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Common Chemical BPA Linked to Heart Disease

posted by Melissa Breyer Sep 16, 2008 3:00 pm
Common Chemical BPA Linked to Heart Disease

Bisphenol A (BPA) has been the darling of the he-said/she-said set lately. The FDA has concluded that BPA is safe, while consumer groups and some scientists say its effects on animals should cause concern about low-level chronic exposures in humans. A new study in the Journ… more »

What’s Factory Farming?

posted by Melissa Breyer Sep 15, 2008 1:00 pm
What’s Factory Farming?

It's National Farm Animals Awareness Week. I wanted to write a sweet post about going to a happy family farm and showing some… more »

Cut the Crap: Repacking the Lunchbox

posted by Eric Steinman Sep 3, 2008 9:00 am
Cut the Crap: Repacking the Lunchbox

In a previous chapter in my life, I was a preschool teacher. This episode was sandwiched somewhere between being an experimen… more »

The Sandwich Wrap Dilemma

posted by Melissa Breyer Aug 29, 2008 10:00 am
The Sandwich Wrap Dilemma

Figuring out the greenest lunchboxes to use was easy. But how to wrap the food that goes into the lunchbox? This has been my … more »

Zap! FDA Allows More Irradiated Food

posted by Melissa Breyer Aug 22, 2008 2:00 pm
Zap! FDA Allows More Irradiated Food

Well they did it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided to allow food producers to irradiate fresh spinach and ic… more »

8 Steps to the New Green Diet

posted by Annie B. Bond Jun 19, 2008 1:00 pm
8 Steps to the New Green Diet

Nowhere does the win/win of green living for health and the environment show up more than when one chooses to eat the foods o… more »

How Safe is Non-Organic Milk?

posted by Annie B. Bond Jun 19, 2008 7:00 am
How Safe is Non-Organic Milk?

If just 10 percent of dairy cows in America were injected with a dye that produced blue milk, it would be hard to find produc… more »

10 Ways to Have an Eco-Friendly Picnic

posted by Annie B. Bond May 20, 2008 2:00 pm
10 Ways to Have an Eco-Friendly Picnic

Celebrate the weekend by remembering to take care of the Earth! The setting of a picnic is usually outdoors, and therein l… more »

Getting Unstuck: Trashing your Teflon

posted by Eric Steinman May 8, 2008 11:00 am
Getting Unstuck: Trashing your Teflon

As far back as I could remember, Teflon (AKA non-stick cookware) seemed too good to be true, and my lasting associations with… more »

Is Silicone Bakeware Safe? Ask Annie

posted by Annie B. Bond May 6, 2008 6:00 pm
Is Silicone Bakeware Safe? Ask Annie

Dear Annie, We want to order bracelets for our convention. The bracelets are made of silicone. I investigated the silicone. … more »

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