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
When to turn your heat down
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Does turning your heat down when you go to sleep or leave the house for extended periods of time actually cost you money?
The answer is a resounding “no,” according to experts at the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Ecos Consulting, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
However, there’s still a common misperception that if you set the temperature of your thermostat
