Sightings

06/12/2010 - 15:55

According to a recent article in USA Today, “there’s no place like home” for your littlest ones to pick up harmful household toxins.

Dr. Greene told the newspaper that crawling infants, with their inquisitive fingers and near perfect radar to find every dust bunny in the room, can take in two to five times more household dust than adults. They’re much more susceptible to harmful household toxins from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) because of their tiny size.

04/22/2010 - 16:12

A recent article on Parenting.com shares insight on helping your baby develop hearing, touch, smell, taste and sound. Author Charlotte Latvala from Babytalk magazine talked to Dr. Greene about how and when a baby in the womb can first sense smells. By the end of the first trimester, a baby can smell the foods Mom is eating because smells cross the amniotic fluid. "Newborns orient themselves by smell more than any other sense," he says.

04/20/2010 - 16:05

The Senate is reviewing the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, and TIME Magazine checked in with our own Dr. Alan Greene for his view on the use of toxic chemicals in common household products. “It’s time to stop using kids as the canaries in the coal mine,” he told them. “I couldn’t be more excited that this law is being introduced.”

02/16/2010 - 01:00

Check out Tara Parker-Pope's interview in the New York Times with Dr. Greene entitled A Pediatrician’s Advice on ‘Green’ Parenting. The focus of the interview is Dr. Green's latest book Feeding Baby Green. Check it out!

01/20/2010 - 06:01

A recent article in American Medical News is right on target. According to the article, when patients take a more active role in their own healthcare (frequently using information technology as a tool), doctors can contain costs and improve outcomes, even as their own patient loads are increasing.