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5 Nontoxic Pregnancy Tips

March 7, 2012
Reducing your exposure to toxic chemicals during your pregnancy is important for the health of you and your little one. Luckily, it doesn't have to be a chore. You can reduce your toxic chemicals exposures while you reduce morning sickness, stretch marks, aches, acne, and more. Take small steps and...
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Claire Moshenberg
Environmental Health

Healthy Child’s Legacy—And Future

March 6, 2012
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org I spent the past few weeks poring over the Healthy Child archives and I’m amazed at what I found. I knew this organization was powerful, but I didn’t really comprehend the extent of our impact. The...
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Rachel Sarnoff
Childcare & Early Education

WA: Can you have our back today?

March 6, 2012
Early Saturday morning, the Washington State Senate passed a budget that slashes early learning, child care, education and other key programs that Washington children depend on.[1] But the budget battle isn't over yet! Both the State House and the State Senate have less than a week to agree on a...
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Sarah Francis

Let's rush Rush off the air!

March 6, 2012
That's it. We need to rush Rush off the air. After directly lashing out at Sandra Fluke, the woman who was recently barred from testifying on what ended up to be an all male “expert” panel on birth control in Congress; and then quasi-apologizing, Rush Limbaugh is at it again. Let's do a quick recap...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health

No sneaky anti-clean-air amendments to Transportation Bill!

March 6, 2012
Unbelievable! Clean air standards are under attack, again. A corporate-lobbyist backed amendment to the 2012 Federal Transportation bill would allow boilers to keep dumping toxic pollution into our air. Boilers are the second largest source of mercury air pollution in the nation. This amendment is...
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Sarah Francis
Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

Working Parents Need Protections Now

March 5, 2012
Ever wonder what happens to a worker who becomes disabled for weeks from injuries in a car accident? Or the worker who has a baby but no maternity leave? Or the worker whose parent, suffering from Alzheimer's, falls and hits his head and can no longer live alone? Here's what happens, and neither...
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Ann O'Leary
Open Flexible Work

UPS Hearts Logistics. Pregnant Employees, Not So Much.

March 5, 2012
By Ariela Migdal, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project Peggy Young delivered letters and packages sent by air for UPS. When she got pregnant after struggling with infertility and IVF, her doctor recommended that she not lift more than 20 pounds. She asked UPS, where she had worked...
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Roger Baldwin
Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

7 Health Benefits Your Wellness Program Doesn't Have

March 5, 2012
Does your office have a gym? Do you have group exercise classes, weigh-ins, nutrition experts, and incentive programs for staying healthy? Wellness programs are a hot topic right now. Naturally, with out-of-control health care and insurance costs, companies are looking for ways to save money and...
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Jody Thompson
Health Care

Between Your Navel and Your Knees

March 4, 2012
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Let’s take a moment to review the current state of American women’s access to the full range of reproductive health services. It keeps popping up in the media, and it’s no mystery why...
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Valerie Young

Girls and the Dangers of Objectification

March 2, 2012
Today my ten year old daughter asked me if she could be in a beauty pageant. After receiving information in the mail about an upcoming pageant in our area, she springs this on me at breakfast. Alarmed and entirely unprepared for this Image by Flickr user MoToMo conversation first thing in the...
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Angela Sasseville

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