Toxins

Breathe Easy with These Green Cleaning Tips

Mel Walsh | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Asthma, Healthy Lungs, Pollution and Asthma, Household Cleaning Products, Air Fresheners and Asthma, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Air Freshener, Toxins, Fifty News

You have a matched pair, all pink and pretty, and I want you to keep them that way. I'm talking about your lungs, your portable oxygen tanks.

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The ‘Make It Or Break It’ Age For Your Health (And 8 Ways To Revamp Your Routine)

Nancy Deville | Posted 05.20.2012

The early 40s are the years to make significant changes to head off accelerated aging. It's a "make or break it" time of life. You can tailspin into aging, or you can revamp and renew yourself.

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Soul-Talk: Let Go Of Toxicity And Restore Balance To Your Life

Russell Bishop | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Chan Luu, Toxic, Mindful Living, Mindfulness, Soul-Talk, Toxicity, GPS for the Soul, Toxins, Balanced Life, Self-Talk, Soul Talk, Unplug and Recharge, Balance in Life, Life Balance, Self Talk, Healthy Living News

After sharing with Chan Luu the work we are doing to create our GPS for the Soul app and go-to-guide for getting back on course when stress overtakes us, I asked her to share how she manages to keep herself in balance.

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Living in a Toxic Environment

Dr. Richard Palmquist | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Toxins, Living, Metabolism, Diet, Anti-Aging, Physiology, Toxins Body, Personal Health, Remove Body Toxins, Toxins in Body, Body Detox, Healthy Living News

It is smart to avoid toxins, but no one cannot live on this planet in modern times and totally avoid them. Fortunately, the body has taken this into account.

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Are Environmental Chemicals Making Us Fat?

Monica Reinagel, MS, LDN, CNS | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Weight Loss, Detoxification, Obesity, Industrial Chemicals, Environmental Pollutants, Toxins, Obesity in America, Personal Health, Causes for Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Natural Health, Causes of Obesity, Diet and Nutrition, Obesity Causes, Healthy Living News

A small but growing number of researchers believe that environmental pollutants and industrial chemicals are to blame for the obesity epidemic. This, of course, bucks the conventional wisdom that our increasing girth is simply the result of eating too much and exercising too little.

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Stop the Toxic Insults: They Aren't Helping

Mary Brune | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Toxic, Toxic Substances Control Act, Toxics, Toxins, Bpa, Green News

Until Congress stands up to the chemical industry lobby and does the right thing by reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act, parents everywhere will continue to read books about the issues, educate themselves about safer alternatives and take action. That's not hysterical. That's heroic.

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Catalytic Paint a Pollution Solution For Manila Street Artists

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Manila, Video, Catalytic Paint, Highways, Art Meets Science, Tapio Snellman, Smog, Street Art, Cars, Paint, Pollution, Smog-Eating Paint, Boysen, Toxins, Arts News

Manila is one of the five most polluted cities in the world, and a paint company recently decided to try a unique approach to combatting airborne toxi...

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Toxins and Exercise

Dr. Richard Palmquist | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Integrative Medicine, Health, Detoxification, Exercise, New-Years-2012, Toxins Exercise, Fitness and Exercise, Toxins Sweat, Detox, Toxins, Healthy Living News

More doctors and veterinarians now recognize that many illnesses begin as people and pets accumulate toxic materials. As toxins build up they block normal regulatory systems and can lead to the body's loss of ability to regulate and function.

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No More Toxins: J&J Removing Harmful Chemicals From Baby Products

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: 4 Dioxane, Baby Shampoo, Boycott, Johnson & Johnson, Carcinogens, 1, Parents-Babies, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Children's Health, Phthalates, Toxins, Formaldehyde, Parents News

TRENTON, N.J. -- Amid pressure from activists, Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is continuing efforts to remove traces of two harmful chemical...

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7 Simple Ways To Detox Your Diet And Your Home

EatingWell | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Healthy Eating, Pesticides, Healthier-Greener-Home, Cleaner-and-Greener, Toxins, Healthy Living Body, Detox Diets, Wpa, Perfluorocarbons, Slidepollajax, Mercury, Diet and Nutrition, Dioxins, Eating Well, Phthalates, Pcbs, Healthy Living News

Nobody knows just how much of a risk toxins in our food really pose. But we're exposed to dozens, if not hundreds, of chemicals, and the effects of some multiple exposures may be more than the sum of their parts.

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What Not to Wear!

Mattias Wallander | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Greenpeace International, Water, Environment, Green News, Environmentalism, Textiles, Fashion/Apparel, Greenpeace, Toxins, Green News

While we can make good and responsible choices as consumers, we should also be aware of what the brands we consume are up to while producing the items we buy. While recycling textiles is important, their production is also an important environmental issue.

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The Trauma of 9/11: Of Spirit, Cell, Distance And Time

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Distance, Time, Katz, Trauma, Healthy, Energy Fields, 9/11, Carcinogens, Radiation, Toxins, 9/11 First Responders, Health, Dr. David Katz, Cancer, News, Conditions, September 11th, September 11 Anniversary, Omar Al Bashir, Healthy Living News

We have yet to see the full toll of 9/11 among first responders, even 10 years out. All relevant resources should be made available to address the burden of illness shouldered by these brave souls who rushed toward the very thing most of us with just average courage would flee.

