Bathroom
Baby Bath ChairWhat You Need To KnowWhen you go to rub-a-dub-dub your baby and want to use a bath chair, make sure it’s toxic free and safe for your child.
What To Avoid
Phthalates:What makes baby bath chairs soft are a class of chemicals known as Phthalates. These are found in many plastics. Children can breathe in these chemicals, and since children mouth or chew whatever is around them, they can swallow Phthalates too. Exposure to Phthalates is linked to reproductive health and brain development problems, liver cancer, birth defects, asthma, and allergies.
Safer Choices
Holding your baby:Best to simply wash your baby by holding your baby closely during bath time. This saves money and worry!
Hard plastic:Hard and formed plastic is most often made from Polypropylene, which doesn’t release or leach Phthalates compared to some other types of plastic. Still, it’s plastic made from petroleum and not so eco-friendly.
Find Safer Products
Websites and Apps:
Clearya
Clearya is a free browser extension and app that notifies you when there are unsafe ingredients in your makeup, personal care, baby care, cleaning and other products, and helps you find safe products.
Clearya is a free browser extension and app that notifies you when there are unsafe ingredients in your makeup, personal care, baby care, cleaning and other products, and helps you find safe products.
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics - Nontoxic Black Beauty Project
They offer a list and database of non-toxic beauty products made and sold by Black-owned companies that are committed to toxic-free beauty and personal care products.
They offer a list and database of non-toxic beauty products made and sold by Black-owned companies that are committed to toxic-free beauty and personal care products.
Detox Me
This app allows you to scan barcodes on products to find relevant tips. They also offer a buying guide to decode product labels and find non-toxic alternatives.
This app allows you to scan barcodes on products to find relevant tips. They also offer a buying guide to decode product labels and find non-toxic alternatives.
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG has a "Skin Deep" database that rates personal care and beauty products based on their safety and toxicity levels. EWG also offers a Healthy Living app that allows you to scan barcodes and find safer products.
EWG has a "Skin Deep" database that rates personal care and beauty products based on their safety and toxicity levels. EWG also offers a Healthy Living app that allows you to scan barcodes and find safer products.
Think Dirty
This app and website allow you to scan or search for personal care products to see their ingredient safety ratings.
This app and website allow you to scan or search for personal care products to see their ingredient safety ratings.