Toxicity

Adapted from information provided by National Integrative Health Associates (NIHA) in Washington, D.C. What Is Mercury Toxicity? In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the distractible Mad Hatter runs around talking incoherently and can’t concentrate. His behavior was based on the ... Read More

This article is condensed with permission from Pesticides and You, the quarterly publication of Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP). Myth:  Pesticides pose no risk to the health of children. Fact:    Pesticide poisoning of children and adults ... Read More

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN writes about the impact of heavy metal toxicity on children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Experts have long recognized heavy metal toxicity as a root cause of or contributor to developmental delays, autism, ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder.  ... Read More

Margaret Wulf, MS, explains how many school buildings may be suffering from sick building syndrome because they are old or inadequately built in this blog post. Many Schools Have Sick Building Syndrome A healthy learning environment should be every schoolchild's ... Read More

"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is Ocean." -Arthur C. Clarke Do You Know These Water Facts? 80% of the Earth's surface is water. Only 1% of the Earth's water is suitable for drinking. About 70-75% of ... Read More

Learning how to improve your home's water quality is one of the most important steps you can take to improve your child's health. It is almost a certainty that home drinking water contains toxins and contaminants, many of which can ... Read More

Marcia F. Marks, ACSW, LCSW, an environmental health consultant discusses greening your home, school and life with specific ideas in this blog post. Daily news reports alarm us about the hazards of living in a toxic world.  Parents sometimes feel ... Read More

by Liane Holder Tommy's Story All seemed well as we began our life with our newly adopted son. His birth mother's questionable background was not a concern because surely we could provide all the love and security and parenting necessary ... Read More

Johnny and Nate's autism-recovery is excerpted from A Compromised Generation:  The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America's Children. Johnny was born in 1997, a year when the word autism was just beginning to make its way into the mainstream media ... Read More