Dear EarthTalk: Should I fear radiation exposure associated with medical scans such as CT scans, mammograms and the like? The short answer is – maybe. Critics of the health care industry postulate that our society’s quickness to test for disease may in fact be causing more of it, especially in the case of medical scans. [...]
If you happen to live in the Los Angeles area, and have knowledge of a cool apartment and/or a guest house for rent, please let me know. I will be moving back there shortly and am starting to look around. Thanks! I spend a lot of time thinking about all the ways in which I’m [...]
Do you live somewhere that enables you to get around on foot or on bicycle, and only have the occasional need for a car? If so, you may want to check into car sharing and see if there is a service in your area. While most people end up spending $500+ a month for the [...]
If you happen to walk by a business late at night, I guarantee you will see computers left with their monitors on. I don’t understand why people do it, but many, many employees leave their monitors “on” all night and all weekend long. Whether it’s because they think their backup systems won’t work or their [...]
This week’s Greenwash comes from a press release I read the other day regarding the cruise company Crystal Cruises. Crystal is a luxury cruise line with trips that go all over the world, and their ships have casinos, pools, dance clubs, restaurants, theatres, and bars aboard. Just as a reference point, the average cruise ship [...]
Human beings love their beer. People all over the world drink well over 100 billion liters of the stuff each year, and I am most certainly one of them that drinks his fill. But did you know that besides the quality that craft breweries exemplify in their beer, many of these smaller breweries are doing [...]
