Environmental Health

February 3, 2014

300,000 people without access to water? Tanks that stored chemicals without regulation just upstream from a water treatment facility? Chemicals pouring into the Elk River, with confusing advisories and virtually no safety information on the specific effects of the chemicals? We ask ourselves how...

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Katy Farber

Environmental Health Health Care

January 29, 2014

What do Maryland’s kids, our declining honeybees and fish have in common – and especially during this Maryland 2014 legislative session? Pesticides! High rates of childhood cancer, autism, ADHD and asthma in Maryland and elsewhere have been linked to pesticide exposures. Pesticides are also...

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Ruth Berlin

Environmental Health

January 25, 2014

I love hosting the MomsRising weekly tweet chat called #EcoTipTue. Truly. It is an honor to learn and tweet with people who know what they are talking about and are passionate about improving our world. So I was delighted to have National Geographic Science blogger Greg Laden on our weekly show. He...

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Katy Farber

Environmental Health

January 15, 2014

I can remember vividly the day that I first realized there are toxic chemicals in cosmetic products. I was in shock and quite frankly quite pissed off. It was (and still is) crazy to me that there is very little regulation of the chemicals used in products we use on our skin & hair, let alone...

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Michelle Noehren

Environmental Health

January 11, 2014

How can you make 2014 your family's healthiest yet? That was the topic of this week's MomsRising tweet chat. The guests and participants in #EcoTipTue had lots to share about making 2014 healthy, green and toxin free. It's each week at 9pm ET, and we'd love to have you join us. We discuss all...

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Katy Farber

Environmental Health

January 9, 2014

Already in these first days of 2014, my spirits are dampened by the vision of a frightening climate future coming at us at warp speed. Like in a science fiction story, Arctic winds have been swooping in from the far north, grabbing regions as far south as the bayous of Louisiana in an icicle grip,...

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Gloria Pan

Environmental Health

January 9, 2014

Scan the ingredient list of many "antibacterial" soaps and body washes, and you'll find triclosan. This pesticide — yes, I said pesticide — is so widely used that it's now found in most of our bodies. And after decades of thinking about it, FDA is finally saying "enough." It turns out some...

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Kristin Schafer

Breastfeeding Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 27, 2013

When I married my best friend, Noah, we were young, healthy, and so excited to start a family together. We expected our family building journey to be simple. But, we struggled with infertility. Three years later, our miracle babies found us. We were ecstatic to have twin boys on the way. We named...

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Jennifer Canvasser

Environmental Health Gun Safety

December 20, 2013

There are so many compelling, interesting stories published on the MomsRising blog every week. Below is a selection of posts we especially hope you didn't miss! Check them out; we'd love to hear which were your favorites in the comments below. Thanks! #RADIO this week! - Creating Change! From music...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Environmental Health

December 11, 2013

Oh, the pressures of being pregnant! So many people telling you what to do. Eat this, not that! Don't worry about weight gain. Worry about weight gain. Worrying about weight gain will give your baby anxiety. Ahhhh! It can be so overwhelming at times. Thankfully, there are many things that pregnant...

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Katy Farber