Members of Congress are deciding right now what chemicals my daughter will pass along to her children. My vote? As few as possible.
The Mind, Disrupted project found toxins in the bodies of those with learning and developmental disabilities. Senators got an ear-full this week from advocates calling for laws to protect children from dangerous chemicals.
There’s nothing quite like a fresh, juicy strawberry. What many people don’t know is that some of the nastiest pesticides are used in strawberry fields, and the powers-that-be in California are considering a pesticide that’s such a “good” carcinogen it’s often used in cancer experiments in the lab.
Personally, I like my cranberries and pumpkin pie chemical-free. Pesticide Action Network’s new What’s On My Food? iPhone App makes the invisible problem of pesticides more visible, showing which pesticides are found on what foods, and how those chemicals can harm human health.
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