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Contaminants

Eco-chic? Or cheap chic?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Contaminants, Wal-Mart, Environmental Working Group, Perrier, Bottled Water, Pellegrino, Green News
Elaine Shannon

Environmental Working Group has just released a bottled water scorecard that grades almost 200 brands for labels or websites that disclose their sources, treatment methods and results of contaminant testing

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Love Your Neighbor, Love the Earth

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Vieques, Puerto Rican, Compensatory Damages, Toxic Metals, Compensation, Health, Government, Puerto Rican Island, US Navy, Bush Administration, Contaminants, Target Range, Justice Department, Protest, Justice, Sovereign Immunity, Advocacy, Green Living, Green News
Jim Wallis

We cannot claim to care for the poor while we turn our backs on our role in the destruction of the most basic resources our neighbors need for survival.

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Good Fish, Bad Fish, It's Hard to Know

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Farm Raised, Contaminants, Health, Safety, Fish, Mercury, Food, Sustainability, Safe Fish, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

(cross-posted from La Marguerite blog) Have you tried sorting out the information on fish? Which kind can you eat without worrying about mercury, PC...

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Greening Hollywood: Eco-Beauty And Sustainable Skincare (Part 1)

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Bio-Dynamic, Organic Skincare, Joshua Onysko, 1, Personal Care Products, Truth in Labeling, Environmental Working Group, Formaldehyde, Not Just a Pretty Face, Lead in Lipsticks, 4 Dioxane, Contaminants, California Proposition 65, Fda, Stacy Malkan, Eli Hallliwell, Goji Berries, Totora Tree, Preservatives, Whole Foods, Jurlique, Skindeep, Nordstrom's, Anthropologie, SB 1712, Environment, Pangea Organics, Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, Procter & Gamble, Revlon, Green Living, Green News
Paige Donner

Do we really know what we're buying when we buy "natural" and "certified organic" skincare products? Quite a few experts would insist that no, actually, we do NOT.

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