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2007 News Stories
- 12/29/07 - Do Your Children's Toys Contain Dangerous Chemicals?
- 12/20/07 - Study: Perchlorate Concentrates in Breast Milk
- 12/20/07 - Doctors Are Clueless About Medication for Kids
- 12/13/07 - Born to Shop: How Marketers Brainwash Babies
- 12/12/07 - Simple Recipes for Children's Cough, Cold and Flu Syrups
- 12/11/07 - FDA Panel to Review Tamiflu's Effect on Brain
- 12/09/07 - Overweight Kids At Risk as Adults
- 12/07/07 - McDonald's Marketing Focused On Children, New Report States
- 12/05/07 - New Report Finds 35% of Tested Toys Still Contain Lead
- 12/04/07 - Drugs Are Not the Answer for ADHD
- 12/03/07 - Study Finds Honey More Effective than Meds for Kids
- 12/03/07 - Perchlorate Contamination Poses Serious Risks for Breastfeeding Infants
- 12/03/07 - Washington Natural Food Chain Bans High-Fructose Corn Syrup
- 12/01/07 - National Farm to School Network Launched
- 11/30/07 - Toy Recalls on Holiday Shoppers Minds
- 11/29/07 - Study: Kids Will Eat Healthy School Food
- 11/27/07 - How Cell Phones May Cause Autism
- 11/26/07 - FDA: Flu Drugs Affecting Kids' Behavior
- 11/26/07 - Get Kids Vaccinated or Go To Jail?
- 11/24/07 - Early Puberty's Toxic Causes and Effects
- 11/23/07 - 100,000 Kids to be Tracked
- 11/23/07 - Consumer Group Alerts Shoppers to Hidden Toy Hazards
- 11/12/07 - Living For Two
- 11/12/07 - Duluth, Minnesota Sewage Effluent Feminizes Minnows
- 11/07/07 - Cold Medicine Scam Finally Exposed After Decades of Harming Children
- 11/07/07 - MRSA Staph on the March
- 11/06/07 - Surprise Ingredients In Fast Food
- 11/02/07 - Dangerous Chemicals In Common Baby Products
- 11/02/07 - EPA Staff Recommends Slashing Amount of Lead in Air
- 11/02/07 - Toxic Chemicals Contribute To Weight Gain
- 11/01/07 - Food a Popular Cause at Schools
- 11/01/07 - Tuna, With a Side of Mercury
- 10/31/07 - Mercola: Children Should NOT Use Cell Phones
- 10/31/07 - Halloween Sugar, Food Additives and the Commercialization of Holidays
- 10/30/07 - Antibacterial Soaps, Body Care & Other Home Products Containing Triclosan Pose Public Health Hazard
- 10/29/07 - Groups Announce Global 'Dump Soda' Campaign
- 10/29/07 - Parents Raising Concerns Over Synthetic Turf
- 10/26/07 - Schools Embrace Environmental Efforts, Though Critics See a Costly Fad
- 10/26/07 - EU Pesticides Package Passes First Key Milestone
- 10/26/07 - Scientific Panel: Kids Shouldn't Use Cold Medicines
- 10/25/07 - Worries Remain About Toxic Toys from China
- 10/25/07 - Pediatrician Identifies Five Foods for Parents to Buy Organic
- 10/24/07 - Killer Couch Chemicals
- 10/23/07 - Sales of Organic Food to U.S. Colleges Rapidly Increasing
- 10/23/07 - Greening Up Baby For the Eco-Conscious Parent
- 10/22/07 - Criminal Element: Lead's Effect on Behavior - and Violent Crime
- 10/19/07 - Local Carrots With a Side of Red Tape
- 10/15/07 - Many Barriers Keep Organic Food Out of School Lunches
- 10/06/07 - Premature Puberty for U.S. Girls Increasing Risks for Breast Cancer, Social & Emotional Problems
