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When Good Beauty Products Go Bad
Is it possible for your favorite moisturizer or shampoo to be done with you, before you're ready to throw it into the trash? You bet. In fact, experts say it may be time to clean out your shower or me…
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Green Girl Plays Skin Deep
A couple of weeks ago (while still at home), I was in my town’s local health food store with a friend who was visiting from college. She was looking at all of the hair and body products and commentin…
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Beware of These Beauty Ingredients
If you're reading this, your bathroom is probably already stocked with products labeled natural and organic. But don't assume that tells you the whole story. Unlike food, beauty products don't need to…
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Natural Deodorants
If recent research has you thinking twice before you swipe, try switching to natural deodorants. Many conventional antiperspirants and deodorants have ingredients linked to diseases such as Alzheimer'…
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Pure Pampering, DIY Style
Between the failing economy and everything I know about the hazardous chemicals found in most beauty products, I'm thinking it's time to start using some of the great DIY formulas from our Care2 archi…
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The Dirt on “Natural” Shampoos
Choosing whether or not to go with a natural shampoo has typically boiled down to one question: How much do you like suds? Until recently, going the natural route meant living without them, because th…
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My Mom, the Breast Cancer Survivor
It was the last day of August when my sister and I were driving home from a weekend in the mountains and we got a call from my mom to let us know that they'd found something suspicious during a routin…
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Green Girl Takes to Teens Turning Green
After my findings about endocrine disruptors in teens, I have been extra careful about what products I use. I've had an eagle eye out for chemicals, trying to find brands to suggest that my friends s…
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Green Girl Disposes of Endocrine Disrupters
I know how it goes, ladies. You wake up for your 10:30 class (so early!), roll out of bed, throw on some clothes, brush your teeth, and glance in the mirror--only to be horrified. You think, "I'll …
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Reducing Exposure to Suspicious Products Now
You might think two people addressing the same problem, looking at the same data would draw the same conclusions, but life just isn’t that easy. Special interests often have too much at stake. Tak…
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Yes but since all my kitties are rescues+i have no idea what day they were born---we made up a speci…
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I love Charlies Soap. It really works and you get value for money. One scoop really is all it take…
on The Good, the Green and the Ugly: Laundry Detergents
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HUMANS BLOODY HUMANS WE ARE WITH OUR POLITICS AND DEAD RELIGIONS ........ARE WE DISGUSTINGS.........…
on Cats Are Going Extinct: 12 Most Endangered Feline Species
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on 8 Excellent Reasons to Eat More Eggplants
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