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<p>Cheap doesn't necessarily mean safe when it comes to powerful cleaning products. New America Media environmental editor Ngoc Nguyen reports on efforts by environmental justice advocates to educate low-income consumers about how to stay healthy while keeping clean.</p>

<p>About 31 percent of Watsonville's children are obese by age 8, and another 23 percent are overweight. Though they are growing up in a region known worldwide for its strawberries, lettuce and artichokes, fresh fruits and vegetables are too often a tiny part of their daily diet. This story looks at how dietary choices play a large part in the growing problem of overweight children.</p>

<p>A full-term baby will get the best start in life, but more and more mothers are delivering beore 37 weeks. Although U.S. hospitals take excellent care of these tiny patients, what is the cause of the mysterious increase in preterm births?</p>

<p>The future of Natividad</p> <p><a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/keeping-natividad… 1: On the verge of closure: Natividad's financial struggles threten its existence</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/keeping-natividad… 2: Turning around a public safety-net hospital: A last-ditch effort to save Natividad suceeds beyond expectations</a></p>