{"id":717,"date":"2010-08-17T08:57:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T16:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2010-08-24T08:18:23","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T16:18:23","slug":"back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Strawberries\" src=\"http:\/\/katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/8\/strawberries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News flash: Labor Day is in 3 weeks. It\u2019s time to buy a new lunchbox! Even if you aren\u2019t in school, wouldn\u2019t you like a new lunchbox anyway? Shouldn\u2019t we all get a new one each year? I recently bought myself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiosityshoppeonline.com\/lunchbox.html\" target=\"_blank\">a tiffin<\/a>\u00a0and I love it. It\u2019s a great way to pack a salad or strawberries for the beach. It makes me so happy.<\/p>\n<p>Of course our good friends at the Environmental Working Group have put together a back-to-school shopping guide complete with recommendations and materials to avoid. Here are some highlights from their report and some of my own recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lunch boxes and bags<\/strong> \u2013 Since these touch food, it\u2019s important to get something that is BPA , PVC, phthalate and lead-paint free.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EWG recommends <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8&amp;ref_=nb_sb_ss_i_4_10&amp;fsc=-1&amp;ih=10_0_1_2_0_1_0_0_0_1.28_429&amp;field-keywords=bpa%20free%20lunch%20box&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;sprefix=bpa%20free%20l\" target=\"_blank\">these<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Look at these adorable bags on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/JulieMeyer\" target=\"_blank\">Etsy<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Or a bento <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laptoplunches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">lunchbox<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sandwich bags<\/strong> \u2013 Reusable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reusies.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\">Reusies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Water bottles<\/strong> \u2013 Stainless steel is the way to go.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kleankanteen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Klean Kanteen<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Backpacks<\/strong> \u2013 EWG recommends one made of natural fibers, nylon or polyester instead of plastic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art supplies<\/strong> \u2013 From the EWG site: \u201cPaints should be water-based to avoid solvents and colored with natural, non-metal pigments. Don&#8217;t buy polymer clays that stay soft at room temperature or can be hardened in a home oven &#8212; they&#8217;re made from PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and often contain phthalates.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I just came across\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clementineart.com\" target=\"_blank\">Clementine Art<\/a>\u00a0at the grocery store . I haven\u2019t tried their stuff but it looks awesome and is all non-toxic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Complete Report <\/strong>&#8212; For the complete report and more info on markers, pencils, paper and notebooks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewg.org\/healthyhometips\/backtoschool?utm_source=full&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=first-link&amp;utm_campaign=hht\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You guys have any good recommendations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News flash: Labor Day is in 3 weeks. It\u2019s time to buy a new lunchbox! Even if you aren\u2019t in school, wouldn\u2019t you like a new lunchbox anyway? Shouldn\u2019t we all get a new one each year? I recently bought myself a tiffin\u00a0and I love it. It\u2019s a great way to pack a salad or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hmn-reports","category-parenting","category-popular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}