photo: Sara Novak A story reported in Grist and first published in the Salt Lake Tribune said that alarming amounts of arsenic were found in two Utah children’s urine. The girl’s urine tested 50 percent above what’s considered safe and the boy’s tested 75 percent above acceptable levels. The culprit turne… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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High Levels of Arsenic Found in Children’s Urine, You’ll Never Guess Where it Came From
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Credit: Marilisa Cosello/Terre di mezzo Eventi While I am gearing up to cover Fashion Week here in New York, other cities are prepping for the debut of spring/summer 2011 collections: In Milan, Terre di mezzo Eventi and Isola della Moda have organized a green fashion event, called “So Critical, So Fashion,” which is geared towards” ethical consumerism,” that will highlight the work of fashion brands, independent designers, and socially- and environmentally-responsible enterprises that are working to spur innova… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In Milan, 30 Green Designers will Show Spring 2011 Collections at Collective Fashion Week Event
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Image: Craig Anderson, Flickr Earlier this summer, when the BP Oil Spill was still at the top of the headlines everywhere, Russian predictions of a toxic rain consequent to the BP oil spill were generally dismissed by the scientific community. But the cultural meme, as well as an underlying level of anxiety for Gulf residents, was planted. Now, reports are appearing that raise the spectre of the Russian prediction. Are people living … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Recent News on BP Spill Dispersants Reminiscent of Russian Toxic Rain Prediction
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Photo credit: on_ovington + Baby formula could contain unsettling amounts of aluminum &emdash;more than 40 times the amount found in breast milk, according to one recent study. + Another scary side-effect of tainted baby formula: Breasts in female infants . + 85 percent of so-called kid-friendly drinks and snacks could contain
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Best of Inhabitots: 7 Toxic Dangers for Kids
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Image credit: CosmicRevolutionKS When I interviewed my friend Tim Toben of Greenbridge and Pickards Mountain Ecoinstitute , he suggested it was important that we all “tell the story about the transformation from a world powered by fossil fuels to a world powered by renewable energy — in poetry, music, art, dance.” That’s easier said than done. But one young man has been doing just that—and the result is rather strange, but oddly compelling. Apparently we… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Strangest Sustainability Analogy Ever? Stop Watching Spongebob (Video)
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MIT’s Test Cell Patrick Gillooly, MIT Solar cells are intended to mimic the photosynthesis of plants — converting light into energy in the most efficient manner possible. But what other characteristics of plants could be handy for the renewable energy sector to mimic? How about the self-assembly of chloroplast, the component of plants that do all the vital photosynthesis. Leaves repair themselves after sun damage again and again to keep up their ability to convert light into energy. Now, MIT researchers believe they’ve discovered how to use this self-assembly to restore solar cells damaged by the sun…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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MIT Creates Self-Assembling Solar Cells That Repair Themselves
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Image credit: After Gutenberg When I posted a video of a mainstream farmer trying to green his operations , commenter Adam suggested that he was just doing it for economic reasons. That’s an observation that gets bandied about a lot here at TreeHugger—that this company, or that individual, is not really interested in true sustainability. They are just in it for themselves. I guess the big question is this—does it matter?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Does Morality Matter in Saving the Planet?
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photo via RAN Rainforest Action Network’s new Executive Director, Rebecca Tarbotton, has big plans for the Bay Area-based advocacy group. RAN , which was founded in 1985, takes on big banks that are funding the coal industry, like JP Morgan and Chase, and it has worked to protect the world’s most threatened rainforests, like those in Indonesia that are home to endangered orangutans and tigers. Tarbotton has a lot to say about RAN’s future and where the environmental movement is going…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Interview: Rainforest Action Network Executive Director Rebecca Tarbotton
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Photo by Taberandrew Despite San Francisco leading the way on banning plastic bags back in 2007 , California senators rejected a proposed plan to ban plastic bags statewide. The measure to remove carryout plastic bags from supermarkets, drug stores and convenience shops would have taken effect by July 2012 in larger stores, and 2013 in smaller stores, and it would have made California the first state to institute a ban like this. It was
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California Bombs on Plastic Bag Ban
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Image: Google Maps Thankfully, No Deaths This Time An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire today in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP’s massive oil spill. All 13 people who were on the rig were evacuated and only one was injured, reports the U.S. Coast Guard…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Déjà Vu All Over Again: Offshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico
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