by Susan | Nov 10, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Books, Environmental Health, How You Can Help
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing...
by Susan | Aug 7, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
Maybe it’s because I grew up on suburban Long Island, but I do have a fondness for golf courses. These open spaces, with their green rolling hills, seemed like “nature” to me when I was a kid. But golf courses are far from natural and they take their...
by Susan | Jul 20, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
Last week I wrote about Atrazine, an endocrine disruptor used widely in pesticides. These chemicals, which mimic human hormones, have been connected with genital deformities in fish, frogs, and possibly newborn baby boys. This week I’m writing about endocrine...
by Susan | Jul 16, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Frog People
In my post Rachel Carson’s Legacy, I wrote about widely-used chemicals called endocrine disruptors that are causing deformities in fish and frogs, and are linked to an increase in genital deformities in newborn baby boys. When reading about endocrine disruptors,...
