Why I’m fighting to protect kids from cancer

by Gigi Lee Chang, CEO, Healthy Child Healthy World Healthy Child Healthy World was founded by Nancy and Jim Chuda, two incredible people who lost their 5-year-old daughter to cancer. Nancy and Jim transformed their grief into action twenty years ago by launching this … [Read more...]

Tell the Senate: Healthy Children Need Safe Chemicals

by Margie Kelly, Communications Manager, Healthy Child Healthy World We know a lot about how toxic chemicals hurt kids. Babies are born with more than 200 chemicals in their bodies. Rates of childhood cancer keep rising, while other types of cancer are holding steady or … [Read more...]

3 Reasons to Buy Antibiotic-free Meat and Poultry

by Margie Kelly, Communications Manager, Healthy Child Healthy World If you’re a meat-eater, it’s better for your health and the planet to buy antibiotic-free meat and poultry. That might be tough to do, given that 80 percent of the antibiotics in use are fed to animals raised … [Read more...]

BPA Linked to Brain Tumors

I wrote this post yesterday, then POOF!, it disappeared. Perhaps it will be better the second time around... Bisphenol A has been used in plastics for 50 years. It is pervasively found in breast milk, saliva, urine, amniotic fluid, and/or blood of 95% of Americans. The … [Read more...]

Seven Tips for Healthy Painting

by Margie Kelly Communications Manager Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org There's nothing like a fresh coat of paint to improve the look and feel of a room. In the process of making your home beautiful, however, you don't want to contaminate the air you … [Read more...]