If you read this blog back in October, you may remember my open letter to President and Mrs. Obama where I offered to help our First Family truly green the White House. You may also recall my follow-up post where, due to the amazing response, I...

The amazing recovery of the American bald eagle may soon be in peril in some places, according to a study released this month by the BioDiversity Research Institute in Gorham, Maine. According to the study, bald eagle chicks in the Catskills Park region of New York -- considered a mercury...

On Monday, USA Today exposed the alarmingly unhealthy air quality near many of our country's schools. Of the 95 locations in 30 states tested by scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, at least seven, the article concluded,...

Michigan-based Ecology Center published a startling report last week indicating that one in three toys is toxic. Yes, that's right--there is bound to be at least one toy in your secret holiday stash that is toxic. And believe it or not,...

Earlier this week I posted an open letter to President-elect and Mrs. Obama offering to help truly "green" the White House--not just an audit of energy and water efficiency but also a focus on optimum First Family health. Now I'd like you to join me in crafting a comprehensive...

Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama:

I know that the greening of the White House is at the top of your agenda and that you plan to meet in the near future with the chief usher to evaluate its efficiency. But today "green" has a new broader definition that extends...

Yes, it's true. A 1.8 mile thick band of soot, particles, and toxic chemicals spreading across the Persian Gulf to Asia is making days darker and people sicker. Sunlight has decreased by 25% in some areas of Asia and estimates say that this toxic soot is responsible for nearly 350,000...

Who could have missed the cow with the dollar bills hanging out of his mouth on the cover of the business section last weekend? Cute? Yes. But the message was a serious downer. It turns out the economy is making us all second-guess every purchase we make -- including what...

This week, an esteemed panel of scientists released a report countering the F.D.A.'s assessment of the safety of Bisphenol A (BPA), and stated that the study was flawed. I'm not sure about you, but I am once again feeling let down by the governmental bodies that are supposedly controlling the...

People ask me all the time about the links between the tens of thousands of chemicals in our world and the skyrocketing rates of asthma, autism, cancer, and allergies. Although scientists have begun to study the cause and effect of many of these diseases, we still don't know with absolute...

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a startling study announcing that the number of children with food allergies has increased 18% in the last decade. In 2007, 3 million children had food allergies with about 9,500 of these cases resulting in hospitalization. And this increase is...

Stop... what's happened to my Huffington Post? I come to the best blog in America to find policy, the economy, the election... I am an intellectual: What does the bathroom have to do with the state of our world? Well, I'm Sloan Barnett and I'm here to tell you that...

Book Excerpt p. 176

"Human beings are basically a watertight envelope filled with fluid and a few bony bits. We need water. Plus, it's great for your skin. But the main reason the bottled water industry has exploded over the last decade isn't because tap water is unsafe. It's...

Book excerpt, p.241

"In a way. I almost envy my mom's generation. There must have been a great deal of bliss in such ignorance. I sometimes hate knowing what I know [about green living]. It's a burden. At other times, however, I wish I'd known it all...

Imagine if you could see inside your own body and discover what can make you sick...and then do something about it.

Most of us think air pollution is an outdoor problem. Smokestacks, cars, smog. But indoors--where we spend 90% of our day--that's where the air can be really...

When I was little, green was a color. Years later, it became a movement that could save the 500,000 penguins I saw when I traveled to Antarctica. Today, there is a new, broader and more personal definition of green. It is all about the health of our families. It's this...