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June 27th, 2010

Is The Antibacterial Triclosan Effective Or A Risk To Your Health?

Dear EarthTalk: I heard about a supposed dangerous chemical called triclosan that is in many personal care and other consumer products. Can you enlighten? Triclosan is a synthetic chemical compound added to many personal and household care products to inhibit illness by preventing bacterial infection. It works by breaking down the biochemical pathways that bacteria [...]

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March 25th, 2009

Do One Thing: Avoid The Antibacterial Soaps.

We have not used antibacterial soaps in our house for years, yet no bugs have come along to kill us yet. The fact is is that the increased usage of antibacterial everything is actually going to make us sicker in the long run. From Mother Jones magazine (one of our favorites), I wanted to share [...]

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August 13th, 2008

From The Good Human Archives – August 2007.

For new readers of The Good Human and for those of you who may have missed them the first time around, here are a few of my favorite articles from a year ago this month. Even I forget about what was written that long ago! Is It Any Wonder Why Stuff Coming From China Can [...]

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July 18th, 2008

Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Seventy Four.

This week we ate our first tomatoes from a tomato plant we bought and planted out in the front of the house. It was pretty rewarding to walk out the door, pull them off the plant, and put them on our salad. I look forward to eventually growing a lot of our own food, as [...]

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