ADHD stands for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. ADD stands for Attention Deficit Disorder. This neurobehavioral developmental disorder (ADHD) affects about 3-5% of the world’s population under the age of 19. It becomes evident during early childhood. Children with ADHD are usually inattentive and/or hyperactive. They sometimes have difficulty remembering things and can have poor control over their impulses. Of course there is a segment of people that feel ADD/ADHD is a myth and … [Read more...]
Safe Hand Sanitizers and Anti-Bacterials
I am generally not a fan of the conventional, waterless hand sanitizers and anti-bacterial soaps that are so popular right now. They are full of chemicals and IMO they go overboard. Frequent hand washing with soap and water will do the trick usually but hospitals, doctor's offices, and schools all seem to be taking the lazy path and utilizing waterless hand sanitizers instead. Also, these hand santizers have the equivalent of 124 proof alcohol. That is more alcohol than vodka and 3 ingested … [Read more...]
The Virtual Forest
I ran across another cool site this morning called The Virtual Forest. It is an initiative to educate the masses on reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions and support conservation efforts efforts in Brazil. It has a nifty questionnaire you can fill out to get energy saving ideas. Basically you fill out all the information about your activities and energy usage and they email you a report with all the ways you specifically can improve. I really liked the suggestions too. For instance my … [Read more...]
Shopping Your Way to Safety – A Book Review
I sat down to read this book one lazy morning thinking it would be a good book about consumers making conscious shopping choices to better the world. Boy was I way off base. The book is Shopping Our Way to Safety - How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselvesby Andrew Szasz. Basically it delves into a very deep explanation of why consumers buying "green" and "safe" products (voting with their dollars) are only helping themselves...not the environment and not society in … [Read more...]
Organic Milk Giveaway
There has been a big scandal going on in my state of Ohio. The department of agriculture has been lobbying to have "rBST free" and "hormone free" labeling removed from milk. The dairy producers say that such labels make the milk "with" hormones look bad and it shouldn't be allowed. Never mind the fact that as a consumer I have a right to know what I am drinking and rBST has been banned in Europe based upon a link to cancer. Our lovely US government sees this as no big deal though...as long as … [Read more...]
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