The Green Beauty Guide

Green Baby Guide

• Cocamide DEA Linked to Cancer and Miscarriages
  Let’s talk about one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in the shampoos you (and millions of other people) are buying, cocamide DEA. Cocamide DEA is cocamide diethanolamine. It is used to thicken the shampoo, a body wash, or a facial cleanser and give it a nice goopy consistency. That’s it. It serves no other purpose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greentot.wordpress.com&blog=3985390&post=180&subd=greentot&ref=&feed=1" />
• Toxic Toys: Mattel Pays 12 Million Settlement
  Toxic toys tested showed levels of lead far in excess of the 600 parts-per-million laid out by the federal government: some toys contained lead as high at 50,000 ppm.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greentot.wordpress.com&blog=3985390&post=175&subd=greentot&ref=&feed=1" />
• Breastfeeding Protects Babies from Urinary Infections
  Breastfeeding was associated with a lower risk of infection with a 95% confidence interval. Doctors explain that maternal immunoglobulins passed through breast milk must have a protective effect.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greentot.wordpress.com&blog=3985390&post=172&subd=greentot&ref=&feed=1" />