By. Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Dear EarthTalk: Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today (just the affordable ones, please!)? —Jack Madison, Chicago, IL Given increased environmental awareness, high gas prices and a continually slumping economy, it’s no wonder that more fuel efficient cars are all the rage these [...]
By. Jodi Helmer The ingredients listed in some pet foods, flea and tick medications and dog shampoos read like a recipe for chemical soup: pentobarbital, tetrasodium EDTA, pyrethroids. “After we got [our dog], I discovered that there are a lot of toxic pet products out there,” says Bethany Gonzalez Moreno. Concerns over the effects of [...]
By. Lindsey Blomberg A new study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found an infant formula sweetened with organic brown rice syrup to have a total arsenic concentration level of as much as six times the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water limit. Based [...]
By. Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Dear EarthTalk: I was in Los Angeles recently and the smog was not nearly as bad as when I visited 15 years ago. Is it really better now, and if so, how did it get that way? Or did I just happen to visit on a good day? —Marjorie [...]
By. Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that Bisphenol A (BPA)—which is harmful to human health—was found to be present in retail cash register receipts and that, since those receipts get recycled, the chemical may also be present in toilet paper and other paper products? —Jocelyn Mitchell, via e-mail Many of [...]
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