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Environmentally caused cancers are ‘grossly underestimated’
By Marla Cone, Environmental Health News, Posted July 19th, 2010Outdated estimates fail to take into account many newer discoveries about people’s vulnerability to chemicals.
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6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World
By Paul Stamets, Posted July 7th, 2010Profound solutions which benefit humankind may come from seemingly insignificant species…
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6 reasons to avoid using “weed ‘n feed” on your lawn
By Eartheasy, Posted June 29th, 2010For the health of our families, neighbors and our environment, pesticide use should be a measure of last resort. Especially when there are safe alternatives.
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6 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Pesticides
By Eartheasy, Posted May 20th, 2010While the use and prevalence of pesticides is increasing, the long-term health implications are still being studied. Here are 6 ways to limit your exposure to potentially harmful pesticides.
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COPD – It can take your breath away
By Angela Carmen, Posted May 18th, 2010If this story can help one person decide to stop smoking, or one person to stop using chemicals in their home or yard, or one person to change their unhealthy lifestyle, or see a doctor for untreated breathing problems; then Nancy’s story will have been worth writing.
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Junk food turns rats into food junkies
By ScienceNews, Posted April 28th, 2010“This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings,” says study coauthor Paul Johnson of the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida.
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Fruits and vegetables yielding fewer nutrients than in the past
By Greg Seaman, Posted May 1st, 2009While modern farming tecniques are producing larger and more perfect fruits and vegetables, the yield in terms of nutrients is declining.
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Why having more no longer makes us happy
By Bill McKibben, Posted April 2nd, 2009The formula of human well-being used to be simple: Make money, get happy. So why is the old axiom suddenly turning on us?
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Having a voice makes people happy
By Frances Moore Lappe, Yes Magazine, Posted March 10th, 2009“I have to feel I am doing something to address the roots of suffering,” he replied, “or I couldn’t be happy.”
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Can organic farming feed the world?
By The Organic Consumers Association, Posted January 30th, 2009A summary of research suggests that organic agriculture could potentially supply global food needs.
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Induction Cooking
By Greg Seaman, Posted January 28th, 2009Induction cooking uses 90% of the energy produced compared to only 55% for a gas burner and 65% for traditional electric ranges.
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Feeding Our Future
By Michael Ableman, Posted January 28th, 2009Imagine a world where students could plant, harvest and cultivate the foods they eat in their school cafeterias.
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Family Values and Food Sustainability
By Carlo Petrini, Slow Food, Posted January 28th, 2009Ensuring good food for all in the future means looking to the ways of the past.
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Let fish go to your head
By Leslie Beck, Posted January 28th, 2009Fish is great brain food. Minimize its contaminants by choosing the right kinds.
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BottleMania – How water went on sale and why we bought it
By Elizabeth Royte, Posted January 28th, 2009Elizabeth Royte’s new book explains why bottled water is one of the greatest marketing coups of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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