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Ceramic piggy bank with coins scattered around it
September 10, 2024
Discover how to save money while raising seven kids green and healthy. I did it on a nurse's salary!
Worker in safety gear organizing stacked bundles of compressed plastic bottles at recycling facility
September 10, 2024
MOM's Organic Market, a Washington, DC supermarket chain, is doing its part to cut out plastic, banning water bottles from…
Stonyfield Farm yogurt products displayed in front of a pastoral landscape with grazing cows
September 10, 2024
New Hampshire based yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm is switching its yogurt multi-packs to a corn-based, compostable bioplastic.
Discarded plastic water bottle in grass
September 10, 2024
Canada has become the first country to declare BPA as a toxic substance, posing a risk to human health and…
Similac infant formula cans on store shelf with price tags and surveillance notice
September 10, 2024
Despite the FDA's recent reluctance to ban BPA (bisphenol-A) in food packaging outright, citing a lack of conclusive evidence that…
Ornate vintage cash register with decorative brass detailing and numerical keypad
September 10, 2024
Bisephenol A (BPA), the toxic plastic substance linked to serious health conditions, is being used in register tape receipts from…
Yellow caution sign warning of pesticide application with keep off symbol in a crop field
September 10, 2024
Women exposed to pesticides and plasticizers are more likely to have fertility problems and lower birth-weight babies.
Vintage feminine hygiene product dispenser mounted on striped wallpaper
September 10, 2024
Feminine hygiene products can contain toxic pesticides, fungicides and BPA. Natural and organic tampons and sanitary napkins are safe and…
White plastic containers and caps arranged closely together
September 10, 2024
The Chinese Ministry of Health announced earlier this month that it had decided to pursue approving a ban of BPA…
Supermarket shelf stocked with colorful cardboard cereal boxes
September 10, 2024
A Swedish scientific research team has determined that health issues as minor as inflammation and as serious as cancer may…