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Organic vs. Conventional: Can We Feed the World?

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:58:57 +0000

Population growth is a huge strain on the environment. Reducing family size is vital to saving the Earth, no matter how much the notion upsets some folks. Feeding the world‘s 7,013,987,392 people is a challenge and often cited as to why organic food is not as green as consumers believe. In my opinion, this is [...]

Organic vs. Conventional: Can We Feed the World? is a post from: Eco Child's Play

What Do Girls Really Think of Barbie?

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:21:06 +0000

We all have our opinions about Barbie! Some people adore this icon of American toys; some people blame the doll for distorting our perception of the ideal beauty resulting in 32,000 boob jobs a month. We know Barbie is guilty of greenwashing and that she is toxic, but what do the little girls that play [...]

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Earth Day: A Closer Look Reveals the Human Race

Jennifer Lance — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:34:39 +0000

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 [...]

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Arsenic in Rice

guest writer — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:37:55 +0000

Recently the use of organic brown rice syrup in health food came under scrutiny when a 2012 Dartmouth study revealed disturbing levels of arsenic in tested toddler formulas, cereal bars, and energy products. In the case of toddler formula, the total arsenic level was six times the amount allowed by the EPA for arsenic in [...]

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

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:38:32 +0000

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

Encourage Early Literacy with Everything Mailbox

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:47:58 +0000

Common to many preschool and primary classrooms is a mailbox, as letter writing is one of the early literacy standards. Whether children are writing with letter like forms or forming actual sentences, the act is significant in the process of learning to read and create written form. Furthermore, learning through dramatic play is developmentally appropriate. [...]

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The Organic Nanny’s Guide to Raising Healthy Kids: Do I Really Have to be a Vegan?

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:13:48 +0000

Who is the Organic Nanny? She sounds like someone I would trust my kids with in a heartbeat. Turns out the Organic Nanny is Barbara Rodriquez. She’s not only an organic nanny, but she is a nanny to celebrity families. The Organic Nanny’s Guide to Raising Healthy Kids: How to Create a Natural Diet and [...]

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New Study: VBAC Risk Only “Slightly” Higher than Caesarean

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:17:53 +0000

There are many incidents where women feel powerless in their medicalized childbirth experiences. Insurance companies and doctors make choices for laboring women often without regard to what scientific studies have proven about risk factors involved with interventions. Women who have given birth by Caesarean are almost always told they that is how they will have to [...]

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Technology Vs. Science: Natural Birth Scientifically and Ethically Safer

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:30:49 +0000

So why is it that, over a decade later, when the evidence still supports a low-interventionist type of pregnancy and birth management for low-risk cases, we’ve made virtually no inroads to making birth more scientific in the United States. The Atlantic published a great piece yesterday titled “The Most Scientific Birth Is Often the Least [...]

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Vaccine-Derived Polio in India Will Not Affect “Polio-Free” Status

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:30:29 +0000

One reason parents often avoid the polio vaccine is the fear that their child may actually contract the disease from the vaccine. Once upon a time, I was told that this live vaccine could actually be contracted through changing diapers. Like much information about vaccines that is shared, sometimes it is hard to separate fact [...]

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