Research links soaring incidence of the mysterious neurological disorder to fetal and infant exposure to pesticides, viruses, and household chemicals -- not to vaccinations, as many parents mistakenly have feared. Read More...
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Green Buildings: Greening the Air
“What do you put in the air?” the building superintendent at the Hearst Tower on 57th Street in New York City says he is frequently asked. What the people who work there sense as something added is actually something taken away: the off-gassing of toxic chemicals from flooring materials, wall paints and furniture, the... Read More...
A Zero-Energy Building Grows in Brooklyn
The first zero-energy urban building in the United States will shortly break ground in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. Read More...
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...
Toxic Chemicals: The Guinea Pigs R Us
When you stop being in denial and actually take a look at the vast quantities of toxic substances we are currently releasing into our air, water and soil, not to speak of the amounts we are spraying on our homes, lawns and bodies or ingesting in our food, the information quickly becomes overwhelming. Even... 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...