- 09/27/07 - Getting Kids to Eat Healthy isn't Always Easy
- 09/27/07 - Time to Reinvest in the School-Lunch Program
- 09/25/07 - Under Threat of a Lawsuit by Consumer Groups, Food Giant Kellogg Agrees to Stop Marketing Junk Food to Children
- 09/21/07 - Sugar Finds Its Way Back to the School Cafeteria
- 09/20/07 - Video: The Tragic Consequences of Drugging Our Children
- 09/19/07 - Immigrant Children Struggle with America's Junk Food
- 09/18/07 - Absurd Vaccine Marketing -- Cervical Cancer Vaccinations for Boys
- 09/17/07 - Brood Awakenings: A Grist Special Series on Parenting and Health
- 09/12/07 - Federal Judge Tosses Out NYC Calorie Posting Rule
- 09/11/07 - Food Additives, Colorings, and Preservatives Linked to Hyperactivity in Children
- 09/11/07 - Pesticide Residues Found in Free Fruit for Schoolchildren
- 09/07/07 - Rachel's #923: Food Additives Raise Hyperactivity
- 09/06/07 - Top 20 Things That are More Dangerous to Children than Lead Paint in Mattel Toys
- 08/31/07 - Infant Formula Companies Under Investigation for Blocking Breast-Feeding Advocacy Campaign
- 08/30/07 - Breastfeeding Best for Mothers as Well as Infants
- 08/29/07 - Parents Serving More Organic Baby Food
- 08/29/07 - Study Shows Dupont's Teflon Products Are Damaging Fetuses in the Womb
- 08/24/07 - Practical Tips on How to Get the Lead Out
- 08/23/07 - Wal-Mart Watch: Tell Wal-Mart to Stop Toying with Children's Health
- 08/22/07 - New Study: Young Children Prefer The Taste Of Branded Fast Foods
- 08/22/07 - White House Acts to Limit Health Plan for Children
- 08/21/07 - Pencils, Pens, Meds
- 08/20/07 - Trading Away the Health of Our Children
- 08/17/07 - Study Links Low Birth Weight to Low Levels of Commonly Used Chemicals Found in Consumer Products
- 08/16/07 - Study Indicates Omega-3 Supplements Rapidly Eliminate ADD, ADHD and Bipolar Disorder in Children
- 08/16/07 - Why Are 80% of U.S. Schools Still Using Toxic Pesticides?
- 08/16/07 - Excellent New Book on Starting School Food Gardens Published
- 08/16/07 - Children's Food Allergies & Genetic Engineering
- 08/13/07 - Bush Plans to Veto Removal of Mercury From Infant Vaccines
- 08/08/07 - World Health Organization Says Environmental Pollution Causes 30% of all Children's Diseases
- 08/03/07 - More Bad PR for China with Massive Recall of Kids' Toys Contaminated with Lead Paint
- 08/02/07 - Teens Who Wheeze Eat Too Little Fruit, Fish
- 08/01/07 - Study Says Chemicals in Plastics May Harm Unborn Babies
- 07/31/07 - Study Suggests Link Between Pesticides and Autism.
- 07/27/07 - Children's Healthcare Is a No-Brainer
- 07/25/07 - Consumer Alert: Hazard Warning on Home Cleaners
- 07/25/07 - Ritalin Stunts Growth of Children
- 07/25/07 - Kids' Soda Consumption Strongly Linked to Hyperactivity, Mental Problems
- 07/25/07 - Study: Organic Dairy and Meat Improves Quality of Mothers' Breast Milk
- 07/09/07 - Rachel's News #914: Boys Taking a Hit
- 07/09/07 - Grass Warfare: Using Pesticides Affects the Whole Neighborhood
- 06/26/07 - Four Steps to Organic Motherhood
- 06/25/07 - How Toxic is the Bed You're Sleeping In?
