Children and cars do not mix well. What comes out of tailpipes has been linked to stroke, heart attacks, and increased hospital admissions in adults, but children seem to be particularly vulnerable traffic pollution, possibly because their organs are still developing and are therefore more vulnerable to the health impacts of pollution. For one thing, …

At a public hearing in Philadelphia this week, Moms Clean Air Force joined with healthcare professionals, corporate leaders, religious leaders, community members, state air quality managers, recreation groups, environmental groups and many others to tell the Environmental Protection Agency that we support its proposed cleaner gasoline

Last week, Moms Clean Air Force bloggers and friends fanned out across the country to ask retailers to “Mind the Store.” The new campaign, from MCAF partner Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, aims to get top retailers to take toxic chemicals off their shelves. I was honored to be part of this group. In the days since I …

Yesterday I took the fight for safer chemicals to the streets. Well, not exactly to the streets. I took it to the Safeway store in Silver Spring, Maryland, with my friend Laura MacCleery, of the blog Laura’s Rules. That’s because we joined with a national campaign called Mind the Store. We are asking the nation’s …

When my four-year-old sees spring flowers blooming, he doesn’t comment on the colors or the fragrance. Instead, he says: “Does this flower make pollen, Mommy?” That’s because his beloved babysitter is one of millions of Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies. He knows all too well about the discomfort and inconvenience of elevated pollen counts. …

This was written by Anneka Wisker and Molly Rauch: At Moms Clean Air Force, we want to make sure that children breathe healthy air both inside and outside, at home and at school. That's why we've been writing about and working on green schools. We even have a new "Armed with the Facts" resource on school air quality! …

My couch contains a toxic flame retardant linked to cancer. Your couch probably does too. So, most likely, do your infant car seats, nursing pillows, and computers. If you want to know why these chemicals are in our products, you need look no further than an outdated California state rule called TB 117. The decades-old …

Bisphenol-A, or BPA, just can’t stay out of the headlines these days. And while this is not an air pollution issue, we know that so many moms are concerned about it, so we decided to write about it. Last week, a study of hundreds of children in New York City showed a significant relationship between levels of …

Before Heather Collins enrolled her 5-year-old daughter, Sophie, in ballet classes at the local recreation center in Boulder, Colorado, she went to the ballet studio to sniff around. Literally. That’s because Sophie is one of an estimated 2% to 11% of Americans with fragrance allergy. For some, the symptoms of a fragrance allergy involve skin …

Last week I went to the White House to call on President Obama to give us a climate plan. Joining with partners and allies at 350.org, Forecast the Facts, and Credo Action, we brought the names of almost 250,000 people to the Obama administration. We also heard from survivors of Hurricane Sandy about how climate …