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11 Tips on Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

Norman F — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:00:24 +0000

Happy New Year from EasyEcoBlog! May the new year bring you lots of luck and prosperity, and more greenness! Only through education can we learn how to be eco-friendly, green. We all need to learn new ways of doing things and need to help teach our friends and neighbors how to do things the right […]

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Chinese Chalk or Chinese Insecticide Chalk

Norman F — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:00:03 +0000

Recently I found a friend who was using Chinese Miraculous Insecticide Chalk otherwise known as Pretty Baby Chalk, Ant Chalk, Roach Chalk and Chinese Chalk. Tres Pasitos is a Spanish name for this product. The product is illegal and dangerous. The EPA has a warning on it too. We tried it in the past and […]

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Healthy Food Options to Avoid Harmful Chemicals and Risks

Norman F — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 08:00:05 +0000

Last Update: 1/1/2024 Is this Okay to Eat? Every year it seems that a new study comes up telling us that another popular food is unhealthy or causes cancer. The latest controversy in 2015 was over processed meats and the WHO declaring that bacon, hot dogs, etc cause colorectal cancer. It seems what is good […]

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Earth Friendly Clothing Choices – Bamboo, Nylon, Polyster, Microfiber

Norman F — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:00:21 +0000

Over 11 million tons of textiles went into landfills in 2018. Few people equate fashion with environmental issues, but it is a big problem. Did you know that making clothes is a dirty process? Per the Wall Street Journal April 2019: The textile industry has generated about 380 million metric tons of plastic—more than other […]

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Improving Indoor Air Quality – VOC eating Plants – Hepa Air Filters

Norman F — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:00:41 +0000

Indoor Air Quality Indoor Air Quality refers to how clean the air we breathe indoors is. We spend 90-95% of our time indoors. Often times the air outside is cleaner. This leads to health problems like allergies, asthma, etc. Consumer Product Safety Commission and EPA has a good guide on how to improve indoor air […]

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California Ban on Toxic Flame Retardants (PBDEs)

Norman F — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:00:04 +0000

California has a Ban on Toxic Flame Retardants (PBDEs or polybrominated diphenyl ethers) that took effect in 2011. These commonly found chemicals are toxic and accumulate in breast milk, harming kids development. Several other states have followed California. If you live in other states, you may want to verify this. House dust gets mixed in […]

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Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheets – What ingredients are in a product?

Norman F — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 07:00:05 +0000

Do you worry about what is in that detergent or cleaning product? How green is it really? What do I do if it gets on my skin? Is it dangerous? We have often cited Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) formerly known as Material Safety Data Sheets or MSDS in our analysis of cleaning and construction products. […]

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Ortho Home Defense MAX Green pesticide alternatives – Roundup herbicide alternatives

Norman F — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 07:00:43 +0000

Last Update: 2/2/2017 The weed killer Roundup is facing lawsuits over claims that it gave people cancer, non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I saw a newspaper article with lawyers looking for more victims. The lawyers base their cancer lawsuit claims on a 2015 report from the International Agency for Research on cancer, IARC – a division of the […]

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Vitamin Water Nutrition Controversy – Is it good for you? plus Vitamin Water zero vs Coconut Water

Norman F — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 07:00:28 +0000

Everyone now knows: The consumption of sugar-sweetened drink is among the world’s strongest risk factors for obesity, some studies showing up to a 60% increased risk of obesity in children, for each daily serving of this poison. Is Vitamin Water a low calorie nutritious drink or a virtual soda-like drink in disguise? Is it good for you? […]

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High Fructose Corn Syrup Dangers – Soda and Health Issues

Norman F — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 08:00:40 +0000

High Fructose Corn Syrup is getting replaced by sugar in many packaged foods and drinks. High Fructose Corn Syrup has recently gotten a bad reputation as an artificial sweetener. It is heavily processed and offers little nutritional value Problems with Sugars Changing to sugar is almost a marketing gimmick. Researchers have concluded that sugar and […]

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