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New Mom Melissa Joan Hart Goes Green for Her Children

By Sara Frieden

Team Planet Green

By Team Planet Green
Silver Spring, MD, USA | Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:18 AM ET

On a recent episode of Supper Club with Tom Bergeron Melissa Joan Hart discussed what going green means to her as the mother of two young children. Stuck between the fear of germs and the fear of chemicals, it wasn't until recently that the blossoming environmentalist took note of all the little things that she can do to help the environment her children will grow up in.

Hart mentioned a few easy steps that she, and other new moms like her, can do to make a difference. She invests in eco-chic baby goods like a diaper bag made from lead free PVC pipe and organic cotton. She also uses plastic baby bottles made without bisphenol A, a developmental, neural, and reproductive toxin. It has been linked, even in very low doses, to cancers, impaired immune function, early onset puberty, obesity, diabetes, and hyperactivity.

Here are a few easy things the newly eco-conscious actress does in her daily life to reduce her burden on the planet:

Ditch the paper coffee cups.When Hart hits the coffee shop she always brings her own cup in order to reduce the unnecessary waste of paper cups. The numbers are pretty convincing. North America uses 60 percent of the world's paper cups, 130 billion of them per year.' That requires about 50 million trees and 33 billion gallons of water.

Choose natural cleaners. According to Worldwatch.org, cleaning products were responsible for nearly 10 percent of all toxic exposures reported to U.S. Poison Control Centers in 2000. Of these, nearly two-thirds involved children under six who swallowed or spilled cleaners stored or left open inside the home. Seventh Generation is a leading brand of nontoxic housecleaners that carries a wide variety of household cleaning products including dishwasher soaps, surface cleaners, and a substitute for bleach.

 

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