Articles: chemicals
So What Exactly Is Glyphosate?
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, the most commonly used weedkiller in the world. Nearly 300 million pounds of glyphosate-based herbicides are sprayed on farms (and…
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The Cost of Our Clothes
Clothes cost more than the number on the price tag. Some clothes contain toxic ingredients that are harmful to manufacturers, consumers, and the environment. The textile industry…
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The Pervasive Presence of Unregulated Chemicals in America
How are chemicals regulated for use on our food? How do they affect our bodies? These are just two of the crucial questions proposed by Michelle Perro…
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Toxic Food, Sick Kids, and the Limits of Medicine: The Perfect Storm
Why is it that approximately 40% of children now have a food allergy? Is the industrial & toxic food system to blame or modern medical practices? Perhaps…
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