Pollution on Shine

Toxic: Are You Being Poisoned?

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Toxic Hype: Are the mainstays of a modern girl's life—water bottles,…

Studies Show: City Life = Bad Skin

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Oh joy, as if we didn't have enough to worry about already, studies are showing that smog and pollution can damage skin cells and deplete them of nutrients. It's enough to make me want to move out of Los Angeles to a farm! (Well, maybe not quite. My memories of my first and only trip to my aunt's ranch in North Dakota consist of multiple bug bites and being chased around by stray cattle. Plus, I'm allergic to hay, it would never work out.)

While my fellow city dwellers might be wondering what we can do to stop this damage (aside from starting a new trend, hazmat suit-chic), I do have a silver lining to this cloud. There are some things we can do to at least minimize the pummeling our skin is taking from our daily dose of smog:

Protect Yourself From Water Pollution

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By Katherine Huether Nausea, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Sounds like a job for Pepto-Bismal! And the residents of Morrison, WI., surely wish these symptoms, which recently laid them low, along with debilitating ear infections, could be cured with such a simple remedy. But no,…

Go Green! Right?

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One thing about me is that I care ALOT about the environment. The earth is our home and we should protect it. Last year I worked hard at trying to tell the other kids in my grade that pollution and global warming are serious issues. But kids my age just dont care that the human race is in danger.…

How the government can take your job.

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Enclosed is a picture of my boat and house in Halibut Cove taken in the 1970's to go along with the enclosed article. After fishing king crab 22 years my total catch was over three million pounds of king crab, three-million pounds of tanners and many thousands of tons of herring and a…

How to test your drinking water

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Underwriters Laboratories (uldrinkwell.com) will test your water for everything from fecal bacteria to industrial pollutants and get the results to you in about a week. Prices range from $30 for a mercury test to $500 for a 94-contaminant screening.
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Rainstorm

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I will blog everywhere, g-----it. It's raining like craz-ay outside-- can hear it hitting the apartment pool, and making tin-can noises above the stove. Sky's orange, because that's what happens in the city. Pollution makes the whole overhead of things look like the water in which…

Obama’s Environmental Stance

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Global Warming Effecting Fishing in Alaska

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Toxic Waste On Public Lands

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