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Everything's Just Fin Research funded by seafood industry concludes that moms should eat fish		05 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 2:40 PM on 05 Oct 2007 A group of scientists affiliated with the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) announced conclusions yesterday that new moms and moms-to-be should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood per week to encourage wee ones' brain development. Federal agencies, which advise moms to consume no more than 12 ounces of seafood per week to reduce babies' exposure to ...
Topics: Department of Health and Human Services, food, Food and Drug Administration, green living, health, mercury, news, parenting, scientific research (all these topics)

Vermiculite Reading EPA refuses to warn homeowners about asbestos exposure from insulation		05 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:19 AM on 05 Oct 2007 If you happen to be reading through the U.S. EPA website -- which you no doubt do every day -- you might come across a warning that some 35 million homes nationwide contain insulation processed with asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from infamous Libby, Mont. If you ask the agency about it, they'd be happy to send you a pamphlet -- but they're sure not going to come right ...
Topics: Government Accountability Office, green living, health, insanity, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Angry greens giants Inspired by the spinach scare, new California rules could wilt small farmers	Tom Philpott	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, California, food, health, industrial ag (all these topics)

You Missed a Spot On household help and homemade cleansers	Umbra Fisk	01 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra

Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green cleaning, health, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

DDT, Yeah You Know Me Study suggests link between DDT exposure and breast cancer		01 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:04 PM on 01 Oct 2007 Women exposed to the pesticide DDT as children are five times as likely to develop breast cancer, according to a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Draw your own conclusions. source:� Los Angeles Times From the Archives Veg Out. Today is World Vegetarian Day. Lejeune Bugged. U.S. Navy must notify N.C.-based Marines of exposure to contamin ...
Topics: agriculture, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Lejeune Bugged U.S. Navy must notify N.C.-based Marines of exposure to contaminated water		01 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:14 AM on 01 Oct 2007 Some 1 million Marines stationed at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune between 1958 and 1987 drank, cooked with, and showered in toxic water; under a defense reauthorization bill amendment recently approved by the Senate, the U.S. Navy would be required to, um, let them know. The federal government closed the base's wells in the mid-'80s after confirming they were contaminated w ...
Topics: Department of Defense, health, news, North Carolina, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Go Forth and Be Underwhelmed Thoughts on surviving life after Brood Awakenings	Amy Linn	28 Sep 2007	Grist Feature

Topics: environmental movement, health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

A Healthy Sense of Hope On climate nightmares, the Ursula problem, and planning ahead	Sonja Waters	28 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
� A couple of weeks ago, Wroth -- as we affectionately call our story editor and chief punster -- gave me a call. "Sonja, I'd like some pictures of your kids for our parenting series slideshow." Not skipping a beat, I replied, "Piercings and all?" I wasn't sure my two teenagers quite fit the eco-kid image. But then I asked a more serious question: "By t ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, health, parenting (all these topics)

Sludging Along U.S. agencies don't prioritize public in toxin-affected communities		28 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:27 AM on 28 Sep 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy found high levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide in the soil of suburban Versailles, Pa., and has neglected to inform local officials. The U.S. EPA was lackadaisical about cleaning up toxic paint sludge left by automaker Ford in Trenton, N.J., and disregarded complaints from the community. Luckily, those failures of the U.S. government to protect and infor ...
Topics: Department of Energy, health, jackassery, New Jersey, news, Pennsylvania, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Into the Drink California may require labels on bottled water, EPA strengthens lead-in-water regulations		27 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 27 Sep 2007 Bottled-water companies would have to disclose the source of their H2O under a bill that has passed through the California legislature and awaits the pen of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill would require companies to list the minerals, chemicals, and bacteria present in bottled water, as well as whether it came originally from a well, aquifer, spring, or ...
Topics: California, food, green living, health, news, regulation, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

No Surrender This family is sticking with eco-alternatives	Christine Gardner	27 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
This summer, my family and I took an overnight trip to Chicago that started out pleasant enough. We were well packed and tidy. Just before boarding our train, my husband took a few pictures of us, joking that this would begin our slow descent into madness. Consider the alternatives. Photo: iStockphoto Descent into madness. That turned out to be pretty accurate. We have a long and storied history of not ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Adolescent Appetites The road to disodium inosinate is paved with good intentions	Amy Linn	27 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Mea culpa. That's the only way I can honestly write anything about getting older kids to eat healthy foods. Because I've been a sucker for the look my 11-year-old gets on her face if I plop down a bowl of nuclear-orange SpongeBob mac-and-cheese in front of her. Sheer joy: that's the only way to describe it. Ditto for the times she eats (can I admit this?) Cookie Crisp cereal, high-fructose c ...
Topics: food, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Total Recall Over 500,000 more toys recalled due to lead		27 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:05 AM on 27 Sep 2007 Another round of recalls was issued yesterday for over 500,000 children's toys or accessories that were found to exceed allowable lead levels, including more Thomas the Tank Engine paraphernalia and the now conspicuously gloomy Happy Giddy Gardening Tools from Target. Federal regulators were quick to point out that this recall won't be the last. "After the first set of recalls, retailers and manufactu ...
Topics: consumerism, health, news, United States (all these topics)

