Author: Moms Clean Air Force

For Kids’ Sake: Take a Walk in the Woods

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON August 20, 2018

This was written by Laurence D. Wiseman, Co-Leader, Vibrant Cities Lab: Back in the days with no air conditioning and screened windows, I spent most of my summers messing around Sligo Creek – a nice chunk of nature just a couple hundred yards from my house....

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Children's Health, Dads, Motherhood

Court Orders EPA To Ban Chlorpyrifos, A Win For Children’s Health!

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON August 10, 2018

This was written by By Chris D’Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman. It originally posted at Huffington Post: A federal court on Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely used pesticide that’s been linked to learning disabilities in children and that former agency chief...

TOPICS: Children's Health, Environment, EPA, Pollution

Climate Change Increases Wildfires: Find Out How Your Region Is Affected

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON July 27, 2018

This wildfire resource is from Climate Signals: Climate change has increased the risk of wildfires through warmer temperatures and drier conditions that lengthen wildfire season, increase the chances of a fire starting, and help a burning fire spread. Warmer and drier conditions also contribute to...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Alaska, California, Children's Health, Climate Change, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Great Lakes, Heat and Extreme Weather, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Science, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Wildfire Closes Yosemite Valley for First Time in More Than a Decade

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON July 25, 2018

This was was written by Olivia Rosane. It originally posted at EcoWatch: The iconic Yosemite Valley, home to the most famous vistas in Yosemite National Park, will be evacuated Wednesday to protect visitors from dangerous smoke from the Ferguson fire, The Huffington Post reported. Park officials said the...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, California, Children's Health, Climate Change, Heat and Extreme Weather, Pollution

Pediatricians Say Some Food Additives Could Harm Children’s Health

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON July 24, 2018

This was written by Tom Neltner, J.D. Chemicals Policy Director for EDF: Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a “Food Additives and Child Health” policy statement calling for “urgently needed reforms to the current regulatory process at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...

TOPICS: Children's Health, MCAF News, Toxics

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