Too Little, Too Late, Too Long
December 24, 2020
Yesterday, the USEPA released their update to the drinking water regulation called the Lead and Copper Rule.
San Francisco Replaces Toxic Nap Mats In City’s Most Vulnerable Childcare Centers
December 4, 2020
To keep kids healthy, the City of San Francisco took a hands-on approach to reducing exposure to flame retardants in child care centers and family homes that serve the most vulnerable children.
Lead in tap water: Is your water safe for making infant formula?
October 15, 2020
One of every seven homes has lead amounts high enough to erase half an IQ point – or up to several points in some homes – for a baby drinking formula made with tap water.
Do Mercury Dental Fillings in Pregnant Women Impact Their Baby’s Health?
October 9, 2020
For women who are pregnant (or thinking about getting pregnant), the FDA recently made important recommendations to avoid dental repair that uses amalgams made with mercury.
How Salem MA Launched a “Food Farm” To Provide Thousands of Pounds of Organically Grown Food to Local Families
October 1, 2020
The Mack Park Food Farm replaced an unused baseball practice area at a city park in Salem, MA, and is a pragmatic model for other cities’ sustainable healthy food initiatives.
How COVID — And Lead in Water — Highlight Government Shortcomings
September 9, 2020
The scarcity of solid information on COVID highlights the Trump Admin’s refusal to do what we clearly know how to do to solve a problem that, like COVID, impacts billions of people: the problem of lead contamination in drinking water. We don’t just want a government that protects us - we need a government that protects us.
Minneapolis Donated 300 Bags of Healthy Baby Food to Local Organizations Thanks to Bright Cities Funding
August 19, 2020
Minneapolis’s Health Department donated baby food with lower levels of arsenic to families in neighborhoods that traditionally suffer from health and economic disparities.
FDA’s New Arsenic Guidelines Fail To Protect Babies From Neurological Impact
August 5, 2020
The 100 ppb limit suggested, released today, did not consider IQ loss or other forms of neurological impact, allowed cancer risks far outside of protective limits, and failed to account for children who have unusually high exposures to arsenic in rice.