Mom Detective: How Renters Can Create Healthy Homes
Our Mom Detective answers: I’m interested in creating a healthy home for my family. I’m worried about pollution from my gas stove and stair carpeting, but I’m a renter. I don’t get much say in things like appliances in my home, and …
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
Learn how chemical industry lobbyists are pushing to weaken the laws that protect us from newly developed toxic chemicals.
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.