Shopping for energy-efficient replacement windows can leave you feeling dizzy. Mom Detective unpacks all the options to help you find safe, cost-effective, and planet-friendly windows for your family.
Science Matters: Dr. Tanya Taiwo, Midwife, Birth Justice Advocate, and Co-Lead of Project TENDR
“When junk science becomes the norm, how do you even work with an EPA that doesn’t actually care or understand science?” Dr. Tanya Taiwo grapples with this question in her work to reduce exposure of neurotoxic environmental chemicals in pregnant women and children
Industry insiders sound alarm after US government slashes Chemical Safety Board: ‘More chemical releases, worker deaths, and community pollution’
Ask Mom Detective: What Can Renters Do to Create Healthy Homes?
A renter can do more to “green” their home than you’d think. Here are the top ways to reduce chemical exposure and indoor air pollution without having to ask the landlord.
WV Congress members quiet, advocates loud on Trump aim to ax Chemical Safety Board
#MomsSummerofAction: Tell Congress to Save the Chemical Safety Board
The Chemical Safety Board is the only federal agency that investigates the causes of chemical incidents, like fires and explosions at petrochemical plants and oil refineries. And yet its funding is currently on the chopping block.
Protections Against Toxic Chemicals are at Risk
Chemical industry lobbyists are pushing to weaken the laws that protect us from newly developed chemicals. They want us to believe that the hundreds of new chemicals they seek to put on the market each year will not make us sick.
Ask Mom Detective: What Types of Countertops Are Safe and Not Too Expensive?
There is a dizzyingly large number of possible health concerns with countertops. Mom Detective walks us through how to make safer, healthier countertop choices for our families.
Science Matters: Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Toxicologist and Former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
“The damage being done will take much longer to repair than it does to destroy.” A former federal scientist reflects on the harm of the Trump administration’s funding cuts and attack on science and on potential paths forward with Secretary Robert Kennedy.
The Climate Questionnaire: Daniel Stone, Author of American Poison
Daniel Stone writes about science and history and teaches environmental science to graduate students at Johns Hopkins University. Read how he found inspiration for his latest book, American Poison, and how he believes U.S. history may provide clues for the future.
Moms Tell FDA: Lead Does Not Belong in Baby Food
Lead is in the food babies are eating at too-high levels. FDA must set meaningful standards to protect babies’ brains from dangerous, health-harming heavy metals in food.
Ask Mom Detective: How Do I Maintain an Organic Garden?
Spending more time in the garden this spring? Mom Detective offers science-based tips for eco-friendly gardening, including nontoxic ways to deal with pests, nutrients, and more.