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		<title>A Healthy, Waste-Free Lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2010/09/15/a-healthy-waste-free-lunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can go ahead and take brown paper bags and sandwich baggies off your shopping list.  This is a new green school year, and there are lots of fun ways to pack a no-waste lunch to take to school &#8211; and to the office. Put Away the Paper Bags: You might have everything you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for Sustainable School Supplies</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2010/08/25/searching-for-green-school-supplies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brown-Kuhn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As mom to a high schooler and a fourth grader, I am now a veteran school supply shopper. Fortunately, buying eco-friendly school products for my kids has only become easier in recent years. Earth-friendly products can now be found everywhere from convenience stores to big box stores, as long as you keep an eye out. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy and Affordable Sunscreens</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2010/06/01/healthy-and-affordable-sunscreens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2010/06/01/healthy-and-affordable-sunscreens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe Peterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  How do you protect your skin this summer without the scary chemicals? The Environmental Working Group recently released its 2010 Sunscreen Guide which rates sunscreens&#8217; health risks.  They advise against sunscreens that contain vitamin A (also known as retinol or retinyl palmitate) which can speed the growth of cancer, oxybenzone (a hormone disruptor), and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing the World through Baking and Traveling</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2010/02/08/seeing-the-world-through-baking-and-traveling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2010/02/08/seeing-the-world-through-baking-and-traveling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Fantom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Activities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Recession has taught us there’s more to life than granite countertops. Someone said this to me recently, and I thought of it again when my co-worker Jessica Birk told me that she and her two sons, Craig, 4, and Brandon, 2, have started baking together every weekend.  Often they give their goodies away. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Toy Safety Backfire?</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/24/green-toy-safety-backfire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/24/green-toy-safety-backfire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brown-Kuhn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The mad rush for holiday toy shopping is on. This can be tricky territory for the health and eco-conscious parent. And now a new law designed to improve toy safety may end up reducing eco-friendly toy choices. The Scoop The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) sets mandatory safety standards for toys, clothes, and other items [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2836</slash:comments>
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		<title>Give Your Kids Consciousness for Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/13/give-your-kids-consciousness-for-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/13/give-your-kids-consciousness-for-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco-Friendly Merchants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a native New Yorker, before I moved to California I thought drinking tea was New Age-y and I didn’t know a chakra from a hole in the wall. After five years in California I go to acupuncture, own a pair of Birkenstocks and my boyfriend’s mother is a healer. Fancy that. The older I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Research on Twins Confirms Genetic Role in Autism</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/10/new-research-on-twins-confirms-genetic-role-in-autism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/10/new-research-on-twins-confirms-genetic-role-in-autism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been an unprecedented increase in recent years in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).  A variety of elements are suspected of playing a role (see our recent post linking environmental toxins to autism).  Researchers have known that a higher incidence of autism exists among twins¹, and this new study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Deluxe</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/03/baby-deluxe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/11/03/baby-deluxe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco-Friendly Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With all of the delicious eco-friendly baby products on the market I often find myself coveting items made especially for infants. Recently I found myself fervently wishing that the Ruffle Blanket from Organica Deluxe would morph into an adult-sized wrap. Alas, it did not. One consolation is that if you wrap your baby in this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3662</slash:comments>
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		<title>This Little Piggy Went Chemical-Free</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/10/29/this-little-piggy-went-chemical-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/10/29/this-little-piggy-went-chemical-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco-Friendly Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is more precious than your baby? Knowing that your baby is completely chemical-free. We brought some of our littlest road testers on board for the Nascar of bathing events to find the best phthalates- and paraben-free (and in most cases organic) products on the market. So get ready to get all lathered up. Best [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4313</slash:comments>
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		<title>10 Environmental Toxins to Avoid</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/10/09/10-environmental-toxins-to-avoid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/parenting/2009/10/09/10-environmental-toxins-to-avoid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While still in the womb, children are exposed to chemicals that can impair normal growth and development. This internal pollution persists as we are exposed to environmental toxins throughout life. Chemicals accumulate and interact within the body, causing illness¹. The range of maladies include, autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), epilepsy, Tourette syndrome [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4066</slash:comments>
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