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Dear EarthTalk: I don’t hear much about the environmental impacts of our consumer culture any more, but it seems to me that our “buy, buy,… 08/26/2011
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Environment
EARTHTALK: Consumer culture bad for earth
EARTHTALK: ‘Dead zone’ in ocean
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Dear EarthTalk: What is a “dead zone” in an ocean or other body of water?–Victor Paine, Tallahassee, FL So-called dead zones are areas of large… 08/26/2011
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EARTHTALK: Modern agriculture’s enormous environmental imprint
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Dear EarthTalk: I’ve been hearing more and more references to the need to clean up our agricultural practices for reasons pertaining to health, food quality,… 08/12/2011
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EARTHTALK: PET carpet – risky or safe?
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Dear EarthTalk: I have a carpet made out of recycled PET bottles in my baby’s room and I started noticing a lot of the fibers… 07/22/2011
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ENVIRONMENT: Avoiding spray sunscreens
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EarthTalk(r) Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t spray sunscreen a health and environmental nightmare when it seems that more of the sunscreen ends up going up my nose… 07/08/2011
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EARTHTALK: There’s lead in your plastic reusable plastic bags
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Dear EarthTalk: I heard that some reusable bags contain lead. Is this a major health concern? Can’t these bags be made to avoid such contamination?–Donald… 06/24/2011
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EARTHTALK: Farm-raised fish: Not necessarily free of mercury, PCBs or dioxin
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Dear EarthTalk: I thought “farm raised” was the way to go when buying fish, to avoid mercury contamination. But are there other concerns about farm… 06/24/2011
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EARTHTALK: Are kids’ temp tatoos safe?
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Dear EarthTalk: My daughter loves those press-on tattoos, and they’re frequently given out at birthday parties and other events. But I’ve noticed the labels say… 06/10/2011
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EARTHTALK: How safe is soya?
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Dear Earth Talk: How healthy is soy? I heard that, despite its healthy image, most soy is grown using chemicals like other crops and is… 05/27/2011
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ENVIRONMENT: Soil depletion and nutrition loss
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Dear EarthTalk: What’s the nutritional difference between the carrot I ate in 1970 and one I eat today? I’ve heard that that there’s very little… 05/13/2011
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