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Breastfeeding and Praying Parallels: Building a Space in Society

November 20, 2017
A young Muslim woman stands in line anxiously at the fitting room at a clothing store holding a “NaMastay in Bed” sweatshirt. Behind her, a mother waits with a crying baby. The Muslim woman enters a stall and prays quickly, hoping no one notices her bending and kneeling through the door gap. She...
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Shireen Hakim
Environmental Health Food!

This Is How Chlorpyrifos, a Toxic Pesticide, Gets Into Our Bodies and Why It's VERY Dangerous for Kids and Pregnant Women

August 24, 2017
Chlorpyrifos is a toxic pesticide that is commonly used in conventional agriculture and widely found on fruits and vegetables. Pediatricians and children’s health experts worry about exposure to chlorpyrifos (and other chemicals in the pesticide class known as organophosphates) because it is a...
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Miriam Rotkin-Ellman
Environmental Health Food!

What is Chlorpyrifos? This Harmful Pesticide Should Have Been Banned From Food Years Ago.

August 11, 2017
Chlorpyrifos (pronounced “klor-PEER-a-foss”) is a commonly used pesticide that damages the developing brains of children. Significant science shows that exposures to low levels of chlorpyrifos early in life can lead to increased risk of learning disabilities including reductions in IQ,...
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Miriam Rotkin-Ellman
Food!

Walgreens infant formula may contain harmful nanoparticles. Now the company is silencing shareholders.

January 24, 2017
Recently, Walgreens’ Well Beginnings infant formula was reported to contain engineered hydroxyapatite (HA) nanoparticles, according to independent laboratory testing commissioned by Friends of the Earth. This is important because an expert committee of the European Union concluded that nano-HA may...
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Learn the Facts About Baby and Toddler Food and Drinks Nutrition and Its Marketing #FoodFri

November 3, 2016
From birth to age 2 children form healthy eating habits that can prevent childhood obesity. Expert health professionals have provided recommendations for feeding babies and toddlers, yet baby and toddler food and drink companies and their marketing messages do not always support these...
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Migdalia Rivera
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Food!

World Food Day: Nutrition in the First 1,000 Days #FoodFri

October 16, 2015
Since 1979, October 16 has been marked as World Food Day. It's a day to spread awareness and draw national attention to hunger, malnutrition and poverty, as well as draw attention to programs that work in our nation. This year World Food Day falls on a Friday and we want to commemorate it with a #...
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Migdalia Rivera
Food!

Breastfeeding Sans Chocolate

August 17, 2015
It's national breastfeeding month so I wanted to share my experience as a breast feeding mama. This journey has been a beautiful one and I hope to continue to breastfeed till my little one is a about a year. Being a solely breast feeding mama has its challenges. I love breast feeding my baby. The...
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Rachel Negron
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Food!

WIC: Improving the Health of Low-Income and Nutritionally Vulnerable Families #FoodFri

June 19, 2015
Author's Note: Although this chat ended you can click to read the June 19, 2015 #FoodFri STORIFY - a curated list of said chat's tweets compiled into a story format, to learn more about the topic, review chat resources and engage with chat panelist(s) and participants . An estimated 16 million...
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