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,
No Tannenbaum, No Tannenbaum
I’m inclined to agree with folks who believe it just ain’t the holidays without a big ol’ Christmas tree hogging all the space in your living room. Putting presents around the Solstice branch doesn’t really cut it for me.
Then again, chopping down a beautiful, living tree doesn’t seem all that eco-sensitive, either. Is it possible to have a sustainable holiday and a traditional tree? Yes,
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
