A new online tool allows users to compare the radiation levels of more than a thousand cellphones available in the United States. The tool, created by the Environmental Working Group, comes on the heel of scientific research that suggests a link between cellphone use and brain salivary gland tumors. The researchers at EWG believe government and [...]
Continue reading...6. October 2009
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Although none of the most polluted cities in the world are located in the United States, that doesn’t mean the air quality here is perfect. In fact, the American Lung Association believes that 60 percent of Americans (roughly 186.1 million people) live in areas where air pollution threatens their lives. The State of the Air [...]
Continue reading...4. September 2009
A lot of people these days have the impression that dangerous chemicals have for the most part been removed from household products in America. But unlike the European Union, where a chemical must be proven safe before it is allowed to be used, we still cling to the big business endorsed concept that a chemical [...]
Continue reading...28. August 2009
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So much time is spent worrying about if the air outside, the car you drive, the school your children attend, or that the place you work could be filled with environmental dangers, that where you spend most of your time, your home, is often overlooked entirely. We like to think of our homes as a [...]
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8. October 2009
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