Before you purchase the vibrant dragonfly shower curtain that matches your beautiful new bathroom towels, you might want to shop for a PVC-free variety of shower curtain over a vinyl one.

New plastic shower curtains made from vinyl have a distinctive, pungent smell that often lingers in the home for days.

In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan writes that "the typical item of food on an American's plate travels some fifteen hundred miles to get there, and is frequently better traveled and more worldly than its eater."

Five things everyone should know about the human rocket fuel known as energy drinks.

Question: My teenage son and his buddies are into energy drinks like Red Bull. How do they work and are they safe?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating plenty of fruit, vegetables and fish may keep men's lungs healthy as well as their hearts, a new study shows.

Evidence continues to mount that perfluorochemical (PFC) emissions from synthetic compounds (such as Teflon) in non-stick cookware and cleaning products produced by DuPont may cause cancer and other health problems.

There is a lot of confusing information circulating about oils. Hopefully, the following tips will help you navigate your way to the good oils that will benefit your health in the long run.

The health risks posed by mercury contaminated fish is sufficient to warrant issuing a worldwide general warning to the public ­ especially children and women of childbearing age-to be careful about how much and which fish they eat.

The US Department of Energy and US Department of Agriculture have published the results of the Biodiesel Lifecycle Inventory Study. The study provides policy-makers with comparative information that they could use to formulate biodiesel policies.