- 06/21/07 - Mercury-Laced Vaccines & Autism in Children: The Drug Industry Attack on Mothers
- 06/21/07 - Children's Health & the Profits of Baby Formula Peddlers
- 06/15/07 - Kellogg's Reforms Policies on Marketing Foods To Children
- 06/14/07 - Warning to Parents About the Dangers of Soy Milk for Babies
- 06/11/07 - Senator Feingold Pushes For Access To Locally Grown, Healthier Foods For Kids
- 06/10/07 - The Plastic Poisons That Surround You
- 06/08/07 - Widely Used Flame Retardant in Consumer Products is Toxic to Humans
- 06/08/07 - Alarm Over Gender-Bending Chemical in Household Detergents & Cleaning Products
- 06/05/07 - Health Concerns over Wi-Fi Systems Build in UK
- 06/05/07 - Warning by the American Dental Association about Giving Babies Fluoridated Water
- 06/05/07 - Mediterranean Diet Makes Allergies Vanish in Children
- 05/29/07 - Scientists Raise Alarm Over Chemical Exposure -- Fetuses, Babies in Harm's Way, Statement Says
- 05/27/07 - Common Chemicals Pose Danger for Fetuses, Scientists Warn
- 05/22/07 - Some Car Seats Leach Toxic Chemicals, Says New Report
- 05/18/07 - Targeting Children and Youth with Junk Food Advertising in the Digital Age
- 05/17/07 - Earth Voice Food Choice Project Releases Manual and DVD on Benefits of Organic
- 05/16/07 - Children Face Exposure to Pesticides
- 05/10/07 - Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood Blasts TV Promotion of Junk Foods to Children
- 05/09/07 - Pure Fruit Juice Not Likely to Put Weight on Kids
- 05/08/07 - Premature Babies Linked to Pesticide and Fertilizer Run-off
- 05/07/07 - Nominate Your School for PCRM's Golden Carrot Awards
- 05/07/07 - I Believe the Children Are Our Lab Rats: Pesticides Could Make Kids Dumb, Diesel Emissions Make Them Sick
- 04/28/07 - Congress Considers Standards for School Snacks
- 04/11/07 - Congress Takes Action to Upgrade School Food Laws; Vending Machines Targeted
- 04/09/07 - Americans And Diet: We're Too Busy To Walk The Walk
- 04/02/07 - Eating Beef in Pregnancy Linked to Reduced Sperm in Adult Sons
- 04/02/07 - Grist Magazine on Plastic and Kids
- 04/02/07 - Junk Food Giants Form Bogus 'Task Force' on Child Obesity
- 03/29/07 - Report Shows How Junk Food Marketers Continue to Brainwash Children
- 03/29/07 - Cold Medicines Harm Children's Health, Charge Pediatric Doctors
- 03/23/07 - Coke, Pepsi to push marketing of 'healthy' carbonated beverages
- 03/23/07 - New 'Healthy' Soft Drinks May Add Up to More Empty Calories
- 03/21/07 - Petroleum-Based Cosmetics and Skin Care Products Found to Contain Cancer-Causing Chemical 1,4-Dioxane
- 03/19/07 - United States Court of Appeals on Toxicity of Mercury Dental Fillings
- 03/12/07 - Holistic Parenting: A Growing Trend Among Health & Green-Minded Parents
- 03/10/07 - Cocktail of Additives Found in Child Medicines
- 03/10/07 - Common Plastics May Increase Your Child's Obesity Risks
- 03/01/07 - Toxic Chemical Leaches from Popular Baby Bottles
- 02/19/07 - Consumer Protection Agency Covered Up Risks from Lead in Children's Lunchboxes
- 02/16/07 - A Guide to Green Campuses
- 02/15/07 - Sweet Deals: School Fundraising Can Be Healthy and Profitable
- 02/13/07 - Some School Cafeterias Hold Questionable Food Safety Records
- 02/06/07 - Most Foods That Display Fruit on Packaging Don't Actually Have Fruit, Study Finds
- 02/06/07 - Defrauding Consumers with Labels that Say 'Real Kraft Cheese'
- 02/02/07 - Household Dust Exposes Families, Children to Toxic Levels of Brain-Damaging Flame Retardants
- 01/30/07 - Pollutants from Interstate Traffic Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Kids' Lungs
- 01/27/07 - One-Fourth of Americans' Calories Come From Soda
- 01/22/07 - Meet the Lunch Lady: Maverick Chef Ann Cooper Aims to Spark a Nationwide School-Lunch Revolution
- 01/15/07 - New Evidence Links Toxic Food Containers to Breast Cancer Risks for Female Fetuses
- 01/12/07 - Chemical Giants Force San Francisco to Water Down 'Toxic Toy' Law
- 06/26/06 - Moms, Guilt, and Climate Catastrophe: Can We Save the Earth for Our Children?
