Safer Chemicals Healthy Families

Moms Will Lead the Way to Protect Our Kids From Toxic Chemicals

Hannah Pingree | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: National Stroller Brigade Day of Action, Chemicals, Safe Chemicals Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Green News
Hannah Pingree

The presence of unregulated toxic chemicals in our food, consumer products, air, and water -- and the dangers those chemicals pose, particularly to children -- have galvanized mothers across the country.

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Pesticides and Pregnancy

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Pregnancy, Safe Chemicals Act, Chicken Fed Pharmaceuticals, Early Puberty, Pestuce, Organic Food, National Healthy Child Party Week, Genetically Modified Food, Children's Health, Pregnancy Advice, Parents News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Should doctors recommend women avoid pesticides during pregnancy as they do cigarettes and alcohol? We think so.

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New York Times' "Wealthy Neurotic Parent" Meme Distorts Chemical Safety Issue

Andy Igrejas | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Pregnancy, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, New York Times, Moms, Safe Chemicals Act, Parents, Green News
Andy Igrejas

All Americans, including pregnant women, are carrying these chemicals -- including ones that did not exist 50 years ago -- around in their blood and fatty tissue. No one in the federal government has a handle on the problem or the authority to restrict chemicals in common sense ways.

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Push a Stroller; Change the World

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Stroller Brigades, Healthy Child Healthy World, Safer-Chemicals Act, Parents News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

On November 10th, Stroller Brigades will take place in Delaware, Idaho, Arkansas, Virginia, Rhode Island and California; more will be announced in the next few weeks. Can you find one close to you -- or set one up yourself -- and walk with us?

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Toxic Flame Retardants Rampant in Baby Products, New Study Finds

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Chlorinated Tris, Safe Chemicals Act, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Halogenated Flame Retardants, Environmental Science and Technology Journal, Flame Retardants, Duke University, Tcep, Tdcpp, Penta-Bde, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Volunteers submitted cubic-inch pieces of polyurethane foam cut from 101 baby products to a Duke University research laboratory. More than 80 percent of the samples contained hazardous or untested chemical flame retardants.

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Eating Fresh Food Drastically Reduces BPA Risk, Study Finds

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Breast Cancer Fund, Bpa, Bisphenol A, Silent Spring Institute, Bpa Plastic, Bpa Food, Home News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

BPA levels in families who ate fresh rather than canned or plastic-packaged food for three days dropped by an average of 60 percent, according to a study released today.

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Hormone-Disrupting Chemical, BPA, Found On 95% Of Dollar Bills

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa Tips, BPA Receipts, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Washington Toxics Coalition, Green Living, Bisphenol A, BPA Dollar Bills, BPA Money, Receipts BPA, Green News

Apparently consumers don't have as much control as they thought over avoiding products with bisphenol A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting chemical. What are...

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States Are Getting Tough on Toxics -- Will Congress?

Andy Igrejas | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Safe Chemicals Act, Chemicals, Exposure to Chemicals, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Living News
Andy Igrejas

Once people realize that the chemicals used to make their children's pajamas are less regulated than what comes out of an industrial smokestack, they are ready for change.

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Toxins Impair Children's Neurological Development -- And A 10-Step Program To Stop It

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Lead, Children, Toxics, Triclosan, Environment, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Adhd, Bpa, Autism, Children's Health, Phthalates, Healthy Child Healthy World, Health, Healthy Living News
Christopher Gavigan

Three new studies from just the past week add to the growing laundry list of evidence linking every day toxic exposures and neurodevelopmental impacts in children.

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Erin Brockovich, Seventh Generation Launch Million Baby Crawl Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cleaning Products, Children, Million Baby Crawl, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Cosmetics, Chemicals, Babies, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals, Diapers, Infants, Activism, Seventh Generation, Erin Brockovich, Green Cleaning Products, Kids Safe Chemicals Act, Healthy Families Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Video, Green News

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

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Schwarzenegger's new "Benign by Design" Platform

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, California, Copenhagen 2009, Reach, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Climate Change Summit, Cradle-to-Cradle, Sustainable Architecture Innovator William McDonough, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Tsca, Denmark, Green Chemistry, Healthy Child Healthy World, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Schwarzenegger announced a partnership between California and Denmark to rotect consumers against chemical exposure. Congress should look to California for an example of proactive action and prioritizing human health.

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