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Earth Week is for Mothers

April 25, 2012

by Rachel Sarnoff, Executive Director & CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Happiest Babies Are Soothed by 5 S’s Can simple soothing take the place of sugar? That was the takeaway from a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics. In a study involving more than 200 infants, researchers found the “5 S’s” [...]

Earth Week is for Mothers is a post from: Eco Child's Play

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Retro Earth Day: Remember this Pollution Ad?

April 22, 2012

This ad from my childhood made me feel very nostalgic this morning. It probably had some influence on who I am today. What happened to such public service announcements? Why are they no longer televised? Via: Moveon.org Retro Earth Day: Remember this Pollution Ad? is a post from: Eco Child's Play

Retro Earth Day: Remember this Pollution Ad? is a post from: Eco Child's Play

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Earth Day: The Best Image of Environmental Protest

April 22, 2012

Via: Save Richardson Grove Earth Day: The Best Image of Environmental Protest is a post from: Eco Child's Play

Earth Day: The Best Image of Environmental Protest is a post from: Eco Child's Play

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Earth Day: A Closer Look Reveals the Human Race

April 22, 2012

Picture a bright blue ball, just spinning, spinnin free, Dizzy with eternity. Paint it with a skin of sky, Brush in some clouds and sea, Call it home for you and me. A peaceful place or so it looks from space, A closer look reveals the human race. Full of hope, full of grace Is [...]

Earth Day: A Closer Look Reveals the Human Race is a post from: Eco Child's Play

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Earth Day and Beyond: Pledge to do an Act of Green

April 20, 2012

Image by Atli Haroarson / Creative Commons For 42 years Earth Days have come and gone. What makes this one any different? To start, today there are more than 22,000 Earth Day Network partners in 192 countries participating in the … Continue reading

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99% of American’s Contaminated with Toxic PFOA from Nonstick and Stain Resistant Products

April 19, 2012

99%!  That is a rather convincing number when it comes to chemical contamination in the human population.  I have never heard of such a large percentage with any other household chemical before. What is this abundant toxic chemical? PFOA found in non-stick cookware and stain resistant products. Early in my blogging days, I wrote about [...]

99% of American’s Contaminated with Toxic PFOA from Nonstick and Stain Resistant Products is a post from: Eco Child's Play

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April is Autism Month; New Studies Look for Causes

April 18, 2012

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director and CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org On the heels of last week’s CDC report  that found higher rates of autism than ever before—now affecting 1 in 88 children and representing a 78% increase in the last 10 years—a new study published last week in the journal Clinical Epigenetics [...]

April is Autism Month; New Studies Look for Causes is a post from: Eco Child's Play

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I Will Only Drink Organic Wine: Wine’s Dirty Little Secret is Roundup

April 17, 2012

A few years ago, one of the pastoral pastures in our remote valley was planted with grapes.  Although I missed seeing the black angus cows grazing, I didn’t really mind the carefully planned rows of vines thinking they would look pretty once they matured.  I did not think of the environmental consequences of this new [...]

I Will Only Drink Organic Wine: Wine’s Dirty Little Secret is Roundup is a post from: Eco Child's Play

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Is Global Warming Triggering More Earthquakes?

April 13, 2012

Image by Alex Healing / Creative Commons With the recent earthquakes we’ve been experiencing and hearing about in the news, I thought it would be a good opportunity to touch on whether or not global warming, or climate change, could … Continue reading

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3 Environmentally-Friendly Ways to De-Stress for National Stress Awareness Month

April 8, 2012

Image by Helga Weber / Creative Commons April is National Stress Awareness Month. It is a time when people from all walks of life can learn about how stress impacts not only their day to day lives, but their health, … Continue reading

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