Fwd: Cosmetics to avoid, safer water bottles, & cloned food

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I just got a Kleen Kanteen the other day. I had a coupon and a rebate from REI, so it ended up to be very cheap!

 

CyndiDelicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass Up Placenta: Skin Deep's What Not to Buy

 

Would you use cow placenta to moisturize your hair, mercury to lengthen your lashes, or lead to color your lips? Probably not intentionally, but we've found all of these ingredients in cosmetics.

That's why we made our What Not to Buy list of the top 9 ingredients to avoid. Before your next shopping trip check out the full list, which includes:

 

 

 

Placenta

Mercury

 

 

 

 

Lead

Fragrance

 

 

 

Click here for the full What Not to Buy list

Enviroblog: This may be worse than we thought

 

Reusable plastic bottles leach BPA at room temperature

A lot of people have those reusable polycarbonate water bottles; you can't go to a college campus these days without seeing students carrying these multi-hued bottles around as they make their way through classes.

Well, a couple weeks back, researchers at the University of Cincinnati released a startling new study showing that many of these bottles leach bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, into water that is being stored within the container.

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Latest Mixed Greens Podcast

 

What does celebrity chef Tyler Florence have to do with EWG? Find out in Mixed Greens. Plus, cloned food, organic produce, and safe tap water.

Click here to listen

EWG in the News

 

Mother Earth News "Find Safer Soap, Shampoo, Makeup and More" February 15, 2008

CNN "Scorched Earth" February 25, 2008

Argus Observer "The Low Down on Organics" February 19, 2008

Huffington Post "Losing Another Winnable War: 'Yes We Can' Conquer Childhood Cancer" February 15, 2008

ABC "Are Chemicals Altering The Planet?" February 18, 2008

Environmental Working Group "365 Editorials Call For Farm Bill Reform" February 11, 2008

 

 

 

 

In This Issue

 

Pass Up Placenta: What Not to Buy

Enviroblog: This may be worse than we thought

Latest Mixed Greens Podcast

EWG in the News

 

 

 

Contest: What's in your bottled water

 

Help us study bottled water labels and win a 100% organic cotton shopping bag and a Klean Kanteen water bottle.

We can't do it without you!

Click here to enter the contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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