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The manufacturing and marketing of deodorants and antiperspirants is a huge industry; one with a major impact on the environment. Learn about the issues, green alternatives and some harm minimization strategies.
20 billions menstrual pads and tampons are discarded each year - just in the USA. In this article, Kelley from Many Moon Alternatives outlines the benefits of cloth menstrual pads, a more environmentally friendly and economical alternative to disposable products.
What's in your bottle of shampoo? Could you be unknowingly poisoning the environment? After looking at the ingredients on my shampoo bottle, I was rather disgusted by the chemical cocktail I've been applying to my hair and flushing down the drain.
The type of toilet paper you choose has a definite impact on the environment; and many toilet paper products have misleading labeling. Millions of trees are destroyed each day to make toilet tissue. Find out how to be more earth friendly when wiping your butt :)
Some mouthwashes can contain nasty chemicals such as formaldehyde, sodium lauryl sulfate, polysorbate and fluoride. What you don't accidentally swallow, just winds up in the environment, in particular, waterways.
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