Environmental Health

September 8, 2011

Usually, my supermom powers get me pretty far. Children off to school in the morning? Check. Semi-nutritious snack in backpack? Check. Clean air for my children to breathe at recess? That's where I get stumped. That's not the kind of thing that any mom, despite our numerous superpowers, can do...

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Donna Norton

Environmental Health

September 7, 2011

Author's note: This blog post originally appeared on Sightline Daily in a series on low-hanging regulatory reform to encourage sustainable practices. The test is simple: 12 seconds exposed to a small flame like a cigarette lighter. If the furniture foam doesn’t burn, it passes the test and can be...

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Alan Durning

Environmental Health Food! Health Care

September 6, 2011

Traditional canned BBQ fare and potentially hazardous grilled meat can make BBQs feel like a toxic minefield. Luckily, there are plenty of easy ways to keep all of your favorite foods while protecting your health. Marinate Your Meat: The process of grilling meat creates compounds called HCAs, which...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

August 26, 2011

After a massive roof tarring project in her community made her family sick, Shelby organized her community to demand safer practices and put an end to the pollution. Penelope lost her child due to a very rare condition linked to estrogenic chemicals, but still persevered and created one of the most...

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Janelle Sorensen

Environmental Health

August 24, 2011

Cloth or disposable? Sightline researcher Clark wrote about this way back in 2005. I guess it’s a question that our staff, rightfully, agonize over as they’re gearing up for a diapering blitz of their own. Our baby will probably be changed between 3000 and 7000 times in the first two years. For now...

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Anna Fahey

Environmental Health Food! Health Care

August 23, 2011

Picture it: Perfect stacks of crackers and sliced meats, portioned and packaged in plastic. Syrupy fruits in single serve cans. Plastic thermoses full of warm canned soup. And all of these goodies gathered into a shimmering, plastic lunch box. These are the bright back to school images of lunch...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

August 16, 2011

The first day of school is around the corner, and back-to-school shopping season is in full swing. Kids spend most of their crucial developmental years in school buildings, interacting with their school supplies non-stop throughout the day, which makes picking the healthiest, least toxic supplies...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

August 15, 2011

Sandra Steingraber is my hero. Her book, Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood , chronicles her own pregnancy from both a scientific and personal perspective. It’s beautifully and lovingly written—yet for a pregnant woman it’s also a tough read. Trained as a biologist, Steingraber...

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Anna Fahey

Environmental Health

August 12, 2011

As parents we know how important it is to make sure our kids are securely fastened into their car seat or booster seat. Car seats saves lives, but when it comes to nasty chemicals not all car seats are alike. Last week, we released a study on toxic chemicals in children's car seats on our website...

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Rebecca Meuninck

Environmental Health

August 10, 2011

For most parents, a trip to the pharmacy shopping for baby products is a routine experience. And while we make choices on which products to buy for any number of reasons, we would never imagine any one of these products could be unsafe. We have faith that baby products are safe for our kids because...

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