Tag: Antibiotics - Page 2
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Does Living Near Fast Food Restaurants Mean You’re More Likely to Be Fat?
Fast food is the enemy of green food, so why does an overweight America still eat so much fast food?
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It's World Health Day: WHO Says The World is Losing Battle to Superbugs
Here's some great news to mark World Health Day: a new report shows that a gene that causes bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics has been found throughout the water supply in New Delhi. The implications for
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Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Explained at a Third Grade Level
If you are still wondering just exactly where antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" come from, and how we have contributed to creating them, then this story-book slideshow on Development of Antibiotic Resistant S. Aureus will
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Dairy Industry Fights FDA's Proposed New Drug Testing for Milk
The dairy industry is butting heads with the FDA over the agency's plan to increase testing for antibiotics in milk. Food safety advocates are concerned about overuse of drugs in dairy cows (and increased antibiotic resistance in
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10 Natural, Organic Oils With Huge Health Benefits (Slideshow)
Essential oils have their place secured in a natural beauty routine: They're natural, chemical-free alternatives to everything from traditional cosmetics to potentially toxic fragrances.
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10 Natural, Organic Oils With Huge Health Benefits
Essential oils have their place secured in a natural beauty routine: They're natural, chemical-free alternatives to everything from traditional cosmetics to potentially toxic fragrances. But many can do a lot more than just smell good: While we can't sa
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Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Slideshow)
With so many products -- from hand soap to dish detergent -- boasting about their antibacterial properties, it's easy to think that all bacteria are bad for you.
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Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
With so many products -- from hand soap to dish detergent -- boasting about their antibacterial properties, it's easy to think that all bacteria are bad for you. But the world of bacteria isn't so black and white: some bacteria help, some hurt, and some
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You Are 10% Human. 90% Bacteria. (Video)
Earlier this week, I wrote a post wondering whether we should think of composting as animal husbandry—given the vast array of living organisms that exist in a compost heap. Now I am wondering whether the same term
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How Cockroach Brains May One Day Save Your Life
They´re the insect that everyone loves to hate - but one day a cockroach just may save your life. Typically despised for being ugly, dirty, and icky, the hardy critters actually possess powerful antibiotic properties inside
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U.S. Health Care Industry Makes a Dent in Massive Medical Waste
If you've ever sat in the dentist's chair wondering where all those shiny, silver teeth-cleaning tools might end up one day, or perhaps contemplated the future of the bio-hazardous waste
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A Buddhist Monk's Vegetarian Diet to Minimize Chemical Exposure
Image via: Wonderlane/Flickr Weekday vegetarians ready to ramp up their meatless-ness may find inspiration in this recently released study in Environmental Health News. For five days, 25 study participants dwelled in a Buddhist temple and adopted a
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More Factory Farming Means More Antibiotic-Resistant Urinary Tract Infections
Chalk up yet another reason to oppose factory farming: BBC News reports that scientists from the University of Hong Kong have found evidence that overuse of antibiotics on farm animals is leading to an increase in
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FDA Finally Looking At Endocrine Disruptor Triclosan
Four years ago, John wrote There's A Frog Disruptor In My Soap, noting that "Triclosan, widely used in soaps and toothpastes for its ability to kill bacteria, has been found to hasten the transformation of tadpoles into
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Fast, Sustainable, Organic, and Now Humane: Frozen EVOL Burritos
Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com's Naturally Green section.
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Researchers Study Polar Bear Poo To Find Out About Superbugs
Researchers went all the way up to the Arctic to study the droppings of polar bears who have little to no contact with humans in order to find out if the spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs among animals are the
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European Soil Becoming More Resistant to Antibiotics
In Europe, a
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The Raw Milk Revolution: The Civil Rights Movement of Food?
Makenna Goodman is Community Outreach Coordinator for Chelsea Green Publishing, the publisher of The Raw Milk Revolution, by David Gumpert, whom she interviewed for this guest post. She is also a guest blogger at Planet Green. Food regulation is one of
