Most of us look at child proofing like we look at an IRS audit: we hope we never have to go through it. If we do, we hope it only happens once. Have you ever looked around your once child proofed house and noticed the many hazards that have piled up like your laundry. As we do a safety tune-up (yes, even the Paranoid Sisters need safety tune-ups) we take you with us. 

We received a great response to a recent Safety Audit.  As is the case with safety, many times it is just a matter of getting educated about an unknown danger.  A reader was kind enough to send this response about pesticides.

"I just read your tip with the story about the little boy who was just 
"testing the water." What you didn't note was another major hazard in that 
story. The door had been left unlocked so the "pest control man could come and spray." Well, spray what? Spray it where? Why? I think you should do some reading up on the rather frightening facts about pesticides and their colossal (and usually utterly unnecessary) misuse and all of the 
health problems that have resulted from that (and in many cases to children). I'd be even more worried about a neighbor who hired someone to "spray".... Are they spraying their lawn? Their trees? Likely to drift 
right over to your property. This stuff is poison. It kills. And it's usually utterly unnecessary." 

The site that was recommended for learning more is the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides.  Their web site is http://www.beyondpesticides.org/.  We learned a lot just from a quick look at the site.  There is actually a phase out happening with Diazinon which is commonly used around homes.

Thank you to Martha for letting us know about this great site.