Nuking Food
Zapping food has never resonated with the American consumer, but a resurgent nuclear industry is pushing it as a way to combat food-borne illnesses.
Brita Belli
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Where the Organic Flowers Grow
Bed & Breakfasts from Maine to California are touting their green features, from organic gardens and local menu ingredients, to compact fluorescent lights and solar power.
Chemical Car Seats
All car seats are not created equal. While parents fret over the toxins in plastic toys and teething rings they now have to consider what chemicals may be lurking in their car seat. The Michigan-based Ecology Center released a study in mid-May that looks at the hazards in more than 60 popular models of infant, convertible and child booster car seats.
Natural Baby, Toxic World
Raising a natural baby in a chemical world is not so easy. For eco-conscious parents, life’s full of choices on everything from diapers to parenting styles.
The Battle to Ban Toxic Toys
Phthalates are found in everything from cosmetics to IV bags to children’s toys, and environmentalists and environmentally minded legislators are beginning to worry about long-term exposure to the chemical compounds.
A Lean, Green, Cleaning Machine: Deirdre Imus Talks to E
Deirdre Imus may not do her own house cleaning, but she knows the chemical makeup of name-brand cleaning products and the environmental and public health dangers they can cause.
COMMENTARY: A Lean, Green, Cleaning Machine
Deirdre Imus (not to be confused with the Imus she’s married to) may not do her own house cleaning, but she knows the chemical makeup of name-brand cleaning products and the environmental and public health dangers they can cause. And her new book: Green This! Volume One: Greening Your Cleaning (Simon and Schuster, $15.95), is a readable, practical how-to book on ridding your home of toxins.
New York Loves Ethanol
It looks like upstate New York will be a launching pad for alternative energy in the U.S., with five traditional ethanol plants are underway in the state, and a demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant being built near Rochester.
COMMENTARY: Earth Day Activation
SUVs fill the highways, e-waste clogs the landfills, and energy consumption is at record levels. Legislation protecting our air, land and water have been under threat by a pro-industry Bush administration. As the Al Gore-tutorial-documentary An Inconvenient Truth so poignantly warned the world: climate change is an imminent threat for which we are all responsible. To put it simply: the Earth is in crisis and Earth Day (April 22) has taken on huge global significance. It is needed to spur grassroots activism as it did in its first year, inspiring people not only to make changes in their own lifestyles, but to join with others to create an effective movement that can push through legislation and insist on strict environmental standards.
Local is the New Organic
Most produce people eat, organic or not, travels thousands of miles to reach the shelves of their local supermarket. The journey exacts a huge toll on the environment as refrigerated tractor-trailers packed with green tomatoes and bananas crisscross the country, burning diesel and spewing pollution and greenhouse gas. The solution: eat locally grown food.