With April temperatures hitting record highs, it pays to invest in a decent sunscreen. Ruth Styles rounds up some of the greenest
… up some of the greenest According to the Skin Cancer Foundation , over 65 percent of melanomas are caused by the sun while Cancer Research UK cites long term sun … as the leading cause of all other skin cancers. If that wasn’t reason enough to …
Green Living Editor Ruth Styles answers your eco-lifestyle dilemmas. This week, we've put leather under the microscope
… commonest form and frequently results in the cancer-causing chromium (VI) being pumped into … arsenic, which has been linked to lung cancer. According to PETA, studies of tannery workers in Sweden and Italy found cancer risks between 20 per cent and 50 per …
High in fat and with a carbon footprint to match, cow’s milk is neither the greenest or healthiest milk available. So what are the alternatives? Here are 10 of the best
… benefits of soya milk include the presence of cancer-fighting isoflavones, minimal saturated … in plants that help fight diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke. The main …
With greener-than-grass credentials and created by a man with a lifetime’s worth of herbal lore in his head, Grateful Body’s eco-conscious range is a good choice for those with sensitive skin, says Ruth Styles
… of two of his sisters, both of whom died from cancer, which led to him concluding that the …
Pollution caused by burning fossil fuels are already causing the premature deaths of 200,000 people a year - in the US alone, writes Pete Dolack. Add up the figures worldwide and it comes to many millions. And that's before we even count the catastrophic long term impacts of global warming. The US response: to loosen anti-pollution regulation and encourage increased oil, coal and gas production.
… lifelong risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer." One of the two reports, Don't pollute …
Boosters of 'free trade' agreements - like the Trans Pacific Partnership that's being signed today - like to make big promises, writes Pete Dolack: trillions of dollars of economic gains, billions of dollars of investment, millions of new jobs. But there's only one certainty, and it's one they never mention: the permanent redistribution of power and income from working people to capital.
… reports denying links between smoking and cancer. As late as 1998, Heartland President …
Part travelogue, part lament for a threatened way of life, Ruth Styles says that Bruce Parry’s latest book, Arctic, shows us exactly what we stand to lose if global warming isn’t stopped - today
… villagers downstream have reported strange cancers but have been ignored by the Canadian …
Monsanto has a simple purpose, writes Pete Dolack: to control the world's food supply, monopolizing seeds and agrochemicals to extract profit from every bite of food we eat. Caring nothing for the disease, poverty and destruction that it causes, it has suborned politicians, governments and regulators to its will. But millions are determined to stop it.
… DNA, reproductive and developmental toxicity, cancer and birth defects. Then there are the …
The concept of ‘self-healing’ might sound like mumbo jumbo but it’s actually a sensible way of giving our lifestyles a healthy overhaul says Dr Fabrizio Mancini - starting with organic food, plenty of sleep and lots of exercise
… when it comes to diabetes, hypertension, cancers that are considered chronic illnesses …
Canada's 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposes a massive increase in the power of security services, writes Pete Dolack - and in the crosshairs are campaigners against a tar sands industry that's intent on releasing 240 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, and those fighting the pipelines needed to get the heavy crude to market. Who are the real 'extremists'?
… reports denying links between smoking and cancer. Another global-warming denial outfit, …