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Feeding with the Bottle
Healthy Child Healthy World
Saturday, March 31, 2007
The healthiest and most environmentally safe baby food is breast milk, and the American Academy of Pediatricians recommends that mothers breastfeed their babies for one year. But many times mothers are not always able to breastfeed.
Recipes for Safer Cleaners
Pamela Lundquist
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Cleaning products can contain many dangerous chemicals, which are usually not listed on the labels.
One of the easiest ways to protect your family from harm is to stop using cleaning products found in stores and start making your own. In fact, it's easy, far less expensive and just as effective. Most ingredients for homemade cleaners can be found in your kitchen.
What to Consider when Buying Furniture
Healthy Child Healthy World
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Furniture makes our homes comfortable, livable spaces. But whether we're talking about the sofa or a baby's crib, there are a few things to consider about materials used to construct furniture.
Antibacterials and Disinfectants: Are They Necessary?
by S. Hartman & Healthy Child Healthy World
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
At this very moment, microbes are migrating across your kitchen countertops and kids’ toys, burrowing into your towels, basking on your kids’ skin. If this makes you want to lunge for the Lysol, you are not alone.
PVC: The Most Toxic Plastic
by Pamela Lundquist and Aisha Ikramuddin
Adapted with permission from original material in The Green Guide #23 and #59 http://www.thegreenguide.com
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The worst plastic, from both an environmental and health standpoint, is polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, commonly known as vinyl.Shopper’s Guide to Plastics & Food
by Allison Sloan and Pamela Lundquist
The Green Guide #88/89
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Recent studies show that some plastic packaging leaves residues of chemicals on foods stored or heated in it.A Doctor’s Viewpoint: Housing Quality and Children’s Health
Asa Bradman, PhD, MSc
Center for Children's Environmental Health Research. School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Young children spend the vast majority of their time indoors at home. This truism has been documented by several studies and forms the basis for many of Healthy Child’s recommendations to minimize the use of dangerous chemicals, such as pesticides, harsh cleaning materials, and oil-based paints, in homes.
Research Tools: Where to Find In-Depth Information on Children’s Environmental Health Issues
Aisha Ikramuddin
Friday, June 03, 2005
Suggested web pages to find detailed information regarding Children's Environmental Health Issues.
A Doctor’s Viewpoint: Lead in Gasoline: A Public Health Success Story
Herb Needleman, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Monday, September 27, 2004
Lead poisoning is a manmade disease. We know where lead is, what it does to children, and how to get rid of it. We know enough to wipe the disease out completely: to take it out of the pediatric textbooks and move it into the history of medical victories. By understanding lead toxicity, we can gain useful insight into the nature and remedy of many other environmental hazards for children.
A Doctor’s Viewpoint: Why Air Pollutants Harm Kids
Dr. Phil Landrigan
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Monday, October 27, 2003
The effects of air pollution take a harder toll on children than adults for three main reasons:
