The cumulative build-up of lead is the cause of severe health concerns in children, particularly those under the age of six. A sponsor of the NYC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, tells us, “It’s a great law, but any law is only as good as the enforcement it receives.”
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Children Are at Risk From Toxic Lead, Especially When Government Fails
A Hot Climate Threatens the Health of Children and Teens
The key finding of a new study found that extreme heat related to climate change is so dangerous to human health that it’s sending more children and teenagers to hospital emergency rooms.
The Future of Snow and the Winter Olympics
Climate change threatens the 2022 Winter Olympics and the safety of the athletes with lack of snow. There are also environmental concerns about water scarcity and poor air quality.
Your Gas Stove Leaks Methane. Here’s What You Can Do.
A new study by Stanford University found that annual methane emissions from all gas stoves in US homes have a climate impact comparable to the annual carbon dioxide emissions of 500,000 cars.
Invest in Climate Research for Our Children’s Future
Moms Clean Air Force is helping enlist parents for a Cornell University research study that aims to understand how children learn about climate change. Investing in research now will help shape the future generation’s ability to succeed in the fight against climate change.
Moms Clean Air Force in NYT: “Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People, Research Finds”
In an article in the New York Times, two Moms Clean Air Force state organizers, Karin Stein of Iowa, and Hazel Chandler of Arizona, are quoted about a groundbreaking new air pollution study.
Moms Clean Air Force in Newsweek: “I Spent 12 Years in the Marines. The Inaction on Climate Change Shocks Me”
Moms Clean Air Force Florida Organizer, Yaritza Perez, wrote this op-ed for Newsweek urging policymakers to finalize the strongest and most comprehensive rules to protect our families from all sources of oil and gas methane pollution.
Pasé 12 años en el Cuerpo de Marines. La falta de acción frente al cambio climático me sorprende | Opinión
La EPA debe establecer las normas más exigentes e integrales posibles, para proteger a nuestras familias de toda fuente de contaminación por metano proveniente del petróleo y del gas, sin dejar por fuera los pozos pequeños ni la quema de gas habitual. Exigimos justicia en cada aliento.
Finalize Rules to Cut Methane
Methane emissions are a major source of climate pollution, and methane emissions pose major health risks to our families. The comment period for EPA’s proposed methane rules closes in just one week. Speak out today!
The Mompartisan View
We at Moms Clean Air Force are not giving up on the Build Back Better Act. Moms fought hard for that bill because it contains serious support for cleaning up our air and our water, and we want it passed.
A Must Read for Parents and Teachers: “Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America”
In the book “Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America,” investigative journalist Katie Worth travels the country and reveals that it is no accident that so many American children are fed misinformation about climate change in schools.
Voting Rights and Environmental Justice Are Intertwined
“It’s time to make 2022 the Year of Justice for the environment to civil rights to voting.”