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Stop! Don’t Listen to Advice that Women Can Plan Our Way to Worklife Fit

September 13, 2012
I am so fed up with advice from people telling women that if they just make the right personal choices at the right time in the right order then there is no problem fitting career, marriage, and kids into our lives. That's a load of crap. If anyone had been able to figure out a way to PLAN her way...
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Kristin Maschka

Nourishing the Child and Nurturing the Palate

September 13, 2012
This story originally appeared in LiveWell Colorado . The ubiquitous American grade school cafeteria is a drab place where limp-looking fruits sweetened in syrups are dispensed from tin cans. microwaved pizza is counted as a “vegetable” for the smattering of tomato paste atop the crust, and rubbery...
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Becky Furuta
Environmental Health

Johnson & Johnson Removing Toxic Chemicals from Products

September 13, 2012
Last month, industry giant Johnson & Johnson made a stunning announcement: it was prepared to eliminate a “most wanted” list of chemicals from its beauty and baby products lines by 2015. Johnson & Johnson plans to phase out preservatives like quanternium-15, which releases formaldehyde, a...
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Margie Kelly
Health Care Food! Blog Carnivals

Dads Support Healthy Foods in Schools, Too

September 12, 2012
Like many parents, I’m excited that the 2012-2013 school-year has begun—the kids may already be grumbling about homework, but we parents know that while summertime can be good fun for the family, it can also be exhausting. I’m even more excited that my kids will have access healthier and more...
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Dr. Dwayne C. Proctor
Food!

Report from the Front Line: The Concession Stand

September 12, 2012
DALLAS, TX -- Since Hector P. Garcia Middle School joined the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program two years ago, nurse Sandra Coleman has been intent on making impactful changes. She is greatly concerned by the increase in childhood obesity rates and has learned that...
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Kate Uslan
Environmental Health Health Care

Banish the Midweek Blues with "Test it Maybe!"

September 12, 2012
The League of Conservation Voters have taken Carly Rae Jepsen's pop gem "Call Me Maybe" and turned it into a fun way to share a powerful message: Pass the Safe Chemicals Act! Beat the midweek slump by clicking the image above and watching " Test it Maybe ?"
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Claire Moshenberg
Environmental Health Health Care

Tips Tuesday: 5 Nontoxic Craft Tips for Kids

September 12, 2012
Keep the little artists in your life healthy and safe with a few simple art supply swaps and DIY fixes! Smocks: Smocks can help preserve clothes, and reduce skin contact with chemicals from art supplies. Make sure the smock you choose is the safest: CHEJ recommends using fabric smocks to avoid PVC...
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Claire Moshenberg
Paid Family Leave

A Global Manifesto for Working Moms

September 12, 2012
This post originally appeared in the Global Motherhood section of the Huffington Post. With the continued reverberations of Anne-Marie Slaughter's article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" on why high-achieving American women still struggle to combine motherhood and work, it's time to look at the...
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Clare Winterton
Podcast

When Women Wake, Mountains Move

September 11, 2012
I was driving home from school drop off this am, listening to J Lo sing about wanting to dance again and it hit me. An idea so powerful that it sent chills from the top of my head all the way down to my feet. I saw the divine Goddess gathering all the archetypes, the spirits, the energies, the...
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Lisa Labon
Paid Family Leave

With your help, we will put a stop to maternity leave discrimination

September 10, 2012
Last week, we announced a $20,000 settlement , the latest in a series of important HUD enforcement actions across the country to address denials of home loans to women because they are pregnant or on maternity leave. We are able to aggressively pursue this type of discrimination because of the help...
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Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity John Trasviña

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