At an all-day seminar last week, I listened to university researchers discuss this startling question: Are we poisoning our children? Hard data points to a resounding, very sobering “yes”.
For over a year, we at PAN have been watching EPA’s long-overdue review of atrazine, a common herbicide that’s been linked to birth defects, hormone disruption and cancer. You may have heard about this chemical – it’s the one that scientists have found can turn male frogs into females at astonishingly low levels. From the [...]
From edgy films about sustainable food to intimately personal stories about the dangers of chemicals in the womb, this year’s Heinz Award winners bring a powerful blend of poetry, science and humor to their work. Since 1994, this award has honored people doing extraordinary things in an area important to the late Senator John Heinz. [...]
As parents, we have plenty on our minds as we settle into a new school year — new teachers, carpools, sibling rivalry — the list goes on. We really shouldn’t have to add this: apples and peaches we’re packing in our kids’ lunchbags may expose them to chlorpyrifos, a pesticide known to lower IQs and [...]
It’s been more than a few years now, but I remember the roller coaster ride of pregnancy like it was yesterday. Nine months of bouncing from giddy excitement to mind-bending worry, pure joy to frantic nesting. Powerful emotions are amplified by equally powerful hormones, working overtime. As scientists report yet again this week, those churning [...]
Like any parent, when I drop off my kids at school, I want to trust they’ll be safe. Safe from violence, safe from bullying, safe from diseases and pests — and safe from pesticides that can cause them harm. As evidence continues to pile up that pesticides can harm children’s health and development, many schools [...]
Turns out people really don’t like their strawberries messed with. The recent uproar about a new cancer-causing chemical in strawberry fields started here in California. It’s since gone nationwide – and if you want to help keep strawberries cancer-free, there are plenty of ways to join in. Here’s the story, in a nutshell: EPA approved [...]
Last week, researchers found a host of toxic chemicals in the bodies of pregnant women throughout the U.S. Industry reps quickly trotted out their favorite messages in response: “Chemicals are a fact of modern life,” “just because toxins are in your body doesn’t mean they’ll hurt you,” and “the levels are too low to matter [...]
Just before Thanksgiving, the chemical industry squashed a bi-partisan effort to ban the controversial chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) from baby bottles and children’s drinking cups. Really guys? Protecting kids from toxic chemicals should be a no-brainer, right? Especially when the science is so strong, the scientists themselves are calling for action. After the U.S. effort stalled, [...]
For the past month, pink ribbons have been everywhere — along with bracelets, shoes, t-shirts, even pink KFC buckets. Yet for all this colorful breast cancer awareness, somehow we’re still not talking about one of the key things we can do to prevent the disease: stop eating, drinking and breathing cancer-causing chemicals. Sounds like a [...]
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