Beth Greer
Natural Healing and Environmental Health Expert | Bestselling Author
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author of Super Natural Home. Empowering you with expert information and leading-edge holistic approaches to improve your health, mood and well-being.
Most of us don’t realize how the chemicals in the bottles that are lined up on our sinks and shower stalls impact our health. For example, here’s a dirty little secret about soaps and shampoos: most that are commercially made contain chemicals called parabens used as antimicrobial preservatives. The Environmental Protection Agency states that all …
Every cup of coffee you sip has a story to tell. Its origin has an impact on our environment as well as the health of the people who grow it and drink it. Below are a few facts that might have you thinking twice before you order your next latte or double espresso.Coffee is one …
It finally happened, the thing I had been dreading since she started to have playdates away from my watchful eye. My nine-year-old daughter came home from a friend’s house and sheepishly announced that she had eaten McDonald’s chicken McNuggets.“Oh, really,” I said, nonchalantly, attempting to hide my shock and disappointment. Even though I raised my …
The next time you find yourself standing in front of your stove, think twice about using that nonstick pan.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the air we breathe inside our homes could be as much as five times as polluted as the air outside. One major reason: Common cleaning products contain chemicals that can be more dangerous than the germs themselves. Every time our children roll around on the carpet or our pets …
If you’ve ever been in a room that was recently wallpapered, chances are you were bombarded by a noxious odor. That smell comes from airborne chemicals or gases like formaldehyde, zylene and toluene, known as VOCs — volatile organic compounds, which can cause health problems such as nausea, dizziness, eye irritation and breathing problems, as …