Toxins
Antioxidants – Extra Credit
Kids need more than isolated, individual nutrients to boost their brains and school performance.There are big-picture benefits to eating a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, an…
ADHD and the Environment
Can exposing the developing brain to environmental toxins lead to ADHD? An upcoming study in the NIH journal Environmental Health Perspectives examined the effects of two substances known to affect th…
Conscious Preconception
The "trimester" before pregnancy is an important window of opportunity for a baby's health, whether this is a first pregnancy or a later one. And during pregnancy, the weeks between when conception ha…
Fathers for Organic – Part 6 of 7: A Father Provides
Tomatoes contain an important nutrient called lycopene. Lycopene is one of nature's most potent antioxidants. It has proven success at preventing and healing damage done to cells within our bodies. Ea…
Fathers for Organic – Part 5 of 7: A Father’s Protection
Most children today don't grow up on a farm. Does choosing organic food make a difference for children growing up in America's suburbs? Researchers at the Department of Environmental Health in the Sch…
Fathers for Organic – Part 3 of 7: A Father’s Insight
My wife's name is Cheryl. When my youngest was a baby, she was radiant and full of life. We were enjoying parenting together, and enjoying being partners on DrGreene.com. She was responsible for the d…
Fathers for Organic – Part 1 of 7
As a father, I find within me a deep, growing desire to teach, to provide for, and to protect my children. These instincts are in my marrow. For me, one way to do all three of these is to choose organ…
Dr. Greene’s Organic Journey
Dr. Greene describes his organic journey... The idea came in a flash as I was standing in a cow pasture. It was a crisp fall afternoon on a dairy farm in the rolling hills of Vermont. I was walking th…
Born Polluted
A July 2005 study by the Environmental Working Group tested newborns for the largest number of chemicals ever. The analysis found an average of 200 industrial chemicals, pollutants, and pesticides alr…
Crippling Our Children
What can take otherwise vibrant, healthy teens and permanently give them the lung capacities of 50-year-olds? Air pollution! Perhaps spare the air days should be called spare the children days. The ai…
Common Fumes Cause Asthma?
Could it be that how you clean or how you decorate your home might influence whether your child develops asthma? Could the smell of new wall-to-wall carpets be linked to asthma risk? A provocative stu…
An Apple A Day?
Autumn signals the return of the organic apple farmer to our local farmer's market. Each week he offers my family crisp slices of different varieties ? sometimes tart, sometimes sweet, sometimes perfe…
America’s Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens, and Illnesses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their second report on America's Children and the Environment on February 24, 2003. Where we have taken decisive action on issues of the environment,…
Links Between Chemicals and Health
Choosing organic foods can make a big difference for our children. Industrial agriculture techniques are relatively recent innovations. When my parents were young, the bulk of our food supply was not …
Body Burden
This study features the largest number of chemicals ever tested for in the same group of people ? 210 chemicals were tested. The results were staggering ? each participant tested positive for an avera…
Body Burdens
Our drinking water is tested to look for the presence of toxic chemicals. Our air quality is monitored as well. Recently, several important studies have reported the levels of these chemicals in our b…
Organic Lunchbox Challenge
Dr. Greene on the Organic Lunchbox Challenge... Students I speak with observe that school food is often either unappetizing (overcooked cafeteria veggies) or unhealthy. Tasty junk food at school has b…
Breastfeeding Advantages for Mom!
About 25,000 cases of invasive breast cancer could be prevented each year if women breastfed each of their children for an average of 8-9 months, instead of the current average of 2-3 months, accordin…
Air Pollution, Asthma, and Lung Damage
We know that children who live in areas with excess air pollution have higher rates of asthma and other lung diseases. A study presented at the November 2001 annual meeting of the Radiological Society…
Children’s Environmental Health Research Centers Studies Effect of Toxic Exposures on Autism, ADHD, Hearing, Behavior, & IQ
Current evidence tells us that DDT was responsible for a host of medical problems and the deaths of many children - but the link wasn't proven until more than 30 years later! (more…)…