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05/16/12

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

05/16/12

Re-posted with author permission from the Huffington Post . Americans, or at least the chattering class, have gotten all riled up about motherhood twice in the past few weeks. First, there was the kerfuffle between Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney about whether Mrs. Romney, a stay-...

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Ann O'Leary

Health Care

05/16/12

Happy National Women's Health Week! This is a whole week dedicated to the health concerns of women and the new opportunities for better health that the Affordable Care Act offers women. Here's a brief description from Womenshealth.gov: "Women often serve as caregivers for their families, putting...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

05/16/12

Like many women of her generation, Sue was careful to get prenatal care and watch her weight gain as her doctor advised. In the early 1960s there were no warnings to avoid smoking or alcohol during pregnancy and no information about the potential hazards of environmental chemicals, either for Sue’s...

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Mary Pittman

05/15/12

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org TIME raised a ruckus recently with a profile of “attachment parenting” guru Dr. Bill Sears, highlighted by a cover photo of a mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son, according to the...

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Rachel Sarnoff

05/15/12

Reflecting on the now time-honored tradition of celebrating motherhood the second weekend in May, my heart is heavy with the knowledge that so many mothers weren’t able to celebrate this past weekend. They have only an indescribable heartache to bear . . . all because their son or daughter was...

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Lori Haas

Environmental Health

05/15/12

Warmer days mean more sunscreen applications, different makeup routines, and more showers to make up for chlorine soaked hair or sweaty days outdoors. Make your summer a little safer! Use these five safer summer beauty tips as you update your beauty routines for the season. Convenience is not...

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Claire Moshenberg

05/14/12

A few weeks ago, I found myself in the back of a rental car on the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, heading towards a gap in the border fence near a sanctuary that a local organizer insisted we MUST see. My colleagues and I were on a field visit to do campaign planning and technical support on...

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Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

Realistic & Fair Wages

05/13/12

As we all know, there is no harder, or more rewarding job, than being a Mom. But for so many mothers who work outside of the home, it's made even harder by the lack of equal pay for women in our country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to what...

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Paid Family Leave

05/13/12

By Riane Eisler and Shireen Mitchell Should Mother’s Day just be about nice cards and pretty flowers? Or should it be about giving the people who care for us, and the essential work they do, real worth? How did we do this Mother’s Day? Mother’s Day Tea in the East Room of the White House, May 10,...

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