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‘Tis the season for outdoor activities….and their inevitable accompanying health concerns.  Mosquitoes come with many, from the plain old itch factor to West Nile Virus and EEE.  How can you protect yourself without bathing in DEET or other crazy chemicals? There are many natural repellents on the market, but you can make your own and…

I’m staring out my window at gusting sheets of horizontal rain. It’s cold. The sky is white. And give or take some precipitory drama, it’s been like this for more than a month. What day is it? Yep, July 2nd. It’s happened, we done did it, we broke the weather. Last week’s New Yorker had…

If you’re interested in which foods have the most or least pesticides, check out the new What’s On My Food? database created by the Pesticide Action Network. (PAN). It requires a little bit of number-sorting, but it’s really helpful, especially if you’re trying to track down particular pesticide concentrations in particular foods. They break down…

A recent study from Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society has found a link between women’s voices and plant growth. Over a month, tomato plants spoken to by women tenders grew significantly faster than those chatted up by men. Some of the men’s plants actually grew at a slower rate than those left completely alone. Researchers don’t know…
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