Stefano Gabbana announced via Instagram that Dolce & Gabbana will release a perfume “per i bambini” — for babies. I think I just heard you say, “Ewwww! Seriously?” Let’s skip past the discussion of why anyone would mask her baby’s delicious, natural smell. Instead, let’s review why perfumes and scented products are bad for babies. […]
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Flame retardants now seen as health risk (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/3/13) Flame retardant chemicals aren’t only in your furniture. They’re in foam insulation and they may be leaching from your walls. California finally moves to revise its decades-old flammability standard to reduce the use of flame retardants. Secondhand smoke significant source of lead exposure for […]
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Most doctors don’t warn pregnant patients about environmental risks (Environmental Health News, 10/10/12) “A new nationwide survey of 2,600 obstetricians and gynecologists found that most do not warn their pregnant patients about chemicals in food, consumer products or the environment that could endanger their fetuses. More than half said they don’t warn about mercury, and […]
More News About Insecticides
It’s turning into Pest Control Week here at My Sweet William. Researchers at Duke University have confirmed the “high toxic activity” of piperonyl butoxide (PBO), a chemical “synergist” that is used to increase the potency of more than 700 insecticides. Last year, researchers at Columbia University found that infants whose mothers had been exposed to […]
Breast-Feeding in the U.S.
It’s 10:30 at night. I’m the only one awake in our Milwaukee hotel room. I’m hooked up to the “milk machine” so I’ll have a bottle to leave with Fergus and the babysitter tomorrow afternoon. Glancing at the New York Times online, I come across this article: “United States Ranks Last on Breast-Feeding Support”
Dr. Landrigan’s Healthy Pregnancy Tips
Dr. Philip Landrigan is a pediatrician and the director of Mt. Sinai’s Children’s Environmental Health Center. Here’s a link to his 8 tips for a healthy pregnancy. They include beware of lead, eat only safe fish, and avoid phthalates and BPA. Landrigan’s advice should be heeded not only by pregnant women, but also by those […]
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I'm a writer and the mother of William and Fergus. Before dedicating my work to children's environmental health, I earned an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from New York University and was a photography editor at The New Yorker. My family is preparing to move to New Orleans, where my husband, an architect, is building us a non-toxic home.
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