Vitamin D: Who Should Take a Supplement
By Sarah B. Weir Vitamin D provides a wide range of health benefits. It is effective in preventing rickets and treating other bone diseases such as osteoporosis. Acc (more…)...
Toxic Levels of Arsenic Found in Popular Juice Brands
Arsenic has long been recognized as a poison and a contaminant in drinking water, but now concerns are growing about arsenic in foods, especially in fruit juices that are a mainstay for children. Controversy ov...
BCBG has Reneged on it Pledge, and the 2011 Holiday Line has Fur
By Judy Molland In 2008, Max Azria became the latest fashion designer to make the fur-free pledge, when he announced that luxury fashion brand BCBG Max Azria Group would go fur-free as (m...
Hair Dye can be Dangerous for People`s Health
By Shannon McKarney Whether it’s to cover grey or change color entirely, hair dye is big business. Unfortunately, it’s also dangerous business if recent stories are any indication. < (...
Giant Mound of Tires in SC Visible from Space
By MEG KINNARD COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The sprawling pile of hundreds of thousands of tires isn''t easy to spot from the ground, sitting in a rural South Carolina clearing accessible by only a...
Green issues and greenbacks: Occupy Wall Street connects the dots
BY JENNIFER PREDIGER Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters linked climate and the environment to their movement this past Sunday, Oct. 30. OWS''s environmental working group put the Climate J...
Group Says Baby Shampoo Has Cancer-Causing Chemicals
By LINDA A. JOHNSON TRENTON, N.J. -- Two chemicals considered harmful to babies remain in Johnson & Johnson''s baby shampoo sold in the U.S., even though the company already makes versions wi...
Green Mega-Mall Is Upstate NY’s Destiny
By Kristy Hessman Destiny USA, a shopping and entertainment center in Syracuse, N.Y., is seeking Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) certification for its massive expansion project. If achieved...
The Not-At-All-Distant Future of Green Gamification
By Ashok Kamal Games are like ketchup: widely loved and diversely applied, with an appeal rooted in childhood. In fact, a new report reveals that over 90 percent of U.S. kids aged 2-17 are gaming today. ...
‘I am the Population Problem’
By Lisa Hymas Population growth tends to get blamed on other people: Africans and Asians who have "more kids than they can feed," immigrants in our own country with their "large families," even single mothers i...