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ecochildsplay.com - 18 days ago
EWG Gives School Cleaning Supplies Their Report Cards (and it ain’t pretty)
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Last week, while volunteering at my daughter’s classroom Halloween party, I flinched a little as I saw one of the other parents dutifully strolling around dispensing the requisite waterless, chem-filled hand sanitizers. Aside from my skepticism that anti- bacterial soaps will actually do ...
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