As States Begin Banning Toxic Flame Retardants from Children's Products, DoubleBlessings.com Continues Manufacturing Without Toxins

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New York became the first state to ban the flame retardant chemical TCEP from baby products, shown to cause cancer and reproductive harm. This year, with legislation on the table that would ban TCEP and TDCPP, commonly used carcinogenic flame retardants from baby products, Washington state will likely follow (http://tinyurl.com/8y55zda).

DoubleBlessings.com (http://www.doubleblessings.com), the manufacturer of EZ-2-Nurse Twins and San Diego Bebe® Nursing Pillows, who went toxin-free last year, enthusiastically applauds the move. 

DoubleBlessings.com designer, inventor and mompreneur Sandy Clark was determined to find alternative eco-friendly materials that were void of chemicals. Although foam baby products were required by law to contain fire retardants, Clark (a mother of twins herself) focused on producing the healthiest nursing pillow with the most features in the market. After two years of research, she found a baby-safe, foam-free, non-toxic alternative. Adding extra features to her existing design and sourcing deluxe fabrics, she launched the San Diego Bebe® Nursing Pillow line in 2010.

Duke University Environmental Chemist Dr. Heather Stapleton conducted a 2011 research study of an array of baby products containing polyurethane foam, finding toxic flame retardants in 85% of the items. Her research has prompted the proposal of the Washington state bill, known as the Toxic-Free Kids Act (http://watoxics.org/files/hidden-hazards-in-the-nursery). Dr. Stapleton is also a new mom and used the San Diego Bebe® Nursing Pillow after the birth of her first child last fall.

"It's wonderful to find a nursing pillow on the market that is not treated with chemical flame retardant additives in the filling material," Dr. Stapleton stated. "The San Diego Bebe® Nursing Pillow is not only a very supportive pillow with amazing features for discreet nursing, [it] is also free of flame retardant chemicals that have been shown to cause adverse health effects. I applaud the manufacturers for taking steps to produce high-quality products that meet the same flammability standards without using chemicals."

"We all expect the products we buy for our babies to be safe. Health-conscious parents who don't want their infants breathing latent fumes while breastfeeding now have a superior foam-free choice," says Clark. DoubleBlessings.com offers two versions of its hypo-allergenic nursing pillows made with non-toxic Eco*Loft: the San Diego Bebe® Nursing Pillow for a single baby and the San Diego Bebe® Twin Nursing Pillow for simultaneous nursing of twins. 

About DoubleBlessings.com

DoubleBlessings.com's EZ-2-Nurse Twins Nursing Pillow™ has been the #1 selling twin nursing pillow since 1995, helping millions of mothers breastfeed their babies.

San Diego Bebe® Nursing Pillows (http://www.sandiegobebe.com) are a patent-pending deluxe line of eco-friendly nursing pillows offering privacy for health-conscious mothers. Available nationwide and in Canada, Europe, the UK and Australia, San Diego Bebe® Nursing Pillows have won numerous awards, including the Creative Child® Seal of Excellence and a National Parenting Center® Award.

Contact:

Sandy Clark
DoubleBlessings.com
1-800-584-8946
[email protected]
http://www.doubleblessings.com
http://www.sandiegobebe.com

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