March 20, 2010
One by one, FD &C food dyes—those that had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—have been taken off the market in the U.S., and there are now only...
March 20, 2010
On March 17, EPA released the results of its assessment of chemical spot-on flea and tick treatments, following the recent sharp increase in reported pet poisonings. As I...
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March 13, 2010
Excerpted with permission from True Food: Eight Simple Steps to a Healthier You, National Geographic Books, 2009.
vegetables, nutrition, nutrients, hypertension, heart disease, health, fruit, eat the rainbow, diabetes, cancer
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March 12, 2010
It wasn't until winter's end that the store of food from Joan Gussow's garden finally came up short. "I had to buy a carrot," says Gussow, a Columbia professor and author of This...
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March 12, 2010
Recently on Facebook, a friend suggested that since there's already enough stuff in the world companies should just stop manufacturing things and everybody should trade what they...
March 12, 2010
March is a bitter month, particularly if you’re a locavore in certain parts of the country, desperately awaiting the first asparagus of spring. We checked in with vegetable expert...
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March 8, 2010
Ten years ago when I was contemplating pregnancy, concerns about autism never entered my mind. But today there are few new parents who haven’t considered the possibility that...
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March 5, 2010
This is the first in our new series in collaboration with Annie B. Bond, DIY diva and green living expert.
As the snow melts and winter gives way to spring, it is time to pack...
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March 5, 2010
This is the first in our new series in collaboration with Annie B. Bond, DIY diva and green living expert.
As the snow melts and winter gives way to spring, it is time to pack...
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February 26, 2010
The actress Meryl Streep melted audiences everywhere (like chocolate in a bain marie) for her Oscar-nominated performance in Julie & Julia, the quirky and wonderful movie...
phthalates, pesticides, pesticide residues, organic, NRDC, Mothers & Others, Meryl Streep, Julia Child, grass-fed, food waste, e-waste, children's health, BPA
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February 26, 2010
In Step 2 of our series, we covered sealing and insulating the home to keep in the warm air. In Step 3, we look at how you heat the air in the first place. As daunting as it may...
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February 18, 2010
A basic cotton T-shirt doesn’t seem quite so basic when you trace its life history.
February 12, 2010
150 blocks that were once decaying in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, are on the verge of a green renewal through government grants and local business investment. What’s...
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February 11, 2010
The very latest in green fashion isn’t the $20 organic cotton jeans at Kmart or the handloomed hemp/silk blends on the runway at Fashion Week. It’s a tiny sensor immersed in a...
February 11, 2010
There’s a valley in Nicaragua that bristles with Arabica bushes under a cloud forest canopy. Blood red berries in patchy sunbeams and gap-toothed children leaving dirty...
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February 1, 2010
Bisphenol-A (BPA) is everywhere. Among other places, it is found in the lining of nearly every can in the grocery store. Nearly every person in America has some BPA in his or her...
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February 1, 2010
Now that you have completed a home energy audit, your next step is to take its advice, starting with sealing, weatherstripping and insulating your home to keep in the air you pay...
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January 25, 2010
The Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, of which NRDC is a member, has just released “The Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act,” a report on the...
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January 12, 2010
For 10 years Seattle’s eco-friendly sand-based strategy to control snow was more than adequate to manage the average 13 inches of snowfall the city received each winter. But...
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January 11, 2010
It's 2010. Congress is finally taking steps towards seriously dealing with America's energy addiction and outsized contribution to the world's global warming problem, but...
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January 8, 2010
Before you can start to make improvements at home, you have to take a cold, hard look at where you’re wasting energy. This is no simple task—unless you have infrared vision...
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January 6, 2010
Towers of junk electronics are teetering in lots, homes, roads and river banks in the developing world, shipped from western countries by some unscrupulous companies that claim to...
January 4, 2010
Quietly, whether in rural communities or large cities, schools are finding novel ways to feed kids healthier, locally grown food, often cultivated by the children themselves as...
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December 31, 2009
Please join Simple Steps in a discussion about the throwaway society, American habits and values, the ways of our parents and grandparents and the wisdom we can learn from them...
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December 28, 2009
Your child can’t sit still in class. He loses interest quickly when reading or doing a math problem. Could the chemical dyes in food be to blame?
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December 23, 2009
Right now, you can give your friends and family truly meaningful holiday gifts—from NRDC’s brand-new Gifts from the Wild collection.
December 18, 2009
Gifts are best when they’re a surprise and gift wrap does double duty as holiday decoration and surprise preserver. However, there’s no reason to create instant litter with...
