EWG's FoodNews :: Shopper's Guide to Pesticides

EWG's FoodNews :: Shopper's Guide to Pesticides

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Campaign for Safe Cosmetics : Pretty Scary: Heavy Metals in Face Paints

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics : Pretty Scary: Heavy Metals in Face Paints

Let's all be "Watchdogs."

I was reading the latest on the investigation of the Somer Thompson kidnapping and murder.  Another tragic event that strikes fear into all of us who love children. 

One of the paragraphs was really shocking.  It read "The day after Somer's body was identified, authorities said they had ruled out all 161 registered sex offenders who lived within a 5-mile radius of Somer's home."  Not sure how they ruled them out but my point is we need to know who our neighbors are and Family Watchdog is a good resource for that.  You can subscribe to email notification that lets you know when registered sex offenders move into your area.

Healthy Stuff

Have you ever been out and about and ready to make a purchase but didn't know if the item was safe so you called your mother who knows everything about that kind of stuff and since you asked about that and not about run on sentences, she told you that "you can access the HealthyStuff database by SMS using your mobile phone!

Simply text the HealthyStuff keyword, followed by your search text to 30644. Queries can contain product names, model years, manufacturers. You may also filter your results by overall level of detection and/or score (HIGH,MED,LOW)." Or you can use the handy, dandy widget below before you go.

YouTube - La Grâce du Ciel

Amazing Grace always brings tears to my eyes but this rendition is very special because of my Acadian heritage.

YouTube - La Grâce du Ciel

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Green America: In Support of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Green America: In Support of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

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Check out H: Environmental Health | Moms Rising

Moms doing what they can always get my support.  H: Environmental Health | Moms Rising

Hungry For Change?

Official Food, Inc. Movie Site - Hungry For Change?

I haven't seen the movie yet because it won't be released until November 3rd but it's at the top of my Netflix list. I'm sure it'll inspire me to be even more "hungry for change."

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Eat Cleaner Brand : All Natural Food Wash & Wipes

Eat Cleaner Brand : All Natural Food Wash Wipes

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Ingredients list - "The products feature a natural blend of plant-based ingredients, featuring Citric acid, which naturally occurs in most fruit and vegetables, along with Sodium Citrate, a Citric Acid salt, Calcium Ascorbate, an antioxidant that helps prolong shelf life, Sea Salt, a natural preservative and anti-bacterial, and Vegetable Glycerin."

The ingredients basically consist of citric acid, sea salt, and water so it seems like it would be pretty easy to make it yourself. Check out the video to see how well it works.

These products are not available locally at this time but they do have a free shipping promotion for orders over $20.00.  The code changes from month to month so you can email Mareya Ibrahim at mareya@eatcleaner.com to ask for the current code.

E. Coli & Mad Cow Disease - I don't need any more reasons to abstain!

Woman’s Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws - NYTimes.com

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Link to my daughter, Beth leading Worship at Crosspoint Community Church

Here's a twitter video link of my daughter, Beth (on the right) leading worship.