Environmental Health

November 29, 2012

It is a no-brainer: Healthy children are the key to the future of America. Understanding that children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards than the adults around them, and knowing that children cannot identify hazards or get out of harm’s way, our elected officials should ensure that all...

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Claire Barnett

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

November 29, 2012

When a child's health is on the line, moms will often stand up in truly courageous ways. Like the mothers in the small, rural community of Lindsay, California who were concerned about how pesticides were affecting their children. These central valley moms enrolled in a project back in 2006 to...

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Kristin Schafer

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

November 29, 2012

A new study says: Yes, air pollution may be a factor contributing to autism . Researchers at the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles looked at 500 children in California, half of whom had autism, finding that pollution may affect the developing brain among children...

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Diane Bailey

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

November 29, 2012

Asthma is the single most common chronic condition among children in the United States – currently 7 million children suffer from asthma. It is the leading cause of missed school days and accounts for more than $10 billion in health care expenditures each year. Now more than ever, we need to work...

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Cara Baldari

Environmental Health

November 29, 2012

Before my days as the “crazy chemical lady,” I figured that most things sold for use by children are tested for safety in all areas. As long as I steered clear of cheaply made Dollar Store finds I could sleep at night knowing that my kids were not being exposed to hazards such as lead, cadmium, and other carcinogenic materials. I was wrong.

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CT Working Moms

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

November 29, 2012

History will almost certainly mark the 2012 election as a turning point after which the Latino vote was one of the most powerful forces shaping the nation’s political landscape. With an average of 878,000 Latino citizen children reaching voting age every year for the next two decades, future...

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Catherine Singley

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

November 29, 2012

Is climate change a real crisis? This is the question many of us have been asking ourselves in the aftermath of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy. We have had hurricanes in the past. But nothing like Sandy has ever hit New York City. For those of us who have been warning people about climate change to no...

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Maisha McGill

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

November 29, 2012

I made “Mom History” in 1994 when I became the first ever U.S. women’s bobsled champion at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY. The United States Olympic Committee named me “Athlete of the Year”. I was also over four months pregnant. Sports Illustrated and USA Today , ESPN and HBO Sports...

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Allred Alexandra

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

November 29, 2012

The devastating Hurricane Sandy caused a huge swath of destruction in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States on October 29. The storm is responsible for at least 110 fatalities in the United States. Preliminary estimates indicate that it caused $30 billion in damages, with only one-quarter to...

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Daniel Weiss

Environmental Health

November 29, 2012

The burden of asthma on the health care system continues to grow in the 21st century. Asthma affects over 25 million Americans (8% of the population). Since 2001, the number of people diagnosed with asthma increased by 4.3 million, resulting in a 6% rise in overall healthcare costs. In 2007 alone,...

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