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ISSUE: November 1, 2009

Articles about chemicals

The Power Of One - 12-15-2003

Ever felt helpless in the face of the world’s big problems? Maybe you’re thinking too big. Try a single-minded focus on a single societal ill, and you may find — as these do-gooders did — that one person can change the world. "If we onl...

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...find medicines, foods, fibers, pesticides, and chemicals of immense value. ...

Trend Tracker - 6-15-2003

NO-JIVE JAVA You love that morning cup, hate the caffeine. Forget decaf, it still contains some caffeine, not to mention traces of the decaffeinating chemicals. So what’s an abstemious java lover to do? Some pure-minded coffee dr...

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...not to mention traces of the decaffeinating chemicals. So what’s an abstemious java lover to...

Guilt Trip - 7-15-2008

Jim Shahin talks about environmental awareness and responsibility (or lack thereof)

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...the regular stuff, the stuff jacked up on more chemicals than a professional baseball player. Actually,...

The Eco-conscious Gardener - 6-1-2008

These days, the way you care for your lawn and garden can be almost as green as the plants themselves. Just in time for Father’s Day, here are some great tools for tending to your backyard without trampling on the environment.

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...chemical treatment. So save H2O and curtail the chemicals at once by watering the roots instead of the top...

...chemicaltreatment. So save H2O and curtail the chemicals at once by wateringthe roots instead of the top...

Seven Trends You Can't Ignore This Year - 1-1-2002

An elite cadre of market watchers and trend seekers offer some expert guidance for the road ahead.

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...rage, E. coli in our fast food, cancer-causing chemicals all around us. ..." On an individual level,...

Bigger Than The Big Top - 10-1-2004

Cirque du Soleil may be a circus, but its also a troupe of artists seeking to explain the human experience. Too bad all other artists aren't as profitable.

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...discovered ways to help the fabric resist chemicals in the water. ...

Yard Of The Month - 3-1-2007

With spring's first kiss, the itch to get outside and whip your yard into a creative work of art can be almost irresistible. (Plus, there's that friendly little comp...

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...free of contamination and chlorine (and other chemicals), rainwater could save you oodles of money. Try...

Genius At Work - 12-1-2007

Welcome to one of the worlds most prestigious microbiology labs. Its one part theater, one part brilliance all overseen by an aerobics-teaching diva who loves bacteria.

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...her lab associates discovered that one of the chemicals V. harveyi uses to communicate is also used by...

Dirty Business - 12-1-2007

Thanks to a horde of ravenous worms, TerraCycle is turning garbage into dollars.

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...in America, is they douse their garden with chemicals, which wipes out all the bugs that live in your...

Not Your Usual Cat Burglar - 3-15-2008

The following is a true story. Really.

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... apartment smell nice, it was supposed to release chemicals to help control Rannie’s appetite and to...

Web Exclusive - All Hail the King - 9-15-2009

Tigeorges Laguerre is on a mission to save Haiti — or at least one little part of it — one coffee bean at a time.

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...-- particularly France. Some processors use chemicals to remove the layers of the coffee fruit that...

Inspired By Nature - 2-1-2008

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If so, Mother Nature should be ecstatic, because scientists around the world are patterning industrial processes and all kinds of everyday products after her designs. Welcome to the field of...

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...and that don’t require polluting chemicals. Nature, after all, runs on sunlight and...

Eco-biz - 7-1-2003

IT'S ONLY NATURAL As the $6 billion herbal supplement industry comes under serious scientific scrutiny, Vermont-based herbal supplement maker New Chapter Inc. sees opportunity for its straight-arrow products, grown on organic far...

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...organic farms and extracted without the aid of chemicals. Company co-founders jokingly refer to...

Green Hall Of Fame -- And Infamy. - 7-15-2008

Before society embraced environmentalism, several hardy souls and a few gut-wrenching episodes of environmental disaster helped to bring home the importance of safeguarding our planet.

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...ugly ailments -- in this case promoted by the chemicals buried in an old canal-turned-subdivision -- was...

...sounded the alarm for DDT and other chemicals when the world wasn’t ready to hear...

Strictly Granola - 6-1-2002

Stricktly Granola Food fears and the flavor factor are pushing common folk to go organic like never before.

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...Yale University. While the effects of these chemicals on humans are the subject of much debate, Bob...

Meet Horst Schulze - 7-15-2006

He's the former president of Ritz-Carlton. He's just launched his own posh hotel company. And now he's telling us why he thinks his hotels are going to outluxe all the competition.

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... "Today there''s a lot of concern about chemicals," he says. "So all Solís amenities will be...