Informed consumers know by now that the “new car smell”—released by chemicals in seat cushions, armrests, floor coverings and other features of an auto’s interior—is not a good thing. But we’re just learning how bad it might be.
When US troops stormed Al Qaeda?s Afghan caves after September 11, 2001, they stumbled onto sobering evidence that the terrorists were thinking of more than flying airplanes into skyscrapers. Hundreds of documents weredevoted to one subject: American agriculture.
Yep, says the dairy industry whose ads promise a “trimmer tummy” by drinking milk. Other ads on Dr. Phil, Will & Grace and in People and other magazines have positioned milk, cheese and yogurt as weapons in the war on obesity. But the multimillion-dollar campaign could soon face health problems of its own.
In the fall of 2003, in one of the biggest wildfires in California history, 22 people lost their lives, thousands more lost their homes, and hundreds of thousands of acres burned. Yet, by recent standards, 2003 wasn?t off the charts. In 2002, 7 million acres burned.
Gourmet-quality chocolate is bringing health and hope to cocoa farmers and their families.
Nature?s perfect plant makes a comeback
Kudzu, like nature, will never be tamed.
Some lessons can be learned only in farm fields