Jennifer Taggart, TheSmartMama

Jennifer Taggart is founder of TheSmartMama and author of Smart Mama's Green Guide: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Child's Toxic Chemical Exposure. She is passionate about children's environmental health, and informs and educates busy parents about simple and practical steps to reduce toxic chemical exposures.

Worried about bisphenol A (BPA), lead, phthalates and more? TheSmartMama can provide the information to determine whether you should be concerned or not, and how to reduce exposures.

Jennifer is a mom of 2 and a partner in a Los Angeles law firm where she practices environmental and consumer product law. Her specialties include California's Proposition 65 and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). She also has an eco-consulting business educating parents about simple steps to reduce toxic chemical exposure in the home. This consulting includes a Niton XRF analyzer which she uses to detect lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury and more in consumer products. She also provides lead content compliance for children's products under the CPSIA, primarily to mom based businesses.

Jennifer's website, TheSmartMama, gives helpful hints to go green and non toxic. As a mom, Jennifer recognizes that busy parents do not have the time to sort out the claims of green, natural, healthy or organic.