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Lee Doren of How the World Works Slams Annie Leonard’s Story of Cosmetics

Image: How the World Works critiques The Story of Cosmetics Lee Doren, at How the World Works , has produced a critique of Annie Leonard’s The Story of Cosmetics . Always wanting to hear both sides of the story, we took a look. We discovered the usual arguments against consumer safety regulations. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Lee Doren of How the World Works Slams Annie Leonard’s Story of Cosmetics

Amphibian Bacteria Could Be Key to Saving Frogs from Extinction

The redback salamander is a natural host for Janthinobacterium lividum , a bacterium that could save frogs from a deadly epidemic. Image credit: WallTea /Flickr Around the world, frogs are in trouble . Habitat loss is a major threat—as it is for many species—while pesticides and other chemicals … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About Beauty Products

Image: No More Dirty Looks A Book Every Girl Should Own Every girl likes to look her best. That is why she should read No More Dirty Looks : The Truth About Your Beauty Products, and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetic s. Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt have delivered an easy-to-read, understandable source that answers the questions: Does this beauty product work? Is it worth the risks? Is there a better solution for beauty without the drawbacks of harmful chemicals? And last but no… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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By happy accident, chemists produce a new blue

“Blue pigments of the past have often been expensive (ultramarine blue was made from the gemstone lapis lazuli, ground up), poisonous (cobalt blue is a possible carcinogen and Prussian blue, another well-known pigment, can leach cyanide) or apt to fade (many of the organic ones fall apart when exposed to acid or heat).

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Mariah Carey in Some Slutty Angel Costume of the Day

I don’t know what anti-depressants they prescribed Mariah Carey back when she had her burn out, panic disorder, agoraphobia, depression bullshit that went down a few years ago, before marrying Nick Cannon and relaunching her career, but I do know that they better not be handing them out to everyday girls, because the day I see a chubby chick in panties and a corest, busting out from every direction because she’s fat, I get worried, because she should realize that she has no business in this shit, she should realize no one wants to see the shit, but the chemicals in her brain make it all okay in her mind, but so wrong in mine, and now I’m gonna be forced to have nightmares of half naked fat chicks because I guess they’ve invented confidence in a pill form, when really they should have prescribed an eating disorder.

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Mariah Carey in Some Slutty Angel Costume of the Day