Tag: chemicals
Big Business Historically Backs Dangerous Ingredients Like Lead in Paint: Don’t...
It is truly frightening how many chemicals are approved for use in our food and in our homes that are discovered years later to...
3 Reasons to Stop Using Conventional Cleaners
Keeping your home clean is essential for the health of you and your family, but harsh chemicals are not a safe solution. There are...
Toxic Chicken: USDA Allowing 2 More Dangerous Chemicals to Poultry Processing
The USDA has proposed new regulations to streamline the current poultry inspection process. Since 1998, they have been running a trial program which would...
Beware City Dwellers: Ticks Moving In
Tick season is fully upon us, and it is not just people living in the woody areas of the country that should take precautions...
Pesticides Banned by European Union are Approved by the EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, shortly after the European Union (EU) decided to ban them...
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Ingredients Banned Overseas, Not U.S.
It's orange, it's gooey, and kids love it. However, lurking in every bowl of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese are two artificial colors, Yellow 5...
New Studies Link BPA to Dental Problems and Low Testosterone
More and more evidence is mounting against bisphenol A (BPA), the ubiquitous chemical found in many everyday plastic products. New studies from France and...
4 Toxic Ingredients in Your Laundry and the Best Alternatives
Everyone loves the scent of freshly-laundered clothes. When we think of toxic hazards we don't often think of our sweet-smelling clothes. However, the majority...
Throw Out that Antibacterial Soap: Even the FDA is Looking into...
Studies have been revealing the dangers of antibacterial soap for years now. In 2005, research found that the antibacterial agent triclosan reacts with chlorinated...
Is Your Yard Toxic?
With temperatures warming in most parts of the country, it is time for those pesky little fleas and ticks to start biting and re-populating....
