Let Them Eat Dirt (Or, Free Yourself From Hand-Washing Guilt)

I just love reading an article like this. How many times do you sit down at meal with your kids, having forgotten to remind then to wash their hands (or to physically wash their hands yourself, in my case)? For me, it's almost every meal. It's just one detail I repeatedly … [Read more...]

Kids Hallucinate on ADHD Drugs, According to FDA

New research from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that drugs prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can cause hallucinations in children, even when taken as directed. Children have hallucinated worms, bugs or snakes crawling on them … [Read more...]

CDC to Investigate Ashland, OR: Least Vaccinated City in US

More than one quarter of kindergartners in one school district and about two-thirds of students at two schools in Ashland, Oregon are not vaccinated. Like many states, Oregonians can opt out of school required vaccinations by claiming religious exemption. Statewide, 3.7 … [Read more...]

Pop-Up Lactivism

A California ad campaign may have onlookers doing the double take. Why in the world has that woman been there all day nursing her child? That blonde with the baby? You'll see quite a bit of her if you live in Marin County She and two of her friends will hang in public places … [Read more...]

Congressional Watchdog Calls for Reform of EPA Toxics Policy

The General Accountability Office (GAO) adds the EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), to its 2009 High Risk list, saying that the EPA "lacks adequate scientific information on the toxicity of many chemicals that may be found in the environment". [social_buttons] The GAO … [Read more...]