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Harvard: Lab Workers Poisoned By Tainted Coffee

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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BOSTON — Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, a...

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Erin Brockovich, Seventh Generation Launch Million Baby Crawl Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Cleaning Products, Children, Million Baby Crawl, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Cosmetics, Chemicals, Babies, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals, Diapers, Infants, Activism, Seventh Generation, Erin Brockovich, Green Cleaning Products, Kids Safe Chemicals Act, Healthy Families Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Video, Green News

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

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Mr. Smith Plays the Farm Card

Rob Smart | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Farms, Industrial Food, Farmers, Food, Agriculture, Science, Fertilizers, Genetically Modified Food, Capitalism, Chemicals, Green News
Rob Smart

Right from the start, Mr. Smith works hard to make "good food" advocates out to be a powerful force hellbent on destroying our abundant food system.

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Anti-Aging and Anti-Wrinkling Skin Care Products: Cosmeceuticals

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Nanoparticles, Cosmeceuticals, Alpha-Hydroxy Acids, Parabens, Fda, Anti-Aging Products, Skin, Cosmetics, Chemicals, Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

The term 'cosmeceutical' was developed as a way to avoid subjecting the industry's claims to the authority of the Food and Drug Administration.

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Dust Becomes You

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Paul Hawken, Toxic Substance Control Act, Chemicals, Dust, Toxins, Living News
Christopher Gavigan

Many of the products inside your home, and the materials used to make the building itself, are slowly degrading and breaking down over time in small, microscopic particles that become part of your household dust.

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SIGG Should Apologize, Offer Refunds to Consumers

Ken Cook | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Sigg, Corporate Ethics, Bisphenol A, Children's Health and BPA, Environment, Water Bottles, Chemicals, Epa, Green News
Ken Cook

Nothing SIGG CEO Steve Wasik has said changed my view about their discredited efforts to mislead consumers and retailers about its products.

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Could Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Vaccines Cause Autism?

Deirdre Imus | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, Environmental Health, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Toxics, Pediatrics, Chemicals, Detox, Vaccines, Toxins, Epa, Mercury, Environment, Bpa, Autism, Fire Retardants, Children's Health, Environmental Chemicals, Phthalates, Edcs, Living News
Deirdre Imus

Like it or not, vaccines are likely the largest source of one-time exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in early infant development.

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Organics No Better Than Chemical/GMO/Sewage Sludge-Soaked "Food"?

Waylon Lewis | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

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Waylon Lewis

Studies like the FSA report need to look beyond the dinner plate and recognize that organic farming's avoidance of chemicals offers health benefits beyond nutrition.

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Chemical Insecurity

Philip Radford | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Joe Biden Vp, Corporate Greed, Chemicals, National Security, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Chemical-Plants, Chemical-Products, Greenpeace, Dupont, Green News
Philip Radford

Simple, inexpensive, and common sense changes, like substituting or reducing the amount of lethal gases stored on-site, would protect millions of people from harm.

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The Real Reason to Eat Organic Food

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Agricutlure, Pesticides, Chemicals, Research, Organic Food, Health, Nutrition, Living News
Maria Rodale

Aside from the fact that the nutritional content of just about ALL of our food has declined over the past 50 years, we are, as a rule, overfed. And good nutrition is available from many sources in our diet.

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Curbing Our Enthusiasm for Perfect Lawns

Juli Charkes | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Suburbs, Fertilizer, Environmentalism, Westchester, Lawn, Lawn Chemicals, Chemicals, Green News
Juli Charkes

The need to create a thick mat of civilized green has come at a cost. American soil has become a de-facto dumping ground for chemicals that threaten our health.

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Debt, Socialized-Medicine, Car Accidents, America, Restless Leg Syndrome, Exposure to Chemicals, Lobbyists, Cheney, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Restless-Leg-Syndrome, Fat, Health Insurance, The Matrix, Dick Cheney, Television, National Debt, Insurance, Vice President Dick Cheney, Washington, Universal Health Care, Cheney Torture, President Bush, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Michelle Obama, Lindsay Lohan, Bankruptcy, Lobbying, Surgery, Washington DC, The-Matrix, Chemicals, Capitalism, Kodak, Don Rumsfeld, Toxic Chemicals, Dumb as Hell, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bill Maher, Pharmaceutical Industry, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Health, Caveat Emptor, Prescription Drugs, Doctors, Florida, Prescription Medication, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Anne Dunev

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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7 Ways Vinegar Can Cut Chemicals From Your Home

thedailygreen.com | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Vinegar, Vinegar Detergent, Green Products, Vinegar Uses, Green Living, Chemicals, Vinegar Soap, Giy, Green News

According to the Vinegar Institute, the useful stuff was probably discovered by accident (most wine drinkers know what happens when you leave a bottle...

