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The "Good Plastic" Supermarket

elizabeth leach — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:34:00 GMT

The Soft Landing offers one-stop shopping for BPA, PVC and phthalate-free products. Get your bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers, bath toys, teethers, spoons, plates and bibs all in one place, and check out their blog for news and reviews on safer baby products.

The Soft Landing was created by a Alicia Voorhies, a retired RN whose passion for non-toxic products began with the search for safe feeding gear for her own children. Alicia has done extensive research from which we can all benefit. Check out the shopping section of her website here.

Rubber Ducky is Yucky

elizabeth leach — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:00 GMT

Rubber ducky you’re the one. You make bath time lots of fun. Too bad most rubber duckies contain phthalates. I like to call this “the bad plastic”. The Natural Rubber Duck (creative name!) is manufactured in Spain and made of all natural latex rubber and painted with certified lead-free paint.

Duck comes in two sizes and can be found at grassrootsstore. The Natural Rubber Duck even squeaks when you squeeze him so your baby won’t know the difference. Rubber ducky I’m awfully fond of you again. Woo woo be doo.

7 Days of BPA-Free Plastics: Think Baby Bottles

Aaron Burgess — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Just a few unenlightened years ago, it would've been comforting enough to know that Think Baby's products use a patented colic-reducing venting system; now that we've got reason to worry about potential carcinogens and hormone disruptors leaching from our plastic bottles, it's more comforting to know that the company's bottles and trainer cups are also guaranteed free of bisphenol A (BPA), PVC, lead, phthalates and nitrosamines.

In addition to the 9 oz. bottle ($16.99 per twin pack) pictured above, Think Baby also offers a 5 oz. version ($16.49 per twin pack) and a 9 oz. trainer cup ($8.99). Stage 1, 2 and 3 silicone nipples ($4.99 per twin pack) can also be purchased separately as baby grows to need them.

Of course, babies aren't the only ones whose endocrine systems are at risk from BPA and other leaching chemicals, which is why Think (via its Think Sport brand) also has a line of nice-looking, similarly safe plastic sports bottles aimed at parents.