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Emily Lynne Ion

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

In June of 1995, E Magazine, the online home of The Environmental Magazine, featured Colette Chuda on the cover with the provocative title, "What Killed Colette Chuda?".

E Magazine provided in-depth coverage of the toxin-cancer link, and drew awareness to the danger toxins pose to children's health. Today, as part of a retrospective of the magazine's coverage of environmental topics during the past 20 years, Colette's face once again graced the publication as a reminder of how toxins in the environment affect children's health.

Its been more than 17 years since Healthy Child Healthy World was founded and set out on its mission to protect children from chemical exposure. Re-reading this issue, I was struck by how far we've come and how much has been accomplished - the needle really has been moved so far forward. And yet, it was a renewing reminder of how much remains to be accomplished. As the article points out, then and now: "with autism rates rising at unprecedented rates, researchers are looking for environmental clues again, and parents continue to search for ways that they can get chemicals out of their lives, from kitchen cabinets, to yards, to toy boxes."

Here's to where 2010 will take Healthy Child's work!

Image Courtesy of James and Nancy Chuda.