Environmental Health

August 16, 2012

Excellent news! Johnson & Johnson has now committed to removing a wide host of known toxic chemicals from their products by 2015. Earlier this year the company committed to removing these unhealthy and dangerous chemicals from baby products, but they now have plans to move past that original promise to include all of their personal care products. This is huge, like really, really huge.

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Michelle Noehren

Environmental Health

August 16, 2012

If the EPA could regulate the entire life cycle of a product and protect us from toxic toys, food, air, and clean up the atmosphere would you be excited? That game changer is happening, but it’s coming from a different direction that Main Street doesn’t watch – Certifications, Standards, and...

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Mary Clare Hunt

Environmental Health

August 15, 2012

Do you remember the moment you first learned you were pregnant? After the shock and awe period passes, pregnancy is the perfect time to commit to eliminating toxic chemicals from your food, home, and personal care products. Making your daily routines as healthy as possible during pregnancy will...

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Margie Kelly

Environmental Health

August 15, 2012

Teeth swiped from tooth fairies could provide important information about the link between chemicals and autism. Researchers are excited . We already know that timing is a critical piece of the autism/chemical connection. Scientists now say that by grinding up baby teeth, they can accurately...

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Kristin Schafer

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days

August 14, 2012

Candy Crowley. Image via Wikipedia. Great news yesterday! FINALLY, after decades without a female moderator, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that a woman, Candy Crowley of CNN, would moderate one of the three nationally televised Presidential debates. [1] Woot! *Click here to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care

August 14, 2012

If there was ever any doubt that the U.S. federal budget would claim center-stage in the 2012 presidential race, it vanished with Mitt Romney's selection of House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the GOP Vice Presidential nominee. Although Mitt Romney has emphasized he will run on a Romney budget,...

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Jo Comerford

Environmental Health

August 10, 2012

Yesterday, the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced July was the hottest month ever recorded for the United States.[1] If you have asthma, then you know how heat can be a major trigger for asthma attacks. [2] For the nearly one in 10 U.S. kids who have asthma, this...

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Sarah Francis

Environmental Health Health Care

August 8, 2012

Last night I went to a showing of Semper Fi , a shocking documentary about the families of Camp Lejeune who were literally poisoned by contaminated drinking water for 30 years. The reason this topic was of interest to me is because Camp Lejeune is in my state and I’ve been learning about the need...

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Felicia Burnett

Environmental Health

August 8, 2012

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Lauren Chagaris When it comes to college shopping, it’s good to make solid, non-toxic choices at the beginning so that you don’t have to invest money every year in replacing items . Toxic confession: I had the same plates all four years of school. They were...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health

August 7, 2012

Labels can tell you all sorts of things about foods: the number of calories, the percentage of sodium or calcium recommended for your daily diet, whether it’s organic or contains food dyes or flavors. One thing you cannot know from a food product label is whether it was made with genetically...

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Margie Kelly