Bras and Breast Cancer: Is There a Connection?

With all of the attention and outrage caused last week by the Susan Komen's breast cancer group's removing funding from Planned Parenthood and then reversing this decision, the business of breast cancer awareness has been on everyone's minds. What if there was one simple thing … [Read more...]

1/3 U.S. Schools Have Serious Mold and Dust Making Kids Sick

army.arch /Free PhotosSchools are germy places, almost as bad as hospitals. As a teacher, I'm suffering from my second illness this school year. Children are in and out of class with various viruses and bacterial illnesses, but sometimes, those illnesses come from the school … [Read more...]

Green Failures: The Little Plastic Goodie Bag of Crap from the Dentist

I just took my daughter to the dentist. I have greened so many areas of our family life, and plastic bags do not enter our home. Well, except from the dentist. At the end of every dental visit, you get that little plastic bag decorated with molars and telling you to smile. … [Read more...]

School Lunches Get Healthier, But Pizza is Still A Vegetable

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Last week Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Rachael Ray announced new nutrition standards for school lunches, the first major change in school meals in over … [Read more...]

Slings, Car Seats, Baby Wearing and the Risk of Hip Dysplasia

When writing a review of a [amazon_link id="B000CSBP86" target="_blank" ]Baby Bjorn infant carrier[/amazon_link], the carrier I used most for baby wearing my infants, a reader commented on the concern of hip dysplasia. I had never even considered this a risk with any baby … [Read more...]