Just take one look at Pinterest– loaded with ideas on going green, eating organic/made from scratch, and opting for homemade/all-natural products – and you can see that moms know: There’s something in the water (and our foods, cleaners, toys, you name it). We all know families affected by autism, asthma, ADHD, early puberty, food allergies… any number of health and development issues that weren’t so common decades ago.
While mothers across the country face those health and development issues and ask "why?" an EPA report with some possible answers (that could spare other mothers down the road) reportedly sits collecting dust on some desks in D.C.
We've all heard about the different theories and smaller studies on chemicals affecting everything from fertility to child development. Now, a large-scale report (America's Children and the Environment, Third Edition) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is available and could possibly bring change to our kids' exposure to chemicals – but it's just bouncing around between bureaus and sitting on the president's desk (as similar reports sat on the desk of presidents before him).