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PHOTOS: Did You Know? 15 Toxic Chemicals In Beauty and Household Products

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Household Products, Toxic Chemicals, Dangerous Household Products, Green Living, Dangerous Beauty Products, Green Beauty, Household Products, Toxic Household Products, Toxic Beauty Products, Green Living Tips, Slidepollajax, Bpa, Pesticides, Lead, Lipstick, Mercury Poisoning, Quaternary Amines, Chlorine, Lead in Lipstick, Triclosan, Pfcs, Aluminum Zirconium, Ethanol, Toxic Substances Control Act, Vocs, Phthalates, Green News

Toxic chemicals have infiltrated most facets of our lives. They are in everything from our toothpaste and favorite soap to our national parks, which c...

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Desalination Nation

Peter Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Desalination, Water, Chlorine, Coastal Ecosystems, Drinking Water, Green News
Peter Hanlon

There's no question that the idea of a drought-proof supply of drinking water is a tantalizing one. But, as most of us learn pretty early in life, nothing comes for free.

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CDC Study Shows Pool-Related Illnesses On The Rise

MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disease, Public Pool, Cdc, Stomach Bug, Test Kits, Water Quality, Kiddie Pools, Chlorine, Public Health, Hygeine, Swimming Pools, Home News

ATLANTA (AP) -- You might want to look before you leap into a public swimming pool this summer. A new government report shows one in eight public swi...

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Legionnaire's Disease Kills 1, 300 Evacuated From Epic Hotel In Miami

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Quality, Legionairs Disease, Symptoms, Epic Hotel, Chlorine, Miami Hotel, Water, Legionaires Disease, Bacteria, Dirty Water, Legionaire's Disease, Miami, Home News

MIAMI — About 300 guests have been moved from a luxury Miami hotel after Legionnaires' disease struck at least three former guests since October...

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Swimming Pools May Be Fueling Allergies

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Allergy, Chlorine, Children, Health, Asthma, Pool, Breathing, Allergies, Pools, Healthy Living News

Swimming in a chlorinated pool may boost the odds that a child susceptible to asthma and allergies will develop these problems, a study indicates....

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Policies Can Work in Strange Ways

Robert Stavins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Regulation, Climate Change, Chlorine, Green Jobs, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Green News
Robert Stavins

Environmental regulation does affect technological change, but not in the way many people assume it does

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Parents! Mercury Contamination Found in High Fructose Corn Syrup

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Toxic Chemicals, Junk Food, Chlorine, Children, Melamine, Health, Nutrition, Hfcs, Mercury, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food, Neurotoxin, Fda, Barack Obama, Parents, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

A study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy detected mercury in nearly one-third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the present.

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100th Anniversary of Water Chlorination

Patrick Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Water, Environment, Chlorine, Greenpeace, Green News
Patrick Moore

It's ironic that as we mark the 100th anniversary of drinking water chlorination, my old organization and other activist groups aligned with it continue to oppose this most important public health achievement.

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In the Water Cube, It's Clean AND Green

Nancy Edwards Cronin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chlorine, Green Technology, Water, Olympic Swimming, Green, Ozone, Olympics, Patents, Green News
Nancy Edwards Cronin

I recently happened upon another possible reason why the Olympic swimmers in general are getting faster and faster. Would you believe it could be the water?

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