Tag: Tips
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What You Should Know Before Eating Seafood
People who follow the Obama administration’s guidelines on eating seafood could consume dangerous amounts of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, or too few essential omega-3 fatty acids, according to a new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis of fish contaminant and nutrient data. “The federal government’s advice on seafood consumption fails to give people what they desperately need—precise,…
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California’s Drought: The New Normal
Gov. Jerry Brown has officially declared a drought in the state of California. Californians are being asked to reduce their personal water usage by 20 percent in 2014, projected to become the driest year on record. [blackoutgallery id=”318413″] Scientific projections regarding climate change suggest that these dry conditions could become the new normal. The drought proclamation…
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How to Compost in Your Apartment
Live in an apartment or condo and think you can’t compost because you don’t have a large backyard? It is possible—and fairly easy—to compost indoors. If properly managed, a compost bin won’t attract pests or rodents or smell bad. Food scraps and yard waste make up 20 percent to 30 percent of what we throw…
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5 Ways to Use Less Energy When Washing Clothes
OK, you’ve taken the first step toward energy-efficient laundering by purchasing an Energy Star washer. Here are five tips that can help your clothes washer use even less energy, courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program. [caption id="attachment_315336" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] 1. Always use high efficiency (HE) detergent. Front-loading clothes washers…
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7 Tips For a Non-Toxic Pregnancy
On MomsRising’s weekly tweet chat, called #EcoTipTue, the featured guest was Sara Alcid of Reproductive Health Technologies Project. The organization advocates for chemical policy reform so the burden of protection doesn’t have to be on pregnant women. Alcid shared these tips for pregnant women, their partners and caregivers to avoid toxic chemicals during these important months: [caption id=”attachment_315268″…