Harvesting potatoes near Bonby, North Lincolnshire. Potatoes are among the top 12 most heavily pest- and weed killer-washed produce. Photo by D. H. Wright.
While the Canadian Cancer Society has been vocal about banning cosmetic pesticides in homes, they've been relatively mum on commercial use of pesticides...until now.
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Okay so you've gotten over the bottled water hump, purchased your own canteen of sorts and now you merrily take water with you wherever you go. You can use a Brita or Pur filter at home when you leave in the morning, but what do you do once you get to the office and need to refill? Do you trust the water fountain or cafeteria sink? Not to worry, Wellness H2.0 is here.
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Update to article:
Wellness does recycle used filters at their organic turf farm.
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At the time of this writing, Barack Obama has been president-elect for less than a week and no one is wasting any time in making suggestions for actions he should take once he’s President Obama. The Center for Progressive Reform passed on their suggestions for 7 Executive Orders for the President’s First 100 Days and so I pass them on to you to debate, discuss and otherwise armchair analyze.
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Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy Company just announced that it has joined the list of facilities that can and will take your unused and outdated medicines and properly dispose of them "by an FDA-approved company." Neither dumping them down the drain or in the trash is a good ideas, as either way the drugs will eventually get back to you in your water supply.
Why is drug take back so difficult? Well, it has to do with Federal regulations....
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Yoga mats may seem like a dime a dozen these days, and even more so with all of the eco-friendly mats out there. We're not saying eco mats are a bad thing, we're just offering another way to make your yoga mat sustainable - offer a lifetime guarantee to pump new life into an old, dead yoga mat. That is exactly what Manduka offers with their new line of yoga mats. ...
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On November 13, the 18th Annual Environmental Media Association Awards will be handed out, and one of the three green makeup artists on hand to make everyone look gorgeous is Paige Padgett.
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Let's confess: Sometimes, say a pack a week, I smoke. And when I've finished the dirty deed -- well aware of the health and environmental consequences -- I'm left with my hands full. Between my fingers is the smelly, smoldering remnant of a habit I'm trying to kick.
And the temptation for some really schizophrenic behavior.
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Blissoma BLENDS just launched three new fall flavors in their perfume oil line. Maybe we should call these "scents" rather than perfumes because perfume has such a bad connotation. These petroleum-free, non-synthetic scents are created to help you smell like the season without many of the toxic additives common to traditional perfumes....
A search for the Diva Cup in TreeHugger archives reveals that TreeHugger readers rave about this product, most recently in a post on how to make your own pad, but it has not been given fair time with its own review. We have mentioned the Mooncup and The Keeper, two similar products. So to rectify the oversight, please meet the Diva Cup....
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