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Whole Foods Launches Rating System For Cleaning Products
Just in time for Earth Day, Whole Foods Market introduced its Eco-Scale rating system to help shoppers make smarter, greener choices for their homes and the planet. Everyone wants their home to b…
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Can Chemicals Be Washed Off Your Produce?
I often get asked if you need to buy those produce washes to clean off your fruits and veggies, especially if they are not organic. My gut instinct has told me two things: One, a little bit of soap an…
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It’s Official. We Are All Contaminated
"What I would like to see is a huge public outcry demanding clean air, clean water, clean food. For people to say, NO! Pollution is intolerable and we won't allow it anymore." Dr. Wally Burnstein …
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7 Best Ways to Avoid Toxic BPA
BPA or bisphenol-A is a dangerous chemical linked to health concerns from digestive problems to issues with brain development. It's recently been found in 91 percent of Canadians and is present i…
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20 Ways to Detox Your House
Many of us have done a detox in order to eliminate internal toxins from our body, but how many of us do anything about the toxins in our own homes? Common household and body-care products are increa…
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Where Do Chemicals in Our Food Come From?
To me, healthy eating simply means removing, or limiting, the foods in your diet that could be harming you; and eating enough of the foods that contain the nutrients essential to your health. So, …
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BPA Found on Cash Register Receipts
The chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been making headlines lately. Consumers have been warned to avoid number 3 plastic as well as canned foods and even cans of soda pop. Back in October, though, Scie…
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What’s in Your Chemical Cocktail?
The majority of people in America begin their morning with a cup of tea or coffee and a dose of DDT, malathion, paraquat, diazinon, and a bit of Round Up (sprayed on the coffee plant). Milk or cre…
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10 Quick Tips to Green Cleaning
By Jeffrey Hollender, President of Seventh Generation It's easy to find natural ways to clean your home. Here's my quick Top 10 list: 1. Use cleaning products made from safe natural and not-toxi…
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The Great Spring Clean: Win an Eco-Friendly Cleaning Kit!
The sun in shining, the birds are chirping (at least here at Care2), yet my sense of organization remains in hibernation mode. So, in honor of today, the official first day of spring, I will dedicate …
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