December 17, 2009
The pig is not the most glamorous animal. But the exotically named Austrian Mangalitsas of Woodinville, Washington's Herbfarm have become an irreplaceable addition behind the...
December 15, 2009
Please note that while this table attempts to provide a reasonably comprehensive and accurate look at the insecticides most commonly found in pet flea control products, it does...
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December 15, 2009
Leave the lead in the box, and avoid pesticides on real trees with a few tips:
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December 9, 2009
As the time between sunup and sundown gets shorter and shorter, do you find yourself dreaming of white, sandy beaches and crystal blue water? Maybe grabbing a snorkel and some...
shellfish, pH, ocean acidification, heat-trapping pollution, fossil fuel burning, coral reefs, CO2, climate change
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November 30, 2009
Seriously fish eaters, lay off the bluefin, give it time to recover. Though the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas voted at its annual meeting in...
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November 30, 2009
Every second, the US consumes 1,500 plastic water bottles. An estimated 38 billion of these disposable bottles end up in landfills every year – enough to circle the globe 150...
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November 24, 2009
If you're in the market for a new television for yourself (or if you're looking for one as a gift), make sure you buy one that doesn't boost the burden of your power bill. EPA's...
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November 20, 2009
Fabrics are so ubiquitous it’s easy to forget the acres of cotton crops, herds of sheep and barrels of petroleum behind the yards and yards of fibers we use every day. But growing...
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November 18, 2009
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announces its second annual Growing Green Awards to recognize individuals who have demonstrated original leadership in the field of...
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November 13, 2009
North of New York City near the bank of the Hudson River there is fertile land for pumpkin patches, apple orchards and pastures. Here, near the town of Tivoli, Ben Shute is...
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November 12, 2009
An NRDC holiday tradition, the gift guide is a chance for us to let the world know what cool things or services would make the holidays (or any time) brighter. NRDC staff members...
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November 6, 2009
Peter Hoffman is the chef owner of New York restaurants Savoy and Back Forty, which "work with a simple premise—to create delicious and memorable meals by sourcing the very best...
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November 6, 2009
NRDC’s Simple Steps is hosting a No Impact Week starting on Sunday, November 15 with Colin Beavan's No Impact Project. Described as a “carbon cleanse,” the week is an invitation...
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November 6, 2009
Kris French is a newly certified permaculture designer based in New York City, where she is deeply committed to bettering the urban environment by seeking natural design solutions...
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November 4, 2009
My good friends in the Catskill Mountains look forward to turkey hunting season. They shoot only what they can eat and make many delicious meals from one bird. Most of us don't...
October 30, 2009
As useful as plastics are, the strikes against them are many. They're made with petroleum, a nonrenewable resource. Most won’t biodegrade—when they do break down, they do so into...
October 22, 2009
Located on the bottom of plastic bottles is a number that signifies what type of plastic you are drinking out of. The numbers one through six relate to a specific resin (number 1...
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October 22, 2009
No pet owner wants to see his cat or dog suffer from fleas, much less have fleas in the home. But in some cases the treatment can be worse than the illness, so it is with some...
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October 21, 2009
Mechanics construct windmills in Indianapolis while lab techs in Silicon Valley crank out thin-film solar panels. Contractors in Portland weatherize Queen Anne homes, and their...
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October 9, 2009
Longer nights, baskets of gourds, random celebrities showing up at your doorstep demanding candy—yes, Halloween is upon us again. As a celebration (or contest) of creativity, All...
October 9, 2009
Multi-story urban farms may feed city dwellers in the years to come. Rob Goodier interviews Dickson Despommier, a professor of public health at Columbia University, on the...
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October 9, 2009
New Yorkers share the boroughs with black bears, hawks, newts and other wildlife. Rob Goodier interviews biologists and citizen scientists engaged in studying species in urban...
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October 7, 2009
If your clothes washer still works, it may seem cost-effective to put off an upgrade. But your old machine may be hiking your water and electric bills without your even knowing...
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October 7, 2009
With faster and flashier computers coming out all the time, our desktops and laptops can seem outdated pretty quickly. So when they start to give us trouble, the decision to chuck...
October 6, 2009
Any halfway busy home chef requires a good array of saucepans, soup kettles and other cookware of all sizes. Even if you’re only cooking eggs and beans, you want to be sure they...
October 4, 2009
Much of the haze that once blanketed our cities has cleared since the 1970s, thanks to tough environmental laws. But air pollution, including the kind you can't see, still poses...