Girl, You'll Be a Woman Too Soon Ecologist Sandra Steingraber explores the eco-causes of early puberty	Sandra Steingraber	26 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from "The Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls: What We Know, What We Need to Know," written by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., and published by the Breast Cancer Fund. In the full report (downloadable here), Steingraber reviews several causes of and contributors to early puberty, including environmental factors. ...
Topics: health, parenting, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

No Child Left Inside A chat about Congress' effort to restore environmental education funds	Amy Linn	26 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
"Go outside and play!" It's a simple enough command, but as a nation of teeth-gnashing parents and teachers will tell you, not enough kids want to unplug or log off long enough to heed it. Enter Congress. That's right, Congress. The oyster is your classroom. Amid growing evidence that learning about nature and actually experiencing it can help children become healthier ...
Topics: Congress, education, health, legislation, parenting (all these topics)

Alterna-Toys Where to turn when you're sick of disposable doodads	Katy Balatero	25 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Block to basics. Photo: iStockphoto Keeping up with Ken and Barbie got you down? Check out these companies invested in making eco-friendlier playthings for your little ones. (And read about one mother's no-crap crusade.) Dwelling These soft, handmade toys are created by a women's knitting collective in Kenya, under the guidance of a nonprofit that helps connect artisans to international markets. All of ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, health, parenting, shopping (all these topics)

Play Lady Play Can a crusade against crap toys ever succeed?	Lou Bendrick	25 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Is it just me, or is anyone else sick of fairies? Because personally I am sick to hell of wee folk and their tiresome fantasy ilk -- unicorns with rainbow horns, mermaids with cotton-candy hair, and tarty princesses. Oh, I'm especially sick of the princesses. Is there some unwritten law that princesses have to dress like down-market 1980s bridesmaids? Can't today's little girls take their cue from Camilla Bo ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Dr. Know An interview with green pediatrician Alan Greene	Amy Linn	24 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
If you were to give a check-up to Alan Greene, eco-pediatrician extraordinaire, you just might diagnose him with ASHD -- Attention Surplus Hyperproductivity Disorder. It isn't a real disorder, of course. But whatever Greene's got -- whatever blend of vim and vision allows him to stay at the cutting edge of environmentalism and e-medicine while also writing books, doctoring, and being a 100-percent-organic-food-eati ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Health Class L.A. building schools close to freeways		24 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 11:40 AM on 24 Sep 2007 More than 60,000 students in Los Angeles attend school within 500 feet of a highway, and seven more traffic-spooning campuses are in the works, despite health experts' warnings that such pollution-proximate students are at increased risk of asthma and other illnesses. All of the schools will be built with air-filtration systems, but such systems do not reliably remove the smallest, most dangerous particulate p ...
Topics: air pollution, education, health, Los Angeles, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Kids On the Web A few of our favorite parenting and health links		21 Sep 2007	Grist Feature

Topics: green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

A Clean Sweep An eco-entrepreneur's advice on kid-proofing your cleaning supplies	Lynda Fassa	21 Sep 2007	Grist Feature

Topics: consumerism, green cleaning, health, parenting (all these topics)

To Freak or Not To Freak? How four green parents deal with the plastics scare	Katharine Wroth	20 Sep 2007	Grist Feature

Topics: consumerism, green living, health, parenting, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

Junk Food Junkies On kids, zucchini, and an experiment with pizza soup	Roz Cummins	20 Sep 2007	'Tis the Season
A few weeks ago, when I made zucchini blueberry bread with my friends' kids, it was revealed that one of them didn't care much for zucchini in its non-dessert incarnations, seeing as how it was a vegetable and all. So I challenged myself to invent some kid-friendly zucchini dishes to see if I could get him to enjoy it and include it in his list of things he might -- might -- consider eating. Do I ha ...
Topics: food, health, parenting, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Two Words: No Plastics A guide to buying non-plastic baby products	Katy Balatero	20 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Worried sick about plastic -- or even feeling a teeny bit queasy? Here are a few alternatives for common baby items, and resources for where to buy 'em. (And don't forget, you could always make your own.) Squeaky clean and PVC-free. Photo: iStockphoto Bathtubs Non-plastic baby tubs seem to be hard to find; probably the best you can do here is to use a nylon mesh sling or recyclable polypropylene Tummy ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Fighting Fire Retardants with Fire An interview with Mary Brune, founder of Making Our Milk Safe	Amy Linn	19 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Editor's note: Last year, Grist introduced readers to MOMS as the activist group was targeting Target's sales of PVC. In this interview, we catch up with co-founder Mary Brune to find out about the group's latest campaign. OK, so David slew Goliath. He never had half the battle facing Mary Brune and her fellow mothers in their crusade against the $500 billion-plus chemical ind ...
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

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