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The Dirty Dozen and EWG Shoppers Guide to Produce

Posted June 22, 2011 - 10:51am by colora22

It's fairly easy to lower your pesticide intake by avoiding these 12 most contaminated produce items. Just be sure to buy these organic!
1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Strawberries
4. Peaches
5. Spinach
6. Nectarines (imported)
7. Grapes (imported)
8. Sweet bell peppers
9. Potatoes
10. Blueberries (domestic)
11. Lettuce
12. Kale/Collard Greens

For more info, check out EWG's 2011 Shopper's Guide to Safe Produce: http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/?utm_source=2011foodnews2testb&utm_medium=em...

How Safe is Your Sunscreen?

Posted June 22, 2011 - 10:42am by colora22

Once again, the Environmental Working Group has educated America on toxic sunscreen. Check out the 2011 EWG Sunscreen Guide here: http://breakingnews.ewg.org/2011sunscreen/

Do you know someone suffering from Climate Change Denial?

Posted April 27, 2010 - 8:33pm by colora22

It happens after a big snowfall. It happens when the weather turns especially cold. It happens when fewer or weaker hurricanes make landfall in a season. More Americans do it now than even two years ago , while most of the rest of world does it less.

What is this strange phenomenon? It is Climate Change Denial.

There are three main varieties of deniers: the uninformed, the misinformed and the conspiracy theorists/crackpots. While it is often possible to have an intelligent and rational discussion with the first two, the third type should simply be avoided.

Know Your Trash Facts

Posted March 4, 2010 - 5:28pm by colora22

As seen on www.environmentalistseveryday.org

About 80% of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet our recycling rate is just 33%. (Environmental Protection Agency)

More than ½ million trees are saved each year by recycling paper in Boulder County. (Eco-Cycle)

By recycling more than 57,000 tons of steel cans, we reduce greenhouse gasses equivalent to taking more than 21,000 cars off the road each year. (WM)

Recycling glass instead of making it from silica sand reduces mining waste by 70%, water use by 50%, and air pollution by 20%. (Environmental Defense Fund)

Stop the Bagness!

Posted March 2, 2010 - 9:20pm by Visitor

by Teresa Morris

Urban Tumbleweed – a carelessly discarded plastic bag picked up by the wind and blown about city streets.

They’re everywhere. They may be called “urban,” but these tumbleweeds can be seen in suburban, rural, mountain and aquatic environments. And unlike their namesake, these tumbleweeds don’t harmlessly biodegrade.