Why Car Sharing is Better for the Environment
If you're starting to suspect that life would be a lot easier, less expensive and more environmentally friendly if you didn't own a car,...
Microbeads are Threatening Our Lakes: Make Your Own Exfoliating Soaps
Earlier this month, Illinois became the first state to ban microbeads, used in many exfoliating soaps, body washes, shaving creams, toothpastes and other personal...
3 Chemical-Filled Personal Care Products You Should Avoid and How to Make Them Safely...
Most of us have quite the assortment of personal care products in our bathroom cabinets. According to a survey by the Environmental Working Group,...
Do You Use this Common Sugar Substitute that Doubles as an Insecticide?
With the dangers of sugar consumption - obesity, diabetes, inflammation, the list goes on - becoming increasingly well-known, the market for sugar alternatives is...
Tanning Bed Dangers: Why Real Sun is Best
There is a myth that tanning beds are actually safer than exposure to the sun, but studies, including recent research from the University of...
Summer is the Best Time of the Year to Stock up on Seasonal Produce
While most fruits and vegetables nowadays are available year-round in frozen or half-ripened form, summer is the season when many favorites are available fresh...
The Environmental Working Group’s Clean 15
The EWG’s annual Dirty Dozen is a list that is meant to be an important tool for figuring out when it’s worth spending more...
Antibiotic Resistant Bugs: How They Evolve and Why They Spread
Back before the discovery of antibiotics, millions of people died or became seriously ill from a whole host of infections that we wouldn’t give...
Organic Consumers Association Calling for Ban On All Glyphosate-Containing Pesticides
A recent pilot study conducted by Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse found that the toxic ingredient in the popular herbicide Roundup showed up...
Exposure to Banned Pesticides May Increase Risk of Endometriosis
A study performed by Washington State University researchers highlights yet another danger of the banned pesticides that still linger throughout our environment decades after...
