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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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Serena Woods

Realistic & Fair Wages

06/05/12

Tell your U.S. Senator that TODAY is the day to end wage discrimination! Calls to the Senate are coming in from across the country urging a YES vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act; but time is short because they're scheduled to vote at 2:15pm EST today. All Hands on Deck! Your Senator needs to hear...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

06/04/12

Got questions about what the health care law means for women? We've got answers! I'll be at the White House this Thursday, June 7, from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ET for an interactive Women's Health Townhall. Please join us online! You can submit questions by visiting us on Facebook and leaving your...

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Thao Nguyen

06/04/12

In the biggest day of congressional and state legislative primary voting in this election cycle, voters in 6 states go to the polls Tuesday to choose candidates for the general election in November. And here's the big news from The 2012 Project , the national, nonpartisan campaign of Rutgers'...

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Stacy Mason

06/04/12

When Annie Bolgiano was growing up, her mother, a forest firefighter, told her daughter she could become anything she wanted. Then Annie went to college and learned another lesson : You can go into whatever profession you want, but you are statistically unlikely to make a salary equal to your male...

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