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    • Archive for January, 2009

    List of Problem Foods

    Friday, January 23rd, 2009

    What foods are high in PCBs, hormones, and pesticides? Here is a link to a sitethat lists the 10 worst foods.  As with any list of this kind, you need to weigh the risks and make your own decisions. Still the advice about avoiding non-organic strawberries (I don’t believe the stuff about feeding them NutraSweet […]

    More Disturbing Evidence of Global Warming

    Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

    This weeks issue of the highly respected journal Science, will have a disturbing report on the effect of global warming on the world’s forests. A preview is found here from CNN. Scientists have been looking at the forests for a 50 year period and as Phillip van Mantgem the lead author of the study says, […]

    Not All CFL Bulbs Are The Same

    Monday, January 19th, 2009

    I recently received a newsletter from the Environmental Working Group, a lobby group for the environment in Washington D.C., which had some very important information in it. There is a lot of talk about the use of compact fluorescent light-bulbs but there is a problem with some of them because of excessive mercury. Which ones […]

    Another Set of Tips on Being Greener

    Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

    With the new Administration of President Barack Obama about to take office, it is our hope that a change will be made from decisions being made based on an agenda to one based on fact. Science has shown what kind of a global mark humans have made on our environment but the U.S. government has […]

    No Global Warming – No Holocaust, Cigarettes Are Not Addictive and Other Lies

    Friday, January 9th, 2009

    Having just watched the History Channel show Last Days on Earth, I heard a beautiful yet disturbing way of describing global warming denialists; when you want to talk about the Holocaust of WWII, do you bring out people who deny that it happened even though it did?  Well, when it comes to global warming, thats […]

    The Truth About Weight Gain and Loss

    Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

     My mornings usually begin with a vigorous walk with my two dogs, Lexi and Samson. As we walk through the woods along the creek near my house, I listen to any number of podcasts about subjects ranging from science to history (my favorite being History According to Bob). Lately, I’ve been listening to the Stuff […]