The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has issued its 5th annual guide to sunscreen products and only found 20% of products to be ‘safe.’ Over 10% of products were found to be highly dangerous. Though some industry leaders question the EWGs techniques, because they use ‘new’ science, the industry likes the older science because it is less likely to find issues with the safety of their products... [More]

We have identified Everyday Exposures in your home and now we share with you the pesticide content of the foods you eat. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) provides lists of the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 but obviously there are many other foods that contain pesticides. The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has compiled a very thorough list of foods and their pesticide content... [More]

Everyone looks forward to the food being offered at a party, right? Our “other” cells, the bacterial guests in our colon are also largely at the mercy of what we, their hosts, see fit to feed them. As we mentioned before in this series, we need to be aware of nourishing this mass of commensal, beneficial microbes as well as ourselves, when we consciously sit down to eat... [More]

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is everywhere; it must be really essential and something we can’t live without. It doesn’t appear safe at any level, and it may be especially harmful to babies and young children, yet we keep defending it. Why do we do that?... [More]