n Debra's List you will find more than 1000 links to products that benefit your health and the environment. After more than 25 years as a consumer advocate for health and the environment and looking for products to use in my own personal life, I know where to buy a few things and how to choose toxic-free and green products. 
"There are many sources of information out there about detoxing your home. Debra's List is an excellent place to start."
-- Alejandro Junger, MD from the New York Times bestseller Clean
(and it was the only resource he recommended for nontoxic products)
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Shepherd's Dream
This company is about wool--sleeping on it and under it, cuddling with it, and loving the wool and the sheep and the land. Founder Eliana Jantz has been working with wool as long as I've been writing about natural products (her daughter now runs the business). Eliana led the development of EcoDomestic Wool, "a collaboration which involves the sheep growers, wool processors, product makers and promoters in gradually developing an infrastructure which ensures environmentally friendly and sustainable practices and fair prices to the woolgrower." All within a few miles distance, the sheep are pastured, the wool is milled, and the products are sewn by local women in a renovated storefront, all in site of majestic Mt. Shasta in northern California. Outfit your entire bed with wool mattress, comforter, and pillows, and you won't need to count sheep to get a good night's sleep. They also sell materials to make your own beds and bedding, including their gorgeous Montague Ecowool batts, scrap wool batting (great for stuffing pillows, soft toys or insulation for drafty spots), organic cotton (twill, sateen, muslin), wool fabric, and melton wool blanket fabric.
CaliforniaVISIT WEBSITE
Afterglow Cosmetics
Mineral cosmetics made by a company that is very choosy about their ingredients. Their cosmetics are are free from talc, GMOs, gluten, carmine, bismuth oxychloride, parabens, artificial colors, cornstarch, mineral oil, nano/micronized particles, and petrochemicals. "Not only do we choose the most natural and the safest ingredients, but we carefully select the source of those ingredients to ensure the purest product of the highest quality. This means triple jet milled, pharmaceutical grade minerals and pigments, as well as certified organic botanicals....minerals infused with the age-defying properties of certified organic antioxidants like organic grape seed extract and organic pomegranate extract that Afterglow's mineral cosmetics to a whole new level of natural beauty and botanical adornment." Woman owned and woman formulated. All their cosmetics are 100% natural ingredients (many organic) and come in beautiful shades. Beauty advisors are available to help you choose the perfect colors for you.
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Bamboosa
Baby items made in the USA from soft, absorbant, certified organic 100% bamboo fiber or high content bamboo fiber blended with organic cotton. Fabric processing uses no chlorine and only fiber-reactive dyes that use less water and less energy and generate less waste, nor do they use dyefixing agents, which often contain heavy metals and formaldehyde. All packaging materials, are made from 100% recycled paper with a minimum of 30% post consumer waste (PCW) and higher value PCW where available. Collection includes socks, booties, hats, hooded towels, crib sheets, washcloths, baby blanket, and bibs.
South CarolinaVISIT WEBSITE
Evan's Garden
Handcrafted by Evan in small, fresh batches, her own "powerfully effective" formulations are made of live plants, pure essential oils, trace minerals and anti-oxidants. Her natural skin care products contain all known nutrients in whole food form, complete trace mineral complex and skin-rejuvenating anti-oxidants. She makes shampoos, dental care products, deodorants, anti-oxidant body treatment creams, luxurious bath products, aromatherapy perfumes and more. Evan uses organic and biodynamic ingredients whenever possible.
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Evan's Garden
An herbal apothecary of oils, salves, cleanses and nutrients made from powerful yet safe organic ingredients, handmade in small batches. Formulas are based on current research as well as ancient data and time-honored recipes. These are remedies which a number of natural doctors provide to their clientele. Care is taken to preserve the aliveness of the ingredients. "In every case where I am able to locate superior ingredients I buy those. This refers to: plants, oils, essential oils, herbs, etc., that were organically grown or biodynamically grown (where the soil is very rich with nutrients and the organisms like worms that ought to be there in it and many old, proven farming techniques are employed). I look for oils that are unrefined, cold-pressed and not heated (over about 105 degrees). I also look into the issue of picked when ripe."
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Ideal Earth Water
[formerly Go Beyond Organic] Advanced water purification and treatment systems. Whole House FIlter "removes chlorine, chloramines, heavy metals and chlorine by-products with special emphasis on fluoride and arsenic to NON-DETECTABLE levels. This is the only filter on the market that is able to remove these toxic chemicals without removing the naturally occurring alkaline minerals." Also a medical grade batch alkalizer, a water conditioner that restructures water to eliminate lime scale build-up, and chlorine-free pool and spa systems.
FloridaVISIT WEBSITE
Mountain Rose Herbs
An amazing list of several hundred organic and wildcrafted bulk herbs and spices--all "grown, processed and handled with oversight and certification from a third party certification agency...Mountain Rose Herbs has over 8 farm operations, 3 wild harvesting operators, and acts as a direct liaison and processor with farmers and growers all across the globe. We are confident not only in the quality of material you may order but the ethics involved with their preparation and handling... We will continue our work in making organics affordable and have them delivered to your doorstep so fresh and fragrant that we promise it will make you feel good all over." And there are info links for each that give contemporary and folklore data.
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Only Natural Pet Store
A complete "natural food store" for cats and dogs. "Our products are chosen for their holistic approach to pet health--natural dog food, cat food, treats, supplements, medicine, shampoo, herbal remedy treatments, raw and organic food, and much more."
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Pong Research
Cases for cell phones and other wireless devices that protect users from harmful EMFs without reducing signal (and in some cases actually improve performance and increase battery life). Tests show these cases reduce radiation by up to 95%, depending on the device. There is so much to learn about the benefits of these cases, I suggest you simply click through to their website and read all about them. I have a case on my iPhone4 and my iPad2. In addition to protecting me from radiation, the iPad2 case increased the speed of my 3G network remarkably. Cases are made from polycarbonate. Mine have a slight odor right out of the box, which I expect will dissipate with time. If you are concered about polycarbonate and BPA, there is BPA in the polycarbonate, but it is bound up in the plastic, not free like in cash register receipts. The company says that there is little, if any, exposure to BPA from holding a case (just like there is little exposure from holding a water bottle, the problem is leaching of BPA into the water). For me, the benefits of EMF protection far outweigh any possible BPA exposure. In my opinion, if you are using a cell phone or other wireless device, you should use a Pong case.
Read more about Pong on Green Living Q&A
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Without the Pong Device  SAR = 1.188 mW/g |
With the Pong Device  SAR = .296 mW/g 75% Reduction |
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Shepherd's Dream
Makes a complete crib set (mattress, bumper pads, etc out of organically grown wool and cotton). Family-owned by an experienced natural mother. This company is about wool--sleeping on it and under it, cuddling with it, and loving the wool and the sheep and the land. Founder Eliana Jantz has been working with wool as long as I've been writing about natural products (her daughter now runs the business). Eliana led the development of EcoDomestic Wool, "a collaboration which involves the sheep growers, wool processors, product makers and promoters in gradually developing an infrastructure which ensures environmentally friendly and sustainable practices and fair prices to the woolgrower." All within a few miles distance, the sheep are pastured, the wool is milled, and the products are sewn by local women in a renovated storefront, all in site of majestic Mt. Shasta in northern California.
CaliforniaVISIT WEBSITE
