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05/02/12

On April 20, the Gulf Coast remembered the day two years ago that changed our lives. The BP Oil Disaster may no longer be headline news but it's not over for the thousands of Americans who have lost their livelihoods, suffered health consequences, and greatly fear the decades long fight ahead. In...

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Renee Blanchard

Childcare & Early Education

05/02/12

I was lucky that I went to college in 1976. I was working as a secretary but I wanted so much to be a teacher. My husband and I were living paycheck to paycheck and could meet our bills just fine, but we had no extra money to send me to college. My parents were doing just fine, but they were still...

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Lily Eskelsen

Environmental Health

05/02/12

With summer around the corner, now is the perfect time to start working on a garden! Don't worry, this doesn't have to be a huge project. Start small with some simple outdoor or indoor gardening (or both!). Get started with a few indoor plants (or even just one! Even one indoor plant can improve...

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Claire Moshenberg

05/01/12

While shopping in an open market with her son, Ibrahim, a terrorist car bomb exploded next to Iraqi mother Ekhlas Zaky. The explosive shock wave struck her son in the head, blinding him in one eye and possibly damaging his brain. After the smoke cleared, young Ibrahim never spoke again. Since birth...

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Becca Heller

Paid Family Leave

05/01/12

Hot off the presses – a new report finds access to paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child reduces the likelihood that a family will be forced to resort to public support or food stamps. Rutgers University and the National Partnership for Women & Families have analyzed data in the...

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Valerie Young

04/30/12

by Judy Molland A community in Florida is prohibiting anyone under age 18 from going outside unsupervised by an adult. That’s right: if you’re a kid at Ole Village in Lely Resort, Collier County, Florida, that means no bike riding, no walking to the bus stop, no being outside at all, without an...

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care2 .com

04/27/12

Last month, in a post about developments in legislation to limit the use of restraints on pregnant women, I wrote that Florida might become the next state to say no to shackles in the delivery room... and it has! On April 8, Governor Scott signed the bill to establish uniform rules against...

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Rachel Roth

04/27/12

The truth: There I was, Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, champion of limiting children’s screen time, playing Angry Birds on the subway. The justification: There I was, Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, champion of limiting children’s screen time, after a...

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Susan Linn

Environmental Health

04/27/12

If we set our minds to it, we can turn back the rising tide of autism. But it will take the courage to embrace the following common-sense goal, in both policy and practice: Expecting parents and young children should not take in chemical contaminants that are known to harm developing minds. This...

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Kristin Schafer

Environmental Health

04/26/12

The media is all abuzz with contradictory rumors and statements after a case of mad-cow disease (or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE ) was found this week in California. The beef industry assures there's nothing to worry about. Understandably, consumers are confused. Here is the first thing to...

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