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
Fueling the Car of the Future: Vijay Vaitheeswaran
The Global Environment and Energy Correspondent for The Economist takes an up-close look at global warming, the auto industry, and government.
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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
