- Sleep -
What Lurks Under the Covers
By Experience Life StaffMattresses, pillows, and other bedding can contain chemicals that, while intended to make sleep safer, actually have the opposite effect.
Pesticides/Chemicals
- Environmental Health -
How to protect yourself from harmful air pollutants
By Maggie Fazeli FardAir pollution is now considered the world’s largest environmental health risk, taking the blame for an estimated seven million premature deaths in 2012, the World Health Organization said.
- Pesticides/Chemicals -
#FashionTakesAction with @PeopleTree
By Casie Leigh LukesDigital 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 LukesEditorial 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 LukesIntern 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 LukesEditorial intern Casie Lukes on her quest for sustainable clothing.
- Weight Loss -
The Impacts of Chemical Exposure on Body Weight
By Experience Life StaffResearch shows that certain chemicals have an unhealthy effect on body weight.
- Environmental Health -
40+ Easy Breezy Ways to Recycle Anything and Everything
By Laura KleinTips to recycle everything from sports equipment, cosmetic containers, clothing, shoes, and electronics.
- Hormones -
Even BPA-Free Plastic Has Health Risks
By Experience Life Community ManagerSome tips on how to avoid hormone-disrupting chemicals in your kitchen.
- 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 »
- Sports/Recreation -
A Safer Splash
By Pamela WeintraubWhether you’re diving into a pool or wading into a lake, certain water conditions can threaten your health. Here’s how to avoid trouble.
- Environmental Health -
Troubled Waters
By Jon SpaydeWhy water is the top health issue of our time — and what you can do about it.
- Environmental Health -
Start Seeing Toxins
By Alyssa FordToxic chemicals surround us – often in the places we’d least suspect. Want to protect your body, your home and your world from harmful pollutants? Start by knowing where to look.
- Clean Eating -
Weighing Heavy Metals
By Catherine GuthrieMercury in fish and dental fillings. Lead in old paint. Cadmium and arsenic in industrial wastes. There’s a lot of talk about heavy-metal toxins these days. But how worried should you be, really? And what can you do to protect yourself?