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October 4, 2009
A 2009 study by the Associated Press found contaminants in the water of schools in all 50 states. To parents familiar with school districts' efforts to erradicate asbestos, lead...
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October 4, 2009
Want to know which bottles contain bisphenol A or whether you can reuse your PET water bottle? Read on to find the answers to our readers' most commonly asked questions.
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October 4, 2009
With the United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen coming up in December, the shift from internal combustion engines to electric couldn't come too soon. And the news...
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October 4, 2009
The average American homeowner spends more than $1,000 a year to heat and cool her home. And that doesn't include the cost for repair or replacement of old equipment. When an air...
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October 4, 2009
Your 10-year-old clothes dryer has broken down again. It’s cheap enough to fix, but should you just replace it? Probably not, and here’s why:
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October 4, 2009
When your dishwasher is busted, the logical thing to do would be to call a repairman and get it fixed. You can't just run out and buy new appliances the second they break down....
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October 4, 2009
Considering that we have our refrigerators cooling our food around the clock, it’s a wonder they don’t need to be repaired more often. But when yours does falter, rather than...
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October 4, 2009
After the third cold shower of the week, it's clear that your water heater needs attention. How do you know if you should pay a repairman to patch up the problem, or if it's time...
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October 4, 2009
Maybe you feel you waste too much time on video games, but it's your wallet you should be worried about. Two years ago, NRDC commissioned a study on video game consoles that found...
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September 30, 2009
Every day, more than 2 million California adolescents (62 percent) drink soda and 1.4 million (43 percent) eat fast food, but only 38 percent eat five or more servings of fruits...
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September 30, 2009
The Lunch Lady, Anne Cooper, was on The Daily Show the other night defending Michelle Obama for putting in a vegetable garden at the White House. Yes, you read it right; she...
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September 30, 2009
An air conditioner is the kind of thing that you don’t get around to purchasing until you really need it. But the wrong model could end up costing you too much in energy bills...
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September 30, 2009
Lately there have been some much-deserved attacks on the livestock industry. Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer has delineated the horrors of factory farms in Eating Animals and the...
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September 30, 2009
It’s embarrassing to consider how much gas we generate. Our cars, homes and lawnmowers spew out heat-trapping gases on a daily basis. But since carbon dioxide (CO2) is invisible,...
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September 30, 2009
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On the blustery December morning I had set aside to preview the new high-tech, digitally enhanced smart grid coming soon to Boulder, Colorado, the...
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September 30, 2009
Spending one day a week working from home saves you time and money—and shrinks your carbon footprint.
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September 29, 2009
While there may be signs we’re not hurtling toward a depression, job loss continues at a disturbing pace and the economy remains a mess. But lean times offer interesting...
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September 29, 2009
After more than a decade of blockbuster growth, U.S. bottled water sales dropped 6% this past year. Why? Because environmentally-minded consumers, urged on by their Mayors (in...
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September 29, 2009
There is a new fruit stand on the corner near my home. I think it’s terrific, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t belong there. The cart appeared on the day the New York Times...
September 29, 2009
It’s been endlessly debated, does recycling make economic sense? In New York City, back in 2002, Mayor Bloomberg proposed cuts to the city’s recycling budget, raising questions...
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September 29, 2009
Goats eat anything and sheep aren't bad at nibbling down weeds, which is why the Maryland State Highway Administration is renting a herd of goats and sheep to control invasive...
September 29, 2009
Prenatal exposure to combustion byproducts lowers children’s IQ, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (...
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September 28, 2009
Looking for reasons beyond energy conservation and lower utility bills to make your home more efficient? Look no farther than line 46 of your income tax form.
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September 25, 2009
Pocos de nosotros damos mucha importancia a la glándula tiroides. Este órgano en forma de mariposa en la base del cuello es el que nos mantiene con energía y mantiene nuestro...
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September 25, 2009
Few of us give much thought to the thyroid gland. This butterfly-shaped organ at the base of the neck keeps us feeling energetic and keeps our metabolism humming smoothly. The...
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September 25, 2009
In the 1970s about 40 percent of our nation's children, myself included, walked or biked to school. Part of my route didn't have a sidewalk. The crosswalk was located just below...
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September 25, 2009
Can global warming change your life? If you are an allergy sufferer, it probably already has.
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September 17, 2009
Eating fish is a smart choice. It's a lean protein with great health benefits. But sometimes fish can be bad for you, and sometimes it's bad for the environment. Seafood can be...
