Environmental Health

June 7, 2012

There's an interesting debate emerging in the public health world. It has to do with whether we need to rejigger our thinking about the risks pesticides and other chemicals pose to children's health. Traditionally, we've had a "disease-oriented" approach, assessing risk based on the severity of a...

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Kristin Schafer

Environmental Health Health Care

June 6, 2012

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user 3liz4 When it comes to summer events, usually picnics and barbeques are what come to mind. For me, it's birthdays! I have a summer birthday, and I'm from a family full of summer birthdays. If birthday parties are on your summer horizon, try these easy tweaks and...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health

May 25, 2012

Yesterday, MomsRising brought some of our moms and kids to the public hearing about proposed standards for carbon pollution at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC. We were part of a huge coalition effort by public health, environmental and civil liberties organizations to express...

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Gloria Pan

Environmental Health

May 23, 2012

You know how easy it is to take someone for granted, especially after a long, committed relationship. Then one day, the romance is totally gone, and so is that person, leaving you mourning over the itty bitty pieces of a broken heart. You never knew how good you had it until it was gone. Don’t let...

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Gloria Pan

Environmental Health

May 22, 2012

Right now moms and kids are in D.C. urging Congress to protect our families by supporting comprehensive chemicals reform to keep our kids safe from toxics, and they need your help! * Can you back them up? Tell Congress to be on the lookout for moms today-- and urge them to support comprehensive...

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Sarah Francis

Environmental Health Health Care

May 22, 2012

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & CEO www.healthychild.org After the CDC lowered the threshold at which a child is at risk for lead poisoning by half last week, the number of children under six who are now considered at risk jumped from 77,000 to 442,000, according to the...

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Rachel Sarnoff

Environmental Health

May 21, 2012

Tomorrow, moms and kids are coming together in DC to ask Congress to protect our families by supporting comprehensive chemicals reform. Right now, our outdated chemicals policy leaves us and our kids exposed to chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, asthma, & other serious illnesses. We...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health

May 21, 2012

I often times sound like a broken record to my close friends and family. Give me any political issue and I’ll show you exactly how money in politics plays a significant role in its outcome. I’ll spare you my long lecture about how the role of money in our political system degrades the health of our...

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Michelle Noehren

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

May 18, 2012

Detoxing your home shouldn't be a chore. Make it a party instead! As a busy parent, you have a lot on your mind, and the last thing you want to worry about is exposing your baby to harmful chemicals in your own home. But it’s not always easy to figure out where those toxic chemicals might be...

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Cassidy Randall

Environmental Health

May 16, 2012

Part of my job at Pesticide Action Network is keeping track of the latest research about how pesticides are harming children’s health . This has kept me too busy of late, as studies seem to be coming fast and furious linking pesticides with childhood asthma, autism , birth defects, cancer and more...

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Kristin Schafer