Toxic Chemicals Bill in the House and Congress♠♦
The Environmental Working Group recently sent me the following email. If you are interested in getting involved in greening this planet, now is the time. Please sign the petition to get the the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act passed. If we are ever to save this planet and this species, we must reduce the number of [...]
July 27, 2010
Tags: ADHD, environment, environmental working group EWG, learning deficits, toxic chemicals, Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, toxins in babies Posted in: Environmental Causes 
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Earth Day 2010
Just a reminder that this is Earth Week and Earth Day is April 22, 2010 and this is the 40th anniversary of this important day. No matter what your views on global warming and climate change are, there is no getting around the fact that we need to do something about the assault on our [...]
April 18, 2010
Tags: earth day 2010, global warming, green, toxic chemicals, toxic cleaning products, toxic personal care products Posted in: Environmental Causes, going green tips One Comment
Redesigning The American Lawn
Book Review: Redesigning the American Lawn by F. Herbert Bormann, Diana Balmori, Gordon T Geballe and Lisa Vernegaard Here in the United States, one of the most polluting things many homeowners are guilty of is the way they take care of their lawns. Millions upon millions of acres of lawn are being subjected to all [...]
January 24, 2010
Tags: a green lady, air pollution, eco-friendly, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, redisigning the american lawn, toxic chemicals Posted in: Green Gardening One Comment
Are There Toxic Chemicals in Your Mattress?
Something a simple as sleeping can be dangerous to our health. As more and more people are become aware of the pervasive nature of toxic chemicals in our home, yet another hot spot has been identified. Ever since the government required that mattress manufacturers apply fire retardant to all synthetic mattresses, our exposure to toxic [...]
December 29, 2009
Tags: autism and toxins, toxic chemicals, toxic chemicals in a mattress, toxic mattress Posted in: Going Green One Comment
Toxic Chemicals in Your Cosmetics
Going green tips for your bathroom include getting rid of a lot of cosmetics. There are hundreds of chemicals used in the manufacture of cosmetics and along with it, new technology that allows the cosmetics as well as the chemicals, to enter the skin even more effectively.  Learning to read labels is a must when [...]
December 16, 2009
Tags: going green tips, toxic chemicals, toxic chemicals in cosmetics, toxins in cosmetics Posted in: Uncategorized No Comments
Toxic Cleaners in Your Bathroom
If you are interested in “going green”, one great place to start is the bathroom. Many of the cleaners we use are toxic by themselves, but combining them can be deadly. Most people know enough not to combine bleach with ammonia, but few people are aware that toilet bowl cleaners often contain bleach and the [...]
December 16, 2009
Tags: going green advice, going green tips, green bathroom, toxic bathroom cleaners, toxic chemicals Posted in: Going Green No Comments