Air in urban areas can be quite polluted. Sources include cars, manufacturing facilities, and more. The EPA identifies six common air pollutants:
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Scientists have recently found a chemical in homes that hadn’t been detected previously (Pelley, 2014). Chemicals from various products — including electronics, clothing, cleaners, and more — don’t always stay in just those…
Even before I got pregnant, I tried to buy organic foods when possible. It’s debatable as to whether organic foods are nutritionally any different from ones that are grown conventionally, with the use of pesticides. There is some evidence that organic is…
The things a mother eats and to which she is exposed before she conceives a child and while she is pregnant are known to have a significant impact on the baby that she has. Similarly, what a father eats and is exposed to has also been found to be important in…
A few years ago I worked in one of the libraries at the Environmental Protection Agency (side note: they’re open to the public, so check them out, especially if you or someone you know is working on a science project). As a result of some of the things I read…
While I was trying to conceive, I tried to educate myself on the dangers of products that I use and how I might protect a baby once pregnant. (See Cosmetics: Recognizing the Danger and Reducing the Risks for some of the potential dangers of cosmetics.) One of the books I read…
As soon as I started trying to conceive, one of the first things I considered when evaluating risks and benefits was cosmetics. They can seem so benign because…