children’s health

Baby girl at doctor

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July 1, 2022

Children Will Suffer the Consequences of Recent Supreme Court Rulings

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Children's Environmental Health Network

October 8, 2020

On Children’s Environmental Health Day: A Checklist for Defending Science and Protecting Kids

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Jeff Vanuga/NRCS

September 25, 2020

EPA Chlorpyrifos Assessment: A Harbinger of Restricted Science Rule Havoc

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Photo: Alexandra Koch/Pixabay

July 10, 2020

As Schools Plead for COVID-19 Safety Information, White House Politicizes CDC Guidance

Genna Reed
Former Staff

June 16, 2020

How Safe Are Children’s Products? It Might Depend on Trump’s Next Nominee to the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

March 4, 2020

Bettina Elias Siegel’s “Kid Food” Explains My Daughter’s Love Affair with a Fast Food Chain

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

February 20, 2020

Let the Children Breathe Particulate Matter: How the Trump Administration’s Polluted Policies Are Hurting Children

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

USDA/Lance Cheung

February 18, 2020

From School Lunch to SNAP, New Attacks on Kids’ Health and Nutrition

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Amanda Mills/USCDCP

February 14, 2020

The Trump Administration’s Disappointing Efforts to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Children

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Chandra Oh/Unsplash

February 13, 2020

Are Your Children Vaping? On Vaping and a Need for Science-Based Policy

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Photo: Ktorbeck/Wikimedia

February 11, 2020

Asbestos, Ubiquitous and Avoidable, Is a Deadly Threat to Our Kids

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Anthony Eyring/UCS

February 11, 2020

Dark Rhymes for Dark Times: New Storybook Illustrates Threats to Children’s Health

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

Photo: AP Photo/Scott Smith

February 11, 2020

The Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science Are Putting Kids in Harm’s Way

Genna Reed
Former Staff

The EPA's Clean Air Act standards protect the health of all Americans, especially our children. Photo: USEPA/Flickr

February 11, 2020

Ask a Scientist: How Trump Administration Policies Harm Children

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

July 22, 2019

Our Children Deserve Better: Trump’s EPA Refuses to Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide. Again.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

US Customs and Border Patrol

July 9, 2019

Psychologists and Pediatricians Know that Families Belong Together: A Call to Action

UCS Science Network

Photo: John and Christina/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (Flickr)

May 16, 2019

A Stroller Debacle at CPSC Politicizes Child Safety and I Have No Chill

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Trish Sheehan/Moms Clean Air Force

October 19, 2018

Fighting for Facts and Family: What Will We Tell Our Kids?

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

Photo: CMRF Crumlin/Flickr

October 11, 2018

Sidelining Science Hurts Children

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Photo: mike dupris/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr)

January 30, 2018

What the Science Tells Us About Making Football Safer This CTE Awareness Day

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Richard Leeming/Flickr

March 30, 2017

Disregarding Science, Trump Administration Trades Kids’ Brains for Dow Profit

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director