From Bisphenol A in baby bottles to lead in toys, we've seen how toxic chemicals get into our lives. But we have the right to be healthy, the right to work in a safe environment, and the right to know what chemicals are in our bodies. Now is the time to make a change, and require that chemicals be tested for safety before they are put into the products we use every day.

That's why Clean New York is proud to be part of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families campaign, a national effort to create the strongest, most comprehensive solution to fix the law that is failing to protect our families from toxic chemicals.

Lead may harm school-age children more than babies

Lead may harm school-age children more than babies

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The American Academy Of Environmental Medicine Calls For Immediate Moratorium On Genetically Modified Foods

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18080.cfm

Wichita, KS - The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) today released its position paper on Genetically Modified foods stating that "GM foods pose a serious health risk" and calling for a moratorium on GM foods. Citing several animal studies, the AAEM concludes "there is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects" and that "GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic and genetic health." The AAEM calls for:

* A moratorium on GM food, implementation of immediate long term safety testing and labeling of GM food.
* Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community and the public to avoid GM foods.
* Physicians to consider the role of GM foods in their patients' disease processes.
* More independent long term scientific studies to begin gathering data to investigate the role of GM foods on human health.

"Multiple animal studies have shown that GM foods cause damage to various organ systems in the body. With this mounting evidence, it is imperative to have a moratorium on GM foods for the safety of our patients' and the public's health," said Dr. Amy Dean, PR chair and Board Member of AAEM. "Physicians are probably seeing the effects in their patients, but need to know how to ask the right questions," said Dr. Jennifer Armstrong, President of AAEM. "The most common foods in North America which are consumed that are GMO are corn, soy, canola, and cottonseed oil." The AAEM's position paper on Genetically Modified foods can be found at http:aaemonline.org/gmopost.html. AAEM is an international association of physicians and other professionals dedicated to addressing the clinical aspects of environmental health. More information is available at www.aaemonline.org.

Contaminated without consent

The first in a long series of how the consumer choices we make every day have a HUGE impact on the health of you, your loved ones and the planet.

The beginning...

Ok, so I really have no idea about this blogging thing but I have a lot of info. in my computer and my brain and why not share it right? Everyone else is! Maybe if I braindump everyone once in a while I'll get some sleep. HA! Perhaps I should have thought of that before having two kids.

Which brings me to some of what will be the main focus of this blog...Parenting. What a job!!!! There is so much to do to protect your kids and I am scared that there is so much that parents don't know they need to be protecting their kids from. And not just kids but ourselves and other loved ones. To me, informed = healthy = happy and everyone should = happy.

Yes I'm a treehugger, yes I'm maybe a little more than anal about the food my family eats, the toys my kids play with and the air that my family breathes. But isn't that my job?

I also know that you can't be good all the time. This is my quest to find balacne and to be a "mostly green mama"..... help me and I'll help you.