Hide and Seek Toxic Lead, It’s Not Child’s Play

One scary thing about Shrek We’ve known about the dangers of lead, a neurotoxin, for years now.  We know that even low levels of lead exposure can lower IQ, and affect academic performance.  Low levels of lead exposure can damage the brain,  and damage the kidneys.  And we know that higher levels of lead exposure can cause seizures, even death.  In the US almost five years ago to the date, we all learned the shocking and tragic story of Jarnell Brown, a 4-year-old Minneapolis... Read More

Dr. Wakefield Attacked Potentially Causing Thousands of Birds to Die

Nobody knows why so many birds died …Or perhaps thousands of birds died in so many areas of the world because of fireworks, or for environmental reasons. The point is that the media has the power through headlines to create what used to be called sound bites but today are more often called tweets. Read More About A Tale Of Dead Birds and Black Ooze in NJ We know that neither Dr. Wakefield, nor science as of yet, has proven that there is a direct link between childhood... Read More

A Tale Of Dead Birds and Black Ooze in NJ

Because most of the links to the information on the dead birds and black ooze in NJ that I refer to in the article I wrote in 2003 Canaries in the coal mine is difficult if not impossible to find it will be archived here for the many parents who would want to know.  The park that was to become an EPA Superfund site is called Veteran’s Park, the largest park in the area which is over 30 acres, and it’s located in the Plainfield’s area of NJ. The following is... Read More