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Every time Seventh Generation shows up here on dkM, we get a great response! Anyone interested in chemical free living knows who they are and why choosing safe, effective household cleaners is important. So when Seventh Generation emailed me about the Million Baby Crawl, I had to hop on board right away. Here’s what they told me about their recent efforts to make our homes safer for our children:
Did you know that…
• In the 33 years since Congress passed that nation’s chemical regulatory law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TCSA), the Environmental Protection Agency has required testing on just 200 of the more than 80,000 chemical compounds developed for products used in the home.
• Under the current law, the EPA does not have the authority to demand the information it needs to evaluate a chemical’s risk, and neither manufacturers nor the EPA are required to prove a chemical’s safety as a condition of use.
• 1.25 million kids younger than six are unintentionally poisoned in the home each year by things like cosmetics and personal care products, cleaning substances, pain relievers and cough and cold medicines (American Association of Poison Control Centers)
• Studies show that nearly 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants have been found in the umbilical cord blood of newborns (EWG).
That’s why Seventh Generation has begun the Million Baby Crawl – to help educate and empower parents about the need to raise our voices and be heard concerning our country’s grossly outdated chemical regulatory laws.
To help spread the word, Seventh Generation is offering one dkM reader a FREE Starter Kit ($38.99 retail). Check out the rules below; there are some new ways to earn extra entries on this one!
Multiple Options for Multiple Entries:
1.) Just visit www.millionbabycrawl.com and tell me what else you learned there. (***You may enter once a day, but please list a new item you like each time.) Remember, leave an interesting comment. If I cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.
2.) Blog about, Twitter, Subscribe and/or Become a Fan on Facebook! Get an extra entry for each of these activities. This time just leave a separate comment for each (only one time for each extra activity completed), giving me a link to your blog post, your Twitter name, and/or a note saying you’re an FB Fan and/or subscriber. SUBSCRIBE HERE!
(Psst! My Twitter name is dkMommy.)
3.) Special Extra Entries!!! Create your own Crawler and/or support the dkMommy Crawler! Do either one, or both, and leave me separate comments for each one you complete.
Feel free to do all five to gather multiple entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Friday, October 30, 2009, to enter.
www.millionbabycrawl.com
Count me in! I am impressed by toxic-free and no animal testing! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net
200 chemicals and pollutants have been found in babies’ umbilical cords
i recently just started using the SG laundry detergent..and i love it
I learned that they want a bill in congress that will
Take quick action on the most dangerous chemicals.
Require full information on the health and environmental hazards associated with all chemicals.
Protect all people and vulnerable groups – including children and pregnant women – using the best science.
I created a crawler Shaeffer
I supported dkMommy crawler
I learned that the epa doesnt require testing of cleaning products!
Im a email subscriber!
BPA has been found to cause diabetes, obesity, and breast cancer. This is bad. There is so much plastic everywhere.
Blogged and left a link here but go enter theirs too.
http://www.feistyfrugalandfabulous.com/2009/10/glade-really-wants-you-to-chill-out.html
subscriber
I learned that if you have a well, you should also have periodic testing done for heavy metals, parasites, nitrates, radon and other hazardous chemicals to make sure that your water is safe to drink.
7th Generation products are all non-toxic.
replacing one box of petroleum based laundry detergent can help save 96K barrels of oil, enough to heat 5500 homes in the us for a year!
vinager would help clean better
I learned that Erin Brockovich made famous from the film made about her is a partner in supporting the cause the “Million Baby Crawl” is about.
tweet: http://twitter.com/abbyalex/status/5302578257
created a crawler abbyalex for my kiddos
I’m a newsletter subscriber
What great products. I hope I win.
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Since 1976, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has required safety testing on only 200 of the more than 80,000 chemicals on the market.
i would like to try their tub and tile cleaner
I learned widespread exposure to chemicals can cause serious and adverse impacts on human health, particularly for children
Only 200 out of 80,000 chemicals have safety tests on them.
I tweeted.
http://twitter.com/ncschools/status/5305849410
I learned that they offer coupons online that can be printed twice during the period that the coupons are valid. Thanks!
Tweeted:
http://twitter.com/MamandeEDS/statuses/5306451479
Companies manufacturing cleaning products are not required to tell you what chemicals they use in their products. Without ingredient transparency, it’s hard for people to make safe, well-informed decisions. Seventh Generation offers a label reading guide – helpful!
I learned that you can add Eucalyptus essential oil to the water helps kill dust mites
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The average household washes about 50 pounds of laundry in 7.4 weekly loads and this cleans around 6,000 items yearly.
We wash on average about 6,000 pieces of laundry ( i think i wash more than that) and 80,000 items only about 200 are tested. Thanks.
Email subscriber. Thanks for the entry.
Blog follower also. Thanks for another chance.
if you add Vinegar in the dishwasher it will get your dishes clean
roswello athotmail dot com
Hi just thought i would tell you something.. This is twice now i’ve landed on your blog in the last 2 days looking for completely unrelated things. Spooky or what?
Hi Daniele. So glad to hear it! I hope you’ll visit more often – it’s great to have you here!