babyminding

I don’t think babies should be gulping down a rocket fuel ingredient — do you? But I just learned from Environmental Working Group that when you mix infant formula that contains perchlorate (a rocket fuel ingredient than can interfere with infant brain development) with water that’s also contaminated with perchlorate, you put rocket fuel on baby’s menu. We need the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which regulates the nation’s water quality, to set a permanent and stringent safe drinking water standard for perchlorate.

For the sake of your children and future generations, tell the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide pollution. Take Action! Friday is the last day to voice your opinion on whether the EPA — the Environmental Protection Agency — should regulate carbon dioxide pollution, the primary cause of the climate crisis. This is a big deal. [...]

Right now, a bipartisan Congressional conference committee is deciding whether to include a ban on phthalates in toys in the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act. Phthalates have been linked to birth defects, early puberty (a risk factor for breast cancer) and testicular cancer. Please write to the four members of the committee who are [...]

The Environmental Working Group has determined that many common sunblocks are not safe. Click here to send a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking for better safety standards when it comes to sunblock.

This came to me in an email from the National Wildlife Federation: Dear Friend of Wildlife, I’m writing to you today to ask for just a minute of your time–a minute that could make all the difference in the world we leave our children. This coming Monday, June 2, the U.S. Senate starts debate on [...]