I have a question for you today. Would you like to have a "green for sale" classified ads section on my website where you could run an inexpensive ad for a healthy or ecofriendly item you want to sell as an individual (like a mattress or a house), and look for used items that others are selling? Or run an ad if you are looking for an item? Please respond to this email with your answer. I can tell you are all back from summer vacation. The number of comments on my Green Living Q&A blog was way up this week! You're keeping me busy! Debra :-) HEALTH, HOME & HABITAT #152 ~ 16 September 2008 * NEW ON DEBRA'S LIST If the links don't work on this newsletter, you can view it online at http://www.dld123.com/newsletter/newsletterupdateback.html Health, Home & Habitat Back Issues (tables of contents) "Really Green taught me what I needed to know to compare products claiming to be "green" or "organic." Now, when I walk into a store looking for green or organic items, I'm confident I'm selecting products that truly meet those definitions and that will benefit my family and me. Thanks, Debra!" -- Geodie Baxter Padgett
Read more about Home Safe Home and order... Order both books and save $4.00 on shipping * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEW ON DEBRA'S LIST Mary Moppins offers some great tools for cleaning, a Precision Home Cleaning System that will allow you to do all your housekeeping quickly and efficiently, and a great "refillable" mop that lets you use one handle and cleaning head to mop floors, dust walls, wax floors, wash windows, and more, just by changing what you put in the head. MiEnviron Organics has Gentle, but very effective, household cleaners made from nontoxic, organic ingredients, based on the 12 principles of green chemistry. MiVitality Certified Organic Wholefood Supplements are certified organic whole food supplements. Antioxidents and probiotics. GenGreen is a local guide with a national range--over 25,000 green listings in 354 cities across America Healthy Kitchenware sells stainless steel kitchen utensils, glass containers, stanless steel lunch box containers, glass baby bottles, stainless steel water bottles, and more, to help you keep plastics out of your food and drink Old Fashioned Milk Paint The original milk paint company now has formulas for porous wood and masonry and for non-porous surfaces such as previously painted walls and for new sheetrock. This paint is made from a traditional recipe with milk protein and minerals, no odiferous natural oils or resins. Rose of Sharon Acres http://www.roseofsharonacres.com Handcrafted, all-natural goat milk soaps, "made with the creamy milk of our own Nubian herd" and extra virgin olive oil. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GREEN LIVING Q&A BLOG Here are the questions and new comments posted through this morning. Remember, you are welcome to share your own comments and experience in response to any of these questions, and post questions of your own. To read and comment on more questions posted previously go to Green Living Q&A blog.
Plastic resin in teeth Dear Debra, would you please give me your opinion regarding plastic/resin material for the chemically sensitive? Although my question may be a bit out of your area, I'd still be very grateful for your reply and opinion. The resin I'm questioning pertains to resin bonding material on my teeth---(I'm sensitive to plastics and after getting the bonding I developed an autoimmune disease). If you wouldn't recommend resin/plastic in the home, would it stand to reason one wouldn't want it in their mouth? I can't find much research on this, and my gut feeling is I should replace it with porcelein veneers. Thank you so much for any idea you would share. Wooden Spoons Hello Debra, What is the best way to deal with oil based paint off gassing with cupboards? Hi! Formaldehyde by any other name...is just as bad... Hi Debra, Having MCS I try to avoid anything with formaldehyde, however I know there are probably a lot of alternative names for formaldehyde used in products. Do you know or have a list of such alternative names that one should look for? Thanks sv Success Brown Rice What do you think of Success Brown Rice? Wright's Copper Cream or Silver Cream Dear Debra, Cellphone towers on apartment building Hi Debra, Diabetes Primer Hi Debra, Built new house: problems with polyureseal bp I have MCS and just built a new house trying to follow guidelines for MCS building. Mohawk's corn based carpets Anyone know if these carpets off-gas less or more healthily than petroleum based carpets? the best, safest windows? Hi, Back to Nature After reading the blog entry about the toxicity of organic cotton I started wondering if it is beneficial for my garden to add back-to-nature, a soil improver made of cotton plants, or do I invite with it all the pesticides used in cotton farming plus the natural toxins cotton plants have? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CLASSIFIED ADS to place a classified ad in this newsletter... REUSABLE BAGS. Eliminate disposable plastic bags and bottles from your life. Bags of all shapes and sizes are made from cotton, organic cotton, hemp, and recycled materials. Shopping bags, tote bags, and everything you need to pack a lunch. Reusable produce bags really keep organic food fresh. Reusable aluminum drink bottles. www.ReusableBags.com
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