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The City of San Francisco just passed a measure to require cell phone radiofrequency radiation levels to be posted at the point of sale. This will allow customers to make a more informed choice about which phone to buy - its not only touchscreen vs keyboard, blackberry vs iPad, but now its also watts per [...]
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March 27th at 8:30 PM is the time to show the world your committment to saving the future - symbolic maybe but whole cities and states are endorsing this simple act of global kindness. And so is Tom Brady and his super model girlfriend - its all in support of WWF’s Earth Hour. I see [...]
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New car smell isn’t an engineered scent to make a new car attractive. Quite the opposite, it is the unavoidable odor that comes off all the plastic, leather, fabrics, coatings and sealants contained in the car. And it can take quite a while for all these materials to “cure” - the contaminants you are inhaling [...]
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Perchloroethylene (PERC or PCE) is a strong industrial solvent that is carcinogenic and toxic to the kidney, liver and nervous system. What is it doing in your clothing? PERC is the solvent used in most dry cleaners. It dissolves away dirt, grime, stains and odors and it rapidly evaporates so its in essence a “dry” [...]
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Top 20 for Pesticide Content - Buy these Organic when possible
Peaches
Apples
Sweet Bell Peppers
Celery
Nectarines
Strawberries
Cherries
Pears
Grapes (Imported)
Spinach
Lettuce
Potatoes
Carrots
Green Beans
Hot Peppers
Cucumbers
Raspberries
Plums
Grapes (Domestic)
Oranges
The 20 Fruits and Veggies With the LEAST Amount of Pesticides
Onion
Avocado
Sweet corn (Frozen)
Pineapples
Mango
Asparagus
Sweet peas (Frozen)
Kiwi
Bananas
Cabbage
Broccoli
Papaya
Blueberries
Cauliflower
Winter Squash
Watermelon
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes
Honeydew melon
Cantaloupe
Thanks to Environmental Working Group (EWG) for this information.
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As we celebrate our national heritage of breaking thru tyranny and oppression to find freedom, its impt to not just think historically but also personally - what I can do to be more independent of a systm that has run amok with spiking gas prices, food of dubious quality coming to us from all over the planet, [...]
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Allan Williams of CTDEP, the Central CT Bike Alliance, Sierra Club, West Hartford, Planet Earth passed away this week at the age of 61 from pancreatic cancer. He was brilliant, a true community servant and strong advocate for the environment. He came on my radio show just after he spent a year of his life [...]
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We know air quality in the US is not the greatest and is responsible for some percentage of asthma, early death in the elderly and babies, and cardiopulmonary disease. While we are better off than in China (all that coal burning for energy over there) and while we have made strides, US air quality has [...]
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Spring cleaning should be green cleaning. As you look to unload your pre-Cambrian clothing and cookware, stuff not worth keeping around for the memories, have a keen eye out for toxics. Old drugs, bug killer, lawn pesticides, fertilizer, lighter fluid, cleaning products, paint, varnish, sealants, glues, waxes, motor oil, antifreeze, fluroescent light bulbs. What do they have in [...]
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While I’m not into the blame game, we can’t ignore the irresponsible corporate and govt practices that led to 600 people falling ill and 8 dieing across 43 states from Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter. FDA hadn’t inspect the Peanut Corp of America plant in GA since 2001 and at that time it was a mess, with [...]
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