Healthy Children Project

06/05/2026

Join us and learn how to keep your family safe from toxic food packaging.

Chemicals linked to learning disabilities and cancer shouldn't be anywhere near our food. Yet many of the containers and wrappers surrounding our food are made with toxic chemicals, including phthalates, PFAS, and BPA, which can migrate into our food and our bodies.

Get tips on how to keep your family safe and what states are doing to protect families from harmful chemicals in food packaging.

How to Avoid Toxic Food Packaging
Tuesday June 9th
3pm Pacific/4pm Mountain/5pm Central/6pm Eastern

Big thanks to our partners Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Consumer Reports and CALPIRG and to Learning Disabilities Association of South Carolina for co-sponsoring!

Speakers
* Pujeeta Chowhary, Senior Science and Education Manager, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
* Kevin Loria, Senior Health and Food Reporter, Consumer Reports
* Jenn Engstrom, CALPIRG State Director

06/01/2026

Join us and learn how to keep your family safe from toxic food packaging.

Chemicals linked to learning disabilities and cancer shouldn't be anywhere near our food. Yet many of the containers and wrappers surrounding our food are made with toxic chemicals, including phthalates, PFAS, and BPA, which can migrate into our food and our bodies.

Get tips on how to keep your family safe and what states are doing to protect families from harmful chemicals in food packaging.

How to Avoid Toxic Food Packaging
Tuesday June 9th
3pm Pacific/4pm Mountain/5pm Central/6pm Eastern

Big thanks to our partners Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, CALPIRG and Consumer Reports and to Learning Disabilities Association of South Carolina for co-sponsoring!

Speakers
* Pujeeta Chowhary, Senior Science and Education Manager, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
* Kevin Loria, Senior Health and Food Reporter, Consumer Reports
* Jenn Engstrom, CALPIRG State Director

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Safer Packaging, Healthier Families: How to Avoid Toxic Food Packaging. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

06/01/2026

Did you know chemicals in plastics can harm children’s brain health?

Project TENDR's new scientific consensus statement on how chemicals in plastics and microplastics are harming children's brains is now published in the June issue of Environment International. It says:

1. Action is urgently needed to safeguard children’s developing brains from microplastics and plastic-related chemicals.
2. Neurotoxic chemicals in plastics are contributing to children's problems with learning, attention, and behavior.
3. One in 6 children in the U.S. are now diagnosed with developmental conditions including ADHD, autism, and learning disabilities.
4. Microplastics can enter cells and disrupt placental and metabolic functions that impact fetal growth and brain growth.

There are solutions. Read our paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412026002424

LDA is a co-founder and proud member of Project TENDR.

05/25/2026

The bugs are out! Learn tips on how to select safer bug repellants on our Don’t Bug Me podcast https://bit.ly/4nRmDX0

05/25/2026

Already have bug bites and sunburns? Learn how to select safer bug repellants, sunscreens, and nonchemical ways to protect your family this summer.

Check out LDA’s HCP podcasts on fun in the sun https://bit.ly/4nOQAXv and safer bug repellents https://bit.ly/4nRmDX0

05/16/2026

It's time to get BPA and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals that harm children's brain health out of our products and breast milk. is proud to be part of

New testing found BPA, BPS, melamine, cyanuric acid, and triclosan in breast milk samples, pointing to widespread exposure from everyday products and materials.

05/15/2026

The Home Depot, please protect children's health and take action on PVC the

As we approach The Home Depot's annual shareholder meeting on May 21, frontline leaders from across the country are calling on The Home Depot to lead the industry away from toxic PVC plastic.

Many of the advocates pictured live with the daily consequences of vinyl production and disposal, from polluted air and water in their communities to serious illnesses like cancer that may be linked to chemical exposure.

Safer alternatives to PVC already exist. To protect the health of these frontline communities, The Home Depot must restrict PVC in its packaging and lead the industry toward safer alternatives!

Read more at the link in comments!

04/17/2026

Healthy schools and healthy learning start with protecting children's brain health.

Lead-based paint is still the most common way children are lead poisoned. Lead can also be in the soil, water, and our food (in spices, cinnamon, even in infant formula). Test your child at 12 and 24 months and at other times if you feel your child may of been exposed to lead. Week

04/16/2026

Parents and educators shop year-round for school supplies. Here are some tips for safer, less toxic school supplies:

- Look for PVC-Free, BPA-Free, Phthalate-Free and Fragrance-Free Supplies
- Buy water-based markers, paints and glues.
- Purchase cloth, canvas or nylon lunch boxes, backpacks and umbrellas. Avoid products that have PCV or vinyl.
- Look for a canvas pencil holder instead of plastic one.
- Ask your school or childcare to avoid disinfecting wipes which often have harmful chemicals in them. Children should also avoid using wipes. See below for a partner resource on concerns with disinfecting wipes.
- Try to avoid anything with chlorine. Look for recycled paper products or those marked chlorine-free

Below you can see some canvas pencil pouches and some plastic ones. Avoid the plastic when you can.

04/15/2026

What would it take to create school environments that truly protect children’s health?

Check out Children's Environmental Health Network blog which tackles this question, because all children deserve

Happy National Healthy Schools Day! Celebrate with Healthy Schools Network, CEHN, and Partners leading the charge for healthier school environments. 🍎
Check out the new article: https://cehnetwork.substack.com/p/every-child-deserves-a-healthy-school