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		<title>Phytoplankton in precipitous decline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at Eco Logic Lee,  I talk about the recently released report that phytoplankton may have decreased as much as 40% over the past 50 years.  I conclude that the problem is complex, and serious 1. Overfishing has caused a decline in the overall level of fixed nitrogen in the oceans, 2. The warming of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=505</link>
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		<title>Toxic Cereal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hat tip to Tom Philpott on   Grist. On June 25, Kellogg&#8217;s announced a &#8220;voluntary recall&#8221; of 28 million boxes of  cereal including Apple Jacks, Fruit Loops, Corn Pops, and Honey Smacks.   According to the Kellogg website, the reason for the recall was a substance in the package liner that can produce an uncharacteristic waxy-like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=481</link>
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		<title>Warmest May on record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EcoLogicLee discusses the recent NOAA report. May 2010 was the warmest May on record,  and the periods January through May and March through May, 2010 were the warmest comparable periods on record. Bottom line Each of the 10 warmest average global temperatures recorded since 1880 have occurred in the last fifteen years. The warmest year-to-date [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=475</link>
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		<title>California Assembly votes to ban plastic shopping bags.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have long said that if you can only do one thing for the environment,  it would be to bring a reusable canvas bag with you when shopping, rather than using a plastic bag. Plastic bags are bad news on numerous levels: They are made from petrochemicals,  oil &#8211; you know that stuff that&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=469</link>
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		<title>Honey Bee Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More news about Colony Collapse Disorder over at Eco Logic Lee]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=466</link>
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		<title>Study Links ADHD to Pesticide Exposure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another reason to go organic A recent nationwide study published in the journal Pediatrics found that children with higher exposure to a class of pesticides called Organophosphates are more likely to have ADHD. Researchers measured the levels of pesticide byproducts in the urine of 1,139 children from across the United States. Children with above-average levels [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=464</link>
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		<title>The Dirty Dozen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have long advocated eating organic.  Organic food is healthier for you, and better for the environment.  And we are convinced that organic chocolate tastes better. But times are tough, food budgets are strained, and organic food can be more expensive.  So it makes sense to spend your organic dollars where they will have the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=460</link>
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		<title>Superweeds?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How often do we have to say it?  Mother nature bats last. When we try to control mother nature, mother nature adapts.  And yet it seems as though we learn nothing.  Our latest case in point: Roundup resistant superweeds. Roundup — originally made by Monsanto but now also sold by others under the generic name glyphosate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=456</link>
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		<title>Soleo Organic Sunscreen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently added a new product that we really love. Soleo Organics All Natural Zinc Sunscreen. Soleo Organics Sunscreen is top rated for safety and effectiveness by the Environmental Working Group. Soléo is a major advancement in sun care technology for it is water resistant, neutrally scented, has a low skin irritation factor. This sunscreen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=453</link>
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		<title>End paper receipts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Software Advice blog ran a poll about killing the paper receipt  Check the plug for Alletronic 50% of forests have been cleared and 50% of that is for paper. 9 million trees a year, just for paper. It takes approximately 15 trees to produce a single ton of paper. Receipt paper demands in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.earthfriendlyshopping.com/?p=446</link>
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