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.
Mom Detective: Countertops
Mom Detective answers Melinda in Mississippi’s question about how to renovate her kitchen with a safe countertop. Get the full scoop here.
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.
Mom Detective: Organic Gardening
Mom Detective shares tips for chemical-free gardening. Read her full column here.
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.
Letter to Energy Carbon Management Commission On Protecting Communities from Lowery Ranch CAP, January 27, 2025
To: Colorado Energy Carbon Management Commission Date: January 27, 2025 Re: Protecting Communities from Lowery Ranch CAP I’m Shaina Oliver, field coordinator with Moms Clean Air Force-EcoMadres Colorado Chapter. We are over 43,000 Moms, Dads, and Caregivers united for our children’s right to …
Congress is Attempting to Overturn Ban on Highly Toxic Trichloroethylene (TCE)
Some members of Congress are attempting to overturn a ban on Trichloroethylene (TCE), a highly toxic petrochemical found in things like paint strippers, adhesives, and cleaning products. Moms West Virginia organizer Candi Hurst explains how TCE jeopardizes our health and urges you …
Ask Mom Detective: Are Plastic Water Bottles Safe?
Plastic water bottles are not just filled with water. They are brimming with microplastics and 150 different known chemicals too.