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Deceptive Packaging Makes Food Appear Healthier Than It Is
New York, NY
How does marketing affect perceptions of food? One reporter investigates the “health halo” effect.
www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/science/02tier.html?_...
Singin' the Blues
One of the side effects of the massive beetle infestation in North America's lodgepole pine forests is that the trees become stained with a unique blue color, and loggers are turning this into a specialty good
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/beetles/
Bush Plans Massive Rape of Regulations in Final Months
"The regulatory process, however, has such a profound effect on our daily lives, however, it is often termed as the "fourth branch" of our government. It's not as sexy as legislation, or court decisions, but probably more profound that either." WmTrailLawyer, Daily Kos
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/31/123146/67/...
Moving Beyond Sustainability to Environmental Effectiveness
World Changing - "When our measure of sustainability asks only if a given activity is something we can get away with doing -- and fails to ask whether that activity is worth doing at all -- we fail to see the larger picture."
www.worldchanging.com/archives/008905.html
Foreclosure Crisis: Where Are the Green Entrepreneurs?
"The ripple effect of the housing crisis is sending untold tons of valuable goods and materials to landfills. Opportunities abound for eco entrepreneurs." Max Gladwell
www.maxgladwell.com/2008/10/foreclosure-crisis-w...
BPA Makes Friends With Cancer, Becomes Bodyguard
BPA now shown to reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment
well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/plastic-chemic...
Mind-Body Connection or Placebo vs. Nocebo
How your mindset can be hurting you physically, emotionally and mentally.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A2709-2002Apr29
World recorder Haile Gebrselassie rethinks running in the Smog
Officials worry about pollution in Bejing and how it could adversely effect competing athletes
www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.va...
