Blog Entries by Dan Shapley

To Vacation or Not, in Tennessee? That Is the Question (for the Coal Industry and the NRDC)

5 Comments | Posted August 10, 2009 | 02:53 PM (EST)


In the war over the destructive coal-mining practice known as mountaintop removal, one of the fronts is being fought in Tennessee, between advocates for regional tourism and mining interests.

The Daily Green named Appalachia's scenic byways as one of 10 Endangered Vacations, because the scars created by mountaintop removal...

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9 Green Deodorants That Actually Work

15 Comments | Posted August 2, 2009 | 09:03 AM (EST)


So you finally looked at the ingredient list on your deodorant and said something like: "Parabens? What's a paraben? Triclosan? What's that? Propylene gylcol? Huh?"

We recently asked our Ask an Organic Mom blogger Lexy Zissu (co-author of the The Complete Organic Pregnancy) to weigh in on...

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8 Pesticides In Your Own Kitchen (Whether You Use Pesticides or Not)

1 Comments | Posted June 17, 2009 | 11:26 AM (EST)


A new study finds that the kitchen floors in most U.S. homes are laced with pesticides -- including pesticides known to cause cancer or disrupt the normal functioning of the human hormonal system.

Sure, but if you don't use pesticides yourself, you're safe -- right?

Wrong.

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