A recent study conducted by The Environmental Defense Fund found 20 percent of 2,164 baby food samples and 14 percent of all other 10,064 food samples had detectable levels of the dangerous neurotoxin lead. While it was reported by many news outlets, some astonishingly downplayed the finding, saying not to “freak out”.
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Recently Maine has been making headlines for some very different reasons. First off, the state was heralded for having the highest rate of toddler vaccinations out of the country, taking first place for having the largest percentage of children between 19 and 35 months old vaccinated with at least one
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Raise your hand if you have ever read a scientific study? Or even looked at one. Scientific studies are these megaliths of information. They can be tedious to read, difficult to understand–after all, they are their own completely unique language. To a lay person, like me, we need other people
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When I was eighteen years old, my son, Oliver, entered the world. I was three months shy of graduating high school when his existence was uncovered. Flash forward three years: I am now four months shy of graduating with my Bachelor’s degree. I have been busy with my education, as
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We are women. We are pregnant. We are becoming mothers. All we want is to nurture and raise healthy, thriving babies and children. The Bad News Unfortunately, we live in a world where chemicals and toxins have become overwhelmingly profitable and marketized. There are a lot of known risk factors accounting
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Look. I don’t need scientists, doctors or the FDA to twist my arm into ordering shrimp and lobster fajitas the next time I’m out to dinner. But it’s refreshing to know everyone is finally in agreement that eating fish and shellfish every week is extremely beneficial to everyone’s health, especially
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