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Laura Michelle Burns

Laura Burns is a former biologist who blogs at Pug in the Kitchen. She her her husband, Matt strive to live a low-impact life with their 2 children Liam (2) and Sylvia (4 months). Together they cook from scratch, cloth diaper, homebirth, and hang their laundry in the fresh air.

Articles by Laura Michelle Burns

New Study: Kids Are Not Going Outside To Play Every Day

by Laura Michelle Burns

Read how one mother realized she was keeping her daughter from outside play in order to protect her from air pollution.

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Ohio Earthquakes Linked To Natural Gas Drilling

by Laura Michelle Burns

Learn how fracking – extraction of natural gas – has been linked not only to earthquakes in Ohio, but also causes water and air pollution.

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Spring Fever Comes To The Great Lakes

by Laura Michelle Burns

Read about the increase in air pollution in the Great Lakes states in the spring and summer.

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Wild Weather And Asthma

by Laura Michelle Burns

One Ohio mom discusses how a warm winter with lots of colds means increased asthma symptoms and triggers in already polluted Ohio.

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I’m A Conservative Christian and I Want Clean Air

by Laura Michelle Burns

One conservative Christian mom speaks out in favor of environmental activism and calls on her religious peers to do the same.

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Will My Children Ever Be Able To Eat Fish From The Lake?

by Laura Michelle Burns

Read about one mom who tries to eat locally but is challenged by trying to find uncontaminated fish in her Great Lakes state of Ohio.

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