How I got my big, fat, Energy Star refrigerator
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Forget the Maidenform Bra: For more than a decade, I’ve dreamed of myself with an Energy Star fridge — but never thought I’d ever own one.
Why dream? They make a big, green difference. Refrigerators are the single most energy-draining appliance in the average home, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
To qualify for EPA’s Energy Star, however, a new fridge must now
Five facts about chemicals in your body
Environmental Health News, one of TDG’s trusted sources of news, today published a story about biomonitoring, the practice of testing real people for exposure to chemicals.
The promise of biomonitoring is great, providing, “a treasure trove of data, one that might help unravel some of the world’s most enduring medical mysteries,” as EHN writer Harvey Black put it. Why? Because chemicals can interact with genes and
Would you use a bidet to save water and paper?
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EarthTalk is a Q&A column from E / The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: Wouldn’t a return to installing bidets in bathrooms at home go a long way toward cutting disposable tissue use and saving forests? – Peter K., Albany, GA
Besides being more sanitary than toilet tissue, bidets — those squirty accessories so popular in Europe, Japan and elsewhere that clean your underside using
