Tag: children
Study shows even ‘green’ and ‘nontoxic’ products for kids contain forever...
"These are products that children come into close contact with every day and over a long period of time," said one co-author, arguing that PFAS "should not be allowed in products."
Women, children fleeing Ukraine vulnerable to human trafficking
Organizations and volunteers working with refugees at border crossings and transit points have warned a lack of official organization has left those arriving at serious risk of exploitation.
An ‘unethical experimentation on children’: Digital rights groups oppose facial recognition...
"The research shows that prematurely deploying the technology without understanding its implications would be unethical and dangerous."
The health and future of the world’s children are at risk...
“This must be a wake up call for countries to invest in child health and development, ensure their voices are heard, protect their rights, and build a future that is fit for children.”
How to raise climate-resilient kids
In the face of climate change, children need positive stress as well as compassion to maintain mental health and inform their responses.
Finland to significantly increase parental leave
“The model guarantees the child a place at the center of family benefits and promotes well-being and gender equality.”
Dangerous levels of plastic found in children’s bodies finds new study
"It can't be that every fourth child between three and five years old is so heavily burdened with chemicals that long-term damage cannot safely be ruled out."
The NRA versus American children
Children and teens in the United States experience much higher rates of gun deaths and injuries than in any other industrialized country.
When will we start applying the precautionary principle to the chemicals...
Agencies consistently place a far higher value on corporate profits than they do on the children of the world.
Parenting the climate-change generation
I’m going to heed their leadership. I plan to join them, to learn and listen, to do my best to share my still unarticulatable fears and, with my children, to face this future together.
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Senate approves record Pentagon budget as Democrats help advance Trump’s defense agenda
Bipartisan vote sends $900 billion military bill to Trump’s desk amid war powers concerns and domestic cuts.
How the charter school industry’s newest scheme could be ‘the death of public schools’
A charter school “shitstorm” in Florida shows how the industry intends to take over public education.
Holiday shoppers are flexing political power through big boycott campaigns
Genocide in Gaza, raids on immigrants and attacks on DEI have spurred urgent calls to boycott companies like Home Depot, Target, Chevron and Microsoft.
3 in 4 Republicans under 45 say they prefer US funded health care over...
New IMEU and YouGov polling shows majorities of Republican voters, especially younger adults, favor redirecting taxpayer dollars from Israel to domestic health care as skepticism grows over long-term military funding.
Trump expands travel ban to 39 countries and Palestinian Authority documents amid accusations of...
The latest proclamation widens full and partial entry restrictions, targets Palestinians holding Palestinian Authority travel papers, and draws condemnation from lawmakers and refugee advocates who say the policy is racist and punitive.