What do I advise to those of you who are just learning how to be green and need an easy way to tell what is OK and what is not? I advise you …

The other day, I read in the local newspaper that GE, which had been dredging the Hudson River to clean it after having dumped over 1 million pounds of PCBs into the river, was just …

New York City now has a constant reminder of global warming looming in huge red letters over their heads: the DeAM Carbon Counter. The counter, which is plastered above people’s heads on 33rd …

So, I went to get my hair cut today after (shamefully) not getting it cut for 11 months. Yikes! While I must say that I love my haircut, the process I did not love: …

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 …

The government’s new program allowing people to trade their gas guzzlers (anything that gets fewer than 18 mpg) for cash to buy a new car only requires that the new car get 22 mpg. Please! …

What: Stay away from parabens, used as preservatives in bath, body, and skin care products. They are especially common in shampoo.
Why: Parabens are considered endocrine/hormone disrupters, which means the body thinks they are …

I just read in the New York Times that Tian Lihua began her morning shift when she felt nausea, then numbness, then unconsciousness. More than 1,200 employees at the textile mill where she works exhibited …

I wrote a post a few days back about my big eco-fail, getting a mouth full of endocrine disrupting (and most likely breast cancer causing) bisphenol A (BPA) in some dental bonding work done. Eureka! …

While most boys seem to prefer Lysol and Axe, there were two boys who decided that the best way to hide their 19-year-old male scent was to plug in a “sweet apples and roses” …