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I waited until after Father’s Day to post this article because I didn’t want to rain on your “celebrating Dad” parade… but there’s something you should know: the sperm are in trouble.

I know, I know, it’s kind of a sensitive topic, but it’s just too important to get all embarrassed and keep quiet about. You see, there are a bunch of scientists who are getting worried because more and more sperm all the time are misshapen with two heads or two tails, or they’re just not good a swimming. And when the sperm can’t do their job right…well, it doesn’t take a PhD to realize what happens then – it

In this work sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes the thing you’ve been pouring your heart and soul into just peters out at the end of a legislative session and you set your sights on next year.

Unfortunately, despite a year and a half of hard work by the Clean Water Action team and many, many allies, the Massachusetts bill to protect children, families and firefighters from toxic flame retardants met the “peter out at the end of the session” fate on July 31 st. The bill had been passed by the Senate on May 19 th but was not taken up by the House before the end of the formal

As a nurse, I worry a lot about the growing body of research linking exposure to toxic chemicals in products we use every day, with the rising incidence of disease.