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 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND green living AND oceans
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Salt of the Earth
On salt |
Umbra Fisk |
06 Aug 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, What's up with salt, environmentally speaking? Is it good for the Dead Sea if I buy Dead Sea salt (but then it travels halfway around the world)? Am I getting trace amounts of Bad Stuff in any sea salt these days? Is a big box of Morton iodized salt going to overload the bath-soaker with iodine? And how much of my bath salt is going to mess with the Great Lakes -- not nearly as much as the salted winter roads, I suspect. Mo Ram Lak ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, oceans (all these topics) |
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'Til Cruise Do Us Part
On cruises |
Umbra Fisk |
06 Feb 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My husband, though a very warmhearted man, does not follow the environmental tides quite as much as I do. He would desperately like to take a cruise for our second honeymoon. I know cruise ships dump waste in the oceans and are not good for the ecosystem in general, but could you tell me which cruise lines are the most environmentally conscious? In the spirit of compromise, I have agreed to go, but would like to make the ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, oceans, travel, waste, water pollution (all these topics) |
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