This post is written by me on behalf of Lifescript.com. Breast cancer always seem to be at the forefront of the news and media. We are bombarded by the latest research and studies, conflicting information about risk and prevention, environmental causes, instances of "pinkwashing", and of course the more sensational stuff like Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy. It is hard to make heads or tails of anything you hear about breast cancer...at least it is for me. What breast cancer news can you … [Read more...]
The Non Toxic Avenger – Book Review
I have read hundreds of books about green living and sustainability over the years. The preservation of our planet is big on my hot topics list. This is not what actually motivated me to start living green though. The issue that started my great green journey was actually the environment much closer to home... the building with four walls that housed my family and I. It was the threat contained in our food, home, bed, air, personal products, toiletries, etc that motivated me to keep it green and … [Read more...]
Cancer – Can You Get it From Your Environment?
Cancer to me was mostly an obscure disease... something people get when they get old or perhaps when they are unlucky enough to have genes that carry a predisposition to cancer. It was something mysterious and I felt it was the luck of the draw if you faced it down or not... it was not, in my mind, something I could prevent if I wanted to and it was not something I could get from my environment or my poor choices, save perhaps cancer from tobacco products. But then cancer hit home for me all … [Read more...]
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