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
BPA Exposure Causes Sexual Problems in Men, Study Shows
The growing controversy over the health effects of bisphenol A, more commonly called BPA, is bound to heat up even more with the publication this week of a new study that links BPA exposure to erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men.
Over the course of five years, the federally funded study followed 634 male workers at four factories in China who were exposed to









