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Good Policy Equals a Healthy Future for California and Beyond
Natalie Cadranel
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Weather and Well-Being: How Climate Change is Impacting Health
Janelle Sorensen
Healthy Child Healthy World
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
What is climate?
“Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get”1 seems an adequately simple explanation. Ironically, this definition is from a 1973 science fiction novel and today, climate patterns and weather are becoming increasingly unbelievable.
An Unacceptable Risk – Lawn Pesticides. Solutions to stay healthy, and keep lawns green.
Christopher Gavigan
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Exposure to common lawn care pesticides is an unacceptable danger for pets, wildlife, gardeners, and adults, and especially children.
Breakfast Boosts Brainpower
Nicole Meadow, Registered Dietician
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Breakfast is an important part of a healthful diet, yet tends to be the meal that is most often neglected or skipped. Research has shown that children who eat breakfast perform better academically than children who do not eat breakfast. Why, you ask?
Washington State moves to Keep Toxic Flame Retardants OUT - First-in-the-Nation Ban
Christopher Gavigan
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Olympia-The Washington State Legislature has passed the nation's first ban on all forms of the toxic flame retardants known as PBDEs.
A Common Question: Which Bakeware and Cookware are Safe?
Jennifer Taggart
Friday, April 06, 2007
While there’s no absolutely definitive scientific proof that any cookware on the market in this country causes negative health effects, we like to take the “better safe than sorry” (precautionary principle) approach.
Babies and Children Need Extra Protection
Mindy Pennybacker and Aisha Ikramuddin
Reprinted with permission from Guide to Natural Baby Care (Wiley 1999)
Friday, April 06, 2007
Our children live in a world vastly different from the one we grew up in. More than 80,000 chemicals, most of which did not exist fifty years ago, are registered for use in commerce in the United States, and an estimated 2,000 new ones are introduced every year1,2.
How Well Do YOU Know Your Grains?
Nicole Meadow, Registered Dietician
Thursday, April 05, 2007
The most recent 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggests “making half of your grains whole”.
Protecting the First Environment
Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.
Adapted with permission from The Green Guide #74/75 http://www.thegreenguide.com
Thursday, April 05, 2007
In April 1998, 15 weeks pregnant with my first child, I went to Boston to undergo an amniocentesis, which involves removing a syringe full of amniotic fluid from the uterus with a long needle. The results of my amnio were destined to turn out fine. “Unremarkable” was the word the nurse would use to describe them. (A more lovely adjective was never spoken.) What was remarkable, however, was how much this procedure made me aware not just of my genetic past, but also of my present surroundings. It reminded me that women’s bodies are the first environment.
