Children with Birth Defects Win Landmark Suit in England

As a parent of a child with birth defects, I often search for causes and suspect chemicals in our environment are to blame. For our family, we will probably never know, but that is not the case for the Corby group. Families in the Corby group blame the "massive demolition, … [Read more...]

CDC Urges Pregnant Women to Get Swine Flu Vaccine

Wednesday, NPR reported that the CDC is strongly recommending that pregnant women get the new swine flu vaccine as soon as it becomes available, as they are one of the high-risk groups for the illness. Of the 45 initial deaths from H1N1 (between April 15 and June 16), 6 were … [Read more...]

Swine Flu Vaccine in the News

A few weeks ago, I wrote on Non-Toxic Kids about the roll out of a swine flu vaccine for this fall. I realized then I needed to learn a great deal more about this virus and the vaccine. As a teacher, I will be in direct contact with hundreds of kids and could bring this virus … [Read more...]

Household Products To Get Ingredient Labeling

I spent the first weekend away from my sons ever at BlogHer ’09 in Chicago. And my favorite session—hands down—was the Green Bloggers session. (Why yes, it was nice to meet the writers I adore!) There, while we discussed good resources for product ingredient lists and standards, … [Read more...]

Corn is the Primary Ingredient in All American Fast Food

I was enlightened by Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle to discover how corn has made it's way into almost everything in the American diet and dominates American agriculture. Considering this crop is a heavy feeder requiring lots of water and fertilizer, and it … [Read more...]