$5,000,000 Donation from BPA Supporter: Conflict of Interest, or Business as Usual?

Bisphenol A (BPA) is found in products in every area of our lives, from baby bottles to canned food linings. From CDs to helmets. Electronics to dental sealants. It's not good for you. Nalgene stopped using it. Canada banned it. California considered banning it, but … [Read more...]

A Halloween Craft-tacular Weekend

For the past year I have been so focused on my writing career that I always write-weekends, vacations, nights...it seems I am always attached to the computer, a notebook, or a book for research or review. Lately I have been trying to take the weekends off so I can spend time … [Read more...]

Contest: Win Organic, Non-Toxic Insecticide from EcoSMART

Enter here to win one of three bottles of EcoSMART products! EcoSMART makes a line of non-toxic insecticides made from botanicals - natural essential oils like peppermint, rosemary, and wintergreen. "University research has shown that these oils attack the Octopamine … [Read more...]

Ben and Jerry's Breast Milk Ice Cream?

Ice cream made from breast milk would benefit both cows and humans, according to a letter sent from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream: If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers-and … [Read more...]

The Monster That Comes to Your Door

Which product: Is produced at the rate of 100 billion per year, almost 850 per household, just in the US? Goes directly to the trash, unused, 44% of the time? Consumes 100 million trees, or 6.5 million tons of paper? Produces greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to … [Read more...]