Environmental Working Group found 2 out of three common sunscreens either ineffective or even worse potentially bad for your health. Find out how to navigate the choppy waters of choosing the right sunscreen as this summer blazes away…
I recently became vegetarian for ethical reasons, but am missing meat. Are there any tasty veggie options out there that can satisfy my desire for beef?
An app for shoppers who want to avoid genetically modified and genetically engineered foods.Up to 70% of the thousands of packaged foods sold in supermarkets contain genetically modified (GM) or genetically engineered (GE) foods, according to the Center for Food Safety. While U.S. food labels must reflect ingredients, they are not required to state if […]
I thought Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown would have sealed nuclear power’s fate, but I keep hearing otherwise. Can you enlighten?
Dear EarthTalk: How is it that global warming could cause an increase in health problems and disease epidemics? Do we have any evidence that it is already happening?
You’d think that finding far less plastic pollution on the ocean’s surface than scientists expected would be something to cheer about. The reality, however, is that this is likely bad news, for both the ocean food web and humans eating at the top. Ingestion of tiny plastic debris by sea creatures likely explains the plastics’ disappearance and exposes a worrisome entry point for risky chemicals into the food web.
I confess, my husband and I both pee in our backyard garden, waiting until nightfall so as not to surprise neighbors. We’ve always been comfortable relieving ourselves alongside lonely highways, even in daylight when waiting for the next bathroom seems unreasonable. But peeing in our own garden started as something of a lark, a combo […]
‘Tis the season for giving and E Magazine / EarthTalk needs your help…We’re embarking on an ambitious relaunch in order to expand our efforts to help everyday people live greener lifestyles and become proactive in working to solve our environmental problems. Besides continuing to produce original environmental reporting for Emagazine.com and distributing the award-winning EarthTalk […]
Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells and emitting only water have long been part of environmentalists’ vision for a greener transportation future. But now that electric and hybrid vehicles have caught on so big, what are the prospects for fuel cell cars moving forward?
It’s difficult to say whether or not the climate change we are now experiencing is negatively impacting the nutritional quality of our food, but researchers warn that it may be only a matter of time.
