Tag: Chemicals - Page 12
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Hotsprings In February (videos)
In February, it can get pretty cold in the northern parts of Japan, with snow up to 2 m (6-7 ft) in many rural villages in the mountains. That's when we like to go to the hotsprings, and enjoy the mineral waters heated
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How Much Dye in Merrell's Concept Jackets? NADA
Unveiled at the US Outdoor Retailer show last month, the NADA (Not Any Dye Applied) jackets by Merrell are a fresh look at technical apparel because the fabric, zips and labels employed are all free of any dyestuffs. The
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"Directed Mutagenesis" Heralds Next Wave of Genetic Engineering
The German chemical giant BASF has announced the development of "a new generation of genetically altered crops, by precisely manipulating the plant's own DNA without inserting foreign genes." BASF refers to the
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Good Magazine on Drugs in Your Drink: Don't Let It Drive You To the Bottle
Good Magazine looks at the issue of drugs in your drinking water, with one of their trademark wonderful graphics. It is a well from which TreeHugger has drunk deep, but always with a worry: that people might become afraid of tap water and switch to
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$10,000 Each For Five Eco-Friendly Projects
There are people among us who study environmental issues and make a personal commitment to live lightly on the planet -- then go a step further by helping their community get greener as well. They set up recycling programs, weatherize homes, clean up
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BisPhenol-A...Again: It Stays Longer In Your Body Than Experts Once Thought
A research paper recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives
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Green Eyes On: Healing and Air Purifying Plants
Gerbera daisies and mini Gerbera daisies. Photo via flowerbud.com.A number of years ago, NASA began to look into the air purifying properties of plants (PDF). Specifically, they were trying to find out if plants could be used to clean the air in orbiting
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A Greener Hand Sanitizer for Cold Season?
With cold season in full swing it would be nice to be able to squirt some sanitizer on your hands and avoid a cold for the whole year. Well, that's just not possible. But in a pinch, parents love to use this stuff to prevent the
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Europe to Ban Cancer Causing Pesticides
Pesticides have been found in half the foods eaten by Europeans, with six of the most dangerous consistently in the top ten measured. But the battle to act against the risks of pesticides pits productivity, reductions in disease vectors, and other
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Vegan Kosher Halal Alert: Fabric Softeners Are Made From Rendered Animal Fat
Leviticus 11:40 says "If any animal you may eat has died, anyone who carries its carcass...shall wash his clothes." Just don't use Downy fabric softener; according to Wired, (but not online at time of this writing) a main ingredient is Dihydrogenated
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Race to REACH: Chemicals Illegal in Europe if Not Registered by 1 December
Image: ECHAREACH Deadline Draws NearYesterday was a record day at the new European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki Finland. Chemical manufacturers and importers are in a panic to get data submitted. With less than two weeks left before the
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Green Eyes On: President Obama, How About Organic Farming?
Photo: IowaPolitics.com via FlickrWith the election behind us it's time to focus again on solutions, wouldn't you say? It's time to move forward and to accomplish great things. Now that we know who will lead us, the question is "where will we
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Green Smokers: Never Litter But Still Chuck Butts?
Photo: Dmodzelewski via FlickrLet's confess: Sometimes, say a pack a week, I smoke. And when I've finished the dirty deed -- well aware of the health and environmental consequences -- I'm left with my hands full. Between my fingers is the smelly,
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Did the State of California Kill This Woman's Cat?
Did living in California doom biophysical chemist Arlene Blum's cat, Midnight, to a premature death? Midnight's untimely demise was possibly due to toxic chemicals in her furniture, writes Blum in The
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Cheaper, More Credible Carbon "Offsetting" through Permits, Says Village Green
Instead of funding tree planting in Indonesia, wind farms in China or methane capture right here at home, S.F.-based Village Green (of "Green My Vino" fame) is trying a different route - selling directly to consumers permits from the fledgling carbon
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Do Babies Exposed to Phthalates Have Smaller Penises?
all images from PVC: The Poison Plastic Phthalates, the plasticizer used to make vinyl soft, have been known to be a gender-bender that has been shown to affect the masculinity of rats. Even the Bush Administration, not renowned for its defence of the
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Detroit Bailout Loans On The Road To Approval, With Condition Attached - Car Makers Meet 35 MPG By 2020
Remember when the Wizard of Oz was spotted from behind his curtain, after which he admitted to being a 'very bad wizard' (audio link via NoPlaceLikeOz)? Obviously, industry lobbyists have not figured out that the climate is changing; and that the jobs
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Dell to Transition All Laptop Displays to Mercury-Free LED Backlights
"Our customers have made it clear that they want the greenest
