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Healthy Environment, Healthy Baby

KEEPING BABIES SAFE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS IS A CONSTANT CONCERN FOR NEW PARENTS, SO WE’RE DOING SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CHILD-PROOFING ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

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EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS – EVEN IN THE WOMB - CAN AFFECT INFANT DEVELOPMENT.  SO PEDIATRICIAN ALAN GREENE, AUTHOR OF “RAISING BABY GREEN –THE EARTH FRIENDLY GUIDE TO PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, AND BABY CARE,” SAYS IT’S CRITICAL THAT PREGNANT WOMEN MAKE GOOD FOOD CHOICES.

GREENE: IF YOU ARE CHOOSING CLEAN FOODS TO EAT, ORGANIC FOODS OR FOODS GROWN WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS OR TOXIC PESTICIDES OR SYNTHETIC HORMONES, YOU ARE GOING TO REDUCE ALL THOSE EXPOSURES.

GREENE SAYS THAT IN GENERAL, BABIES ARE REMARKABLY RESILIENT, BUT THEIR DEVELOPING BODIES CAN BE VULNERABLE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS.  SO A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH MEANS MINIMIZING THOSE EXPOSURES.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM. 

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