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Most North Americans are now familiar with the term “factory-farmed meat.” Though somewhat rhetorical in its use, it is an accurate way to describe the process that has become “conventional” ranching and animal husbandry. There are, of course, many concerns from a humane treatment standpoint, but the pollution concerns from such operations are [...]

Nearly every large city on Earth suffers from some degree of smog. This word itself is a combination of “smoke” and “fog,” though the actual substance that hangs in the atmosphere like a dirty brown blanket is usually far more complicated.
During the initial century of the industrial revolution, smog was almost always caused by [...]

Everyone uses some sort of battery power. Where in a flashlight or radio or your automobile, there are specific recycling options for both alkaline and rechargeable batteries.
Car batteries are the type of recyclable battery most people are accustomed to. These very often contain a mixture of lead and acid which can be [...]

All types of environmental degradation share a common root. In the case of erosion, one might be surprised how various types of pollution lead to erosion and visa-versa.
In this difficult cycle, these depletion-prone soils are unable to support more than the barest minimum of plant life. Due to subsequent erosion nearby [...]

There is far more to household mold than a bit of stain. Molds are also capable of triggering severe allergic reactions and may even contribute to the early onset of asthma symptoms. It can actually eat right through building materials and emit powerful mycotoxins that can cause respiratory, sensory and nervous system problems. [...]

The term “green washing” is used to describe companies who overstate their commitment to environmentally friendly alternatives to doing business. By doing so, ad executives (and the people that hire them) are suggesting that you’re so dumb as to be fooled into what an actual substantial change in a product is.
As anyone who has [...]

Though it was realized by scientists in the early 1970s that chlorofluorocarbons posed a massive potential threat to the ozone layer that protects the Earth (and it’s inhabitants) from DNA-damaging solar radiation, action was not taken on an international scale until for nearly 20 years. CFCs were, when they were invented in the 1930s, [...]

There are more than 80,000 man-made chemicals on the market, approved for use in North America. Several thousand more are submitted for approval each year. In nearly every case, regulatory organizations are responsible for testing each of these chemicals, individually, for human toxicity.
Not all chemicals that are approved will even go [...]

Not all smog is created equal. Just like any type of soup, it’s all in what you put in it. Smog is a low-level atmospheric mixture of several different kinds of air pollution. In some areas, such as those near coal-fired power plants, the main constituents of smog are the byproducts of [...]

Perhaps one of the most often cited reasons that “conventional” farmers give for their continued use of toxic pesticides and herbicides is the belief that it’s impossible to grow enough food for everyone without them. In fact, this is repeated often enough by critics of the organic movement, they may even believe it to [...]