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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 reader, have any thoughts, please comment below. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Recently my friend Alice Shabecoff, co-author of Poisoned for Profit (a labor of love inspired by her grandchildren), asked me what I, as a new grandmother, would like to see happen nationally. That is, in a big way. I have been...

This article offers an impartial introduction to the otherwise hotly-contested subject of childhood vaccinations. And it shows how vaccines fit into the whole problem of the toxic assault on our children. Donna Curless’s three children were born and spent their early years in Brick Township, a mid-size, middle income New Jersey city whose rate of children with autism seemed so off the charts that it became the quoted statistic for quite a few years. Looking for possible causes, government and independent investigators found the water supply polluted with a mixture of industrial chemicals from...

Part 1 The BP Gulf oil catastrophe is not the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, contrary to news headlines. The hugeness of the blow-out captures our attention, but the worst pollution actually takes place here in our ordinary lives, in hardly noticed events that add up day after day. Of course BP gets a lot of credit for making that daily pollution possible. It is the nature of BP’s business, which relies on polluting manufacturing and toxic chemicals, two of the four sources responsible for the toxic assault in our daily lives (the other two sources are heavy metals and nuclear...

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 might cause cervical cancer later in life. On balance, is this series of vaccinations a good idea? Is it safe; is it worth the possible side effects? This article is part 1 of a two-part series. How about the vaccinations recommended for infants and young babies?—that’s Part 2 (to be posted shortly...

In our natural instinct to protect our children, we sometimes (often?) get waylaid by products that end up doing more harm than good, but make a nice profit for the manufacturer. A chemical called triclosan is a case in point. It’s supposed to vanquish “germs,” that is, bacteria or microbes. You’ll find it in liquid soaps, toothpastes, acne creams, and wipes, as well as in surprising places such as cutting boards, bath towels, plastic sandals and children’s toys. Its sibling chemical, triclocarban, is used primarily in deodorant bar soaps and in many cosmetic products. We spend almost $1...

President Obama, in his State of the Union speech, called for a push to build new nuclear power plants to help serve our country’s energy needs. This is a truly unwise strategy. We’d go from the frying pan into the fire. At the very time of the President’s speech, a group of Vermonters were out in the snow and freezing cold, calling for the state’s sole nuclear plant, the Vermont Yankee, to shut down. Their protest was ignited by revelations of rising levels of the radioactive element called tritium leaking from the plant into nearby water sources. One of our closest friends, unfailingly...

If your doctor is blase' about toxic chemicals, give him a copy of this report.

This week would have been a great occasion to have a camera crew at the National Institutes of Health, to capture EPA officials meeting with the densest gathering ever of the cream of America’s toxic chemical producers and users. They came together – with no sign that the new administration had lifted a finger to change business as usual – to “dialog” about how BPA and other chemicals will be tested from now on. They were there to give EPA their “guidance and assessment,” the conference material announces. BPA, bisphenol-A, is the best-known chemical in America right now, an ingredient in...