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LDA believes all children deserve healthy places to live, learn, play and grow. That’s why our Healthy Children Project (HCP) reduces pregnant women and children’s exposure to chemicals that harm brain health by advocating for safer products, food, water and air. We also the latest tips on how to protect your family from harmful chemicals.

RESOURCES
Get more information on environmental health, toxic chemicals and initiatives to reform chemical policies from online resources and other organizations.
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SOLUTIONS
Raise awareness, promote policies and practices to prevent toxic chemical exposures, and build a nationwide network of LDA members working to protect children’s health.
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TOXINS
Environmental factors, including toxic chemicals, cause or contribute to at least a quarter of learning and developmental disabilities in American children.
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The Learning Disabilities Associations Affiliates on the highlighted US map to the right participate in and support the Healthy Children Project.

Click the state on the map to visit each LDA Affiliate website.

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General Resources

LDA’s Healthy Children Project works to protect children from chemicals that can harm their brain health. In addition to our policy and market pressure work, we

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October 25, 2023 No Comments
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Tracy Gregoire

Safer School Supplies

Shopping for school supplies? Here are some tips for purchasing supplies that have less chemicals that can harm children’s brains and learning potential. Look for

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July 23, 2023 No Comments
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Tracy Gregoire

Don’t Bug Me: Choosing Safer Bug Repellents

It’s summertime and for many people that means more time outdoors. People aren’t the only ones that come out more in the summer though. Insects do too. So, we turn to bug repellents like sprays to protect our skin from pests like mosquitos and ticks. But, did you know that the active ingredients in most bug sprays are pesticides? Yes, with many bug sprays, we are actually putting pesticides on our skin – and on our children’s skin, but we don’t have to.

Here are some tips for choosing safer bug repellents for your family this summer from Tracy Gregoire, LDA’s Director of the Healthy Children Project, and Sydney Cook, the Director of Science and Research at MADE SAFE.

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May 22, 2023 No Comments

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