with chemicals and heavy fragrances? And that there are many dryer sheets alternatives that are non-toxic? I personally don’t use liquid fabric softener or dryer sheets, but if on the rare occasion I do, I always reach for non-toxic alternatives to conventional dryer sheets. […]
Breaking up is hard to do, or is it?
David Suzuki’s very own Queen of Green is inviting Canadians to breakup with their household cleaners with a 4 week Spring Breakup Campaign to help rid our homes of everyday cleaners that could potentially be harming us and our family. Over a 4 week period, Lindsay, aka Queen of Green, will be offering advice on how to avoid toxic […]