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Ask Mom Detective: What’s the Best Window for My Family’s Health, My Wallet, and the Planet?
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
Classrooms Across America Are Heating Up. Here’s How You Can Protect Your Kids
Read how one mom has partnered with the climate organization Impacts US to provide free, simple-to-use classroom heat sensors to Wisconsin schoolteachers with the hope of bringing awareness to how heat can affect students’ health and learning.
This School Year, Students Need Climate Education More Than Ever
After a summer vacation full of extreme weather, wildfires, and devastating flooding, some students are returning to classes scrubbed of climate curriculum. Environmental education expert Kim Noble unpacks what this loss could mean for our kids.
Ask Mom Detective: Can We Avoid Plastic When Shopping for School Supplies?
Think of all of the plastic school supplies now in landfills across the country. Mom Detective shares tips for making this back-to-school season plastic-free.
Science Matters: Dr. Chris Frey, Former Head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development
The former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, Dr. Chris Frey, weighs in on the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine American scientific leadership and gut the office he once led.
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.
#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.
What EPA Did This Month: Real but Unbelievable Environmental Attacks by the Trump Administration, May and June 2025
During his first 100 days, President Trump launched more attacks on the environment than in his entire first term. And the hits keep coming. Read about the administration’s most significant actions on air pollution, climate change, and toxic chemicals in May and June.
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.