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Death by Rubber Duckie: Is Our Stuff Killing Us?

Dan Goleman | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Consumerism, Toxic Chemicals, Chemicals, Green News
Dan Goleman

There are about 100,000 industrial chemicals in regular use in the things we buy -- 62,000 of which were arbitrarily grandfathered in as "safe" by virtue of their being used already.

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Health Care: Scientific or Rational?

Kim Evans | Posted 05.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Pesticides, Flouride, Body Cleansing, Healthy Lifestyle, Personal Health, Exposure to Chemicals, Healthy Diet, Unhealthy Diets, Chemicals, Toxic Chemicals, Personal Responsibility, Unhealthy Eating, Organic Food, Pesticide, Cancer, Heart Disease, Cleansing, Health Care, Healthcare, Living News
Kim Evans

It's time we started thinking about things differently. If a reliance on proven demonstrated science has gotten us exactly to where we are now, perhaps a shift of focus to rational is the best move we can make.

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Cheap American Pesticides Killing Africa's Lions (VIDEO)

60 Minutes | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Video, Africa, Lions, Animals, Chemicals, Furadan, 60 Minutes Killing Lions, 60 Minutes Maasai Cattle, Green News

Last night's "60 Minutes" featured a piece on why some experts believe that Africa's lions are in danger of going extinct. The lions have had a rocky...

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7 Steps To A Super Natural Home And Life

Karen Leland | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Spring Cleaning, House-Cleaning, Karen Leland, Green Living, Chemicals, Living News
Karen Leland

Beth Greer thought she was leading a healthy life. But after a lifetime of eating right and exercising regularly, at age 49, she was diagnosed with a ...

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What's In Our Cleaning Products?

MSNBC | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Pollutants, Green Living, Chemicals, Cleaning Products, Toxins, Green News

Cleaning products are some of the things that we all use where we're used to willingly allowing tons of chemicals we can't pronounce into our own home...

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Replace Chemicals With Salt For Household Tasks

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Salt, Green Living, Chemicals, Giy, Green News

I'm continuing my budget-friendly series here with suggesting the myriad uses for common household items. Since green is all about saving money, your ...

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Tide, Ajax Makers To Be Sued Over Secret Harmful Ingredients

Los Angeles Times | Susan Carpenter | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Ajax, Environment, Tide, Pollution, Chemicals, Green News

The activists "say people deserve to know whether the products they use to wash their dishes and clean their homes could be harmful," said New York la...

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Let's Have a Heart to Heart

Anne Dunev | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living

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Anne Dunev

We can be a big influence on each other's health. A warm smile, a greeting, a hug to a dear one, can brighten anyone's life -- and may have more of a therapeutic effect than you realize.

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Dueling Docs

Janice Horowitz | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Job Losses, Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Procedures, Face Lift, Restylane, Botox, Financial Crisis, Disposable Income, Luxury Goods, Job Market, Cosmetic Surgery, Lifestyle, Economy, Patients, Chemicals, Doctors, Living News
Janice Horowitz

In the face of nose-diving portfolios and little disposable income to go around, should ridding the face of wrinkles really be a priority? For that matter, should it ever be a priority?

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More Evidence That BPA is Toxic and Industry Tactics Exposed

Sarah Janssen | Posted 03.04.2009 | Living

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Sarah Janssen

New research suggests that BPA may interfere with metabolism and lead to obesity, heart disease and diabetes in humans.

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Taking Mercury off the Table

Sloan Barnett | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living Advice, Toxic Chemicals, Mercury Poisoning Symptoms, Poison, Mercury, Environment, Green Living, Mercury Poisoning, Chemicals, Pollution, Green Living Tips, Green News
Sloan Barnett

Emissions from coal-fired power plants release airborne mercury, which eventually settles in bodies of water and, with the help of bacteria, is transformed into the very toxic methyl mercury.

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Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Walmart, Toys R Us, Toys, Lead, Children's Jewlery, Children Lead, healthytoys.org, Phthalates Children's Toys, Trouble in Toyland, Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Chemicals, Painted Toys, Phtalates, Toxins, Pirg, Green News
Nena Baker

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

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