Sales of e-cigs have been on the rise in the United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, Sweden and Brazil for several years. The trend prompted the World Health Organization to issue a statement in 2008 calling for more safety testing.. “If the marketers of the electronic cigarette want to help smokers quit, then they need to conduct clinical studies and toxicity analyses,” the statement said.

Then I received the following letter ! (more…)

Pure Water – Healthy Children

Brink is a 30 minute series on the Science Channel, hosted by Josh Zepps, that provides insight into breakthroughs in technology, research, inventions, discoveries and the mysteries of the scientific world. One particular episode had a segment on an incredibly easy, cheap, simplistic way of purifying drinking water.

Around the world about 5,000 children die every DAY from drinking dirty water. Now there is a revolutionary way to clean water that’s cheap, easy to use, and extremely portable. Just one packet of PUR can clean about 2.5 gallons (10 liters) of water. It was developed in part by Procter and Gamble‘s Greg Allgood, founder of the Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program. (more…)

I found this and thought it might be useful for families on the go!

SafetyTat is a fun and colorful kids temporary safety tattoo that’s uniquely offered either customized with your mobile phone number or blank so you can write in your mobile number. When applied to the arm of your child or loved one, SafetyTat provides a highly visible form of identification that stays in place even when wet! (more…)