Tag: Living
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22 Facts About Plastic Pollution (And 10 Things We Can Do About It)
It seems nearly impossible to escape plastic in our every day lives, doesn’t it? And we can’t escape plastic pollution, either. Plastic is literally at my fingertips all day long. Plastic keyboard. Plastic framed computer monitor. Plastic mouse. The amount of plastic I encounter daily doesn’t end there. Chances are, you can relate. Plastic is…
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11 Ways to Vote With Your Fork
There’s no denying that you can in fact vote with your fork. The best part about it? You get to vote three times a day. When you think about it, food is one of the most basic things that we can change, altering our habits to not only better our own health, but the health…
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Rep. Pompeo to Introduce Koch-Funded, Monsanto-Backed, Voluntary GMO Food Labeling Bill
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) will introduce legislation this month backed by the Grocery Manufactures Association—including biotech giant Monsanto and Koch Industries—that would establish a voluntary labeling system for food made with genetically modified organisms (GMO), according to an industry insider. [caption id="attachment_329456" align="alignnone" width="500"] “American consumers want the right to know what is in the…
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Congress: Protect Public Health, Not Toxic Chemicals
Americans have long been unwitting subjects in an uncontrolled experiment. For decades, U.S. manufacturers—with the federal government’s blessing—have been producing tens of thousands of untested, potentially toxic chemicals, many of which wind up in our bodies. These substances include suspected neurotoxins, carcinogens and endocrine disruptors, and thousands of other chemicals for which there is little…
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‘Just Eat It’: Documentary Explores Food Waste From Farm to Fridge
What happens when two filmmakers challenge themselves to survive for six months only on discarded food? You get Just Eat It, a new documentary that explores the food waste issue from the farm all the way to a Vancouver fridge. [caption id="attachment_329377" align="alignnone" width="500"] In Just Eat It, Director and film subject Grant Baldwin found…