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September 16, 2009
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While it is true the United States has some of the best drinking water in the world, a disturbing new report conducted by the New York Times...
water-filter, water, volatile, pesticides, organic chemicals, minerals, heavy metals, health, drinking water, contamination, bacteria, atrazine
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September 16, 2009
"How we eat determines to a considerable extent how the world is used," writes Wendell Berry in What are People For? You want to eat right, and to feed your family foods that are...
water-footprint, waste, packaging, organic, local-food, health, grass-fed beef, global warming, Food, confined-animal-feedlot-operations, CO2 emissions, CAFO
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September 16, 2009
Si bien es cierto que Estados Unidos tiene una de las mejores aguas potables del mundo, The New York Times realizo un perturbador informe el cual reveló que uno de cada diez...
water-filter, water, volatile, pesticides, organic chemicals, minerals, heavy metals, health, drinking water, contamination, bacteria, atrazine
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September 10, 2009
While we’ve been enjoying summer in the Northern Hemisphere, flu season has been raging in the Southern, and in that time “swine flu” (or the H1N1 flu strain) has become...
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September 1, 2009
Summer is the season for good times and the open road, but unfortunately it is often accompanied by a trail of fast-food wrappers and carbon emissions. To design a healthy road...
August 31, 2009
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Humans can't eat grass, but the meat we eat should come from animals that did. If you are going to eat meat, getting it from grass-fed animals may...
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August 28, 2009
The west branch of the Nishnabotna River runs within four miles of Ron Rosmann's farm and pastureland, so he was dismayed when he saw it on a list of dozens of watersheds in the...
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August 27, 2009
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Being able to walk and bike safely and conveniently in your city means more than having a pleasant way to get around. It also indicates what your...
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August 14, 2009
Desde la infancia se nos dice que debemos beber al menos ocho vasos de agua diarios. Lamentablemente más y más estadounidenses beben los ocho vasos de agua de las botellas de plá...
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August 14, 2009
From childhood we’re told to drink at least eight glasses of water each day. Unfortunately, more and more Americans drink those eight glasses out of plastic bottles—a convenience...
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August 7, 2009
Planning a vacation can be a delicate subject if you’re trying to keep your carbon footprint small. You may have ideas for a destination with environmentally sensitive lodging...
August 4, 2009
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, man-made chemicals collect in our bodies, leading pregnant women to worry about what may be reaching their...
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August 4, 2009
Las sustancias químicas fabricadas por el hombre se han almacenado en nuestro cuerpo, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de enfermedades, lo cual preocupa a las...
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July 28, 2009
Not only does every coastal state suffer from polluted and contaminated beaches, but those problems resulted in more than 20,000 closing and swimming advisory days in 2008 alone....
July 16, 2009
Whatever plans we have when we're young, the world often has its own plans for us. In these ongoing tough economic times, the fight against air pollution and global warming has...
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July 13, 2009
Did you know that farms and food processors are inspected on average only once every 10 years? No wonder there are so many instances of food contamination in the United States,...
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July 9, 2009
Some 200 species of mosquitoes inhabit the United States, and in hot, damp weather they thrive. Mosquito-borne West Nile virus was bad enough, but pesticide spraying...
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July 8, 2009
We clean our kitchens and bathrooms constantly—as we should—but that doesn't mean we have to expose ourselves to lung irritants like ammonia and chlorine bleach or the hormone-...
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July 6, 2009
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Green travel isn't only about the journey—it's about the destination, too. Here are seven great picks, selected for sustainable...
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July 1, 2009
About 76 to 80 million cases of foodborne illness occur in the United States annually, most as a result of eating contaminated meat. But there’s no need to char your burgers into...
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June 25, 2009
When the conversation turns to cap and trade, is your first thought “Oh, that will never work, it’s too complicated"? True, the concept can be harder to get one’s arms around...
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June 23, 2009
Cuando decidí unirme al siglo 21 y compre un nuevo iPhone la lista de motivos para hacer la compra, la encabezó el atractivo de la iAPP (tal vez excusas). Y entre el montón...
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June 23, 2009
When I decided to join the 21st century and pick up a new iPhone, it was the lure of the iApp that topped my list of reasons (if not excuses) to make the purchase. And among...
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June 22, 2009
In the early part of the 20th century, rivers in industrial cities, laden with raw sewage and oil-soaked debris, would catch fire a lot, and nobody would give them much mind. But...
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June 22, 2009
“Once you’ve tried fresh tomatoes, you’ll never go back,” Bing Wright tells me. A neighbor of mine in the Catskill Mountains, where frost in May and September is not...
