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The post on prenatal vitamins definitely confirms what I suspected was true. The only thing I looked for was the USP labeling. It’s a small clue that the quality of the vitamin might be better than other brands. There’s at least some laboratory testing and standards in place. I don’t have time to research the fancier brands to investigate their manufacturing standards, so USP is a quick shortcut. Unless somebody knows something about USP that I don’t know…?

Also, slightly annoying that I press “add a comment” at the very bottom of all the posts, but I still have to manually scroll all the way back up to find the comment box.

Note to self… power washing… need to remember that one.

We mustn’t live our lives by data. That is no way to live, swinging from fear to joy with every study. Data is not “good”, it’s neutral. It sounds like you believe Science is above all else and adjust your life accordingly. Familiarize yourself with some history of science books, some articles about data replication problems, etc. and understand that “science” (not referring to the method) is fallible, corruptible, and sometimes useless. So first step is to knock science off that pedestal.

Second step is to understand that you’re not that important. Your garbage is not destroying the world. Plastic is not quietly killing your child. I don’t think you have mom guilt, you have Earth guilt. Stop and look at that child in front of you, he or she is FINE. You could have been born in any other time on earth, during a famine in Ireland, during a bombing in a war, during a Mongol invasion… no. You get to live in peace. You get to use plastic, an amazing invention that is absolutely totally useful. It’s not evil. We are so incredibly blessed to get to worry about the imperceptible killing us secretly and slowly.

If anything is bad, it’s that we throw too much stuff away. Buy secondhand plastic toys. They’re easily sanitized. I bet you’ve already bought metal straws, etc. but be aware that companies are just as eager to capitalize on your environment anxiety and push their “heirloom wooden toys” and “climate change friendly baby rompers” oh that will absolutely not be used by your grandkids, trust me.