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How Far Would You Push A Stroller To Protect Your Child?

posted by: Kia

We have a fantastic guest post today by one of my favorite people Janelle Sorensen, Chief Communications Officer, Healthy Child Healthy World!   Janelle is a fountain of information and is such a great force on twitter!  Enjoy…

On August 10th, moms across the country will join together, pushing strollers, to make a very important point: We shouldn’t have to worry about toxic chemicals in our homes, drinking water and environment!

Will you join us? You won’t need to walk far – it’s not a statement of endurance (though I’m sure you’d go miles and miles to protect your child). You’ll just meet-up, maybe fill out some post cards, let your kids dress up in red capes (to make the point that we need some superheroes in Congress to protect our health), and generally have some fun for a good cause.

Let’s make it loud and clear that we want Congress to protect us from chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, asthma, and other serious illnesses!

Experts across the board; including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Nurses Association, the American Public Health Association, and the 2010 President’s Cancer Panel; have expressed the need to better regulate chemicals. The time to act is NOW.

Find all the state actions at HealthyChild.org. http://healthychild.org/blog/comments/how_far_would_you_push_a_stroller_to_protect_your_child/#ixzz1TUnuNkfE

Healthy Child Healthy World is a national nonprofit organization that  aims to educate parents, support protective policies and engage communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish. Please visit http://www.healthychild.org for more info.