by guest blogger Amanda Harding, copywriter at Rodale’s It’s time to get personal. Removing all the toxic products from your life can be a daunting task. From the kitchen to the closet—and everywhere in between—it’s a huge undertaking. So today, rather than focus on the big picture, we’re focusing on taking #OneSmallStep in the right […]
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6 Natural Ways to Keep Bugs at Bay
by guest blogger Toni Becker, member of the Rodale’s editorial team Being outdoors at this time of year is delightful…until you’re attacked by an unrelenting swarm of pesky insects. Besides being annoying, pests like mosquitoes and ticks can pose serious health threats, such as West Nile virus and Lyme disease, and newer threats like Zika […]
8 Myths about Household Cleaners, Busted!
by guest blogger Lisa Bronner, writer of the blog Going Green with a Bronner Mom I pitied the solicitor who knocked on my door selling a “green cleaner.” Me: What’s it made out of? Him: All-natural ingredients! Me: Like what? Him: Completely biodegradable surfactants! Me: Made from what? Him: I’m not sure, but they’re all-natural! See […]
Play It Safe with Non-Toxic Toys
by guest blogger Toni Becker, member of the Rodale’s editorial team Plastic, lead, and questionable practices are highly prevalent in a popular industry—and they pose continuous health concerns. The scariest part is this industry’s goods are targeted at children. It’s the toy business. Shocking, yes, and even more so when you consider how fragile developing […]
Protecting Our Kids from Chemical Exposures—Like a Girl
by guest blogger Deirdre Imus, author and environmental health advocate Puberty is awkward. Everything starts to change, and you feel like a foreigner in your own body. It’s not an easy transition no matter when it happens, but for a number of girls, puberty is starting earlier than ever before—sometimes as young as 7 years […]
6 Toxic Chemicals Lurking in Baby Products
by guest blogger Ava Anderson, natural-beauty expert and safe-cosmetics advocate According to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG), “the EPA has determined that infants up to age 2 are, on average, 10 times more vulnerable to carcinogenic chemicals than adults, and from age 2 to 15 they are 3 times more vulnerable to carcinogens than […]
4 Tips for Beating the Greenwashing Game
by guest blogger Ava Anderson, natural-beauty expert and safe-cosmetics advocate We live in a world where companies use terms like “natural,” “botanical,” “pure,” and “free” when their products are actually full of harmful chemicals. These companies spend millions on slick advertising campaigns to get you to buy their products—stacking the deck against you, the consumer. Many […]
Why I Won’t Wear Makeup Again…Ever
I was like most girls when I was little (well, almost). I loved getting into my mom’s and sisters’ makeup drawers. I loved playing with Barbie. I even wanted to be a fashion designer. Of course, there was the other side of me—the part that came out typically around my brother: We’d make parachutes and […]
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Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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