Green Options

FairGreenTrade.com recently launched its green product and service directory. There’s a lot more to this web site than meets the eye.

This information was sent to me by another blogger about a great company. Baby Maya makes original kid’s clothing products. I do not have any personal experience with this line yet, but I believe it is important to support small businesses. The prices are affordable and give you the peace of mind that your child’s clothing was not made in a sweatshop by third world children. You may click on this post title or the following [...]

From the Sierra Club:
Good news over the holidays as the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in response to a petition from the Sierra Club, voted unanimously to move forward with a regulation that could ultimately ban children’s jewelry that was more than 0.06% lead by weight. Children have died after swallowing such jewelry in the past.

From the Associated Press:
Regulators move on ban of children’s jewelry containing lead
By NATASHA T. METZLER, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, December 28, [...]