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Recent surveys have revealed more than 80 percent of the water does not contain enough oxygen in the summer, killing off fish, crabs, oysters and plant life. The Chesapeake Bay Initiative, a multi-state agreement, was developed to change that.

Have you ever painted a really small and tight room and felt like you were gonna fall to the floor or pass out from the fumes? It certainly can’t be a good thing right? Stupid question (I know), but...

The EPA and USDA are looking at problems with honey bees and insecticides. They ’ve found some incredible numbers taken from samples taken last year - one bee, a single, solitary bee, had 25 different insecticides hidden within her tiny body. And she wasn’t even dead. The cleanest bee they found had only five insecticides. Only.

If you’re looking for an alternative to chemicals and pesticides to keep creepy crawlers at bay, Mother Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve. Combat everything from ants, to mites, mosquitoes, mice and more.

Loblaw, Canada’s leading retailer, has opened the country’s first superstore using a secondary CO2 system for low temperature refrigeration and space heating. The company and governmental partners are sure that the energy-efficient store will “change the face of Canadian grocery retail.”

A new report from global experts finds that developing countries can leapfrog from ozone-depleting HCFCs and CFCs to natural refrigerants (CO2, ammonia, hydrocarbons etc.) in industrial refrigeration and supermarkets. This would help emerging economies and would save the planet high global warming gases.

The car seats contain many chemicals at which our children are exposed every single day. Check out to find if the car seat you use for your child has too many chemicals.

It's good to see someone is thinking about how we make cleaning sustainable.  A small company that provides sustainable cleaning at hospitals, schools, offices, and food & beverage companies.

Another study, though small, gives more reason to toss out your old vinyl plastic shower curtain in favor of safer alternatives.

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Green is in for just about every industry. It's particularly popular for the food industry, including Central Pennsylvania's Amish and other organic, all-natural food producing farmers.Demand is up, and rising costs in the traditional farming industry aren't making a difference, so prices are good, too, said Casey Spacht, manager of Lancaster Farm Fresh. The cooperative represents certified organic farmers whose agricultural commodities are trucked as far as New York.

There are several ways to eliminate chlorine or significantly reduce the use of it in your swimming pool. While the pool industry remains skeptical of their effectiveness, use of chlorine alternatives is on the rise.

A breakthrough technology announced today quickly and cheaply removes metal contaminants like mercury from water. Is the breakthrough a Trojan Horse?

Hello again everyone, hopefully everyone’s weekend was good?

Late last week Health Canada issued their report on Bisphenol A (BPA) in consumer products, most notably in infant and children’s products.

Chemicals are part of our lives but there are ways to avoid them.