Women’s Voices for the Earth is among the most effective organizations in the country when it comes to protecting women and children from exposure to toxic chemicals. I sat down with Cassidy Randall, the Outreach and Campaign Manager for WVE (pictured below) to find out more about how Women’s Voices makes a difference – and […]
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Want a Plastic-Free Life? Buy This Book ASAP!
How much money do you waste buying plastic every year? It’s probably hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. Even though it’s that much money, you may not realize how much you’re spending because so much of the plastic we buy is hidden in products that we think are plastic-free. Fortunately, by following even a third of […]
What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You, Warns “The Non-Toxic Avenger”
Is there a direct link between cancer, autism and all the toxins in our environment? Deanna Duke, author of the new must-buy book, The Non-Toxic Avenger: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, believes there is. And with good reason: In 2007, Deanna’s husband Hank, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable, extremely life-shortening form […]
Earth Day Health & Beauty Countdown: Switch Your Liquid Shampoo to a Bar
Earth Day is Friday, April 22. Why not use it to set some new goals that will help you green your health and beauty routine? Let’s start with shampoo. Conventional shampoo contains ingredients that may cause asthma or other human health problems and wreak havoc on water systems when they wash down the drain. Plus, they […]
Stinky or Sweet? Dealing With the Pits
Guys worry just as much as women do about B.O. Surprisingly, far less attention has been paid to “green” and healthy deodorants for the men in our lives than for ourselves. Safe deodorants are important regardless of gender. Parabens, a preservative used to keep some deodorants fresh, increasingly are showing up in breast tumor tissue. Synthetic […]
Think you can’t afford ‘green’ nail polish? Wrong!
Put another nail in the coffin of the ‘green costs too much money’ myth. At least when it comes to nail polish (the kind on your fingers and toes, not in your tool box), buying the most eco-friendly brands costs you far less than the conventional — and more polluting — options. Plus: Not only […]
A Mother’s Day Question: What Do You Have in Common with Your Daughter…or Your Own Mother?
The words, “You look just like your mother!” have taken on new meaning in the chemical age in which we live. According to the nonprofit research institute Environmental Working Group (EWG), we mothers pass the pollutants that have built up in our bodies along to our daughters while they are still in the womb. Consequently, […]
Put Breast Cancer on Your Big Green Purse Agenda
Dr. Janet Gray, a scientist at Vassar College and director of the school’s Science, Technology and Society program, recently collaborated with the Breast Cancer Fund to issue a report on the dangers women face from environmental factors that cause breast cancer. I interviewed Dr. Gray and reviewed the report; here are the highlights: * Breast […]