“Cosmetics products and ingredients are not subject to FDA premarket approval authority, with the exception of color additives…[the] FDA cannot require companies to do safety testing of their cosmetics before marketing.” (FDA website).
If that quote concerns you then pay very close attention to this next part excerpted from Healthy Child, Healthy World:
The average American uses [...]
Halloween is almost here! Time to sneak treats, assume alternate identities, run around in the dark…and create massive amounts of solid waste? Yup, from trashed pumpkins and plastic decorations to single use costumes and candy wrappers we generate tons (litterally) of garbage every Halloween. YGR’s Green Halloween Guide is the first stop on your path [...]
Got something to say about climate change? The World Bank wants to hear it. In an effort to highlight the social impact of climate change, they’re holding an open call for innovative and thought-provoking short films in a world-wide documentary competition. Open to amateurs and professionals, young and old alike, this is a once [...]
US paper recycling rates reached 52% in 2006 with paper makers recycling enough paper to fill a 15-mile-long-train of boxcars every day. Recycling paper no doubt saves considerable resources (water, electricity, trees etc.) and is preferable to landfilling, but all of this paper recycling also creates oft-overlooked chemical byproducts (sludge) through de-inking and contaminant [...]
Inundated with messages to ‘Buy Local!’ and ‘Buy American!’ in order to save the environment and decrease ‘food miles’, consumers are flooding farmers markets, CSA’s and co-ops. And with U.S. produce traveling an average of 1,500 miles from farm to grocer, it would seem that the ‘Buy Local’ phenomenon makes sense in the [...]
Plastic bags consumed this year:
The next time you consider buying that 24 case of bottled water or accepting the plastic grocery bag instead of bringing a canvas tote, consider these statistics first:
Plastic Consumption:
Plastic will not biodegrade-ever. Instead, plastic will [...]
Before chucking those plastics into the recycling bin, make sure you’ve first taken these steps.
Before The Bin:
1.) Check with your local recycling authority to find out which plastics are accepted (recycling codes/resin identification numbers 1-7). You can find this information online or by calling 1-800-Cleanup for state recycling information. What is or is not [...]
According to the Healthy Child Healthy World organization, the average home contains approximately 1,500 hazardous chemicals (HCHW). Among the most concerning issues arising from the overuse of chemical cleaners is the pollution of indoor air. Volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) are present in many common household cleaners and are released as gases during use [...]