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5 Reasons Why the Obesity Epidemic is Spreading to AnimalsThe American obesity epidemic has become a hot topic of news. And with good reason considering we're the fattest nation in the world and we're only getting fatter. See more »
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93 percent of Ayurveda's Wild Medicinal Plants Threatened With ExtinctionThis one's pretty crazy when you think about it: The Economic Times reports that the Botanical Survey of India has done an assessment of the state of the nation's wild medicinal plants used in Ayurvedic medicine. See more »
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96 Arrests in China as Tainted Milk Scandal Unfolds AgainThe first tainted milk scandal broke in 2008, when baby formula was found to be tainted with melamine, a type of plastic and cyanuric acid, which is used to clean swimming pools. See more »
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A Plastic Planet: The Price of a Bargain?I read Gordon Laird's new book, The Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization, in the mindset of a Planet Green writer and thus, one word stood out: plastics. See more »
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America's Obesity Epidemic Still Growing: What You Can Do About ItA new study published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and reported on MindBodyGreen said that not only is America is still the fattest country in the world, we're only getting fatter. See more »
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Cleveland's New City Health Bans: No Smoking Outside and No Trans Fats InsideWhen you think of healthy cities where does your mind normally wander? Portland, San Francisco, or maybe somewhere in Colorado. See more »
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Country By Country GMO Breakdown: Guess Who Has By FAR The MostGOOD just reported on the GMO stats released from International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications. The stats outline the world according to genetically modified crops. See more »
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Is plastic making us fat?Hormone-mimicking chemicals that already have a bad rap for their role as endocrine disruptors in the body (including the notorious bisphenol A (BPA) that has led to the shunning of plastic water bottles nationwide), are now thought to also screw with the body's metabolism and, depending on the amount and timing of exposure, predispose individuals to obesity. See more »
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Natural Gas Drilling Harms Eyes, Causes Tumors, Destroys Air: The Ugly Truth Behind the 'Natural' Energy SourceWith exemptions from the most fundamental environmental protections including the Clean Air and Safe Drinking Water Acts, the oil and gas industry has been able to get away with polluting land, air, and public drinking water supplies. See more »
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Oh No Costco: Greenpeace Attacks Chain for Selling 15 Red-Listed Seafood SpeciesWhat's wrong with buying in bulk for cheap from the country's largest wholesale club? When there isn't much of a sustainability policy behind the store's purchasing decisions, it means we are getting a discount to quickly destroy our ecosystems. See more »
