Can Eating Asian Food Be Dangerous During Pregnancy?

How this common ingredient in Asian dishes can be threatening to you and your baby’s life.

By: Mindy Dinh on May 10, 2018

Note to Pregnant Mothers: Beware of Perchloroethylene and Phthalates

When thinking about how many chemicals you are around every day, you might become concerned. The variety of substances everyday Americans are exposed to in the indoor chemical soup is astonishing. Every minute…

Tattoos: How Cool Are They Really?

When people hear the word danger, what would people think of first? For some, they might think of a feral wolf who hasn’t had anything to eat alongside her starving cubs attacking them, a hurricane ripping up a shoreline, or even the declaration of a serial killer on…

Phthalates in Our Daily Lives

Stacey Myers is a 34 year old mom of 6 children; her proudest accomplishment in life is being a mother to her kids, and she certainly is good at it. Her kids are all happy and energetic, ready to face each day anew. Her oldest, a 9-year-old named Kaitlin, went to the national…

Cosmetics Rock Heavy Metals

How pregnant women are at risk

Roses are Red; Violets are Blue; Your Prenatal Vitamins are Artificially Colored, What’s that Gonna Do?

This semester, my professor assigned our class a major project: create an environmental health guide for pregnant women that focuses on a specific agent…

You can’t breathe serious

While being pregnant is a beautiful and a wonderful life -giving 9 months, it is also challenging, stressful, and can have many complications along the way. It is important to be aware of all the possible road bumps along the way. From morning sickness to weird food cravings, there…