Thinkstock With Back-to-School Germs Spreading like, well, Germs, What’s the Best Natural Cold Symptom Relief, and how Effective Is the Flu Shot, Anyway?I’m in the feverish throes of a head-chest cold, so cold and flu remedies are on my mind, literally, at the moment. The first thing I turn to at the first inkling of […]
The Environmental Working Group finds that we’re consuming vast quantities of genetically modified foods each year.
Cows aren’t alone in contributing to emissions of methane, a global warming gas that’s 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Palm oil is found in an endless array of foods and products, and its production has massive consequences for the climate and life on earth.
Two years after the AP revealed that kids’ jewelry contained dangerous levels of cadmium, they are still being sold.
Plastic Bottles Are Bad for Your HealthThe simple fact that Americans consume 1,500 single-serve water bottles per second made of PET plastic has sufficed to make these disposable bottles a target of environmentalists concerned about the impact of so much trash. Until very recently, however, it has been assumed that the PET bottles pose no […]
Mitt Romney claimed clean energy companies received $90 billion in handouts in the past year—it’s not true.
“Roundup Ready” genetically modified crops have increased superweeds and the need for more chemical spraying.
A New Economic Model Founded on Zero Impact GrowthMost of what passes for “sustainability” isn’t actually sustainable at all. We have endlessly—and dangerously—confused “less bad” with “good.” Whether looking at a product or a company, sustainability ends up being mostly about less pollution, less waste, and the more efficient use of natural resources. All of […]
October is Non-GMO Month which calls attention to companies whose foods are free of genetically modified ingredients.