- 06/18/06 - Study: Environmental Exposures Linked to One-Third of Childhood Disease
- 06/15/06 - Stop the Marketing of TV Shows for Babies--Children Under Two Years Old
- 06/13/06 - The Magic of the Family Meal
- 06/11/06 - More on EPA's Testing of Toxic Chemicals on Women & Children
- 06/11/06 - Study Shows Omega 3 Fish Oil Dietary Supplements Dramatically Improve Academic Performance of Students
- 06/09/06 - Rethinking Schools: Feeding the Children
- 06/06/06 - Suck on This: Breastfeeding vs Formula
- 06/05/06 - Strict Parenting Can Produce Overweight Kids
- 06/05/06 - Groups Challenge EPAs Industry friendly Pesticide Rules
- 06/04/06 - Common Chemical in Plastic Food Containers, Water & Baby Bottles & Kid's Toys Linked to Prostate Cancer
- 06/01/06 - Is Psychiatry a Pseudoscience to Sell Expensive, Dangerous Drugs for Big Pharma?
- 05/29/06 - EPA Goes Lead Wild: Acceptable Levels of Lead Poisoning?
- 05/18/06 - Government Report on Children Underscores Folly of Weakening Public Right-to-Know Standards for Toxics
- 05/10/06 - Kids Need Urgent Health and Food Policy Reform
- 05/08/06 - Supposed Withdrawal of Coke & Other Sodas from Schools--Nothing But Industry PR?
- 05/03/06 - Public Pressure Forces Coca-Cola & Others to Curtail Most Soda Pop Sales to Schools
- 04/24/06 - Univ. of California Organic Food Program May Spread Statewide
- 04/19/06 - Consumer Warning: Are Non-Organic Brand Name Breakfast Cereals Poisoning the Public?
- 04/12/06 - America's Unhealthy Environment & Buildings Making Our Children Sick
- 04/12/06 - National School Lunches: Look out For Hormones in Milk & Beef
- 04/05/06 - Study Shows Fish Oils Can Transform the Behavior of Disruptive Teenagers
- 04/05/06 - Infant Formula Warning: Why Breastfeeding is Best
- 04/05/06 - How Toxic Are Your Household Cleaning Supplies?
- 04/05/06 - Dyeing Your Easter Eggs--Naturally
- 04/03/06 - Too Few Car Seats For America's Obese Kids
- 03/30/06 - Benzene Fears Prompt Call for Banning Some Soft Drinks at Schools
- 03/23/06 - Allowing the Drug Companies to Poison Our Children with Mercury-Tainted Vaccines
- 03/21/06 - Setting Up a Green Nursery for Your Baby
- 03/17/06 - Colorado: Organic Campus Dining Proves to be a Success
- 03/16/06 - Harkin Pushes for Mandatory Nutritional Labels on American Junk Food
- 03/15/06 - Parents Strive to Protect Kids from Everyday Chemical Hazards
- 03/09/06 - District May Go for Junk-Food Jugular
- 03/08/06 - America's Hospital Menus Getting Green Overhaul
- 03/01/06 - EPA Okays Chemical Testing On Fetal Tissue
- 12/15/06 - Intelligent Kids More Likely to Become Vegetarians, Study Says
- 12/15/06 - 'Munch Crunch Bunch' New Children's Book, Takes Kids on a Treasure Hunt to Promote Healthy Eating
- 12/07/06 - It's Flacks V. Flacks Over Junk Food Marketing to Kids 'Reform'
- 12/06/06 - USDA Ponders Changes in WIC Program for Low Income Moms & Infants
- 12/06/06 - Consumer Warning: 'Non-Stick' Chemicals Likely Increase Your Risk of Getting Cancer
- 12/04/06 - Study: Children's Hospitals Selling Fast Food Sends Mixed Message
- 12/04/06 - Experts Say Ads Are Selling U.S. Kids Poor Health
- 11/21/06 - Americans Surprised, Concerned that 90% of Flu Shots Contain Mercury
- 11/15/06 - Food Companies Launch Yet Another Phony Effort Against Childhood Obesity
- 11/13/06 - Infants Should Not Have Fluoridated Tap Water Warns American Dental Association
- 11/09/06 - Chemical Pollution Has Harmed the Brains of Millions of Children
- 11/07/06 - Junk Food Damaging American Children
