Moms Across America tiene muchos asesores que apoyan nuestro alcance educativo a las principales familias estadounidenses. Uno de ellos es el estimado Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., fundador de una organización sin fines de lucro. Cuidadores de agua, un abogado ambiental que forma parte del equipo legal demandando a Monsanto, presidente de la Junta y asesor legal principal de Children's Health Defense y padre de siete hijos. También es autor de ocho libros, siendo su más reciente. Valores estadounidenses, lecciones que aprendí de mi familia. Es este libro y su trabajo actual en Children's Health Defense lo que Moms Across America más quiere que el público conozca. Estamos en un punto de inflexión en la historia ... y sin los valores, como compartió con tanto amor en su reciente libro, y la verdad, como se expone a través del trabajo de Children's Health Defense, nuestro futuro se ve inimaginablemente sombrío.

De nuestro amigo en Beyond Pesticides:

El Congreso debería exigir una investigación sobre el despido de la ciencia de la EPA que continúa su maratón de desregulación para beneficiar a la industria química, anunció la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) de la administración Trump su propuesta para aumentar la cantidad de atrazina herbicida permitida en las vías fluviales de los EE. UU. en un 50% durante la revisión del registro de la sustancia química, un cambio radical de las propuestas anteriores para reducir significativamente los niveles de atrazina en el medio ambiente.

Introducción de Moms Across America

Moms Across America recibió fondos para analizar muestras de agua en Florida y hacer un video educativo con Frank Dean y el Dr. Don Huber sobre el impacto del glifosato, específicamente en Florida, en los cultivos de las vías fluviales y la salud. El uso principal de los cultivos de cítricos es el enfoque principal, pero los herbicidas de glifosato también se usan directamente en el agua, en las calles, aceras, jardines, parques y en cultivos alimenticios como el azúcar en Florida. Frank se ofreció generosamente a escribir también este informe sobre el glifosato y el impacto en las vías fluviales y la agricultura, y esperamos que lo comparta con los agricultores locales, los administradores de la ciudad, los departamentos de parques y recreación y los paisajistas.

A medida que entramos en la temporada navideña, a todos en Moms Across America nos gustaría expresar nuestro agradecimiento por usted, nuestra comunidad y todo lo que hacen para hacer de este mundo un lugar mejor. ¡Gracias!

Zen y el equipo de MAA

"Debemos encontrar tiempo para parar y agradecer a las personas que marcan la diferencia en nuestras vidas".

- John F. Kennedy

noviembre 26, 2019 - Asistí a la noche inaugural de Dark Waters en Irvine, CA. Con mucha anticipación.

Es una película basada en una historia real sobre un abogado corporativo, interpretado por Mark Ruffalo, que se vuelve contra DuPont y expone sus años de corrupción. En mi trabajo con Moms Across America, he tenido experiencia personal directa con esta corrupción.

One day, not long after yet another school shooting, a supporter called me and told me she needed to tell me a story. One of her best friends wanted me to know what she was about to tell me but she wanted to remain anonymous. She said, “You will understand why.” I listened.

She said that her friend was a single mom with four kids, living in a low-income Hispanic community in Santa Ana, CA. When her son was about nine years old, she he knew he had mental health issues and asked his school’s teachers to help her but they did not do anything about it. One day, the school Principal called her and said, “You need to come pick up your son from school. He just threatened to blow up the school with a bomb and kill everyone in it.” She responded that she knew he had mental health issues, and she had been asking them for help...would they help her now? The Principal finally agreed and they arranged a meeting with a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist spoke with her son at length and at the end of the session he said, “Here you go, here is a prescription for a medication for your son.”

“A Massive & Irreversible Experiment” with Unknown Risks to Forests and People 

Written by Theresa Church and Ruddy Turnstone

While the season of “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” is upon us, the public comment period for the genetically engineered American chestnut (GE AC) is imminent. The request to commercialize the GE AC is being called a “massive and irreversible experiment with our forests” that, if approved, would allow the unprecedented release of a fertile GMO plant into the wild.

It does not take much to fuel a mom to keep going. A quick hug before bed, a moment to breathe in her seven year old’s hair that still smells like a young puppy... that love, that connection...recharges her for hours to get the lunches packed, pay the bills, sort out the laundry, and twenty other things before bed.

The same goes for Moms Across America. What we have accomplished, with a small but mighty team and tiny budget (compared to many nonprofits in our cause) is a testament to the determination of mothers. We can run on fumes and still keep going. It is not the most effective way to work, however.

Things to Consider as You Do Your Holiday Gift Shopping

The following excerpt is from Rebecca Burgess’ new book Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy (Chelsea Green Publishing, noviembre 2019) and is reprinted with permission from the publisher.

The simple answer to this question is: a lot. On average, over 80 percent of the cotton grown in the United States annually is genetically modified to withstand the use of a range of herbicides and pesticides, and less than 1 percent is certified organic. And while two-thirds of Americans support GMO labeling for their food, few understand the role GMOs play in their clothing. In fact, we have yet to broach any large-scale public discussion of how GMO agriculture as a whole is impacting the health and diversity of our landscapes, rural economies, and personal health. Due to the omission of these larger conversations we’ve largely left the genetic engineering of fibers out of the land-use ethics debate altogether, and as a result there is little to no transparency offered on garment hangtags enabling us to determine if our clothing is genetically modified or not. Unless we are searching out and purchasing Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified garments. As a result of the large gap between our knowledge of how clothing is made and where the ingredients are sourced from, when we make decisions as a consumer on what to buy, we are largely making them blindly.

A few weeks ago, breaking news was that 95% of baby foods tested, 168 samples, by Healthy Babies Bright Future (HBBF), were found to contain heavy metals. 1 out of 4 contained all 4 of the heavy metals: arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. What did not make the news was WHY. And HOW we can stop this unthinkable poisoning of our babies. Then news of Maui residents suing Monsanto for chemical exposure and birth defects broke. Once again, our babies, the future of our country, are being harmed by chemical companies but our government refuses to hold Bayer/Monsanto accountable for these tragedies.