3 simple ways to go green and keep baby safer

Unplug charger packs for cell phones and laptop computers when they’re not in use. Besides reducing your electric bill, your baby will benefit. “The charger pack is a live wire if it’s plugged into the wall, but not into your cell phone or laptop, and your baby can get quite a shock, if not worse, if he puts the wire in his mouth,” says Rick Levinton, owner of Precious Baby Protectors, in Missouri City, Texas. It's best to keep all electronic equipment out of reach of young children.

Reduce the setting of your hot-water heater to 120° F. It could not only reduce your energy costs by an average of $24 per year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 187 pounds, it’s better for your baby, too, since an infant’s skin burns much more easily than an adult’s.

Use cloth shopping bags. A non-green alternative--plastic bags--are suffocation hazards. If they do make their way into your house, tie plastic bags in knots before throwing them out. And keep plastic garbage bags, laundry bags, food storage or grocery bags, and bags used in packaging everything from dry cleaning to electronics on a high shelf or in a locked cupboard.

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[Paul]

Great article.