SafeMinds to EPA: Environmental Equality Needed for Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities
By Jackie Lombardo, SafeMinds Board Member SafeMinds is speaking out on environmental equality and appropriate services for individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked for comments to their 2016-2018 Draft Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group Framework. The Framework is designed to provide equal access to a healthy environment for […]
SafeMinds Co-Signs Pesticides Letter to EPA with Leading Environmental Groups
A letter drafted by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) was submitted today to EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). The letter addresses the Request for Comment on the draft Pesticide Cumulative Risk Assessment: Framework for Screening Analysis. The autism advocacy group SafeMinds joined 28 environmental organizations in requesting changes to how EPA determines cumulative risk to […]
Acetaminophen as a cause of the autism pandemic? It makes absolutely no sense … at first.
My research looks at what causes harmful inflammation in people in Western societies. The triggers of inflammation are recent developments in human history, appearing after the agricultural revolution only 10,000 years ago. Most did not appear until just a few decades ago, as we entered the post-industrial age. 1 My favorite example is the loss of biodiversity from the human body. Humans have always been bathed inside and out with bacteria, viruses, fungi, worms, and other organisms, but in recent decades our bodies’ ecosystems have become much less diverse, to our detriment.
Take Action: Are you from Iowa or do you know someone in Iowa who has a child with autism?
Are you from Iowa or do you know someone in Iowa who has a child with autism or other disability who wanders? If you answered yes to either or both of these, THIS message is for you! Please send us your story like the sample below, and email it to [email protected]. This will help us gain congressional […]
Finding Safer Ways to Treat an Age-Old Problem: Lice
You get the call, and the school nurse asks you to pick up your child. It’s lice. So you run out to the drug store to pick up a box of chemicals that will eliminate this infestation. Now, you don’t have to. There is a proven, safer alternative. The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center recently […]
Autism Safety Social Media Blitz Begins This Week!
By Lisa Wiederlight, Executive Director, SafeMinds SafeMinds is proud to be a founding member of the Autism Safety Coalition, a group of national organizations that have come together to support Senate Bill 163, Avonte’s Law Act of 2015. This week, the Coalition is kicking off a social media campaign, “Yes to Avonte’s Law” to educate […]
