Give your baby a toxic-free future

Why is arsenic in your baby’s rice cereal?

July 29, 2016

Arsenic isn’t on anybody’s wish list for a baby food ingredient. So why does FDA find it in nearly every container of infant rice cereal they test?

Gymnast doing handstand on the balance beam

An Unlikely Pair: Gymnastics & Toxic Chemicals

July 28, 2016

Special Guest Contributor, Dr. Courtney Carignan, Ph.D. discusses her research into the toxic chemicals that are found in gyms.

We Don’t Have to Live with Toxic Threats

July 20, 2016

An new study shows that Californians, including mothers and babies, are exposed to more than twice the amount of toxic flame retardant chemicals than those who live in New Jersey.

Introducing Bright Cities

July 14, 2016

The first four cities have embarked on the Health Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) Bright Cities program: Dearborn, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City and Seattle.

Photo of a mother smiling at baby, held by dad

Declaring (the need for) Independence (from toxic chemicals)

July 1, 2016

Scientists and doctors agree that chemicals like lead, phthalates, and toxic flame retardants are part of the reason that so many children have these serious problems.

When the FDA asks the wrong question

May 15, 2016

What happens when you ask the wrong question? You get the wrong answer. And that’s exactly what the FDA is planning to do about arsenic in rice cereals for infants.