Health and Wellness News
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10 things we should clean regularly
Here is a list of 10 items, or categories, that need to be cleaned regularly and are often neglected:Those wonderful green, reusable shopping bags which, if we do not wash them… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (13 days ago) 7 comments -
Five ways to green back-to-school
September is right around the corner, and the yearly ritual of back-to-school shopping has already begun. School supplies run the gamut from the utilitarian to the ridiculous and,… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (21 days ago) 15 comments- Definitions
- Reuse, Recycling, Bisphenol-A (BPA), Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Phthalate, Organic
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Feature How to join the Canvolution
Once again, we are living in a great age for canning. Not since the "Of Course I Can!" poster days of World War II has there been such a broad nationwide campaign in favor of… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (25 days ago) 15 comments -
Feature How to pick your noise and tweet it
In a world where news is noise and there is plenty of it to go around, it is important to practice discretion. Global warming, climate change, environmental innovations, gains and… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (79 days ago) 10 comments- Definitions
- Conservation, Global
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Environmental risks are "grossly underestimated" says cancer panel.
Created by an act of Congress in 1971, the President's Cancer Panel is charged with monitoring the National Cancer Program and reports directly to the President in a report every… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (109 days ago) 2 comments- Definitions
- Water, National, Food, Lead, Pollutants, Formaldehyde, Air, Carcinogens, Exposure, Plastic, Regulatory, Public, Benzene
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Green exercise healthier than techno-sweat
Where you exercise turns out to have measurable effects on physical and mental health. Exercising in a healthy, green environment significantly lowers blood pressure, increases… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (112 days ago) 5 comments -
Living Downstream links environment and cancer
There was once a village along a river. The people who lived there were very kind. These residents, according to parable, began noticing increasing numbers of drowning people… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (123 days ago) 5 comments- Definitions
- Carcinogens, Toxicity
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Feature How to green our mindset
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." John Muir "I still find the day too short for… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (134 days ago) 6 comments- Definitions
- Conservation, Cruelty-free, Victory Garden
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Are no-touch, animal-free lifestyles cutting kids' heartstrings?
If humans have spent millions of years living lives inextricably linked with animals, what happens when we try to live without them? For children who've grown up without pets, we… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (144 days ago) 1 comment- Definitions
- Nature deficit disorder
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Natural flea and tick remedies
The beginning of April is about the time that I start to plan my tick and flea avoidance strategy for the year. There are so many downsides--for the environment, us and our… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (156 days ago) 4 comments
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