Learn about a new study that links ADHD to a specific prenatal air pollutant and chronic stresses like those associated with poverty.

Articles by Lori Popkewitz Alper
How Climate Change Impacts Your Sleep
Learn about a new paper that links climate change and sleep loss, predicting that as temperatures rise, the number of sleepless nights will also increase.
Mom Detective: Here’s an Innovative Solution to Microfiber Pollution
Learn about the Cora Ball, an innovative solution to microfiber pollution–which is polluting our planet’s waterways and placing marine life at risk.
Is Climate Change Impacting Your Mental Health?
Learn about a study that indicates there’s a direct connection between our physical health, mental health, and community mental health and climate change.
What You Need to Know About Ticks and Climate Change
Learn how climate change is impacting the tick population and what you can do to keep ticks at bay and reduce the chance of developing Lyme disease.
Is an Electric Vehicle Right for Your Family?
Hear from two moms who have made the switch to electric vehicles (EV) and learn tips and insight into why purchasing an EV has been worthwhile.
Mom Detective: Synthetic Fleece is Plastic Pollution
Learn how synthetic fleece clothing sheds plastic microfibers that harm waterways and aquatic life and how you can help reduce the problem.
Mom Detective: The Scary Truth About Halloween Face Paint
Learn about the dangers of allowing your children to use commercial face paint as part of their Halloween costumes, and what you can do to reduce risks.
Calling All 4th Graders: “Every Kid in a Park” for Free
Learn about Every Kid in a Park, which allows 4th graders and their families free entry to over 2,000 National Parks and federally managed lands and waters.
Is Toxic Dust Lurking in Your Home?
Read about how toxic chemicals in our products can make their way into dust in our homes, contributing to indoor air pollution, and how to reduce your risk.
Safer Choice Label is a Helpful Tool for Finding Safer Products
Learn about the EPA’s Safer Choice Label and why it’s needed to help consumers figure out which products are truly safer.
Mom Detective: Using a Humidifier to Combat Indoor Air Pollution
Read about the use of humidifiers to help combat cold, dry winter air and decrease winter related dry air physical conditions.