Beth Greer's Blog

• Green Romance: A Healthy Approach to Intimacy

  February 8, 2010

  • The scene is set for romance…perfume, candles, flowers, chocolate, and champagne. But wait…some of these products might contain toxic chemicals! A new report from the Centers for Disease Control says that almost half of all Americans are now living with physical conditions and diseases that could be caused by exposure to toxic chemicals. Know this: What you put on your body gets in to your ...
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• Are Cell Phones Safe? How to Avoid Risk

  January 25, 2010

  • Cell phone use among children is a massive uncontrolled experiment on the brain. So says Devra Davis, Ph.D., award-winning scientist, writer and founder of Environmental Health Trust, a nonprofit devoted to researching and controlling avoidable environmental health threats. “Children’s skulls are thinner and their brains are less dense so there’s more absorption of radio frequency ...
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• Are We Playing Roulette with Meat and Poultry?

  January 15, 2010

  • Have you heard about "pink slime" in ground beef? It’s the term affectionately used by meat industry insiders that refers to a pinkish paste made of meat scraps from the slaughterhouse floor. These scraps were once only used for pet food and cooking oil, but now, a company called Beef Products, Inc. created a process to collect the meat scraps, send them through a series of machines, ...
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