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    Why You Need to Ditch Dryer Sheets

    Why You Need to Ditch Dryer Sheets

    Wait a minute—how do dryer sheets do that?Mmm, the fresh scent of laundry that’s been dried with dryer sheets. Unfortunately, dryer sheets can contain some harmful chemicals—including hidden fragrance chemicals that lots of people are sensitive to—that vent off into the air we breath and rub off on our clothes and then onto our skin. […]

    Dateline TV Producer Tested for Chemicals—What She Finds Will Shock You!

    Dateline TV Producer Tested for Chemicals—What She Finds Will Shock You!

    Did you catch the Dateline episode yesterday? It was a great report. The producer Andrea Canning wanted to see how her daily behavior could affect the levels of bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and triclosan in her urine. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy First, she found her baseline numbers, which […]

    Apple Makes Progress on Path to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

    Apple Makes Progress on Path to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

    Greenpeace By David Pomerantz There’s more good news to report from the clean energy revolution that’s spreading like wildfire among the biggest technology companies in the world: Apple released an environmental report Friday showing that it has made real progress in its effort to power the iCloud with renewable energy—not coal. Apple announces commitment to power […]

    PART IV: America Becomes Sacrifice Zone for Export Pipeline

    PART IV: America Becomes Sacrifice Zone for Export Pipeline

    Michael Bishop [Editor’s note: Thanks to Michael Bishop for providing EcoWatch this firsthand account of what happens when a company like TransCanada claims eminent domain on one’s property and begins building a tar sands pipeline—the southern leg of the Keystone XL. Unfortunately, this is one of many examples of corporations putting profits before human health […]

    HOT WATER: ‘Erin Brockovich of Uranium’ Exposes the Toxic Legacy of Nuclear Power

    HOT WATER: ‘Erin Brockovich of Uranium’ Exposes the Toxic Legacy of Nuclear Power

    Hot Water The world premiere of Hot Water, a new documentary exposing the long-term devastation wrought by uranium mining and the nuclear industry, will launch the 21st annual Environmental Film Festival in Washington D.C. The film follows the investigative journey of Liz Rogers, the “Erin Brockovich of Uranium,” as she travels around the nation examining […]

    100 Million+ Americans Exposed to Toxic Drinking Water

    100 Million+ Americans Exposed to Toxic Drinking Water

    Environmental Working Group Photo courtesy of Shutterstock A new Environmental Working Group analysis of 2011 water quality tests by 201 large U.S. municipal water systems that serve more than 100 million people in 43 states has determined that all are polluted with unwanted toxic chemicals called trihalomethanes. These chemicals, an unintended side effect of chlorination, […]

    Organic Valley’s George Siemon—A Living Legend in Sustainable Agriculture

    Organic Valley’s George Siemon—A Living Legend in Sustainable Agriculture

    Stefanie Spear Organic Valley CEO George Siemon. While attending Ohio’s largest food and farming conference last weekend, I had the opportunity to sit down with Organic Valley CEO George Siemon. Siemon was the featured keynote speaker at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association‘s (OEFFA) 34th annual conference in Granville, Ohio. I’m inspired by Siemon’s […]