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Holiday Food Safety: STOP Tele-seminar on How to Eat Safely and Stay Healthy This Holiday Season

December 9, 2009
With H1N1 casting a shadow on all our social interactions, food safety is particularly important this holiday season. Not only do we need to think about how long that eggnog has been sitting on the buffet table – or left on the counter in the kitchen before it was served – we also need to worry...
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Donna Rosenbaum

A New Approach To Food Safety

December 9, 2009
As the mother of two young boys, food safety is extremely important to me, as I know it is to all of you. I'm sorry to say though, that right now, the statistics are startling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year an estimated 87 million Americans are...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Food!

Bring Food Safety Act Up For Vote!

December 9, 2009
Legislation that will improve the nation’s food safety is poised for a vote in the Senate, but it is up to Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) to bring it to the floor for a vote. More than three years ago, my daughter Rylee ate a spinach salad contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 . She spent one month in...
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Kathleen Chrismer
Environmental Health

Taking Toxins Off the Guest List

December 8, 2009
It's the holiday season, and no one loves the holidays like our old friends, toxins. Yes, toxins love a party, and their social calendars are full. They have plans to pop up in your meals, hide out in your gifts, even lurk in your makeup bag! And unlike some guests, toxins never show up empty-...
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Claire Moshenberg

Motherhood is Political

December 8, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Women around the world speak different languages, practice different religions, and live in an endless variety of circumstances, yet motherhood is a significant unifier . It is perhaps the...
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Valerie Young

Burn Hollywood Burn!

December 7, 2009
Twenty years ago, hip hop pioneers Public Enemy decried the perpetuation of decades of exploitative cinema in their now classic, Burn Hollywood Burn! Though many things have changed over the years, current events in the world of cinematic arts prove that many others remain the same. Today, Oscar...
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Avis Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D.
Environmental Health

Zhu Zhu Pets, and much much more.

December 7, 2009
The hottest news across my Facebook and in-box this morning was the GoodGuide findings of dangerous metals and the chemical antimony in the season's most popular holiday toy, zhu zhu pets . The manufacturer is standing by their product. Stay tuned! (UPDATE: CPSC found the product is safe ). But...
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Ariana Kelly
Health Care Food!

Weekly Round Up

December 4, 2009
I hope you all had a good week. We’ve been hustling and bustling over here at S.T.O.P. but we still wanted to give you a heads up on the interesting stories regarding food safety this week. Here are some articles and blog posts that caught our attention. Remember to sign up for our free S.T.O.P. E-...
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Donna Rosenbaum
Health Care

Birthing doesn't happen without a push!

December 4, 2009
Health reform is in the birthing process and we need a strong push for kids! Right now, there's an important debate happening in the U.S. Senate about children's health coverage and we must make sure that our kids are represented. Tell your Senators to co-sponsor and/or support the Casey CHIP...
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Julia Goodman

The Father Absence Crisis and Why Men Matter

December 3, 2009
It’s almost unanimous: 93% of moms say there’s a “father absence” crisis according to a great new report by The National Fatherhood Initiative released yesterday. Interestingly, very few of us moms (15%) think we have much to do with the problem. Aren’t we the ones providing our husbands all those...
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Sharon Meers

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