Juice box packaging, which is called “aseptic,” was originally invented to safely ship foods without the need for refrigeration, and to recipients who lacked refrigeration. In fact, the invention has helped feed many needy people in the developing world.
Despite their name, “silver” fillings are actually composed of about 50 percent mercury and 30 percent silver, with the remaining components divided among copper, tin, zinc and sometimes cadmium. Dozens of Americans have complained that the fillings have damaged
Maybe you should feel guilty about your golf habit, given the toll the sport — and keeping the greens and fairways in shape — takes on the environment.
I’ve enjoyed organic wines, but do any companies make organic beer?
Which is healthier to eat and better for the environment: farmed salmon or wild-caught?
Dear EarthTalk: Are commercial hair dyes dangerous to my health?
Dear EarthTalk: Which are healthier to eat: salmon grown on fish farms, or wild salmon?
Cows naturally produce bovine somatotropin (BST) in their pituitary glands, and traces are secreted by the animals when they are milked. More popularly known as BGH, or bovine growth hormone, BST interacts with other hormones in cows” bodies to control the amount of milk they produce.
Energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are taking the world by storm. But can they cause headaches due to flickering? Most experts say no: Unlike the older long tube fluorescent lights, the flicker rate of the new CFLs is way too fast for the human eye or brain to detect.
Environmental battles over the siting and expansion of airports are as old as the air travel industry itself, but only in recent years have the airlines themselves been under pressure to go green.
It is true that Mother Nature has amazing powers to restore her ecosystems, and most scientists agree that it would be nearly impossible for humans to destroy the Earth itself, despite our success at wreaking environmental havoc.
