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Primavera’s Premier Organic Skincare Arrives in the U.S.

October 8, 2011

Photo: Primavera

Packed to the brim with pure plant oils and natural and organic ingredients sourced from fair trade farms around the globe, Germany’s premier skincare line Primavera arrives in the United States. Claiming to have the highest percenta…

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Greek Company Gives Pay Rises to Employees That Protect the Environment and Themselves

September 15, 2011

Image credit: Coco-mat

Recently I met the Spanish partners of Coco-mat, a greek company that makes sleeping products out of natural materials. The products are fantastic; made in Greece from renewable materials such as wood, wool, cotton, sea grass, …

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PeeCycling: Make Phosphorus From your Own Pee

August 23, 2011

The Alchemist (The Discovery of Phosphorus Through Henning Fire in Hamburg 1669)

Here is a weekend project for Sami, TreeHugger’s champion peecycler: make phosphorus from your own urine! It’s toxic and explosive in its pure form, but chemistry is fun…

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Amazing Ad Watch: "DDT Is Good For Me-e-e"

August 22, 2011

Oh for the fabulously optimistic fifties, when nuclear power was going to make electricity “too cheap to meter”, our houses were going to be made of plastic and we could look forward to Better living through Chemistry. Oh, and DDT was so wonderful th…

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Zuii Organic’s Colorful Summer Cosmetics Are Packed with Flower Petals

July 23, 2011

Photo: courtesy Bella Floria

Zuii Organic has a bevy of eye shadow options for anyone needing a boost of color to their same old make-up routine.

Their entire line is certified organic by the USDA, as well as the Organic Food Chain in Australia, wh…

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Sigg’s American Water Bottle Distributor Bankrupt

July 14, 2011

Sigg Bottle photo by StromBer (Wikipedia Commons)

Two years ago we asked TreeHugger readers, if, in light of revelations that Sigg aluminum water bottled had actually contained Bisphenol-A (BPA) linings, would they be returning their bottles. 200 sai…

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Shop Vegan Cosmetics at New Online Beauty Market

July 9, 2011

Photo: screenshot via Vegan Beauty Market

There’s a new beauty shop on the virtual block: Called Vegan Beauty Market, it’s a one-stop for cosmetics and personal skin care and body products. From Pangea Organics to Aubrey Organics, they’ve got great g…

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Petrofluorinated Chemicals Linked To ADHD

June 30, 2011

Image credit ES&T

A few years back there was a panic over teflon cookware; we recommended that readers Dump those Teflon Pans, then formulae and methods were changed, then our Chemist John wrote that Consumer Reports Debunks the Teflon Pan/PFOA Expos…

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Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011 Could Clean Up Chemical-Laden Beauty Industry

June 28, 2011

Lead in lipstick? May be old news. Photo: Jupiterimages

From the toxic heavy metals found in popular cosmetic products to the shocking amounts of formaldehyde found in Brazilian Blowout formula , finding harmful chemicals in cosmetics is no new stor…

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Green Buildings are Hazardous to Your Health, Says Fair and Balanced Fox News

June 20, 2011

From report: how houses have got tighter.

Joe Romm’s Climate Progress is all hot and bothered about Fox News’ coverage of a new report Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health, and its headline, Green Buildings Hazardous to Health? Report C…

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