Archive for January, 2009

Green Tips for Mold Removal

Removing mold from our homes can be a frustrating and ongoing task.  Most of us just run down to the supermarket and grab a bottle of a chlorine-based mold cleaner, which is sure to be quick and easy- and unfortunately terrible for the environment.  If you have a mold problem around your home, use some of the green tips for mold removal in this article. Tea Tree Oil Tree tree oil can be on the expensive side, but as they say, "a little goes a long way."  It can be found readily online or in your nearest health food store.  Tee Tree oil is a natural antiseptic and fungicide. It does have a strong camphor-like odor, but is much more pleasant than chlorine fumes.  To make a tea tree oil mixture to treat mold, combine the following in a clean spray bottle, shake, and spray on affected area: 1-2 teaspoons tea tree oil 2 cups water For best results, don’t rinse.  In a few days, clean up the dead mold with soap and water. Vinegar Distilled white vinegar can clean just about anything (a definite must for your green-home cleaning needs), including mold.  The Heinz Company, one producer of distilled white vinegar, claims that straight vinegar can kill ...

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Renting Movies vs Buying Movies

Renting movies instead of buying them is a significant change that can protect the environment and save you money.  Moreover, the Internet will provide you with tons of movies, available to download for free – which will certainly expand your options and help you make the difference in your green going behavior.  Renting movies is your chance to transform your regular lifestyle into a green one.  By renting movies, you can guarantee those DVDs will be used multiple times, saving people money and saving the planet at the same time. You will prevent waste, as the materials in which the DVDs are made are not recyclable.  The DVDs that are thrown away will pollute the environment for a very long time.  Renting DVDs ensure their continuous cycle – providing entertainment, and caring for the environment.  You can play your own important role when it comes to preventing such polluting materials from being thrown away in the environment.  In addition, you could save more than $12 a pop.  The average movie rents for about $4, while the average new DVD sells for more than $16. Try renting movies by downloading.  This actually reduces your carbon footprint on a number of levels.  One example ...

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Mercury Amalgam Fillings: What Are the Risks?

When people are looking into sources of toxins in their life, they usually take a look at areas like their food, or their homes, or their cars.  What they might not suspect is that one of the most common sources of toxins in their life may be their teeth!  Ever since the 1970's or so, the silver amalgam fillings that have been used are being shown to release more mercury fumes than their predecessors.  It is highly suspected that the use of mercury in these fillings has been causing severe problems in the people that have them. The FDA has revised its position on the mercury that is used in amalgam fillings; there has been some research that refers to the fact that these fillings may have a serious neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of young children and fetuses.  It is important to note that the fillings that are so very common are actually between forty to fifty percent mercury, and that when the amalgam is disrupted in any way, mercury vapor can be released.  The activities that can cause the mercury fumes to be released may be as simple as brushing teeth, chewing gum or grinding your teeth in ...

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