Researchers have found the first evidence that soot from polluted air can travel from a pregnant woman’s lungs and reach the placenta via the bloodstream, according to a press release from Queen Mary University of London. The study examined the placentas of five women living in London after they gave birth. The women were all […]
By Isabel Walson Parents have a lot to worry about when sending their kids back to school. Lunch shouldn’t be one. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) can help you avoid pesticides, food additives and contaminants in drinking water to make your student’s lunch healthier and safer. Check out these tips: Food Fresh fruits and vegetables […]
By Sarah Graddy Recently, Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a headline-making report on Roundup in children’s cereal and other oat-based foods. Much of the news coverage agrees with us that parents should be concerned. Some says you shouldn’t panic, and pro-pesticide interests accuse us of fear-mongering. So what should you believe—and more importantly, what should […]
By Olga Naidenko As the school year begins, the movement to exercise caution in students’ use of cell phones and other wireless devices is gaining international momentum. The French Parliament voted last month to ban cell phones in nursery, elementary and middle schools. More than 5,000 miles away, San Francisco educators are urging the school […]
By Cecilia Sierra-Heredia We’re very careful about what our kids eat, but what about the air they breathe? During recent summers, children living on the West Coast of Canada have been breathing some of the most polluted air on record. This is due to seasonal wildfires, which have burned through vast zones of North America […]
Spending time in nature is known to boost mental and emotional health. Now, a new global study has found that children in 27 developing nations tend to have more diverse diets and better nutrition when they live near forests. The paper, published Wednesday in Science Advances, provides evidence that forest conservation can be an important […]
A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry Thursday found that mothers exposed to the banned pesticide DDT were nearly one-third more likely to have children who developed autism, Environmental Health News reported. The study, led by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health with the participation of researchers at the University of Turku […]
Testing published by Consumer Reports (CR) Thursday found “concerning levels” of toxic metals in popular U.S. baby and toddler food. The consumer advocacy group tested 50 nationally-distributed, packaged foods designed for toddlers and babies for mercury, cadmium, arsenic and lead. They found that every product they tested had measurable amounts of cadmium, inorganic arsenic or […]
Popular oat cereals, oatmeal, granola and snack bars come with a hefty dose of the weed-killing poison in Monsanto’s Roundup, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). These new findings come days after a California jury awarded $289 million to a school groundskeeper who claimed Roundup gave him lymphoma. #Monsanto […]
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