‘Slow Death by Rubber Duck,’ a tale about the chemicals within us
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Concerned about all those dangerous household chemicals you keep hearing about: BPA, phthalates and pesticides with cryptic names like 2,4-Dioxane? We’ve found just...
View ArticlePesticides, ADHD and what we can do about it
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now After reading today’s news about yet another study linking pesticides to yet another health issue, in this case ADHD, I thought maybe this time, we’ll pay attention...
View ArticleA beautiful lawn, without oil
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Like everyone else, I’ve been examining my use of oil and petrochemicals in the wake of the BP hemorrhage in the gulf. We all know that getting a higher mileage car,...
View ArticleClearing the air: NYC proposes banning smoking in parks
From Green Right Now Reports New York City already has smoke-free restaurants. It may soon have smoke-free parks, beaches and outdoor plazas. Under a proposal announced Thursday by Mayor Michael R....
View ArticleNew dietary guidelines: Fruits and vegetables should dominate your plate
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Eat your veggies! And, while you’re at it, quit drinking so much soda. Fruits and Vegetables, the fulcrum of a good diet. The government’s new dietary guidelines...
View ArticleSpring brings the annual rain of lawn chemicals
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Spring has sprung, or is springing. And with the season come the chemicals, raining down upon lawn and garden centers everywhere Ah, I love the smell of Atrazine in...
View ArticleNRDC attempts to head off ‘weed and feed’ pollution
From Green Right Now Reports Just in time for weed-and-feed season, the Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to stop the...
View ArticleStudy shows red meat consumption increases the risk of dying
From Green Right Now Reports One of the largest studies to ever examine the health effects of red meat consumption has found that it significantly increases the risk of dying prematurely for both men...
View ArticleWhat you need for a greener kitchen: Healthy cookware
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Keeping it greener in the kitchen can mean many things. You may be using more fresh vegetables or local foods, literally adding greens. Perhaps you’ve switched to...
View ArticleStudy shows that fat tissue enables cancerous tumors to grow faster
From Green Right Now Reports Fat cells may facilitate the growth of cancer tumors by strengthening the blood vessels that supply the tumors, medical researchers in Texas reported in the journal Cancer...
View ArticleFive fall foods that fight cancer
From Green Right Now Reports Fall is a delicious time to eat seasonal foods, and not just the comfort carbs of Thanksgiving, but the many fruits and vegetables that are harvested at this time in the...
View ArticleOne cancer risk you can easily remove from your life
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now It’s a little like a storyline from those nuclear-age science-fiction movies from the 1950s. An invisible, insidious gas invades your home, poised to undermine your...
View ArticleThe Safe Chemicals Act of 2013 aims to clamp down
From Green Right Now Reports U.S. Senators today introduced the Safe Chemicals Act, designed to require stricter screening of chemicals to assess their safety before they’re approved for public use....
View Article‘Mind the Store’ program wants to purge toxic chemicals from our household...
From Green Right Now Reports Do you know what’s in your body lotion? If you read the label carefully, it’s likely you couldn’t pronounce or explain many ingredients, and some of those mystery chemicals...
View ArticleThe Dirty Dozen updated: Apples top the list for pesticide residues
From Green Right Now Reports These Organic apples come without the pesticide residues. Apples, strawberries, grapes and celery. All of these are healthy foods, but unfortunately they arrive at the...
View ArticleCancer-free barbecue: All you need is this one cheap trick
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now When I saw the headline buried in my email — “Cancer-proof your barbecue”– I couldn’t resist. I’m a sucker for information about the key to cancer-free longevity...
View ArticleMen living closest to Canadian tar sands are more likely to get leukemia,...
Green Right Now Reports A study published this week shows that men living in the industrial tar sands region of Alberta Canada appear to be at higher risk of leukemia and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma....
View ArticleNuts, let us count the crazy number of ways they’re good for you
We already knew nuts were pretty good for us. This week we learned that people who regularly consumed nuts are less likely to die of cancer or heart disease, according to a major study by Harvard...
View ArticleMeat and dairy consumption quadrupled the risk of cancer in middle-aged...
GRN Reports A new study showing that high protein intake during middle age quadrupled the risk of cancer raises big questions about the current paleo diet trend that greenlights meat while lowering...
View Article11 ways to avoid BPA and phthalates and why you should
GRN Reports Look for “no phthalates” on cosmetic goods. If the label doesn’t say, watch for unidentified “fragrance.” Phthalates, BPA and other plastic additives have been shown to interfere with the...
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