Lessons With the Lorax: You Don’t Need a Thneed

I still remember the first time I read The Lorax. I was not a child, but a teenager. The message of conservation and environmentalism fed my budding philosophy of life. When I became a parent, it was one of the first books I bought my own children. I … [Read more...]

Is There Arsenic in My Baby Formula?

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Last week’s findings of arsenic in organic brown rice syrup may be even more frightening to parents than last year’s discovery of the cancer-causing substance in apple juice. … [Read more...]

8% of Newborns Near Lake Superior Have Unsafe Mercury Levels

There is nothing more pure than a newborn child, or is there? Sadly, this pureness is tainted with chemicals from our environment. The uterus does not protect newborns from such exposure. Furthermore, this critical time of development is when such toxic contaminations have the … [Read more...]

Reduce Chemicals to Increase Fertility

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & C.E.O Healthy Child Healthy World On Valentine’s Day, the last thing you want to think about is whether toxic chemicals will prevent you from starting a family. But with rates of infertility on the rise and testosterone levels … [Read more...]

Common Household Chemicals Diminish Vaccine Effectiveness

Do you know what PFCs are? Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, are common household chemicals found in products to prevent staining and sticking, such as non-stick cookware and stain resistant carpeting. They are even found in candy wrappers and other food … [Read more...]