Pesticides/Chemicals – Experience Life

- Hormones -

California Classifies Weed Killer Roundup as Cancer Causing

By Michael Dregni

In milestone move, the state lists the world’s most applied herbicide as a human carcinogen.

- Hormones -

How to Boost Testosterone — Naturally

By Catherine Guthrie

Here are 10 lifestyle-based ways to increase your testosterone levels.

- Environmental Health -

Troubled Waters

By Jon Spayde

Here’s what you can do to help protect and preserve this critical resource.

- Nutrition -

Testing the Tap Waters

By Heidi Wachter

A widely used class of agricultural pesticides has been found in drinking water, according to a new study. Here’s how to mitigate their presence.

- Environmental Health -

Hawaiian Bees Are First to Be Designated as Endangered

By Heidi Wachter

Federal protections have been given to seven bee species in the hopes their populations will rebound.

- Green Home -

Healthy on the Inside

By Mo Perry

The Mayo Clinic and a New York design firm are collaborating to explore the relationship between built environments and our health.

- Stress Relief -

Hidden Triggers of the Sympathetic Stress Response

By Aviva Romm, MD

Some unexpected stress factors to consider that can sap adrenal health.

- Environmental Health -

Leading Pesticide Company to Nix Toxic Neonicotinoids

By Craig Cox

Backyard gardeners will soon be able to protect their plants — and the bees that pollinate them.

- Beauty -

Small Beads, Big Trouble

By Heidi Wachter

How you can steer clear of cosmetic microbeads to safeguard our environment — and your own well-being.

- Personal Development -

Revolutionary Act 15: Raise Your Sights

By Pilar Gerasimo

Don’t get sucked in by obsessions with six-pack abs and buns of steel. Don’t play “compare the bodies.” Fulfill your best-self vision.

- Food Culture -

As Food Industry Ditches BPA, Questions Emerge About Alternatives

By Craig Cox

Several food giants are gradually shifting away from BPA, but the alternatives may not be much better.

- Environmental Health -

5 Chemicals in Lawn Fertilizer You Want to Avoid

By Care2 Team

Tips to keep your lawn healthier this year.

- Environmental Health -

Why Anti-Odor Clothes Stink

By Margret Aldrich

Why you may want to avoid anti-odor clothes, and alternatives for lessening the stink.

- Environmental Health -

As many as 2,000 chemicals may be involved in making the clothes in your closet. They include pesticides, toxic dyes, and formaldehyde — a known carcinogen used as a mildew preventive in the fashion world (and as an embalming agent in the funeral industry).

- Sleep -

What Lurks Under the Covers

By Experience Life Staff

Mattresses, pillows, and other bedding can contain chemicals that, while intended to make sleep safer, actually have the opposite effect.

- Pesticides/Chemicals -

#FashionTakesAction with @PeopleTree

By Casie Leigh Lukes

Digital content specialist Casie Leigh Lukes on her participation with @PeopleTree’s #FashionTakesAction contest.

- Pesticides/Chemicals -

Garment Self-Sufficiency Follow-Up: Sewing Underwear Out of a T-shirt

By Casie Leigh Lukes

Editorial Intern Casie Leigh Lukes recaps her recent project of sewing her first pair of underwear out of a t-shirt.

- Pesticides/Chemicals -

Garment Self-Sufficiency

By Casie Leigh Lukes

Intern Casie Lukes is on a quest to learn to sew … and she’s starting with the bare essentials: underwear!

- Pesticides/Chemicals -

A Quest for Ethical Shopping: Down the Bunny Trail

By Casie Leigh Lukes

Editorial intern Casie Lukes on her quest for sustainable clothing.

- Environmental Health -

40+ Easy Breezy Ways to Recycle Anything and Everything

By Laura Klein

Tips to recycle everything from sports equipment, cosmetic containers, clothing, shoes, and electronics.

- Environmental Health -

Put That in Your Pipeline and Spill It

By Heidi Wachter

“We need to move beyond oil. We need to reinvent society, technology and economy. We need to do it fast and we need to do it creatively. We can.” — Dr. Vandana ShivaIn July 2011, courtesy of Exxon, 42,000 gallons of oil spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River affecting areas as far as 150 miles downstream… Read more »