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June 11, 2009
Wondering where all the seats at Yankee stadium went after the demolition? Into aluminum foil, quite possibly! While it seems like something they could have done years ago, given...
June 9, 2009
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Mount Sinai Children’s Medical Health Center have found that newborn girls whose mothers have high levels of phthalates from...
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June 8, 2009
Tempted to play hooky and go for a swim with the kids? Before you bodysurf on the swells, be sure you and your family will be as healthy when you leave as when you arrived.
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June 2, 2009
It may be hard to believe, but the quickest, cheapest, greenest and best-for-you meals are the ones you make yourself from fresh, whole ingredients. Americans have been hammered...
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May 28, 2009
Few companies are taking any action to address concerns regarding hormone-disrupting BPA, according to a recent study of 20 leading publicly-traded packaged food companies...
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May 21, 2009
The Lunch Lady, Anne Cooper, was on The Daily Show the other night defending Michelle Obama for putting in a vegetable garden at the White House. Yes, you read it right; she was...
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May 16, 2009
Your health and safety are in your own hands—it’s a truism, but one that some in the packaged food industry are too ready to promote. According to The New York Times, ConAgra,...
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May 7, 2009
We've made progress in fighting air pollution, but as the American Lung Association's State of the Air: 2009 report makes clear, our smog problem isn't going away. Air pollution...
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April 4, 2009
Parents are alarmed by a new study suggesting that baby lotions, powders and shampoos may be exposing young children to potentially harmful chemicals called phthalates. Many...
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April 3, 2009
President Hoover, campaigning in the 1920’s, promised Americans “a chicken in every pot.” This wistful dream of 80 years ago is an abundant reality to most American families....
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January 19, 2009
Flea and tick treatments may contain toxic chemicals that can poison pets and harm people. Even when applied as instructed on the box, these chemicals are not safe, either for...
January 14, 2009
Compact fluorescent light bulbs aren't the only option for conscientious, energy-efficient lighting. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are small and incredibly durable. They last...
December 10, 2008
If you've sat through a baby shower recently, the thought of making yours green may sound appealing—impossible, but appealing. Traditionally, the baby shower is a well-meant...
December 4, 2008
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Phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are a class of chemicals found in many consumer products—from cosmetics to children's toys and baby products....
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November 26, 2008
Today's digital televisions are bigger and better—and, with almost a hundred channels, DVDs and video games, they're also on more hours a day. If you're like most people, your...
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October 15, 2008
Your pet can't tolerate fleas and ticks, and neither can you, but the wrong cure can be worse than the problem. Flea and tick treatments may contain toxic chemicals that can...
September 17, 2008
Wash by hand or run the dishwasher? Spouses and roommates have long been divided over the question of which uses more water and electricity. And it's just complex enough to make...
September 8, 2008
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Getting enough exercise is vital for childrens' health. But kids at play may be exposed to a host of herbicides sprayed on lawns and...
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September 3, 2008
If your child is one of the 23 million kids who ride the bus to school every day, be advised: her bus probaby has a diesel engine and the exhaust from that engine contains...
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September 1, 2008
Here's what the other books won't tell you: baby's got quite a chemical load to bear.
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August 27, 2008
Arsenic is a deadly poison, so what's it doing at the playground? Since the 1970s, wood injected with arsenic has been hammered into outdoor decks, benches, picnic tables and...
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March 26, 2008
Microwaves don't blast you with dangerous radiation when in use, but that doesn't mean they pose no problems in cooking or heating food.
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February 5, 2008
A white mustache may not be all that lingers when your child drinks a glass of milk, though the chemicals that have been found in milk fat are not so cute - PCBs, dioxins and DDE...
January 23, 2008
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Mercury pollution can be a serious health threat, especially for children and pregnant women. There is a little bit of mercury in a number of...
January 16, 2008
Scientists have shown that children age 5 and under ingest an average of eight pesticides each day, as trace residues in and on the healthy fruits and vegetables we are eager for...
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December 26, 2007
Over 30 million Christmas trees are tossed out every year in the U.S., so if you have a cut tree make sure it meets an organic end—plan ahead to recycle your tree. Many...
November 8, 2007
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The refrigerator is often the most power-hungry appliance in many homes, accounting for 10 to 15 percent of the average home energy bill. So...
October 29, 2007
If you're packing your child's lunches in a soft vinyl lunch box, you'd be wise to check for lead. Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin that is particularly harmful to a young child's...
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September 18, 2007
Could the floral scent of your air freshener contain toxic chemicals known to cause birth defects? NRDC recently tested 14 air fresheners and found that 12 contained phthalates (...
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