Tag: chemicals

A Simple Change Can Reduce Your Microplastic Intake from 90,000 to 4,000 Particles Per Year

According to a newly released scientific paper, three medical experts assert that switching from bottled water to filtered tap water could significantly decrease annual microplastic consumption—dropping it by about 90%, from 90,000 to 4,000 particles per year. 

Best Dentists in Jonesboro

If ecological health is important when you visit the dentist, some associations can help you learn more about eco dentistry. And we have a guide on ways to make your practice green.

5 Tips for Removing Your Underground Storage Tank

Removing an underground storage tank (UST) is challenging and intimidating; it requires specialized skills and knowledge, not to mention specific safety protocols that you must follow.

Your sunscreen is killing baby coral reefs

We've read reports that sunscreen can cause cancer (and that sunscreen doesn't really work to prevent skin cancer), but...

Breast milk reveals how many banned pesticides plague Tunisians

Rachel Carson would be shocked: A recent study has found that the concentrations of banned chemicals like PCBs, DDT and...

Chemical Waste Destroying Turkey’s Historical Bafa Lake Reserve

Two thousand years ago, Lake Bafa was a bay in the Aegean Sea, known as the Gulf of Latmus....

Israel Uses CIA and FBI Technologies to Find Pesticides

Farmers and consumers face a new kind of chemical terror: pesticides. Since it is very difficult to detect the...

UN: Control Dangerous Chemicals & Save The Lives of Millions

The UN is calling for urgent action to reduce human exposure to chemicals and save the lives of millions...

Sodastream Adds Kool-Aid to Its Mixed Message Menu

Make sugary sweet fizzy Kool-Aid drinks at home with Israel's Sodastream? Company sends mixed environmental message with new deal.  The...

BPA Chemical Banned from Baby Bottles, Cups in the US

America, next to some European countries, has the most stringent environmental policies on health and safety. In 2008 America's...

Get Your Blood Tested for Heavy Metals

If you live in the west or the east, in an economically advanced country or a repressed one, getting...

Autism and your home

Autism is one of those worries that some parents have to deal with at some point in the early...