The Non-Toxic Avenger by Duke, Deanna -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Advance Praise Title Page Rights Page Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1 - Laying It All Out

In the Beginning Double whammy The bones of an 85-year-old Trying to make sense of it all The Non-Toxic Avenger Lab testing Deciding on the tests Not getting ahead of myself One more thing Where did the bad stuff go? Lab test snafus What’s so bad about a little lead?

Chapter 2 - Getting Started

Clean air Sparkles, jewels and dangly items Seeing double PVC-free dreams What’s that on your lunch tray? Lice! Keeping the chemo out of me Of epidemic proportions Foundations for autism Cluing in on ADHD Sticky situation A frictionless surface Coal tar cake with a side of Teflon Falling for candles Mammograms and mercury, oh my!

Chapter 3 - The Baseline

Testing, testing, 1-2-3... Stinkout Lead and water testing Nail polish It’s the pits

Homemade Hippie Deodorant

Holy fluorosis, Batman! Chlorine: It’s not just for breakfast Other junk Filth filter Clearing the air Leafy indoor air purifying Emma’s birthday bash Happy Birthday! Here’s your bra (.) (.) Halloween Pfucked by PFCs Not-so-sweet dreams Getting down Pining for pajamas Avoiding Robespierre Blow me Licking the windowsills Pure as the driven snow Parabens and phthalates results

What does it mean? MEtP mEHHP and mEHP

Table 1.

mEOHP Propylparaben Methylparaben and ethylparaben Butylparaben What on Earth was I using?

Halloween: What actually happened Heavy metal lab results

Whole blood results for metals

Arsenic Lead Mercury

Urine test for metals

Chapter 4 - Adjusting to Non-toxic Living

Getting my drink on

Organic Margarita Organic Triple Sec Organic wine

Heating oil headaches Teflon slip-up Getting clean with grease

Lavender Goat Milk Soap

Deodorant part deux Squeaky clean Going zits up

Homemade Acne Wash

Yellow gold Makeup! Lubed and lotioned Blocking out the sun ‘Poos and don’ts Goops and greases In the land of the moldy Exercising with toxins Moles in my molehill

Homemade Mole Control

Going BPA bananas Heating with PFCs Dishwasher Clean eating Winter gardening Watch out

Chapter 5 - Going a Little Bonkers

Leaving the sanctuary Stuck in the sink Lip locked Laminated turkeys Snow and toothpaste Missing labs Cancer update Thanksgiving Holiday lighting Off-gassing chess set Oh! Christmas tree Getting orthopedic CFLs and dirty electricity Happy pits Getting bloody Getting sick from medications Washing it all away Coffee log The not-so-zen yoga mat Body art Tingle time Lab results unearthed! Throw your watch away Getting faked out Dirty money Unscented scent Non-toxic Christmas gifts Trying to keep it all straight

Chapter 6 - Figuring It All Out

Kissed by the sun

Non-toxic Home Hair Lightener

Apple of my eye Flooding with pineapples Pine poisoning Numbness and pain: Part deux Talking about the detox The high cost of organics The moment of truth: XRF analyzer Lab results reckoning

Table 2.

Final health updates

Chapter 7 - Wrapping It Up

It was the best of times It was the worst of times What does it all even mean?

Notes Index About the Author