Environmental Health

The fine line

Priorities. This amigos and amigas changes with each season of life. When we're younger, we want to be the center of el universo. In our teen years, we want to be heard. In our early twenties, we want to be accomplished young women. Then comes amor, marriage, kids and all in all... life. Sometime,...

Changing the World One Mother at a Time

I am a mother. I am lots of other things but as society continues to discount and undervalue this role, it is easy to get frustrated and not claim it as loudly as I should. The world talks about how important mothers are. Yet often mothers are the last ones on the list to be asked for their opinion...

First we are grandparents

The following awesome letter to parents and grandparents was written by Nancy Myers, who works at the nonprofit organization, Science and Environmental Health Network , www.sehn.org . We are among the many people now trying to figure out how to stop the toxic assault on our children. If you, dear...

5,000 U.S. deaths from tainted food

It's hard enough to get my picky preschooler to eat healthy foods without also having to keep on top of the regular recalls of unsafe foods (like the recent salmonella tainted eggs debacle). It shouldn't be this hard to keep our families healthy! But it is. Each year in the U.S., more 76 million...