We’re all hearing a lot about bisphenol A (BPA) these days. This chemical additive found in many hard, clear plastics is a suspected endocrine disruptor that may be to blame for the rise in reproductive cancers (breast and prostate, eg) and the growing prevalence of ADHD. more

CNN reports today that makers of Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream may be exposing infants to toxins that could lead to respiratory and gastrointestinal problems. more

Last night, after a huge hail storm that threatened to flatten my newly planted vegetable garden, I took advantage of one of our last cold spells for the year and made a huge pot of red-lentil and vegetable soup. It was simple and delicious, but after the first few bites I realized it needed something (and it wasn’t salt). Drizzling oil. Bija (an offshoot of Flora, the company that makes Udo’s EFA blends) just launched a new line of unfiltered and unrefined culinary oils, including almond, walnut, pumpkin seed, extra-virgin and old-grove Greek olive, sesame, sunflower oils. (Lucky me, they sent me each!) Extracted using a low-temperature water-and-salt technique, the oils are packed with nutrition that would otherwise be destroyed or filtered out in conventional processing. more