A couple of years ago, when I developed a persistent cough and was wheezing, I paid a visit to my doctor. He asked me if I had asthma as a child. “Well, yes,” I said. “But that was 30 years ago. I haven’t had it for decades.” That didn’t matter to him. “You never get …

Like many Americans these days, I’m turning up my radio to hear stories about Presidential polling numbers, the Presidential Debate calendar, and the famous 47%. And it seems as if Members of Congress are just like us. Instead of working to debate bills and vote on them, they instead decided to close shop weeks earlier …

It’s summer vacation time for us. My four-year-old son walks down the beach with his grandfather. I watch their shadows follow them over the tide pools, up to the sand dunes and back down to the surf. Holding hands, their shadows are linked as one. Little boy and grandfather. Two separate people, but part of …

This post was written by Molly Rauch and Gretchen Alfonso: We understand now why the new soot standards from EPA are NOT STRONG ENOUGH–we recently saw a vivid demonstration of the politics that undercut the protection of our children. And as moms, it left us plenty angry. The gentleman sounded perfectly reasonable. Reading his written …

What a pregnant mom eats, drinks, and breathes can obviously affect her baby. We know this from studies of alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking, among other things. But how does air pollution affect her baby?

Recently the EPA finally released proposed revisions of its National Ambient Air Quality Standard for particle pollution. Fine particles, also known as soot, come from vehicle emissions, power plants, and fires (think grills, fireplaces, and wood stoves, as well as forest fires). This microscopic airborne pollution lodges deep in the lungs. The particles are too small, …

This week the non-profit group Clean Air Watch took a look at how much smog Americans have endured this spring. Clean Air Watch examined the number of states in which smog, or ozone, exceeded national standards in the month of May, as well as the number of times state ozone monitors registered levels above the …

Yesterday I pulled a red wagon through the streets of Washington, DC, my hometown. Inside the wagon were more than 8,000 comments from Moms Clean Air Force members supporting a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that will limit carbon dioxide emissions from newly constructed power

She is standing tall and proud while nursing her decidedly-not-a-baby son, who is standing on a chair so he can reach her bared breast. The internet crackles with responses to the image of gorgeous Jamie Lynne Grumet on the cover of Time. The image is sure to divide moms and dads over how best to …

We know that autism is on the rise, and as parents, we are frustrated. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every 88 children in the US has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. This is an increase of 78% since 2002. What is driving this? Genes evolve far …