Toxics

Did you know home owners use up to ten times more chemicals per acre than farmers do? These chemicals travel from our yards into our water supply. Because they do not degrade, they accumulate in our bodies impacting us today, and for generations to come....

A potentially deadly chemical found in common paint strippers, methylene chloride was proposed to be banned. But the ban was postponed late last year by Scott Pruitt’s EPA. Now it may be on hold indefinitely. The EPA says methylene chloride poses an unreasonable risk and the...

As parents, one of our key and foremost concerns is keeping our children safe. Under the Trump administration’s philosophy of shrinking government, a slew of protections to children’s health are being sliced away. There is no regard for the potential ramifications. This is of particular...

Are you confused about what makes certain cleaning products toxic, whether the air inside your house is dirtier than the air outside, and how your kids’ health is being affected by fire retardants in their pajamas or BPA in their water bottles? Green Enough: Eat...

Invertebrates — animals without a backbone or bony skeleton that comprise 95% of animal species — are the workhorses behind a healthy ecosystem. They range from pollinators like bees and butterflies to mussels that clean our water, to land snails and slugs that decompose forest litter...