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06/12/12

"BPA-free" means safe, not linked to breast cancer , not estrogenic, in the clear, worry-free…right? Hardly. In March of this year, Campbell’s announced that it is getting rid of BPA, but the company is not disclosing what it plans to use instead. We need to know what's in the food our families eat...

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Gretchen Lee Salter

06/12/12

by Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy, National Women's Law Center The major health insurers held a hot-ticket event yesterday – first United Healthcare announced that it would retain key patient protections and health coverage guarantees, no matter how the Supreme Court rules on the...

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Thao Nguyen

06/10/12

What if somebody told you that you were an investor in the most valuable commodity in the whole world? What if, every day for two decades or more, you made a small but significant contribution into the most promising enterprise available; in fact, the single asset on which all other profits would...

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Valerie Young

Paid Sick Days

06/08/12

Many people have heard of Paid Time Off (PTO) banks, but the contours of such policies are often little understood, especially outside the human resources world. To shed light on PTO banks, CLASP and the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) have released a report using Bureau of Labor...

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Andrea Lindemann Gilliam

Environmental Health Health Care

06/07/12

Since discovering a known cancer-causing chemical hiding out in Tide Free & Gentle , Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) and Healthy Child Healthy World have been mobilizing moms across the country to call on the company to remove 1,4-dioxane. More than 76,000 people have contacted the company...

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Cassidy Randall

06/07/12

Over the past two years, I've traveled throughout New York meeting with farmers and anti-hunger advocates to develop our priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill. Based on these conversations, I fought for and won several provisions in the bill such as improved crop insurance for fruit and vegetable...

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Environmental Health

06/07/12

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

06/06/12

By Judy Waxman , Vice President of Health and Reproductive Rights Opponents of the health care law are determined to weaken the law by any means — even if it means hurting millions of middle class families. Help us fight back — the House of Representatives will vote tomorrow: tell your Member of...

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Thao Nguyen

Environmental Health Health Care

06/06/12

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

Health Care

06/05/12

This month, the Supreme Court of the United States will rule on Obamacare (a.k.a the Affordable Care Act/the new health care law). While there is a lot of speculation about what will happen to Obamacare in the next few weeks, there is one thing we know for sure: it is working. Millions of Americans...

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