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Could BPA and Breast Milk be the Mercury-Fish Catch22 for the Next Generation?

January 20, 2010
Last week the New York Times reported that the Food and Drug Administration is now willing to look into the health hazards of Bisphenol-A (BPA). Given that BPA is present in the lining of infant formula cans, the article tells us the FDA recommends that nursing mothers continue breastfeeding for...
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Mary Olivella

Now Is No Time to Abandon Hope – or Our Efforts - for Health Reform That Works for Women...

January 20, 2010
By Lisa Codispoti , Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center There is a lot of Wednesday morning quarterbacking about the reasons for, and impact of, yesterday’s election in Massachusetts. As it relates to health reform, I think that more than a few people are getting it wrong. Regarding those...
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Thao Nguyen

Today's Mothers are Tomorrow's Older Women

January 20, 2010
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Today we are mothers; tomorrow we will be older women. It's inevitable. My colleague, Ashley Carson, fights the good fight against economic discrimination against mothers and other...
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Valerie Young

Save Social Security- Call your Senators Now!

January 19, 2010
Contact your Senators by calling 1-800-998-0180, and tell them "NO on the Fast Track Commission!" Next week, the Senate will vote on this special Fast-Track Commission, which some in Washington say is needed to fix our budget deficit. Don't believe it. They really want to cut Social Security. STOP...
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Natale Zimmer
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Take a sled to the polls, Massachusetts!

January 19, 2010
Braving the snow to vote in Massachusetts? Tell us about it!
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Katie Bethell

Inclusion: The Next Frontier of Freedom

January 19, 2010
My daughter came home from kindergarten reciting “I Have A Dream” so we decided to watch the YouTube. Her 8-year old brother Max furrowed his brow as MLK talked about the day to day ugliness of racism. “What kind of people could be like that?” Max wanted to know. We’ve talked about the horrors of...
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Sharon Meers

Health Reform Will End Gender Rating, Kind of, Sort of, Maybe…

January 15, 2010
by Lisa Codispoti , Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center As we’ve discussed here many times before, gender rating is the harmful and discriminatory insurance practice of charging individuals and employers different premiums based on gender. For individuals buying coverage directly from...
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Thao Nguyen

How we can help in Haiti

January 15, 2010
Our hearts go out to the women, children, and all people of Haiti who are suffering in the wake of the recent earthquake. Many of our members are asking how they can help out. We've been told that cash donations to humanitarian organizations that are working in Haiti are the most efficient and...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Health Care Food!

One year later and still waiting for a solution...

January 15, 2010
This week is the one year anniversary of the PCA outbreak when Salmonella - contaminated peanut products caused a major, multi-state foodborne-illness outbreak -- an outbreak that occurred as a result of outdated and ineffective regulation and oversight by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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Donna Rosenbaum

Move your Money...To Women

January 14, 2010
cross-posted to womenmakenews.com The Huffington Post’s Move Your Money Campaign is urging people to leave Citibank, BofA, and the like. Why? Because, the BIG Banks got BIG TARP money from the government and are about to pay out BIG bonuses. With squat for the little people—too many of whom are out...
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Amy Cross

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