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Your Perfume Could Harbor Nasty Secrets
If you need further proof that synthetic perfumes, colognes and body sprays may be bad for you, take the recent lab tests analyzed by Environmental Working Group (EWG). It turns out that many name brand fragrances are hiding secrets chemicals. And it’s entirely legal. Thanks to the 1973 Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, fragrances…
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Saturday’s Stairs: Wasps & Pods
This issue of Saturday’s Stairs is bought to you by my cat in a basket, Choco. I replaced a glass fruit bowl with this wire basket for safety after the vase incident, but Choco thinks it’s his bed. In case you don’t know, I’m a fan of the always fun and informative “Ask Umbra” column…
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Save Baby Buns, Use Cloth Diapers
Using cloth diapers isn’t just about helping the environment by keeping diapers out of landfills. You may actually be saving your baby’s buns too! Green your baby by going with cloth diapers and you could prevent diaper rash and maybe even chemical burns in some cases. Disposable diapers can contain stuff you’ve probably never thought…
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ASPCA Helps Animals in Tenn. Flood
While most news stations are focusing on the massive flooding which hit Nashville, Tenn., there’s another city a two hour drive from Memphis that has been declared a major disaster area. That city is Dyersburg, Tenn. And it happens to be where I grew up! Though I no longer live there, I still greatly appreciate…
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Countries with Worst Eco Impact: Brazil, USA, China
It seems that being a wealthy nation hasn’t kept the US from committing environmental sins. I suppose no one is surprised given that we can’t cap an oil well in the ocean. Researchers from the University of Adelaide‘s Environment Institute in Australia just ranked countries for their environmental impact, and the US was a right…
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