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When fireworks explode in towns and cities across the country this Fourth of July, they'll produce plenty of inspired oohs and ahhs. But will they also take an environmental toll? Several recent studies suggest that they could, if event organizers don't take proper cleanup and disposal precautions. In addition to the many metals that fireworks contain...
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I stopped by seeking 'Green' designs at the 20th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair held May 17-18 in NYC. The ICFF is the largest furniture fair in North America that exhibits exclusively contemporary designs. Amazed by the vast display, I wandered throughout the more than 600 exhibitors' booths from 38 countries which showcased fascinating...
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No one expects scrubbing a toilet to be fun. But we don't expect it to be toxic, either. Yet some of the ingredients in conventional household cleansers are scarier than the grimy germs they aim to scrub away. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, pollution levels can be 10 times higher indoors than outdoors, thanks in part to harmful chemicals...
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Green Gripes
I'll try anything once. So when I ran across a bag of organic dried Goji berries at the local market, I threw it in my cart. Surely you've heard, as I had, about the nutritional properties of this red Asian fruit. Revered in Chinese medicine for centuries, the Goji contains vitamins B and E, antioxidants, 18 amino acids and more vitamin C than oranges. Also known as...
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Green Guide
Who doesn't love a little sushi? But make sure there's nothing fishy about the seafood you buy, and bite, into. Why: Some seafood is high in environmental contaminants like mercury, and some species are overfished and at risk of becoming endangered. Fisheries worldwide are in decline and since fish are at the top of the ocean's food chain, maintaining healthy...
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Better Homes and Gardens Green Tour Hits LA!
The Living Green exhibit just passed through the Los Angeles Home Remodeling Show in the L.A. Convention Center, and Los Angelenos got to see some practical and beautiful ways to make their homes more sustainable. Better Homes and Gardens and Green Works, a new line of natural cleaning products from Clorox, created a touring 2,500 square foot Green home, which has been making a 15 city journey...
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Gas Prices Got You Down? Try the Human Powered Road Trip!
In the United States, we commonly associate road trips with freedom for good reasons: on the road, your choice of route is yours alone, and every stop sign and off-ramp holds possibility. On the road, your daily web of everyday responsibilities dissolves into a simple goal: get from here to there.
Of course, there has never been a worse time for the great American road trip than now. Gas...
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Rainforests Get Protected in the Congo and Amazon
More areas of the Congo and Amazon will be protected from deforestation, it was announced at the recent United Nations environmental summit in Bonn, Germany. Leaders from nearly 200 countries gathered at the conference to create plans for protecting endangered plants and animals - which scientists say are vanishing at a rate of 150 per day.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo said it would do...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle....Drugs?
Why not just throw expired or unused medications in the trash? When thrown in the trash or, more often, flushed down the toilet, these medications then dissolve and are distributed via public water. Sex hormones, antibiotics, mood stabilizers, anti-convulsants and psychology medications are just some of the many chemicals now found in not only public drinking water, but animal habitats...
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