Tag: pesticides
What’s Lurking In Your Bagged Tea?
If you love your tea then you’re not alone. Americans drink 3.8 billion gallons of tea a year — that’s a lot of tea...
How This New Food Label May Keep You From Being Poisoned
GMO foods, a hotly debated topic, seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. This is mainly because of glyphosate, a pesticide used specifically...
Is Organic Food A Waste Of Money?
In an ideal world, we’d all eat 100 percent organic, 100 percent of the time. But is that really necessary with the higher cost...
Does Your Pot Contain Pesticides?
The buzz about medical marijuana continues to grow. A record number of states now allow patients to use pot for health-related purposes and a...
The Ugly Truth About Tampons (And Safer Alternatives)
As young women, we are taught to use tampons (or pads) as our only methods for managing our menstrual cycles each month. For years,...
How To Grow An Eco-Friendly Garden
Gardening provides a relaxing hobby to appreciate nature while also supplying some quality alone time. Growing an eco-conscious garden can take that hobby one...
Friend Or Foe? 5 Critters You Want In Your Garden
I'm a sucker for bees — they're just incredible. Within my yard, I've created a bee-friendly environment, allowing me to sit outside and watch...
5 Reasons You Need To Make Your Own Herbal Tea
As the second most popular beverage in the world (the most popular being water, for obvious reasons), tea is a big deal. Originating around...
GMO Campaigners: This Is What You’ve Been Waiting For … Or...
Republicans and Democrats may have just found common ground in the least likely of places: labeling regulations for food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs)....
9 Reasons I Won’t Eat Tilapia
For six years, my family owned a seafood restaurant — ugh, don't even get me started. Every Friday night throughout high school and university,...