Tag: Toxins - Page 6
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Does My Cigarette Butt Look Big?: 'Walk Your Butt to the Can' Campaign Works
Seems cigarette litter gets the most attention during summer months when beach sand is filled with butts, yet it's the most commonly littered item in the world year round. It's small, smokers don't
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Study Finds Popcorn Butter Alternatives Also Toxic
Just a few short years ago, famed popcorn label Orville Redenbacher said it would eliminate all diacetyl (the chemical in alternative butter that is linked with health problems in many workers, possibly a few
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Zhu Zhu Pets: How Toxic...Or Not?
The must-have Christmas toy, Zhu Zhu Pets are pronounced safe, according to US federal safety regulators. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which tested the furry faux hamster that every toddler in
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More Than You Paid For: BPA Found in Cash Register Receipts
We've devoted plenty of time and space to exposing BPA in our water bottles, and to documenting the phase-out of BPA, (or Bisphenol A) but did you know that you come in contact with BPA every day (well, more than
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Toxin in Iraqi Water Pipes Kills First US Soldier
When soldiers are engaged in battle, either foreign or domestic, they expect a certain amount of risk. Death by environmental exposure, though, isn't really one of them. This week Indiana National Guardsman Lt. Col.
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Who Says Greens Are Ignoring the Chinese Drywall Problem?
For once I agree with Trevor Butterworth of Stats, who asks "where is the outrage?" when it comes to the question of why people are not getting worked up about the issue of Chinese drywall emitting hydrogen sulfide gas. But then he quotes another
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EPA Bans Pesticide Insecticide Carbofuran by 2010
As of the end of the year, one more pesticide will be absent from food crops grown in the United States.
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Is Laser Etching a Safer Alternative to Stickers for Labeling Produce?
I've always been curious about how green it is to pick up a piece of organic fruit that has two or three different stickers pasted onto it. Each piece of fruit in the pile sporting several stickers has got to add up in terms
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WaterGeeks New Stainless Steel, BPA-Free, Filtered Water Bottles Makes Great Stocking Stuffer
This past summer, Jaymi tested a couple of filtered water bottle options and filtered them out based on price, functionality and even complexity of ingredients found in the filter. Now, WaterGeeks throws their hat in the ring with
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Ukraine's Ticking 'Time Bomb': Old Pesticides
When you think of dangerous stockpiles in the former Soviet Union, nuclear and chemical weapons are probably what come most readily to mind. But a single stash of old
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Michigan: Eliminating 90% of Mercury Emissions by 2015
After many years of hoping and waiting for this day, the Michigan government has finally finalized regulations effectively reducing mercury emissions from power plants to 90% below 1999 by 2015, reports the
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Trudie Styler talks Crude about Oil in Ecuador
Photo Credit: Juan Diego Pérez Trudie Styler is many things - a UNICEF ambassador, a human rights activist, a co-founder of Rainforest Foundation and, of course, the wife of the musician Sting. In September, she came to the big screen (or more likely
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GreenCookingPots Offer Le Creuset Designer Style Without the Designer Price Tag
Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen
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Create Smokey Eyes with Dr. Hauschka's New Decoratives Makeup Line
The new Decoratives line by Dr. Hauschka is a mineral-based line of eyeshadows and blushes that are free of parabens and phthalates. Plus they come in several natural colors that will accentuate your smoky, stunning eyes and your sky-high cheek bones.
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Urban Moonshine Suggests Adding Traditional Bitters to Your Healthy, Holiday Cocktails
So you've tried organic beers, wines and spirits, but still need something to liven up your weekly routine, or something to give your traditional drink an extra kick when served to guests this holiday season? Urban Moonshine
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Spotting Illegal Toxic Waste From Space
Digging into sites that are suspected to be toxic waste dumps is expensive and potentially dangerous to nearby water supplies, so investigators want a way to spot toxic waste before diving in. Now, they have satellites
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From the Isn't It Ironic Dept: Clear Lake is World's Most Mercury Polluted Lake
This just in, Clear Lake, located in northern California (and for that matter, several other lakes in that region) is quite possibly the most mercury polluted lake in the world, reports
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Trash Talk: US Considers Tighter Regulations for E-Waste Exports
With more countries tightening down on their e-waste disposal and exporting regulations and requirements, and with communities in the US requiring special disposal of E-Waste, but no
