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- December 15, 2010
Once you are finished celebrating Halloween, compost your pumpkins instead of throwing them in the garbage. “Pumpkins, which of course are 100% natural, will break down quickly as compost in your yard, providing you with valuable nutrients for your lawn or garden.” The Daily Green, 10/31/2011
READ MOREHundreds of thousands of child size pants and boxers are being recalled, reports the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The pants, sold exclusively at Academy Sports and Outdoor stores in Texas, failed to meet federal flammability standards for children's sleepwear. The recalled items include Academy pull-on lounge pants for boys and girls and boxers for
READ MOREMore and more companies are installing indoor walking tracks, stairwell programs, and treadmills in their offices in an effort to find clever and relatively inexpensive ways to get people moving without cutting into busy workdays or needing to join a corporate gym. The director of well-being and innovation at health insurer Humana Inc., Brent Densford,
READ MORELabels on "Whole Grain" and "Whole Wheat" products can often be deceiving, as it turns out none of these words have legal meaning. Many manufacturers label their foods with these terms without being held to any real standards. Nutritionists say that if a product boasts “Whole Grain,” you should make sure the first item in the
READ MOREWhen the news ‘Joan Rivers Hospitalized’ broke, I hoped it was a publicity stunt. I couldn’t imagine a world without her. I was so sure she’d be making jokes about the whole ordeal. “I was in a medically induced coma — you know how they put me under — they made me watch Jay Leno’s last
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