Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es cierto que manejando con llantas no bien infladas desperdicia energía y resulta en más polución?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué es lo que significa precisamente "no probado en animales" en un producto, como un champú? Y ¿dónde puedo encontrar productos que no estén absolutamente no probados en animales y que sean también ecológicos?
A report released by Greenpeace highlights the problem of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.
The nonprofit research and advocacy organization Environmental Defense announced last week that it is teaming up with Yahoo! Autos to provide car buyers with easy-to-access information on how various new car and truck models stack up in terms of environmental performance and fuel efficiency.
Cows live happy, contented lives until, full of years, they go to humane slaughter. The beef, free of all contaminants, is delivered to restaurants around the world, where skilled chefs convert it into a wide variety of delicious, nutritious, additive-free heart-healthy meals. There are no losers in the human-restaurant-agribusiness-bovine alliance.
Many consumer products go through precise testing to make sure they are safe and healthy for people and the environment before they are made available in the marketplace. The downside is that many of these tests make use of live animals. According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
When tires are not inflated to the pounds per square inch (PSI) rating recommended by manufacturers, they are less “round” and require more energy to begin moving and to maintain speed. As such, under-inflated tires do indeed contribute to pollution and increase fuel costs.
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Qué tipos de mejoras podría efectuar en la casa para hacer el hogar más saludable y menos dañino al ambiente?</B><BR><BR><B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U>¿Qué opinan Ud. de esas plantas de energía basadas en basura utilizadas en ciertas ciudades para generar electricidad?</B>
Today, the most popular jewelry is often made of precious gems and rare metals extracted from deep within the Earth. But environmental and human rights advocates have raised red flags about unfair, unsafe and non-sustainable mining practices. Thankfully, conscious jewelry makers and retailers are now providing Earth-friendly alternatives.
Perhaps nowhere has the devolution of the Standard American Diet been as prominent as in hospitals. During the post-World War II era, when state-of-the-art medications like the polio vaccine and antibiotics held sway and food was less understood as the good medicine it is, society seemed more willing to pass off lousy hospital fare with a few jokes. Fast forward a half century, however, and the appetite for change that arose in the 1960s is finally driving change in the health care industry.
Allergies are big news and big business in the new millennium. A hundred years ago, people would likely have been shocked that modern humans are plagued with illnesses that range from annoying to deadly due to allergic reactions.
