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Lipstick Danger: Don't Let Lead Poison your Pout 20 Jun 2009 IN FASHION & BEAUTY \| COMMENTS In 2007, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics selected over 30 lipsticks in four different cities and sent them for lead testing. Over one half came back with detectable levels of lead. One third had more lead than the FDA legally allowed. Among the brands containing lead were the cosmetic powerhouses...+ READ MORE	{ }
BEST Battery Program Aims to Reduce Lead Battery Poisoning in Asia 1 Jan 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT \| COMMENTS The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) combined with the support of the Lemelson Foundation provides $1.5 million to student and faculty programs and ventures annually. They sponsor today's featured inventive idea, The BEST (Better Environmental Sustainability Targets)...+ READ MORE	{ }
Focus Earth: December 20, 2008: Saving the Condor & OPEC Cuts 19 Dec 2008 IN FOCUS EARTH \| COMMENTS This week, Focus Earth takes a look at recent appointments to Barack Obama's "Green Team," providing an analysis of what these selections mean for the administration's environmental policy. Then, Bob Woodward and the team report on recent OPEC production cuts, ways Toledo, Ohio, is...+ READ MORE	{ }
Focus on Focus Earth: Saving the Condor 19 Dec 2008 IN FOCUS EARTH \| COMMENTS Though their numbers reached as few as nine in 1985, there are now 166 California Condors in the wild. This increase has come after decades of effort by zoologists, conservationists, and environmental activists. While the recovery is impressive, the species is still considered highly endangered and...+ READ MORE	{ }
Get the Lead Out 26 Jun 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS Doors are a membranous barrier that help us clearly outline the distinction between the abstract states of “in” and “out.” A person passing through a door has the rare privilege of existing in a third, limbo-like, paradoxical state. + READ MORE	{ }
Toast the New Year Without Lead Crystal 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS New Year's resolutions are often hard to keep but my first one is easy and green: Stop drinking wine out of leaded crystal stemware. Experts seem to agree that while the danger is small if the wine is consumed over a short space of time (such as a dinner), trace amounts of lead do leach into...+ READ MORE	{ }
Lose Those Shoes Before Entering 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS There are myriad reasons for leaving your shoes next to the welcome mat: Your hardwood floors will hold up longer, for instance, without grit and sand constantly grinding into its finish. While adults are by no means immune, childhood lead poisoning remains a major environmental-health problem in...+ READ MORE	{ }
Detox Your Home: Detect, Remove Lead Paint 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS Sorry, parental units, but discovering traces of lead in your kids' toys is the least of your problems with this neurotoxin. Wash and wipe down surfaces: Meanwhile, wet-mop floors and wipe windows and other contaminated surfaces with trisodium phosphate or another high-phosphate detergent-note,...+ READ MORE	{ }
Best of 2007: Detox Your Home 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS Indoor air pollution can be two to five times worse than outdoor air pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Neutralize trace organic pollutants, such as benzene and formaldehyde, simply by growing certain varieties of houseplants.Find out which ones you want to add to...+ READ MORE	{ }
Know Your Cosmetics Ingredients: Top Five Ingredients to Avoid 19 Feb 2008 IN FASHION & BEAUTY \| COMMENTS Gaping loopholes in public-health laws give cosmetics companies the license to use almost any ingredient they want in their products, whether it's sunscreen or baby shampoo, without any restrictions or requirements for safety testing. Ingredients include carcinogens in baby shampoo called...+ READ MORE	{ }

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