Is there lead in your salad dressing?
If balsamic or red wine vinegar is a major ingredient, then chances are the answer is yes.
This is surprising news for most people, even those who live in California where signs in grocery stores warn about lead in some vinegars (thanks to Proposition 65 which requires that stores warn consumers about toxins in products).
No one is suggesting that you stop eating balsamic vinegar,
Countdown to consensus on action against global warming?
EarthTalk is a Q&A column from E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What do organizers hope to accomplish at the upcoming (December 7-18, 2009) United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen? – F. Rojas, Oakland, CA
The upcoming COP15 meeting in Denmark — so named because it is the 15th such international gathering of the Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Living large in 65 square feet
Homes are shrinking in America. After doubling in size since 1960, the national average dropped for the first time in nearly 15 years (by 9%, the size of one average room).
But far from this new average of 2,000 plus square feet are the so-called tiny houses. Also called wee homes, mini dwellings, or microhomes, their definition is not exact, but they run as small as
