BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has vowed the Olympic Games will take place under blue skies, not the murky “sauna” haze that has shrouded the city recently, but even on apparently clear days pollution levels may not be safe for athletes.
Officials lavished 120 billion yuan ($17.6 billion) on cleaning up the capital with factories dozens of [...]
Finally, you can do something for the environment and look good doing it. Taking a new spin on “natural beauty,” Cargo Cosmetics has introduced its PlantLove collection, featuring 20 lipsticks — 11 designed by celebrities including Mariska Hargitay (“a sheer warm nude cream”) and Maria Menounos (“a sheer poppy red”) and nine inspired by “places [...]
Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from headaches to depression. In her book Green Tea: The Natural Secret for a Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor states [...]
Go back to the original and safe way to put color in your home and get a great look too. Old-Fashioned Milk Paint is non-toxic and environmentally safe, and it comes in lots more colors than just Milk Made from natural materials; milk protein, lime, earth pigments, and clay fillers…no petrochemicals, leads, solvents, or [...]
If new moms want their babies to grow up loving fruits and vegetables, they should eat plenty of these good food choices themselves during pregnancy and breastfeeding. A recent study from the Monell Center suggests that the best predictor of how much fruits and vegetables children eat is weather they like the taste of these [...]
Still unsure about whether to buy skim milk or regular? Here’s a guide to help you know when to choose low- or full-fat foods.
Three Times To Go Low:
1. You’ve got cancer in your family. A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that women who limited their fat intake to 24 [...]
The U.S. leads the world in marijuana and cocaine experimentation, as well as in lifetime tobacco use, according to a survey released this week by the World Health Organization.
For the survey, which was partially funded by a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, [...]
