I have bookmarked many interesting articles on the science that EcoBirth encompasses: epigenetics, toxins, prenatal effects etc. Please check them out on the link above for Delicious. When you click into the site you can sort by different tags like-research, or a name of a disease, birth, prenatal etc. I have been collecting these articles for the last three years and am constantly updating them. This is the best reference site for science appropriate for understanding influences on intergenerational environmental health.
Below are some very interesting scientific articles well worth reading:
How Bacteria in Our Bodies Protect Our Health- Scientific American June 2012, Your Inner EcoSystem
Biologists once thought that human beings were physiological islands, entirely capable of regulating their own internal workings. Our bodies made all the enzymes needed for breaking down food and using its nutrients to power and repair our tissues and organs. Signals from our own tissues dictated body states such as hunger or satiety. The specialized cells of our immune system taught themselves how to recognize and attack dangerous
microbes—pathogens—while at the same time sparing our own tissues.
Earliest Exposures
A Research Project by Washington Toxics Coalition. In this study, we investigated the environment experienced by nine fetuses—their mothers. We tested nine pregnant women, from Washington, Oregon, and California, during the second trimester of their pregnancies.
Study completed in collaboration with the Commonweal Biomonitoring Resource Center and the Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition.
New tests by the Washington Toxics Coalition reveal that children spend their first nine months in an environment that exposes them to known toxic chemicals.
Washington Toxics Coalition tested nine pregnant women, from Washington, Oregon, and California, for chemicals including bisphenol A, phthalates, mercury, and “Teflon chemicals.” The first-of-its kind study tested blood and urine from pregnant women during their second trimester of pregnancy and found their bodies contaminated with chemicals found in a wide variety of consumer products.
This conference is so pertinent to EcoBirth's mission:
Health Environments Across Generations Conference page
On June 7-8, 2012 over a hundred and fifty participants gathered at the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) for the "Healthy Environments Across Generations" meeting which focused on the impacts that multiple, interacting environments can have on health (including the socioeconomic, chemical, food, built, natural, and psychosocial environments) as well as intergenerational and creative approaches to improve public and planetary health. CHE partnered with NYAM, AARP, the US EPA, The Intergenerational School, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, The Whole Child Center, and Gray is Green, along with over 60 co-sponsors, to put on this event.
"Healthy Environments Across Generations" was planned as a 'unconference' from the beginning. The absence of PowerPoint, the presence of conversational formats, the integration of the arts and music, the amplification of our collective experience through social media, sketches and videography, the lack of disciplinary boundaries, and the openness to creative thinking made this conference more than an event, but part of a mental shift toward collective, positive action based on hope, rather than fear.
This conference is so pertinent to EcoBirth's mission:
Health Environments Across Generations Conference page
Healthy Environments Across Generations
"Healthy Environments Across Generations" was planned as a 'unconference' from the beginning. The absence of PowerPoint, the presence of conversational formats, the integration of the arts and music, the amplification of our collective experience through social media, sketches and videography, the lack of disciplinary boundaries, and the openness to creative thinking made this conference more than an event, but part of a mental shift toward collective, positive action based on hope, rather than fear.
Keep up with the conversation started at the conference by following us on Twitter at #HEGen! and on Facebook
Visit CHE's Healthy Aging and the Environment Initiative webpage
WHAT'S NEW FROM THE CONFERENCE?:
On July 18, 2012 Elise Miller, MEd, director of CHE and Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, science director of SEHN and CHE, spoke on Progessive Radio Network's program "Connect the Dots" about environmental health and the conference. Take a listen to the program!
Steve Burdick sketched throughout the conference, capturing highlights, poignant moments and memorable quotes. Steve's sketchbook is now available for download (PDF). Take a look and see what took place through the lens of an artist!
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