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Greening Your Child’s Bedroom or Baby Nursery

February 19th, 2014 • BY

Whether getting a precious infant’s nursery organized or redoing your child’s bedroom, following a few green tips can help keep your kids healthy and happy in the long […]

Chem Fatale: New Report Finds Chemicals in Feminine Care Products

January 7th, 2014 • BY

Casual chit-chat about feminine care products doesn’t really come up a whole lot in polite conversation today. But a new report from Women’s Voices for the Earth that […]

Seventh Generation Boosting Skin Serums

December 2nd, 2013 • BY

The skin care market is a crowded field but Seventh Generation has jumped into an affordable sweet spot with its new line of Skin Boosts ($14.99/1.5 oz.) crafted […]

Is Your Makeup Safe? 2 New Apps Help You Find Out

November 14th, 2013 • BY

Making an informed decision about cosmetics and personal care products just became a whole lot easier—thanks to the development of two new apps that will deliver specific product […]

10 Air Purifying Houseplants

November 4th, 2013 • BY

When NASA set out to determine the best, air-purifying plants for the space station, it put hundreds of houseplants though the paces. What did the inter-planetary agency find? […]

The 25,000 Chemicals in Your Bottled Water

October 17th, 2013 • BY

While most of us know that toting a reusable water bottle is the preferred mode of transport for our daily dose of H2O, the occasional disposable plastic bottle […]

Fran Drescher’s Home Detox Tips

August 26th, 2013 • BY

After being diagnosed with—and surviving—uterine cancer, actress Fran Drescher decided it was high time to detoxify her environment. Her research on the amount of chemical toxins in our […]

Secret Scents: Is Fragrance Dangerous?

July 29th, 2013 • BY

Fragrance is all around us. Especially in our own personal care product stashes, where 96 percent of shampoos, 91 percent of antiperspirants, 83 percent of moisturizers, and 71 […]

Green Cleaning: Whole Foods Eco-Scale Rating System

April 6th, 2013 • BY

Whole Foods’ New Eco-Scale™ Rating System Ranks its Household Cleaning Products  Do you know what’s in your cleaning products? Since cleaning product ingredient transparency isn’t currently required by […]

Healthy Schools Campaign: New Green Cleaning Guide

March 7th, 2013 • BY

Is your child’s school clean and green? Designed for school administrators and cleaning professionals, the Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) recently released Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning […]