Mom Detective takes a deep dive into arts and crafts supplies, looking at ingredients and finding the safest options for kids.
Back to School Snapshot: No Climate Education Plus Greenwashing
Students returning to schools across America are entering very different classrooms. In some, the climate crisis will be downplayed. In others, climate will be front and center, and school environmental clubs are booming.
Mom Detective: Beauty Products
Worried about the ingredients in trendy beauty products marketed to teens, like makeup, skincare, and scented body washes? Many of these products contain potentially unsafe ingredients like hormone-disrupting chemicals. Since federal regulations are loose at best, it’s up to consumers to know …
What EPA Has Done Lately: Real but Unbelievable Environmental Attacks by the Trump Administration, June–August 2026
While families across the country endured global-warming-fueled record-breaking heat waves, deadly flooding, and dangerous wildfire smoke, the Trump-Zeldin EPA’s attacks on public health and environmental protections nevertheless continued unabated this summer.
Don’t Send Kids Back to School With Pesticides
Preparing for the school year is full of emotions and supply gathering—but rarely entails plans to safeguard children from harmful pesticides sprayed at schools and playgrounds. That needs to change.
Toxic Chemicals in Kids’ Floss? Tell Congress: No PFAS in My Stuff!
Pennsylvania Mom Rachel Meyer was shocked to find out that her child’s dental floss was tainted with dangerous PFAS forever chemicals. It shouldn’t be hard to find floss that safe for our kids to put in their mouths, but sadly, that’s not …
Congress Wants Beauty Products Marketed to Black Women to Be More Dangerous
Earlier this year, Congress released a plan to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), our nation’s bedrock chemical safety law. The bill would strip away oversight of harmful chemicals that end up on—and ultimately in—Black women’s bodies every day.
Ask Mom Detective: What Are the Safest Skin Care Products for Teens?
Mom Detective investigates the safety of skincare for your teens and tweens and shares how to make the best choices for their young bodies.
Turf Dangers: Harmful PFAS Chemicals on Fields
Many sports are played on turf fields, which can be dangerous because they’re made from fossil fuels that have harmful chemicals like PFAS. When it’s hot, the chemicals are so strong you can smell them. Moms are fighting for chemical safety protections …
Tell Congress: Hold Zeldin Accountable for Corrupting EPA’s Mission
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has thoroughly corrupted his agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment. The impacts of the pollution he is unleashing will endanger people’s lives for years, including our children’s health. It’s time for him to go. El …
Harmful Synthetic Chemicals Shouldn’t Be In Our Products
The products we use every day shouldn’t put our health at risk. Right now, Congress is considering changes that could weaken protections against toxic chemicals. If you agree these decisions should be based on science and health—not politics or industry influence—raise your …