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Environmentally Friendly Cleaning
08/20/2010
Conventional cleaning products are full of toxic chemicals like butyl cellosolve, triclosan and petroleum derivatives. Natural, plant-based green cleaners contain safe, organic alternatives that are also good for the environment. Green cleaning products substitute grain alcohol f ... Read more
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Protecting Your Skin
08/20/2010
Excessive exposure to the sun and its ultraviolet (UV) rays can cause skin cancer. You can reduce your risk for skin cancer by:Protecting your skin, and that of your family members, from UV radiation.Performing frequent skin self-examinations.Finding out whether you have an inc ... Read more
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Top Tools For Home Cleaning
08/20/2010
House cleaning is often a dreaded task that we all must eventually face. Some of us have higher standards of cleanliness than others, but everyone cleans to some extent. Having the proper cleaning tools can make house cleaning much easier, and make it go by a lot faster.Toilets a ... Read more
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6 Surprising Facts About Organic Foods
08/20/2010
Organic food continues to gain market share, despite troubles in the economy as a whole. This is especially true in Europe and in environmentally conscious enclaves like college towns -- but what is perhaps most exciting to some observers is that organic foods have also penetrate ... Read more
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De-Toxify Your Home For Baby
08/20/2010
Like most moms in this day and age, I belong to a local parenting message board. I had some misgivings before I got involved, as I am not much of a joiner, truth be told. I never, for example, belonged to a sorority or anything along those lines in college. But when my daughter s ... Read more
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Cloth Diaper Brands You Can Trust
08/20/2010
A little over two years ago, I researched cloth diaper delivery services in my area (New York City). I had always thought I'd go the cloth route, but my building doesn't allow washer/dryers in individual apartments. There are communal washers and dryers in the building, but after ... Read more
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Is Chicken Dunked in Chlorine?
08/20/2010
I was giving an eco-parenting talk last week when a pregnant-with-her-second-child mom asked me if it were true that all chicken is bathed in chlorine as part of its slaughterhouse processing. I was grossed out, appalled, and stumped. I wasn’t, however, surprised. Conventional ... Read more
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Chlorine Bleach Linked to Childhood Asthma
08/20/2010
A study in the European Respiratory Journal has recently drawn a link between asthma in kids and the use of cleaning products during pregnancy or immediately after birth.According to The Daily Mail’s reporting on the study, mothers who use products like bleach and air freshener ... Read more
