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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008In the most recent New Scientist magazine (October 18-24, 2008), its special topic was “The Folly of Growth: How to stop the economy killing the planet” The issue focuses on how our constant need to have things and push constant economic growth is killing our world. In one article, Susan George talks about we can […]
Plastic versus Paper – A Change in My Opinion
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008In my book, Acheiving Victory Over a Toxic World, I wrote about the difference in the resources used by a plastic and a paper grocery bag was minimal. Plastic may actually use a wee bit less than paper in terms of energy and other limited resources. Since then one thing keeps coming to my attention […]
BPA is Safe! Just Believe the FDA and You’ll be OK. Yeah, Right.
Thursday, August 21st, 2008If you believe the FDA, you can continue to use bisphenol A laden products without any concerns. If you are a rational individual who realizes that the ones who decided the safety of this toxin is so beholden to the BPA industry that they couldn’t make an unbiased decision to save their lives. Sorry to […]
A Must Have Book
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008While at Boulderfest 2008 in July, I had the pleasure of meeting Debra Lynn Dadd, who was one of the speakers. We swapped signed copies of our latest books and I have to say, her’s was very impressive. Home Safe Home, is a must have book. At over 400 pages, it is full of useful information […]
Is the Car You’re About to Buy Toxic?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Healthycar.org just published its second annual consumers guide to car toxicity. They tested over 200 of the most popular cars and more than 60 child car seats. Not only are they ranking the cars on how toxic they are, they are also including fuel efficiency ratings to help you get both a low-toxin car and […]
Boulderfest 2008 Presentation
Sunday, July 20th, 2008If you go over to my other blog site, MarkSchauss.com, you can download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation I gave at the Boulderfest 2008 in Broomfield, Colorado this past weekend. It gave an overview of the different lab tests that give clinical relevance to a number of disorders from autism to asthma, from infertility […]
Phthalates in Your World
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008One of my favorite organizations in the fight against our toxic world is the Environmental Working Group. They send out regular emails about issues relating to our environment and today’s was particularly interesting as it had a link to their Enviroblog talking about phathalates, that insidious plasticizer that is in all of our bodies. Here […]
Couple of “Greening” Websites
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008I’m always on the outlook for new ideas, as well as old ones, to decrease my environmental footprint and to share my findings with everyone. Here are a few websites I have found with ideas on how to “green” your life. Live Science has a top 10 list of things to do to Green Your […]
EPA and The Union of Concerned Scientists – More Evidence Against the White House
Thursday, May 15th, 2008The Union of Concerned Scientists, the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world, has published a scathing report about the interference by the Bush White House on the scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency. In it they reveal just how much of an influence the White House administrators have on […]
Pollution and the Birds and the Bees (and spiders too) – Another Indictment of Our Handling the Environment
Friday, May 9th, 2008The White House’s recent evisceration of the EPA edict to lower pollution and smog may be another stake in the heart of beekeepers everywhere. Turns out smog and other parts of air pollution may be confusing the bees as well as other pollenators such as moths and bats so they can’t find the flowers. Under […]
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