Dear Readers You may have noticed that we have not posted but about 3 times in the past– well, almost three years. The sad reason for this falling-down-on-the-job is that my sister – my fellow founder, long-time business partner, and the primary researcher and first draft writer of this blog (started in 2009!), Leigh Anne, …
Hello All; We have not been posting regularly for the last year, but we will be prioritizing posting again now. Numerous workrooms have contacted us to ask questions about making face masks – for medical professionals primarily. (According to CDC Guidelines, if you are not a medical professional or if you are not already infected, …
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 (Katz, Cheryl, “Piling Up: How China’s Ban in Importing Waste has Stalled Global Recycling”, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, March 7, 2019). We think it’s quite important so we’re reprinting it here: It has been a year since China jammed the works of recycling …
Researchers have come to a greater understanding of the multiple factors that influence obesity, which of course include our diet, but also our hormones, bio-individuality, epigenetics and increasingly, the environment. While lack of activity, poor diet, and genetics are frequently blamed for this problem, could there be other factors in the environment affecting our weight …
A company that sells fabric on line has a post about why they don’t offer Oeko-Tex certification. Their post is woefully incorrect. We do not name the company, but call it FabricsellerA. Their post, titled, Why Oeko-Tex certification is NOT Relevant to American Made Fabrics, (the entirety of which you can read below at the end …
Much of this article came from the Smithsonian Magazine written by Elizabeth Royte – to whom we owe our gratitude. Near Blair, Nebraska is the largest lactic acid plant in the world. Into one end goes corn, and out the other comes white pellets, which some say is the future of plastic. The substance is …
We published this in March, 2015, but it’s worth going over again. In 2012, Greenpeace analyzed a total of 141 items of clothing, and found high levels of phthalates in four of the garments and NPE’s in 89 garments – in quantities as high as 1,000 ppm – as well as a variety of other …
Nicholas Kristof had an editorial in the New York Times on February 25, 2018. This is a reproduction of his editorial: Our bodies are full of poisons from products we use every day. I know – I’ve had my urine tested for them. Surprised? So was I when I had my urine tested for these …
Microfibers are, as the name implies, synthetic fibers that are far smaller in diameter than “typical fibers.” As an example, they are 100 times finer than a human hair, one-third of the diameter of cotton, one-fourth the diameter of wool, and one-half the diameter of silk. The measurement that is used for measuring such fibers …
This blog post was taken largely from Leon Kaye’s article in The Guardian newspaper. Day zero for the Cape Town water crisis is predicted to fall on May 11, 2018, according to an analysis of current usage patterns and dam levels. The drought-stricken city will have to cut off taps to all homes and most …
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