Unfortunately, in this 21st-century world of ours, it has become a familiar headline: “Major Drug Maker Finds Toxin in Popular Medication.” This time, the drugmaker is Pfizer, and the toxin is N-nitroso-quinapril, a nitrosamine linked to several cancers, including lung, brain, liver, kidney, bladder, stomach…
The parents of young babies in 2022, the same mothers and fathers who faced intense obstacles while expecting their child during a worldwide pandemic, are facing yet another challenge. Grocery stores are running out of baby formula and are limiting how much a customer is…
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. In its 11th year, the program was created out of an unthinkable tragedy. In 2008, an elementary school-age child in Colorado was killed as she pedaled home from school on her bicycle. A neighbor looking at her cell…
Scientists, child health advocates and government officials have been pushing forward on necessary changes to the baby food industry in order to keep children safe from heavy metals. However, while the changes are being addressed, parents and caregivers must ensure their children are eating not…
In the past two decades, the number of children diagnosed with neurological disorders, including autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has risen at an alarming rate. While uncontrollable factors like genetics can cause these disorders, they are also linked to a child’s physical environment, including…
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the government agency responsible for more than 150,000 inmates inside 122 facilities across the country, has been operating in crisis mode for months. Widespread corruption, abuse among workers, critical staff shortages and the rampant spread of COVID-19 among prisoners…