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Electronic Cigarettes - Not As Completely Safe As Many Believe

Electronic cigarettes (e.cigarettes), which are battery-operated devices intended to provide "the smoking experience" with water vapor, rather than smoke, may not be as harmless as many believe.

115 comments    health technology smoking
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How to Make Natural Paint

Up until the discovery of petrolatum and the introduction of toxic chemicals, paints were created using natural ingredients such as: linseed oil, lime, casein from milk, turpentine, citrus oils, chalk and...

30 comments    health how to fun
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Liver Detox

Today we live in an environment unlike most other centuries through history. It is an environment filled with chemicals created by many of the modern advances of man. Many diseases have become prominent as a...

7 comments    food environment drugs
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Kill Those Ants Naturally

Summertime and ants are always together. Ants are small little insects that are annoying and will attend all your picnics and will set up house within our home if you let them. There are many sprays and bug...

0 comments    ants toxic chemicals kill ants
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The Pacific “Plastic” Ocean

Plastic is everywhere. As we live out our lives in world ruled by capitalism, a need for constant economic growth, and marketing tactics that force us to buy luxurious consumer products, it’s easy to forget...

2 comments    pollution plastic pacific ocean
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3 Good Reasons to Buy Organic Cotton

Maybe you don't think you need me to tell you your underpants are toxic! I would never dream of being so rude, but I'd like you to know just how toxic the cotton-production process is that created them. So...

0 comments    organic cotton toxic chemicals
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Hazards of using chemicals in home cleaning products

A surprising number of the most harmful toxins ever created are found right in our own backyard — indeed, right inside your mop closet. The air in our homes is filled with fumes from petrochemical...

5 comments    home cleaning products enjo
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A Greener Diaper

  Disposable diapers can take 500 years to decompose in a landfill, but don’t despair because you can make a difference by choosing environmentally friendly diapers.  Some choices you may want to...

1 comment    family how to home
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How to avoid toxic chemicals

Most of us would object if the local council allowed a chemical factory to be built next to our homes, schools, nurseries and public buildings. We'd write letters, sign petitions and attend meetings and...

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Best Water Purifiers

The Ralph Nader Research Institute has found out that the water coming out of our taps at home is full of harmful toxic chemicals, in fact 2,100 in all and they have been linked to the development of cancers...

0 comments    water environment homes
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