Making Our Milk Safe : Site Map

Site Map

About the Campaign!

What you can do

Further Reading

What People Are Saying

Learn the Scary Facts!

Outdated Regulations

Their Criminal Cousins

The Killer Chemicals

The Moms and POPS Project (MaPP)

Resources Introduction

MaPP Activities

Monitoring Mother Earth by Monitoring Mothers' Milk

Communicating Breastmilk Biomonitoring Results to Project Participants

Participating in Biomonitoring

WHO Project Details

Other Languages

Mission & History

Change Corporate Behavior

Educate Consumers

New Report Details Chemical Contamination in Our Bodies

Benefits of Breastfeeding

Breastfed children have higher IQs, say scientists

Chemicals found in breast milk

Working with pesticides impacts women's fertility

Hereditary contaminants spur scientific concerns

BPA found in some cash register receipts.

Baby bottle chemical officially banned

Wal-Mart, Toys R Us to remove products with BPA

New report shows BPA leaches from baby bottles

Plastic ingested, study finds

Canadian retailer bans some plastic bottles

ABC News report on Bisphenol A

Glass baby bottles making a comeback

Proposed amendments would limit 'toxic toys' law.

Changes sought in SF's proposed 'toxic toy' law.

Heavy metals found in kids' face paints

Christmas lights found with potentially unsafe levels of lead

Lead tests raise red flag for lipsticks.

Latest CPSC recalls

Mattel recalls 1.9m potentially dangerous Chinese-made toys

Mattel recalls 1.9 million toys

Some Hoses Unsafe To Drink Out Of Due To Lead

Lead toxins in air

Concerns of chelation therapy, autism.

PCBs influence allergy risk

Fighting for safety

Flame retardants slammed

Formulating environmentally friendly flame retardants

Study shows link between flame retardants in mothers to birth defects in baby boys

Assemblyman Mark Leno to Introduce Legislation to Ban Harmful Fire Retardants in Furniture and Bedding

Flame retardant study raises red flags for health risk.

Killer cocktails.

EPA advisers seek perchlorate review.

Children Overexposed to Rocket Fuel Chemical

Pentagon pressured EPA on perchlorate

When dollars and health collide.

Q&A: Perchlorate.

Bill targets perchlorate in water.

Killer cocktails.

Study finds moms share phthalates with their babies

Phthalates worsen skin allergies in newborn mice exposed through their mothers

Beauty industry removing phthalates from cosmetics.

New Assessment Highlights Effective Mercury-Free Alternatives

Prescription drugs can deliver high doses of phthalates

Bush signs bill banning lead from children's toys

Safe Alternatives to Baby Lotions and Wipes

Safe Alternatives to Baby Lotions and Wipes

Ban on Toxic Toys becomes law!

From the mouths of babes

“NEW SHOWER CURTAIN SMELL” DANGEROUS TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Victory! Target agrees to phase out PVC!

High level of lead found in PVC toys.

What You Can Do

Good hygiene decreases exposure to toxic chemicals

Join the MOMSquad!

Keep chemicals out of kids!

Send a postcard to Avent America!

Healthy from the Start

Join the MOMSquad!

Use Your Purchasing Power

Cleaning products increase asthma risk, claims new research.

Pretty ugly: cosmetics ingredients linked to breast cancer?

Household Items

Shop the MOMS store!

TARGET TO SYSTEMATICALLY REDUCE USE OF TOXIC PVC IN INFANT PRODUCTS, CHILDREN’S TOYS, SHOWER CURTAINS, PACKAGING

Study links cat disease to flame retardants in furniture and to pet food

Mattel recalls 1.9m potentially dangerous Chinese-made toys

“NEW SHOWER CURTAIN SMELL” DANGEROUS TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Baby Bottles Leach Toxic Chemical, according to New U.S. and Canadian Study

TARGET TO SYSTEMATICALLY REDUCE USE OF TOXIC PVC IN INFANT PRODUCTS, CHILDREN’S TOYS, SHOWER CURTAINS, PACKAGING

California Assembly Passing Bill to Ban Cancer-Causing Fire Retardants in Furniture

Assemblyman Mark Leno to Introduce Legislation to Ban Harmful Fire Retardants in Furniture and Bedding

New national campaign to seek tougher U.S. radiation, chemical exposure health protection standards

Mothers, Children and Concerned Citizens Protest at Local Albany Target Store With 20-ft Inflatable Rubber Ducky

MOMS in the News

11.07.07 - Poison Me Elmo? What Parents Can Do About Toxic Toys

5.1.07 - Parents edgy over plastic turn to glass baby bottles

9.19.07 - Fighting Fire Retardants with Fire

3.21.08 "Toxic Toys" on PBS Now

8.27.07 - One Mom's Message to the Chemical Industry: Don't Mess With My Milk!

6.06.07 - Safety First

3.25.07 - Mothers protest Target's toxic toys

2.23.07 - Rising levels of flame retardants spur bans

11.06.06 - Fed up with breast-milk contamination, mothers form a national activist group

10.20.07 - U.S. Public at Risk from Radiation

MOMS Update & Mini Survey

Moms speaking up for the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act

Making it count

MOMSpot: Cynthia Li

Tips for a Safe and Sustainable Holiday

Book Review: The Complete Organic Pregnancy, by Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu

Take Action: Tell President Bush to Protect The Most Vulnerable Against Radiation & Toxic Chemical Exposure

MOMS Tells Target to Phase Out PVC

Community Gathers to Fight Local Polluter

The MOMSpot: Joanna Colwell

Take Action: Ask Hillary Clinton to stop NY polluters

What Schools Have To Learn About Going Green

The MOMSpot: Anita Jackson

The MOMSpot: Katie Silberman

Libraries warn of lead in toys they gave away

The MOMSpot: Jennifer Juday

What I learned in summer school about sunscreen

Lake nets mercury-ridden heritage

Join the MOMSquad!

Keep chemicals out of kids!

Trash talk: Now, that's just garbage!

Perchlorate found in produce from around the world

Movie review: Toxic Bust -- Chemicals and Breast Cancer

My Body's Burden

The MOMSpot: Nicole LoBue

How does your garden grow?

Recalled chocolate contained lead

Send a postcard to Avent America!

MOMS event with Sandra Steingraber inspires parents to take action

The MOMSpot: Michele Hammond

Running The Numbers: Which Plastics Are Safe?

Study finds toxins gain potency when combined

MOMS in the news!

Guide to PVC-free school supplies

CFLs and mercury exposure - What you need to know

MOMSpot: Ashley Streetman

Campaign Update

Tell us what you think!

Book Review: Raising Baby Green, by Alan Green, M.D.

MOMSpot: Dana Clark

Working to ban dangerous chemicals.

BPA concern at Wal-Mart, Whole Foods and others.

Subsistence diet not safe from toxins.

Health group sues FDA over antimicrobial soap.

Pollutants remain in Americans’ blood despite bans

PCBs influence allergy risk

Monitoring turns up toxins in air around school

New Assessment Highlights Effective Mercury-Free Alternatives

EPA advisers seek perchlorate review.

Chemical 'risk' to future fertility.