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Beetle Develops Resistance To Monsanto's GMO Corn

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Farming, Beetles, Gmos, Monsanto Genetically Modified Corn, Corn Beetles, Genetically Modified Corn, Corn, Agriculture, Green News, Herbicides, Monsanto, Toxins, Genetically Modified Crops, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Corn beetles have been consuming plants that were genetically modified to be resistant to that very beetle, raising fears that a new sup...

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Lisa Jackson: Why She Can't Do It Alone

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Epa, American Academy of Pediatrics, Environmental Justics, Moms Clean Air Force, Asthma, American Lung Association, Lisa Jackson, Air Pollution, Willilam K. Reilly, Clean Air Act of 1970, Toxins, Green News

With almost every current conversation being framed from a partisan political perspective, Jackson has pledged to hold firm on advocating for the hundreds of thousands of people whose lives will be saved from new legislation.

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Clearing the Air: 5 Easy Ways to Reduce Toxins and Stay Healthy

Beth Greer | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Toxin-Free Home, Airborne Chemicals, Clean Air, Chemicals, Toxins, Green Living, Healthy Living Tips, Indoor Clean Air, Indoor Air Quality Control, Green Living Tips, Clean Air Indoors, Pollution, Air Pollution, Indoor Air Pollution, Indoor Air Quality, Green News

It is common sense to believe that the more chemicals you are exposed to, the more likely you will eventually be negatively affected by them. Here are some easy and effective ways to reduce your exposure to chemicals in your home and minimize your risk of getting sick.

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The Dirt On Shop Towels: Are Industrial Workers At Risk?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Kimberly Clark, Dirty Towels, Heavy Metal, Kimberly Clark Research, Car Repair, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Industrial Pollution, Heavy Metal Contamination, Kimberly-Clark, Contaminated Towels, Cancer, Towels, Toxic Metals in Towels, Heavy Metals, Toxins, Green News

Once a week, a batch of freshly laundered red towels, sealed in plastic, arrives at the Atlas Garage on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, while 100 or...

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What To Look Out For When Picking A Sunscreen

Hillary Peterson | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Personal Health, Chemical Sunscreens, Sunscreen Toxins, Toxins, Melanoma, Healthy Living Body, EWG's Skin Deep Dartabase, Choosing a Sunscreen, Sunscreen Safety, Good Guide, Healthy Living News

After surviving thyroid cancer and a melanoma, I was determined to find a sunscreen that did the job without unnecessary exposure to toxins.

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Is Propoxur the Way to Not Let the Bedbugs Bite?

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Chemical Marketplace, Pesticides, Insecticides, Health, Ohio, Ddt, Bedbugs, Cancer, Chemicals, Environmental Protection Agency, Toxins, Propoxur, Jean Schmidt, Green News

Some of you are no doubt scratching your heads, thinking: "There's gotta be an insecticide capable of offing these guys. Why can't the pointy-headed geniuses at the chemical companies make one?" As it turns out, they have.

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Killing Pests While Poisoning Communities

Scott Edwards | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Pesticides, House of Representatives, S.718, Epa, HR 872, Clean Water Act, Toxins, Green News

There's a good chance that most of us don't want something that ends in "-cide" added to our drinking water, unless, it seems, you're a member of the House of Representatives.

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31 Ways To Protect Yourself From Toxins In Your Home

Therese Borchard | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Toxins in Home, Healthy Living, Home Toxins, Personal Health, Healthy Living Body, Environmental Toxins, Toxins, Healthy Living News

In their exceptional, informative book "The Healthy Home: Simple Truths of Protect Your Family From Hidden Household Dangers," son-and-father team Myr...

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Empowering Women To Take Control Of Reproductive Health

Natalia Rose | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Environment, Toxins Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health, Toxins Health, Early Onset Puberty, Early Menstruation, Toxins Puberty, Toxins, Home News

Girls are reaching puberty at significantly younger ages than ever before, even as young as 7 and 8. If you haven't seen the stats, take a look at thi...

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Keeping the Skeeters Off

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.04.2011

The fight against mosquito bites can take many forms, from the myriad sartorial options available (for the fashion-challenged) to the stuff you spray or smooth on to your skin. But which are the safest?

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Adapting to a New World of Invisible Toxins

William Spear | Posted 06.24.2011

It's a whole new ballgame, folks. Nearly every community in the modern world is facing an invisible enemy. Constant exposures to toxic loads in our en...

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The Lawn Chemical Ritual

McKay Jenkins | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Lawns, Environment, Toxins, Health, Gardens, Lawn Chemicals, Chemical Fertilizers, Pesticides, Weeds, Earth Day 2011, Lawn Care, Green News

It's not just our health that suffers from our cultural obsession with lawn chemicals; our environment suffers too. The Chesapeake Bay suffers catastrophic "dead zones" resulting from the excessive nutrients running off suburban lawns.

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The City of New York Must Remediate PCBs Now, Not in 10 Years

Rep. Jerrold Nadler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polychlorinated Biphenyls, New York City, New York, Toxins, Pcbs, New York News

We cannot continue to play Russian Roulette with our kids' lives. polychlorinated biphenyls must be remediated quickly and efficiently from New York's schools.

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