Tag: Featured Living
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Shoppers Beware: Toxic Chemicals Found in 150 Consumer Products
Products with chemical hazards remain widely available in stores. Shoppers need to take caution this holiday season. Although major retailers such as Walmart and Target have established policies to address many of these chemical hazards, those retailers still carry many toxic products. And many other retailers do not have such policies. [caption id="attachment_313531" align="alignnone" width="500"] The…
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Have a Happy (Non-GMO) Thanksgiving
Looking to keep genetically modified organisms (GMO) out of your grocery cart and off your Thanksgiving table? This graphic, from the Non-GMO Project, shows which common Thanksgiving menu items are at risk for being genetically modified and how to find easy alternatives. Visit EcoWatch’s GMO page for more related news on this topic.
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How to Avoid Factory Farmed Foods
There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including your health, animal welfare and the environment. It can be challenging to avoid foods produced from animals raised on factory farms, given how dominant factory farming has become. But it’s possible. Here are some suggestions from the Organic Consumers Association: [caption id="attachment_313472" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit:…
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Can Genetically Modified Foods Trigger Gluten Sensitivity?
A new report links genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with gluten-related disorders and suggests GMOs might be an important environmental trigger for gluten sensitivity, estimated to affect as many as 18 million Americans. The report, released by the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), cites U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) records, medical journal reviews…
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Guess How One Nation’s Army is Fighting Climate Change
By Kristina Chew Here’s the Norwegian army’s plan to fight climate change: have everybody go meatless once a week. Norwegian troops will be eating vegetarian meals on Mondays to cut their consumption of ecologically unfriendly foods whose production contributes heavily to global warming. Spokesman Eystein Kvarving says the plan is meant to be “a step to protect our climate” by serving food…