Health Care

January 12, 2012

In November Dr. Ken Murray published a blog on Zocalo Public Square called “How Doctors Die.” It’s been reverberating through the Web ever since, prompting a continuous stream of comments and inspiring others to offer their own essays and input. What struck a chord was the assertion that doctors...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care

January 12, 2012

One easy way to reduce toxic chemicals in your home is to take a room by room survey. What products do you use in each room? Photo credit: Flickr User Boris Mitendorfer Photography What items may need to be replaced soon? Where do you have the most product turn-around? A good place to start is the...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

January 11, 2012

What would you say if I told you that a high number of baby products contain toxic chemicals? What if I told you those toxic chemicals were in the form of flame retardants that are used in things like nursing pillows, car seats, changing pads and bassinet pads? And what if I said there is currently...

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Michelle Noehren

Health Care

January 5, 2012

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the potential to greatly improve the health of communities of color in California. Following the excellent turnout at our convening series in November, Seizing the Opportunity: Achieving Equity in Health Reform , many participants said they...

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Ellen Wu

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

January 5, 2012

If there was a Hall of Fame for road trip games, Mad Libs would be number one. A word nerd from the get-go, I loved these books of swiss-cheesed sentences, blank spaces waiting to be filled with the comedic stylings of my easily amused backseat gang (“The Hippo ate a copy machine and walked into a...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

January 5, 2012

2011 closed with good news out of Kentucky. On Friday Governor Steve Beshear refused to approve a Louisville hospital merger that threatened patient choice . Compassion & Choices, MergerWatch, the National Women's Law Center and other national advocacy organizations joined local activists to...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Health Care

January 4, 2012

Our family will always remember this holiday season as the time Sugar died. Sugar was a mixed breed, mostly lab/border-collie type. She exhibited the best character traits of every gene she carried and seemed to bear none of any breed’s drawbacks. She was a real credit to her species. A member of...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

January 3, 2012

Happy new year! How are your new years resolutions going? Last week, we talked about a few ideas for non-toxic New Years resolutions . If you're trying one of these resolutions, testing a non-toxic resolution of your own, or just recommitting yourself to detoxing your life in the new year, these...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

December 28, 2011

It can feel like a toxic world out there, but MomsRising is here to help. Every Tuesday on the MomsRising blog , you can find new information on how to eliminate dangerous chemicals and toxins that are in every day products. Topics have ranged from choosing sunscreen and beauty products, to making...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

December 27, 2011

Go to the gym. Get organized. Start a new hobby. There's a list of three common new years resolutions, which doubles as a list of resolutions I've made and haven't kept a hundred times over. But my non-toxic resolutions? Those I've kept, because I've made them easy and concrete. Two years ago, I...

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Claire Moshenberg