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Lead in All Lipstick? – Detox Diva
Thursday, 3 Sep, 2009 – 7:38 | View Comments
Lead in All Lipstick? – Detox Diva

Eco-Fail: A new study published by the Food and Drug Association in the July/August issue of Journal of Cosmetic Science found the heavy metal lead in all 22 samples tested. Levels ranged from …

Musk in Your Milk? – Detox Diva
Sunday, 30 Aug, 2009 – 9:00 | View Comments
Musk in Your Milk? – Detox Diva

Eco-Fail: The more personal care products you use, the more synthetic musk you will have in your blood and yes, your breast milk, according to a recent study. Synthetic musk is added to shampoo, …

Pesticides and Parkinsons – Detox Diva
Saturday, 29 Aug, 2009 – 17:30 | View Comments
Pesticides and Parkinsons – Detox Diva

Eco-Fail: New studies show that there is a three-fold increase in the degenerative nerve disease Parkinson’s if the person has a certain gene and is exposed to paraquat and maneb, two pesticides …

Speckled Bakeware Eco-Fail
Thursday, 20 Aug, 2009 – 12:50 | View Comments
Speckled Bakeware Eco-Fail

Ok, while this chart is a sales pitch by Dr. Mercola (and no, Green Chi Cafe isn’t being paid to link to it), I am showing you the chart because it has an eye-popping …

Dolphins Full of Germ Killer – Eco-Fail
Tuesday, 11 Aug, 2009 – 8:15 | View Comments
Dolphins Full of Germ Killer – Eco-Fail

We’ll want to think twice every time you out squirt some hand sanitizer or buy some germ-killing sponges. The most commonly found ingredient in these products is triclosan. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study …

Lead Contaminating Global Paint – Eco-Fail
Thursday, 6 Aug, 2009 – 11:47 | View Comments
Lead Contaminating Global Paint – Eco-Fail

Now this isn’t good. Seventy-five percent of paint samples and 73 percent of consumer paint brands tested from 12 countries representing nearly half the global population exceeded current US standard of 600 parts per million …

Chickens Won’t Eat GMO Maize – Eco-Win
Wednesday, 5 Aug, 2009 – 7:44 | View Comments
Chickens Won’t Eat GMO Maize – Eco-Win

Are we as smart as chickens? I hope, but doubt it. A bunch of indigenous African chickens refused to eat their new maize. It was discovered that their feed had been made from a genetically …