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	<title>The Environmental Citizen &#187; Kate Southwood</title>
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		<title>Life Less Chemical: Dry Cleaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Southwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia First the bad news. Dry-cleaning fluid (Tetrachloroethene, also known as perchloroethylene or “perc”) has been classified as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It has also been classified as a hazardous air contaminant by the Environmental Protection Agency, and has been shown to cause menstrual irregularities, fertility problems, and miscarriages in women who work in the dry cleaning industry. It’s a central nervous system depressant and a soil contaminant that is considered more difficult to clean up than oil spills. Then there are all those plastic bags. It’s hair-raising just to think about the waste stream generated by the dry cleaning industry. Now some good news. There are alternative cleaning methods, such as hydrocarbon solvents and wet cleaning, which uses water and biodegradable soap. These “green” methods are not yet industry-wide, though, and may be thin on the ground outside major cities. Some more good news. There is also “Dry Greening,” a movement focussed on getting rid of all those plastic bags. While some dry cleaners offer recycling of bags and hangers to reduce waste, there are also companies out there selling reusable fabric bags that double as laundry duffles for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Less Chemical: Kids &amp; Lice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what kinds of chemicals you&#8217;re using when you groom your children? If your child gets lice and you try to get rid of them using an over-the-counter remedy you need to know two things: 1. Those chemicals sitting on your child’s scalp are essentially insecticides, and 2. They don’t even work. Head lice are now resistant to shampoos, liniment, and other chemical treatments in much the same way that bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics. Add to that the fact that there’s a lice epidemic now and what do you do? The good news is that you don&#8217;t need to use chemicals at all. The only thing you need is a low-tech, chemical-free solution: a good nit comb. Here’s how lice operate: lice eggs, or nits, are glued to the hair shaft, close to the scalp. Once hatched, juvenile lice (or nymphs) reach sexual maturity in just SEVEN days. Adult lice lay eggs once a day. See the problem?   Lice themselves aren&#8217;t hard to kill: you can smother them non-chemically by coating your child&#8217;s head in a fat (olive oil, mayonnaise, coconut oil, etc.) for several hours under a plastic shower cap. The nits, on the other [...]]]></description>
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