According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every year 2 million women and babies die each year in pregnancy or childbirth. 95% of these deaths occur in just 68 countries. "Countdown to 2015" is "global movement of academics, governments, UN agencies, foundations, health … [Read more...]
How Worried Should We Be About Everyday Chemicals?
Did you know that every day you rely on household products that contain thousands of untested and unregulated chemicals? How worried should we be about this reality? This question was recently raised by Jerome Groopman for an article in The New Yorker entitled “The Plastic … [Read more...]
Prenatal BPA Exposure Linked to Breast Cancer
During both of my pregnancies, I was an avid drinker of pregnancy tea. This natural herbal concoction is full of essential vitamins and minerals; however, little did I know I was making my tea toxic by drinking it out of a Nalgene bottle. We (the public) did not know about … [Read more...]
Cleaning Out Your Pantry: Food Additives
I thought I’d seen it all when I was cruising the yogurt section of my supermarket and spotted blue, cotton-candy flavored yogurt for kids. Manufacturers are all too aware that children are compulsively drawn to Technicolor food and those that are sweet or salty. Since getting … [Read more...]
Hungarian Home Birth Midwife Faces 8 Years Prison Over Baby's Death
Hungary has worked hard to reduce its infant mortality rate to one lower than the United States. In 1960, the country's rate was 48 deaths per 1000 births. In 2008, this number dropped to 5.4 deaths per 1000 births. Compared to the world average of 46, Hungary is a country that … [Read more...]
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