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Lipstick It to the Man Market for natural personal-care products booming in spite of economy		11 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 PM on 11 Sep 2008 Despite an economic slump, eco-friendly personal-care items have Americans sitting up and paying attention top dolla. Sales are booming despite high food and energy prices, and analysts predict the products' popularity won't ebb anytime soon. Chicago-based research firm Mintel reports that sales of natural personal-care products rose 12.5 percent last year to an inflatio ...
Topics: business, consumerism, green living, green products, health, news, shopping (all these topics)

Scents and Sensibility Making a stink about green(ish) deodorants	Kate Sheppard	12 Aug 2008	The Bottom Line
Choosing a deodorant can be the pits. Upon moving to Washington, D.C., about a year ago, I quickly realized two things: Our Nation's Capitol was built on a swamp and The Hill is called that for a reason. So biking -- my chief form of transit in the city -- can be quite the damp, smelly affair. After arriving at more than a few congressional hearings smelling certifiably ripe, I realized my hippie stick ...
Topics: advice, green living, green products, health, shopping, The Bottom Line, toxics (all these topics)

Swat Team A buzzworthy review of DEET-free bug repellents	Sarah van Schagen	29 Jul 2008	The Bottom Line
Itchin' to scratch that itch. They say the ants go marching one by one. That may be so. But the flying, nibbling critters -- the mosquitoes, the gnats, and the flies -- come in swarms. How to keep them at bay? Unfortunately, many of the insect repellents on the shelves today contain the chemical DEET. Developed by the U.S. Army for use in jungle warfare during World War II, DEET is considered a moderat ...
Topics: advice, green living, green products, health, shopping, The Bottom Line, toxics (all these topics)

Deflater House On air mattresses	Umbra Fisk	14 Jul 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We live in a small house, and when we have guests, the bed situation is limiting. Convenience tells me that an inflatable bed would be ideal. However, the "no vinyl, that's final" rule reigns supreme in our household. What sort of options can you suggest for a sleeping surface that is easy to store, environmentally responsible, and comfy? Sleepily, Angie Huntington Beach, Calif. Dearest Angie, The night I spent on ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, green products, health, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

I Think You Sink A test of six green dish soaps	Katharine Wroth	17 Jun 2008	The Bottom Line
Clean for a day. Ah, dish duty. Who hasn't ignored it, dreaded it, rock-paper-scissored over it? But there comes a time in each eater's life when dishes must be done. Happily, today's generation of eco-detergents makes it a less-toxic task than in the past -- though not completely pure. When I set out to test six "eco" dish soaps, I had little idea of the sudsy morass I was about to wade into. For the mos ...
Topics: advice, green living, green products, health, shopping, The Bottom Line (all these topics)

Toying with you Something for everyone in the emerging green market	Joseph Romm	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. ----- Good news: Anyone looking for more environmentally responsible options now has choices. Green alternatives are turning up all over these days -- from children's toys to weddings. Families concerned with all the reports in the last year of toys tainted with lead paint will be happy to hear there's a new market for toys that bypass lead and other pote ...
Topics: green living, green products, health, parenting, shopping (all these topics)

Tough as Nails A five-fingered review of less-toxic nail polishes	Sarah van Schagen	06 May 2008	The Bottom Line
If you've ever gone in for a manicure and, getting a good whiff of the stuff, wondered what sort of chemicals create a smell like that, you've hit the nail polish issue on the head. Those tiny little glass bottles of paint that we apply so gingerly to our fingernails and toenails -- and unless you're a manicure Michelangelo, often our skin as well -- contain a long list of chemicals, some of th ...
Topics: advice, green living, green products, health, shopping, The Bottom Line, toxics (all these topics)

Down to the Last Drop Nalgene, Wal-Mart back away from BPA		18 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:08 PM on 18 Apr 2008 Bottle manufacturer Nalgene will stop using plastic containing bisphenol A in response to concerns from the National Toxicology Program and the Canadian health department that the chemical probably shouldn't be sucked on by kids. Nalgene says it still believes its clear, hard plastic bottles "are safe for their intended use" but says it's responding to customers who "indicated they preferr ...
Topics: business, food, green living, green products, health, news, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

Bristler's Mother A family-friendly review of six eco-toothpastes	Katharine Wroth	11 Mar 2008	The Bottom Line
Aiming for greener whites. Photo: iStockphoto When it came time to test out eco-toothpastes for this column, I knew just whom to call: my sister, her husband, and their two boys. As a rule, their household purchasing -- and philosophy -- tends to straddle the eco/non-eco line, and toothpaste is no exception: two of them use a mainstream brand, and two use "green" pastes. I figured all those ...
Topics: green living, green products, health, shopping (all these topics)

It's a Wash A review of six green laundry detergents	Sarah van Schagen	26 Feb 2008	The Bottom Line
Let's get down and dirty ... about your laundry habits. You may think you're in the clear, but every time you use your conventional, chemical-filled detergent, you could be affecting your health -- as well as the health of waterways downstream. That doesn't sound so fresh (and so clean, clean), so I decided to seek out green laundry detergents and find out which one performs best. Lean, green, cleaning mac ...
Topics: advice, green cleaning, green living, green products, health, shopping, The Bottom Line (all these topics)

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