Environmental Health

July 3, 2010

Part 1 As soon as a teenage girl walks into her pediatrician’s office, he will suggest another vaccination, to be delivered through a series of shots spaced out over six months. This time the vaccine is Gardasil, intended to protect her from being infected by the human papilloma virus, HPV, which...

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Alice Shabecoff

Environmental Health Food! Health Care

June 29, 2010

Would you like some disodium 6-hydroxy-5-((2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-sulfophenyl)azo)-2-naphthalene-sulfonate in your yogurt? Well, you won’t find that mouthful of mumbo-jumbo on food labels. But you will find it listed with the friendlier name of Red 40. You might pass up a macaroni and cheese that...

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Mike Jacobson

Environmental Health

June 23, 2010

I am not a guinea pig – and I definitely don’t want my daughters to be. How about you? Ever feel like the unwilling test subject in an out of control chemical experiment?

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Janelle Sorensen

Environmental Health

June 22, 2010

In Annapolis this morning, a coalition of children's health and environmental advocates gathered to honor Senator Brian Frosh and Delegate James Hubbard for their leadership on the state's successful BPA Bill. MomsRising was joined by Maryland PIRG , Maryland Nurses Association , and and Black...

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Ariana Kelly

Environmental Health

June 21, 2010

Maryland parents, advocates, and businesses worked hard this year to protect children from Bisphenol-A (BPA), and that hard work paid off! The BPA-Free Babies and Children Act passed, and we couldn’t have done it without Senator Brian Frosh and Delegate James Hubbard, who led the successful effort...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health

June 11, 2010

There are two pictures from my childhood that I think of often, the classic kind that live for years on family refrigerators and mantels. One shows a little boy and I, very young and impossibly blond, too concentrated on our game to notice the snap of an aunt's camera from across the room. Then one...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health

June 9, 2010

My little girl is barely 10-months and I just love to watch her eat a strawberry, leaving her little face and fingers red and sticky! But I only give her organic strawberries, and for good reason. At 10-months, her little brain and body are developing at a fast rate and residues of chemicals found...

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Ana Joanes

Environmental Health Food!

June 4, 2010

Being a grandparent is a joy! You get the perks of bright eyes and giggles, along with the rush of pride to see your own child mature into a parent. In 2001, I was “Grandma” for two absolutely darling children , a girl age 5 and a boy age 2. Then the unthinkable happened – my grandson became sick...

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Pat Buck

Environmental Health Food!

June 1, 2010

The laws governing the food - safety functions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have not been substantially updated in more than 70 years , but congressional lawmakers will hopefully soon change that fact. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote soon on t he FDA Food Safety Modernization...

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Donna Rosenbaum

Environmental Health

May 25, 2010

As the massive oil slicks from the BP Gulf spill advance upon shores and communities, everyone is worried about the effect on wildlife and the natural environment, but strangely silent about another unavoidable danger. Substantial harm to the children of the Gulf Coast is now unavoidable. If you...

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Alice Shabecoff