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Mind­ful Mum is on a mis­sion to raise aware­ness of toxic chem­i­cals in UK baby prod­ucts. The Mind­ful Mum web­site high­lights safe alter­na­tives free from BPA, Phtha­lates and PVC via prod­uct reviews, com­par­i­son tables and safe baby guides.

My inter­est in the mate­ri­als used to man­u­fac­ture baby prod­ucts started when I moved from breast feed­ing to bot­tle and wanted to be sure my bot­tles were free from BPA (Bishpenol-A).

In the UK, the Foods Stan­dards Agency insist that BPA in UK plas­tic prod­ucts is “well below the lev­els con­sid­ered harm­ful.” Yet, in 2008, Canada for­merly declared BPA a haz­ardous sub­stance and banned the pro­duc­tion and use of BPA in bot­tles. In 2009 six of the USA man­u­fac­tur­ers of plas­tic bot­tles vol­un­tar­ily agreed to remove Bisphenol-A from their prod­ucts amid grow­ing con­cern over its pos­si­ble effects. The man­u­fac­tur­ers with­draw­ing BPA from their bot­tles are doing so only for domes­tic USA sales only.

Mind­ful Mum aims to;

• Raise aware­ness of safe baby prod­ucts in the UK
• Share my knowl­edge of chem­i­cals to avoid when choos­ing baby products
• Pro­vide par­ents with use­ful easy to under­stand guides to avoid­ing chem­i­cals in baby products
• High­light safe alter­na­tivese free from toxic chem­i­cals includ­ing; Bisphe­nol A, Phtha­lates, PVC, Parabens, Sul­phates, Petro­chem­i­cals, Lead
• Inform par­ents on the lat­est news and research includ­ing UK baby prod­uct recalls

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