Wrapping up National Healthy Homes Month – Lead Poisoning Prevention

Graphic of peeling paint on a wall with the words get the lead out

As we close out June as National Healthy Homes Month, we are taking some time to recognize the decades long environmental health issue of lead poisoning. So, what is lead? Lead is a toxic metal that is naturally not found in the human body but is commonly used in our surrounding infrastructure. Lead has been […]

We are not doing enough!

A child’s zip code must never determine their health outcome. This core belief – that no matter where children live and learn, they should have the ability to thrive without the burden of environmental harms – is the cornerstone of our work at Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE). However, we also know that social […]

A Reflection of 50 Years: Celebrating Earth Day!

It was April 6, 1970, the day Raymond and Lillian welcomed a healthy baby girl into this world. It was a different time back then, in many ways, and then again perhaps it feels like time has stood still. Just 16 days after that child was born, me, a movement was “born” as well. Today […]