Smart Mama's Green Guide: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Child's Toxic Chemical Exposure [Paperback]

Jennifer Taggart (Author)

Book Description

Parents often feel overwhelmed and defenseless against a never-ending recall list of toys and baby products. Deciphering unpronounceable chemicals they encounter every day can be daunting if not impossible. With environmental exposures being closely linked to 70 percent of birth defects, new parents faced with the overwhelming responsibility for their babies' health frequently turn to organic products. But they quickly find they don't have the time to practice a completely green or natural lifestyle.

THE SMART MAMA'S GREEN GUIDE delivers the information busy parents want and the tools to make informed, individual choices without the demand to go all-out green. Packed with practical tips on eliminating or reducing the hidden dangers of toxic chemicals that lurk everywhere, this book will empower readers to control what comes into their homes and make informed decisions instead of relying on government regulation of harmful chemicals.

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About the Author

Jennifer Taggart practices environmental law, focusing on consumer product labeling and compliance and litigation. She lives with her husband and two children in Los Angeles, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Center Street (June 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599951517
• ISBN-13: 978-1599951515
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #740,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Chemistry > Safety

More About the Author

Jennifer Taggart is first a mom but is also an attorney specializing in consumer product and environmental law. She is a former environmental engineer. She is also an eco consultant, helping parents go green and non toxic. She also provides XRF testing services to detect lead, cadmium, chromium and other elements in consumer products for parents, day cares, schools and more, as well as manufacturers.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Protecting Your Kids From Toxins is Doable with Smart Mama, August 6, 2009

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Alicia Voorhies "TheSoftLanding.com" (Olathe, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews

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I just finished inhaling Smart Mama's Green Guide and have to say there are 3 things I just didn't get out of the book. I truly expected to feel overwhelmed, helpless and inadequate to protect my children from the shocking number of environmental toxins our children are exposed to. But that just wasn't the case!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book for All Parents to Have, July 14, 2009

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T. Washko "Naturemoms.com" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smart Mama's Green Guide: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Child's Toxic Chemical Exposure (Paperback)

Jennifer Taggart and I are on the same page (forgive the pun) when it comes to all the toxic products around us. I worry about all the chemical risks that government tells us is minuscule. This book is a lifesaver because it evaluates all this exposure in terms parents can understand and highlights some of the bigger issues while not down playing the smaller ones. It has practical solutions for reducing the toxic chemical exposure in your life and home.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very helpful or new info; not for sleep deprived or busy parents, December 6, 2009

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mosslake (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Smart Mama's Green Guide: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Child's Toxic Chemical Exposure (Paperback)

I fully support the decrease and eradication of toxic chemicals in our lives however this book is not the answer. We need real political change and corporate policing to reign in manufacture and distribution of unhealthful chemicals in our lives. We also need to clean up and contain what is already present. Keep in mind the BPA industry is spending billions to fight negative press and Congress will give them years to phase out toxic chemicals at a profit. So it is up to the concerned individual to educate themselves and take action. 3rd party testing results available online at [...] is a start. However this book offers a very fuzzy focus on what is toxic in our daily lives and the best method to avoid or eradicate it. Many passages gloss over a single studies that may no longer be relevant or recent. This book would benefit hugely by summary bullet points at the end of every chapter specifying type of toxin, source of exposure, method of eradication. Then follow up by providing a summary of safe products corresponding to a toxic one. Currently this is not a read for a sleep deprived or busy parent.