There is a growing concern regarding the vast number of environmental exposures that can negatively impact the health of children through pre-conceptual and prenatal exposures to the mother and father. Read more »
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As a nurse-midwife, I work with moms and families to have the healthiest pregnancy possible. I talk with them about diet, exercise, weight gain, and, over the past few years, I have also started talking with them about all of the different products they use and the chemicals that may be found in these products. Read more »

A recent study shed light on the dismal the quality of cafeteria food in California’s children’s hospitals. Read more »

At the time of conception there is one egg and one sperm. They merge to create a single cell. Approximately nine months later a child is born consisting of several trillion cells and weighing about 7 ½ pounds. Read more »

When we inventory the many reasons that the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is in desperate need of reform, high on the list is the problem of thousands of untested chemicals. Read more »
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In 2010, the American Nurses Association amended its standards for professional practice to include a standard on environmental health. Read more »

The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) strongly supports modernization of the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. Read more »
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Reforming chemical policy is essential to ensuring the health and safety of our workers and communities. Chemical manufacture, use, and exposures have enormous implications for human health. Read more »
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It’s in the nature of Washington politics to make things controversial. In fact, this city thrives on controversy these days. Read more »

Chemical production has increased dramatically in the past half century. Today, there are more than 80,000 chemicals registered for commercial use with the EPA. Read more »

Pregnancy is a unique time in life, when the hopes and dreams of parents are focused on the healthy growth of the infant about to join their family. Read more »
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Environmental exposures play a key role in human growth and development. Read more »
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Are you coughing at work? Do you have a headache every day or often at school? Do others around you mention headaches? Do you hear coughing, but no one appears to be sick? The answer to coughing and headaches at work or in group settings may be sitting close by or walking through your work area. Read more »
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Take a walk down the cleaning aisle in your grocery store, and there’s no doubt that fragrance is a major player in the cleaning products industry. Read more »
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Society is steeped in fragranced consumer products: air fresheners, soaps, hand sanitizers, lotions, shampoos, laundry supplies, candles, and cleaners. Read more »
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Environmental justice (EJ) communities are low-income communities and communities of color that are disproportionately burdened with environmental hazards and suffer disproportionately from environmentally related diseases. Read more »

As the Executive Director for the Just Transition Alliance (JTA), an environmental justice organization in San Diego, CA, I have had the opportunity to work and see the importance of chemical policy reform in California and in the United States for the last 20 years. Read more »

Meaningful chemical policy reform for Environmental Justice communities begins with appropriate and comprehensive air monitoring in communities on the fenceline of industries. Read more »
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Imagine living surrounded by chrome plating facilities, lead smelters, and plastics- and pesticide-manufacturing facilities. Read more »