Archive for the ‘Green Living & News’ Category

Do You Really Understand the Definition of Organic?

November 29th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News | 1 Comment | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture established the National Organic Program in 2002, what it means to be “organic” has been a bit of a nebulous concept. The “USDA Organic” seal is found all over grocery stores, and brands try ...

Some Product Labels Do Not Represent Ingredients, Study Finds

November 18th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
The laundry detergent on your clothing or your scented soap may contain multiple chemical toxins, recent studies show. A University of Washington study tested common scented products, like detergents, soaps, cleaning supplies, lotions, and air fresheners, for toxicity and ingredients. Results ...

Social Insects’ Pathfinding Methods May Solve Traffic Problems

November 14th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Honeybees are either cute and fuzzy, or buzzing and annoying, depending on your attitude. One opinion that isn’t normally held is that they are smart — even smarter than computers. Recently, a study in London found that honeybees beat computers on ...

Fruits and Vegetables: Pesticides Hiding Inside

November 8th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Consumers these days are familiar with the concept of organic fruits and vegetables. They’re not sprayed with pesticides; they aren’t genetically modified; and they don’t introduce chemicals into our bodies that we can’t process and aren’t healthy for us. When ...

How To Prevent a Bed Bug Infestation

November 5th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News | 2 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
The prevalence of bed bugs in the United States has skyrocketed in the last 10 years — but even more so this past summer. Many major metropolitan areas are dealing with large-scale infestations in hotels, apartment buildings, movie theatres, college ...

Organic Insecticides vs. the Chemical Alternative

October 6th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News, Organic & Chemical Pesticides | 2 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
You’re walking down the grocery store aisle, and you see boxes of crackers with bright red packaging boasting buttery goodness and 15 different artificial flavors. You turn around, and across the aisle the healthy, “organic” alternative has a soft green ...

Avoid Unhealthy “Western Diet” By Planting Vegetables Organically

August 17th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News, Organic & Chemical Pesticides | 2 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
This just in: The "Western Diet," or the diet high in meats, processed sugars, fats, salts and starches has been linked to causing ADHD in children. The Australian study proved that a lack of fresh fruits and vegetables in a ...

5 Reasons to Eat Organic

August 17th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News, Organic & Chemical Pesticides | 1 Comment | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
The organic food movement has become increasingly popular as science has shown us more and more harmful effects of pesticides. However, a recent study has just released data on how much harmful pesticide we are actually consuming when we don't eat ...

It’s Party Time: Learn How The Natural Causes Global Warming

August 12th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News | 1 Comment | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Happy 35th Birthday Global Warming! Thirty five years ago on August 8, 1975, the now politically charged and controversial phrase global warming was born in Wally Broecker’s paper, “Are We On The Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?”, published in Science. These ...

The Dangers of Using A Synthetic Dandelion Killer

August 9th, 2010 Posted in Green Living & News | 3 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Nobody likes to look out into their lawn and see dandelions growing wild. But then again, nobody likes to poison themselves and the environment by using toxic chemicals to kill them, either. Synthetic herbicides are extremely dangerous, and may pose a ...