*Flashback Friday*

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on February 22, 2013.   This Is Your Brain On Rock   This is interesting: Young children learning to play the drums, or a tiny violin, or the piano might not be making music to their parents’ ears, but they...

*Flashback Friday*

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on January 25, 2016:   Pb     Its atomic number is 82 on the periodic table. Pb — Plumbum in Latin. Lead is a heavy metal that is present deep within Earth’s crust. Because of its abundance, ease of...

Go Low Tech In The Digital Age

  Before spending good money on the newest, brightest, loudest, fanciest toy for that awesome child in your life, the American Academy of Pediatrics has some advice in a clinical report on “selecting appropriate toys for young children in the digital...

Get Ahead of Lead

  Last January, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) kicked off its “Get Ahead of Lead” campaign to reduce lead exposure in children who live, learn, and play in the county. As we’ve seen before, lead is a powerful neurotoxin in...

Pollution Victimizes Children

I do believe it, there must be a better way Just beyond our reach If I could see it, I’d find a better way To set my cities free — “Lost & Amazed” — Assembly of Dust   Yesterday we reviewed new research studying the effects of air pollution exposure during...