Chemical-Free Kids

Chemical-Free Kids and Chemical-Free Kids: The Organic Sequel are your essential guidebooks to providing your family with a health-promoting, non-toxic diet, environment and lifestyle. Both books will equip you with the kind of strategies and information you need to keep your children from being unnecessarily exposed to toxic and suspect substances before they can result in irreparable harm to their well-being and development, and outline the steps you can easily take to maximize their physical, mental and emotional health.

Goals of Chemical-Free Kids echoed
in report by President’s Cancer Panel

Organic food now recommended by mainstream physicians

5.14.10

Could it be? Organic food recommended by some of mainstream medicine’s most respected practitioners? What’s the world coming to?

Actually, it’s finally coming to recognize the health risks (especially to children) posed by commonly used chemicals, judging from what representatives of the U.S. public health establishment now have to say on the subject.

In the newly released 200-page report of the President’s Cancer Panel, two eminent physicians, Dr. LaSalle Leffall Jr., an oncologist and professor of surgery at Howard University, and Dr. Margaret Kripke, an immunologist at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston -- both Bush administration appointees – have issued a strongly worded warning to Americans about the toxic substances to which we are routinely exposed. Read more.

Stand up for healthy lawns, children and pets with an "I'm Fine With Dandelions" organic tee

If you’re really put off by having sweet springtime’s balmy breezes tainted by toxic chemicals designed to cancel out one of the season’s cheeriest openers, we've got just the thing for you. It’s our new line of “I’m Fine with Dandelions” organic cotton tees – perfect for anyone who wants to take a stand on behalf of healthy, lawns, children and pets, by coming out in support of that most delightful of flowering plants, the dandelion.

Check out our line of "I'm Fine With Dandelions" organic tees for babies, kids and adults. The women's fitted tee, as well as the entire kids' line, is made in the USA by American Apparel. These dandy dandelion shirts make a sunny and sustainable fashion statement, as well as great green (and yellow) gifts! And by purchasing one or more of these cool organic shirts, you’ll be helping to support the efforts of the Chemical-Free Kids web site.

Replacing high-calorie sodas with diet beverages
may pose an even greater health risk to students

A Chemical-Free Kids investigative report

By BILL BONVIE

4.13.10

From the self-congratulatory tone of the saturation ads now being disseminated over the airwaves by the American Beverage Association, many parents might now be under the impression that they need no longer be concerned about the health effects of the drinks being made available to their kids at school.

According to the message, the ABA’s School Beverage Guidelines program (co-sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, and with Coke, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper playing leadership roles), has now succeeded in reducing the caloric content of those beverages by a whopping 88 percent.

“It’s a brand new day in America’s schools when it comes to beverages,” the organization boasts on its web site. “Our industry has delivered on its commitment to change the school beverage landscape. We’ve removed full-calorie sodas and replaced them with lower-calorie, nutritious, smaller-portion choices.” Read more.