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Smart Seafood Choices – How to be an Informed Seafood Consumer
By Sheila Harrington, Posted May 16th, 2013“90% of the big fish in the world’s oceans are gone – all within my lifetime.” – Sylvia Earle
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Eartheasy Donates 3 Years of Clean Drinking Water to 400 Families in Africa
By Eartheasy.com, Posted April 22nd, 2013Consumer purchases of LifeStraw® fund donor program for communities lacking safe water sources
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‘Certified Organic’ – What Does It Mean?
By Sheila Harrington, Posted April 11th, 2013How do we know if these labels, and their higher prices, mean anything?
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Food Fraud on the Rise
By Greg Seaman, Posted March 4th, 2013Researchers are alerting consumers to a 60% rise in food fraud since last year.
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Fresh Greens in Winter: How to Grow Sprouts at Home
By Shannon Cowan, Posted February 6th, 2013Winter is when we need fresh greens the most, and sprouts are the super-food of the season…
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How to Make Apple-Plum Chutney
By Lindsay Seaman, Eartheasy.com, Posted October 26th, 2012This recipe makes use of the fall surplus of plums and windfall apples, and gives you a head start on winter holiday gift-giving.
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Top 6 Benefits of Pressure Cooking
By Eartheasy.com, Posted September 10th, 2012Modern-day pressure cookers have taken the risk out of pressure cooking…
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5 Simple Ways to Reduce Food Waste
By Eartheasy.com, Posted May 28th, 2012The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that people in the U.S. waste about 27 percent of their food…
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4 Tips for Safe, Effective Sunscreen Use
By Eartheasy.com, Posted May 18th, 2012All suncreens are not created equal. And higher SPF numbers are not necessarily better…
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Link Found Between Air Pollution and Childhood Obesity
By Eartheasy.com, Posted April 30th, 2012Prenatal exposure to air pollution may double the chance of child’s obesity by age 5…
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Now is your chance to help ban BPA
By Eartheasy.com, Posted March 27th, 2012This is the last week for you to sign the petition banning BPA from consumer products…
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Swallowing our Pride
By Eartheasy.com, Posted February 22nd, 2012Why do we celebrate the “champions” of modern day excess with eating competitions?
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Microscopic Plastic Particles May be Entering Food Chain
By Eartheasy.com, Posted February 6th, 2012A new study reveals that tiny plastic fibers from synthetic clothing which pollute the marine environment, may be entering the food chain.
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Are you Feeding your Kids Twinkies for breakfast?
By Eartheasy.com, Posted December 12th, 2011Popular children’s cereals are overloaded with sugar, according to a new study.
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BPA Levels Spike with Canned Soup
By Eartheasy.com, Posted November 28th, 2011BPA levels rise over 1200% after eating a can of soup each day for five days…
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5 Winter Squash Recipes to Steal the Show on Thanksgiving
By Greg Seaman, Eartheasy.com, Posted November 21st, 2011The modest winter squash has the potential to impress!
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5 tips to reduce your exposure to BPA and other hormone disrupting chemicals in your diet
By Eartheasy.com, Posted April 7th, 2011BPA is so prevalent in food packaging and other consumer items that prior research has detected its presence in at least 90% of Americans…
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Eco-impact of wild seafood less than that of poultry, beef
By Eartheasy, Posted February 10th, 2011Scientist calculates that the “edible protein energy return on investment” of 29 North Atlantic fisheries is much higher than any type of livestock.
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No Impact Week, Day 4 – Wednesday: Food
By Aran Seaman, Eartheasy.com, Posted January 7th, 2011Healthy eating can also lessen your foodprint…
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Cancer-causing chemical found in drinking water of 31 U.S. cities
By Eartheasy, Posted December 21st, 2010“I was expecting to find hexavalent chromium in some of the cities we checked, but I didn’t expect it to be so widespread,” said Rebecca Sutton, lead author of the study.
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