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Healthy World Watch May 29th, 2009
Janelle Sorensen
Friday, May 29, 2009
This week’s round-up is short and sweet. Did you find something you’d like to share? Put it in the comments!
• 15 Ways to Eat More Local Food. Tips from Kitchen Gardeners International member, and founder Roger Doiron, all prettily posted in a beautiful slideshow. Makes my tummy grumble.
• Living near trees improves your health. Surprise, surprise. Since we evolved for millennia amongst the flora and fauna of nature, it turns out it’s actually good for us to be surrounded by it.
• Pick up your summer reading now! Try “The Green Teen: The Eco-Friendly Teen's Guide to Saving the Planet” by Jenn Savedge and “The Smart Mama’s Green Guide: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Child's Toxic Chemical Exposure” by Jennifer Taggart.
• A Simple Smooch or a Toxic Smack? The debate seems to resurface every few years: Do some lipsticks contain lead? If so, is the amount so negligible that consumers have nothing to be concerned about? Or will all those years of applying lipstick several times a day add up to a worrisome accumulation of a dangerous substance?
