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The Not-So-Great American Hamburger’s Secret Ingredient
Trimmings from the outside of beef carcasses, ground and treated with ammonia, are a staple ingredient of American school and fast-food hamburgers. Read More...
Green Building Innovations, 2009
Solar shingles and solar-in-a-box as well as green walls and mini turbines graced the list of an environmental builder's options. The Jetson Green site offers some details. Read More...
Bottled Water: Public Nemesis
Back in 1999 -- before we were aware that plastic bottles leached BPA's -- the NRDC's 4-year study made clear that bottled water was a bad choice for both our health and the environment. Here is a reprise of the Exceutive Summary with the bad news. Read More...
Energy-Saving Incentive: Keeping Up with the Joneses
Some utilities are getting amazing results by sending customers energy report cards, showing how well they do compared to their neighbors. Read More...
Not Pretty Enough: Why We Throw Away Half Our Food
We throw out 50 per cent of the food we produce, mostly because it isn't 'pretty' enough. In a hungry world, why do we do this? Read More...
The Disappearing Male
The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer.Some researchers say that declining male fertility rates could be the first sign of extinction. Read More...
Greener Drilling Practices: Available but Little Used
With gas drilling in NYC's and other watersheds looming, the gas industry's ability to make hydraulic fracturing safer is a major issue. Read More...