- 11/07/06 - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Announces Golden Carrot Award Winners
- 11/02/06 - Appetite for Change: Teaching Kids About Organics & Gardening
- 10/31/06 - Grist's Umbra Fisk on Having a Green Halloween
- 10/19/06 - Childhood Obesity Linked to Youngsters Staying Up Too Late
- 10/18/06 - Kids Finding They Actually Like Organic Veggies in School Lunches
- 10/12/06 - Consumer Alert: Beware of Poisonous PVC Plastics in Your Home
- 10/11/06 - Debate Over Junk Food in Schools Continues
- 09/27/06 - Michele Simon's Big Food Watch Blog Updates
- 09/26/06 - Child Hunger in a Land of Abundance Makes Us All Poor
- 09/20/06 - Amazon.com Pushing Controversial ADHD Drugs for Children
- 09/13/06 - Our Junk Culture is Killing off Childhood
- 09/11/06 - The Truth About ADHD and the Mass Drugging of America's Children
- 09/08/06 - Pesticides Lurk in Daycare Centers
- 09/07/06 - It's Time to Get Serious about Reforming School Lunches
- 09/06/06 - California County Bringing Organic Lunches to Twinkie-Loving Kids
- 09/05/06 - School Lunches: Some Pass, Others Need Improvement
- 08/31/06 - Grist Magazine: Our Toxic Schools
- 08/29/06 - California Food Activists Slowly but Surely Converting Schools to Organic Food & Curriculum Changes
- 08/28/06 - Tell PBS: Don't Sell-Out Children on the Web!
- 08/18/06 - How Green is Your Local School?: The Nation's Ten Greenest Schools
- 07/28/06 - Rachel's News #865: Why do we poison our children?
- 07/21/06 - Brainwashing Kids: Marketers Package Sugary Cereals With Online Fun
- 07/14/06 - America's Fast Food Giants Perfect the Art of Selling Junk Food to Children
- 07/10/06 - Mothering Magazine: Why We Need a National Campaign to Promote Breastfeeding
- 07/06/06 - Children Exposed to the Pesticide DDT Have Development Problems
- 07/05/06 - Grassroots Montana Group Campaigning to Stop Mercury Pollution
- 07/05/06 - California Bans Vaccines with Hazardous Mercury-Based Preservative Thimersoral for Young Children & Pregnant Women
Archived Science Articles
2007 Science Articles
- 12/03/07 - Study Finds Honey More Effective than Meds for Kids
- 11/29/07 - Study: Kids Will Eat Healthy School Food
- 11/12/07 - Duluth, Minnesota Sewage Effluent Feminizes Minnows
- 09/11/07 - Food Additives, Colorings, and Preservatives Linked to Hyperactivity in Children
- 08/29/07 - Study Shows Dupont's Teflon Products Are Damaging Fetuses in the Womb
- 08/17/07 - Study Links Low Birth Weight to Low Levels of Commonly Used Chemicals Found in Consumer Products
- 08/16/07 - Study Indicates Omega-3 Supplements Rapidly Eliminate ADD, ADHD and Bipolar Disorder in Children
- 08/01/07 - Study Says Chemicals in Plastics May Harm Unborn Babies
- 07/31/07 - Study Suggests Link Between Pesticides and Autism.
- 07/25/07 - Consumer Alert: Hazard Warning on Home Cleaners
- 07/25/07 - Ritalin Stunts Growth of Children
- 07/25/07 - Kids' Soda Consumption Strongly Linked to Hyperactivity, Mental Problems
- 07/25/07 - Study: Organic Dairy and Meat Improves Quality of Mothers' Breast Milk
- 06/10/07 - The Plastic Poisons That Surround You
- 05/08/07 - Premature Babies Linked to Pesticide and Fertilizer Run-off
- 03/21/07 - Petroleum-Based Cosmetics and Skin Care Products Found to Contain Cancer-Causing Chemical 1,4-Dioxane
- 02/06/07 - Most Foods That Display Fruit on Packaging Don't Actually Have Fruit, Study Finds
- 01/30/07 - Pollutants from Interstate Traffic Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Kids' Lungs
- 01/15/07 - New Evidence Links Toxic Food Containers to Breast Cancer Risks for Female Fetuses