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Take Our Healthy Family Quiz and Help Us Raise $20,000 for Healthy Child Healthy World

Do you know how to keep your family safe from potentially dangerous chemicals? Take our Healthy Family Quiz and find out!

Get all the answers correct, and you'll win twice: first, we'll send you our newsletter with $1.75 in Earthbound Farm coupons, plus our 2008 Pocket Guide to Choosing Organic, to help you purchase delicious and healthy organic produce.

Second, we'll donate $1 to Healthy Child Healthy World, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting children and families from harmful environmental exposures through cleaner, greener, and safer lifestyles. Help us reach our goal of donating $20,000 to support the organization's work to keep our families safe and healthy!

Want to refresh your knowledge? Check out our Healthy Child Healthy World page, celebrating the new book Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home by Christopher Gavigan (CEO/Executive Director of Healthy Child Healthy World, and a father as well).

(Offer good for US residents only. Limit one per mailing address, while supplies last.)

1. What is NOT true of organic food?

Organic food is grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
Organic farmers use no hormones or antibiotics.
Organic food is more labor-intensive and expensive to produce.
Organic farmers rely on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

2. Americans spend about 90% of our time indoors, but the air inside our homes can actually have a negative effect on our health. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the most common indoor air contaminants, and they can cause short-term allergic or asthmatic reactions, and even more serious long-term effects. Where do they come from?

New synthetic materials like vinyl flooring and synthetic textiles.
Wall paint and furniture finishes.
Air fresheners and scented candles.
All of the above emit VOCs — choose natural or organic materials instead.

3. Avoiding pesticides doesn't mean you have to surrender your home to pests. The easiest way to control pests is to avoid attracting them in the first place. What's a good way to do that?

Repel insects by spraying them with water - they don't like to get wet.
Build a house on stilts so they can't reach it.
Make sure your family practices good sanitation and food storage habits.
Give up and move out.

4. Choosing products with nontoxic ingredients is an important way you can safeguard your family's health. Just about any conventional product can be replaced with an effective and environmentally sound alternative that's safer for people and the environment. Which of these statements is true?

Synthetic carpeting is less allergenic than sustainably harvested hardwood flooring.
It's simple and less expensive to formulate your own household cleaners from the amazingly effective "Nontoxic Trio": baking soda, soap, and vinegar.
You can't vacuum natural fibers; you have to wash them.
Nontoxic cleaners are good for frequent light cleaning but won't work on tough stains.

5. Pesticides of all kinds - from weed killers and pest baits outdoors to pet flea collars and antibacterial cleaners indoors - are dangerous chemicals, especially for children. Why are children's bodies more vulnerable to damage from pesticide exposure than adults'?

Their bodies are still developing.
They spend more time on the ground or on the floor, where they can pick up contaminants and ingest them by putting their hands into their mouths.
They eat more fruits and vegetables per pound of body weight.
All of the above.

6. As delicious as it can be, eating some seafood is risky because of pollutants like mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that build up in the bodies of marine animals. What can you do to make sure the seafood you're eating is safe?

Know the fish you're eating and where it came from.
Use take-it-with-you resources like the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Guide to check your seafood choices at the market or in the restaurant.
Visit SeaWeb's Kid Safe Seafood website to find out which seafood choices are safest for children.
All of the above are good ways to make smart seafood choices.

7. Complete the sentence: Indoor air quality is improved by opening windows, growing plants, and

Using air fresheners.
Burning scented candles.
Using a vacuum with a HEPA filter.
Plugging your nose.

8. Healthy beauty is more than skin deep! When choosing personal care products, avoid products containing:

Parabens
Diethanolamine (DEA) and (TEA)
Synthetic fragrances
All of the above

9. Plastic is strong, durable, and convenient, but not all plastic is created equal. How can you use plastics wisely?

Choose smart plastics (polyethylene or polypropylene with recycling symbols 1, 2, 4, or 5) that are less toxic to manufacture and easy to recycle.
Avoid PVC (polyvinyl chloride) completely.
Never microwave food in plastic containers.
All of the above are good strategies if you must use plastic.

10. Healthy Child Healthy World is a new book with user-friendly tips for keeping your family healthy and creating a safer, cleaner, and greener home. It's also:

A spa frequented by celebrities with large families.
A nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the health and wellbeing of children and families.
A family-oriented theme park in Southern California.
A new show on the ABC Family cable network.