This Mother’s Day, Clean up Toxic Cosmetics Aisle
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Since I lost my mother to breast cancer at the age of 18, I have usually spent Mother’s Day outdoors in one of her favorite spots, reflecting on what an amazing human being she was, and creating intentions for the coming year around how to live my life in a way that would make her proud.
We don’t know what caused my mom’s cancer and like most of the 1 in 8 women diagnosed, she had no family history of the disease. However, a growing body of evidence is linking the epidemic of breast cancer, and other health problems, to our exposures to toxic chemicals—particularly early life exposures.
How to Make Playgrounds and Sandboxes Safer
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It’s that time of year when your kids want to play outside during the long, sunny (hopefully!) afternoons and evenings after dinner. If you’re lucky enough to have a backyard or shared neighborhood playground, now is a good time to make safety improvements.
Is there arsenic in your wood?
When it comes to playground safety, many people think about kids falling from play structures or getting fingers pinched in moving pieces. Even before the kids step onto the playground, you should first make sure the play structure itself is safe. Wood structures built before 2005 are likely to contain arsenic, which leaches out of wood for years after installation.
BPA, Flame Retardants & Toxic Jewelry
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The FDA Rejects BPA Ban in Packaging
Late in the day last Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)announced that it would not place on ban on BPA in packaging because there wasn’t enough scientific evidence that it harmed humans. We wonder whether they’ve missed the volumes of studies finding BPA associated with some cancers, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and reproductive disorders. Manufacturers are moving away from the chemical even without FDA action. Last month, Healthy Child Healthy World and the Breast Cancer Fund announced that Campbell’s Soup was moving away from BPA in its cans, in part due to dropping consumer demand and public campaigns to eliminate BPA from foods targeted at kids.
April XX, 2012, Charleston, S.C. – Representatives from Cenegenics Carolinas announced that practice nutrition specialist, Tiffany Jackson, was the featured speaker at the Charleston premier of the new and highly popular documentary, “Forks Over Knives.” The event took place Monday, April 16 at the Terrace Theater.
Diet Changes Help Children with Autism
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Parents of children with autism are learning that food choices can help their sons and daughters become healthier and reach their full potential. In addition to traditional behavioral therapy and other pharmaceutical treatments, pediatricians, researchers, and nutritionists increasingly recommend that parents implement autism diets, autism-specific nutrition, and specialized supplementation.