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Kids in California Have Higher Levels of Flame Retardants in Their Bodies Than Kids Elsewhere

April 24, 2011

Some new research shows that Mexican-American children living in California have higher levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in their body than children who live in Mexico. The new research shows that California-based kids involved in the study have PBDE levels that are three times higher than their mothers’ levels during pregnancy and [...]

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Easy Homemade Organic Liquid Hand Soap

December 7, 2010

Hopefully, you’re already greening your hand washing routine with reusable soap dispensers and other tactics. However, another way to keep it green and clean is to reuse all those weird soap slivers you end up with. Homemade hand soap made with left-over soap slivers: Collect old soap slivers. You’ll need a bunch. If you just [...]

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Ten ways to go green in 30 seconds or less

July 4, 2010

Think you don’t have the time to get green? You do! Here are 10 easy eco-friendly steps you can try that won’t take more than 30 seconds. Recycle your old phone book: According to Waste-Free Mail There are enough phone books created each year to measure 106,700 miles when lined up end to end; enough [...]

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Green Company Review: Seventh Generation

March 10, 2010

A while back, Seventh Generation sent me some green-cleaning products to review. I’ve already reviewed their toilet bowl cleaner and I’ll be posting more reviews soon, but thought that it’d be easier to first take a look at the company as a whole; check out some of their eco-pros and cons. BASICS: Seventh Generation has [...]

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Are Scary Germs Creating Anti-Tree Huggers?

January 28, 2010

I’m what you might call fairly germ obsessive, but probably not in the way you think. My aunt probably is a little germ obsessive in the way you might think – she ALWAYS uses those paper toilet seat covers, never drinks off other people’s drinks, and loves her anti-bacterial hand wash and bleach cleaners. Actually [...]

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Wash your hands clean and green

December 27, 2009

Washing your hands seems simple enough – rinse, lather, hum happy birthday as you scrub, then rinse. Easy! However, there’s a green way and the not so green way to wash your hands. Below are some common barriers to greener hand washing – this by the way is a perfect first green step for little [...]

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