GreenSpace: Firm's drill-bit stunt stirs up all-out pink stink
Just when you were sure the world couldn't possibly get any pinker during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here's the latest: a Texas company that is a leading provider of gas and oil-field services is...
View ArticleGreenSpace: Unvented gas stoves are an asthma risk
When most people think of air pollution, they think of outdoors - smokestacks and tailpipes. So they may overlook a significant source indoors - the household gas stove, which is gaining new notoriety...
View ArticleGreenSpace: Whole Foods effort one of several programs helping consumers go...
Amid the gleaming peppers, the lush kale, the red strawberries, the decals were posted: Good. Better. Best. Dea Mallin, a retired English professor and writer who shops "almost daily" at the Whole...
View ArticleGreenSpace: Rice can contain traces of arsenic
Rice cereal. Rice cakes. Rice milk. What's not to like? Arsenic, apparently. Officials have long known that rice - and, therefore, rice products - contains traces of arsenic.
View ArticleGreenSpace: Experts disagree over safety of children's toys
Aren't kids' toys wonderful? But are they as safe as they could be? From the perspective of someone who grew up in the era of stuffed animals with button eyes - easy to chew off, swallow, and choke on...
View ArticleGreenSpace: 2014's top tips for maintaining environmental health
Sometimes, paying attention to environmental health issues can be a real downer. Those issues often involve air pollution, water pollution, or harmful chemicals.
View ArticleGreenSpace: DuPont develops new cooking oil from genetically-modified soybeans
For 37 years - since 1977 - breaded and fried white mushrooms have been a favorite in the food court at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
View ArticleGreenSpace: Study: Concerns over children's health motivates reduction in...
In trying to encourage energy conservation, proponents often emphasize the money people will save on electricity bills. But a new study out of California suggests that potential savings aren't a good...
View ArticleGreenSpace: Study raises concerns about thirdhand smoke
Uh-oh. The kids will be home soon. I'd better have my last cigarette so the air will clear out by the time they get here.
View ArticleGreenSpace: Save the heart by avoiding pollution
By now, many people know the major risk factors for heart disease that they have some control over, including high blood pressure, excess weight, and smoking.
View ArticleGreenSpace: Phila. storm-water plan seen to have wider positives
Sure, newly planted shrubs and trees can soak up storm water that otherwise would have overwhelmed the sewage system. Now there is early evidence that they may improve health and safety as well.
View ArticleGreenSpace: Food recommendations take environment into account
A federal panel has concluded that ensuring healthful food for the nation isn't just a matter of nutrition. It also hinges on steering the American diet toward more environmentally sustainable choices.
View ArticleGreenSpace: If we clean up the air, kids' lungs will benefit
The results of a recent study were more heartening than surprising. Short version: If we clean up the air, kids' lungs will benefit.
View ArticleGreenSpace: Park bench will monitor air pollution
Of all the oddball things, Ben Franklin clearly had never seen the like: a park bench that monitors air pollution, powered by wind and solar.
View ArticleGreenSpace: As medicinal use of plants grows, debate follows
The outer border is awash in the cheery yellows of arnica and the robust oranges of calendula. If you had a muscle ache or a skin irritation and were inclined to nonconventional medicine, these plants...
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