Category Archives: Children’s Health

What the Supreme Court’s Decision about Health Care Means to Us

Posted on June 29, 2012 by lzerbe| 2 Comments

by Diana Zuckerman, PhD, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families

The term “Obamacare” began as an insult but now it is the name almost everyone uses to describe the healthcare reform law. Earlier this year, some of Mitt Romney’s critics called it RomneyCare, because it was, after all, a descendent of the healthcare program that Mitt Romney developed for Massachusetts. (An excellent program that Romney now says he opposes.)

But let’s forget the politics and call it what it is: the health care law that survived the Supreme Court. Continue reading →

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Posted in Children's Health, Men's Health, Women's Health

‘Safer’ alternatives to tanning?

Posted on May 23, 2012 by lzerbe| 3 Comments

By Deirdre Imus, president and founder of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center at Hackensack University Medical Center

In the age of appearance-obsessed television shows like “Toddlers and Tiaras,” “Jersey Shore,” and the “Real Housewives,” all of which feature heavily tanned girls and women, it surprised me little that a mother would be arrested and charged with felony child endangerment for taking her five-year old daughter into a tanning booth with her at a New Jersey salon. Continue reading →

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Top Finds for a Plastic-Free Baby Registry

Posted on May 7, 2012 by lzerbe| 7 Comments

By Alexa Napoleon, plastic-free crusader

Having a baby is an exciting time. However, for a first-time mom, the products available and the confusion about what they’re made of can be a bit overwhelming. Starting a baby registry can help organize your thoughts and outline what you need to be prepared, and, for a plastic-free wannabe, it gives you a chance to start anew, avoiding the plastic rut right from the start. Continue reading →

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The Top Environmental Factors Affecting Your Health

Posted on April 23, 2012 by lzerbe| 2 Comments

By Deirdre Imus, president and founder of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center at Hackensack University Medical Center

The first ever Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, after Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, called for “an environmental teach-in.” More than 20 million people participated that year, and now more than 500 million people in 175 countries observe Earth Day on April 22 by raising awareness for environmental issues around the world. Continue reading →

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How Corporations Greenwash Kids

Posted on April 20, 2012 by lzerbe| 3 Comments

 

By Kai Olson-Sawyer, Leslie Hatfield, and Jennifer Bunin, EcoCentric
Main Image for: Green Lessons: What Corporations Are Telling Kids and What Kids Are Saying about Environmental Issues

Somewhere, over the rainbow…everything is slightly more pastoral when you’re drilling it. Continue reading →

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Posted in Children's Health, Clean Energy, Climate Destabilization

The Low-Down on BPA

Posted on April 20, 2012 by lzerbe| 6 Comments

by Marion Nestle, PhD, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University

BPA has become a classic example of how point of view influences decisions about low-dose chemicals in the food supply for which the science is uncertain.

If you are a believer in the “precautionary principle,” any suggestion of harm is enough to support banning BPA until it is proven safe. Continue reading →

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Posted in Children's Health, Food Politics, Healthy Home & Garden, Men's Health, Women's Health

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Pesticide News Every Family Needs to Know

Posted on April 19, 2012 by lzerbe| 1 Comment

by Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, senior scientist at Pesticide Action Network

Spring has sprung, and farmers across the country are preparing for planting season. One of their biggest headaches will be dealing with the millions of acres of cropland that have been infested with superweeds and with new generations of superbugs. These superpests have evolved as the direct — and inevitable — consequence of Monsanto’s aggressive promotion of its genetically engineered “RoundUp-Ready” and insecticidal seed packages over the past 15 years.  Continue reading →

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Keeping children safe from everyday toxins

Posted on April 18, 2012 by emain| Leave a comment

By Deirdre Imus, president and founder of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center at Hackensack University Medical Center

As parents, we try to keep our kids safe every moment of their lives. Whether by instilling in them the difference between good and evil or by making sure they know to look both ways before crossing the street, protecting children comes in many different forms.

For more than a decade, I’ve been working tirelessly to keep my kid and yours safe from the harm inflicted by environmental factors—whether floating in the air, swimming through the water supply, or injected into our foods. Continue reading →

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Posted in Children's Health, Healthy Home & Garden

Changing the autism diagnosis?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by emain| Leave a comment

By Deirdre Imus, president and founder of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center at Hackensack University Medical Center

April is National Autism Awareness Month, a time when families, friends and advocates highlight the challenges of autism, a complex disorder of brain development characterized by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors. Continue reading →

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Danger in the Poultry Aisle

Posted on April 6, 2012 by lzerbe| 2 Comments

by Marion Nestle, PhD, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University

Apparently as a result of a need to cut costs, the USDA is changing the way its inspectors oversee chicken processing.

As Dana Milbank of the Washington Post puts it, this is

a proposal to allow chicken slaughterhouses to inspect themselves — eliminating those pesky federal monitors who have the annoying habit of taking diseased birds out of the food supply.

Even if the Obama administration were inclined to bring down capitalism with an orgy of overregulation, there isn’t enough money in the budget to enforce the rules on the books.  That’s what the chicken fight is about: Spending cuts…are a form of de facto deregulation (my emphasis). Continue reading →

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