News & Articles By Frances Bloomfield
06/05/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
How to make a delicious detox cleanse using maple syrup
Look up “detoxifying drinks” and you’ll find a great number of recipes across the Internet. A cursory glance through a search engine will bring up dozens of recipes for you to look through and try. Read enough of them, however, and they all start looking identical. A detoxifying drink that is anything but the usual […]
06/05/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Outbreaks of malaria increase with deforestation, researchers find
Deforestation caused by humans may have a hand in the increasing number of malaria cases. That’s what Lehigh University researchers have asserted in their study, published in AIMS Environmental Science. By analyzing the conditions of 67 less-developed and malaria-endemic countries, the researchers were able connect growing malaria rates with human-induced environmental changes, reported ScienceDaily.com. Deforestation […]
05/22/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
This is what happens when you drink celery juice for one month
What would happen to your gut if you drank a glass of celery juice everyday for a month? It’s not a question that everyone asks, but is one that Fern Olivia of MindBodyGreen.com answered. Inspired by Anthony Williams’ glowing praise of celery juice, Olivia decided to give the “powerhouse of a drink” a shot. By […]
05/21/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Mott’s sued over labeling pesticide-laced applesauce products “natural”
Environmental health organization and anti-pesticide group, Beyond Pesticides, has filed a lawsuit against Mott’s, a brand under the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. According to Beyond Pesticides, Mott’s is deliberately misleading its customers by labeling its applesauce products as “natural” and made with “all natural ingredients”. Mott’s applesauce has been found to contain traces of the […]
05/20/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Shanghai goes green: District with towering vertical farms may become a reality in the near future
From towering symbols of urbanization, the skyscrapers of Shanghai may soon become agrarian wellsprings. Such is the plan for Sunqiao Urban Agricultural District, a 250-acre district where people will live, work, and shop while surrounded by massive vertical farming systems. Sasaki, the US-based architectural firm behind this bold undertaking, has called Sunqiao “a new approach […]
05/15/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Breastfeeding boosts baby gut health from bacteria found on nipples
In addition to fostering the bond between mother and child, breastfeeding also promotes healthy guts in babies. The beneficial bacteria in breast milk that get transferred through feeding can lead to positive, long-lasting effects in babies, according to researchers from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In the study, published in the May 8 […]
05/12/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Fort Smith residents shocked to discover their recyclables were being dumped with regular trash
What would you do if you found out your recycling efforts were all for nothing? This was the question faced by Fort Smith, Ark. homeowners after they were told by city officials that their recyclables were being dumped into the city landfill. Though rather than being a recent incident, the covert recyclable disposal has been […]
05/11/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Man-made ocean pollution has severely affected the immune systems of wild dolphins, researchers claim
Once thought to be healthier than their captive cousins, wild dolphins have begun showing signs of compromised immune systems. Researchers have pinpointed ocean pollution and contamination as the main causes of this startling discovery. For the purposes of their study, researchers studied and compared four groups of bottlenose dolphins that lived in aquariums and beyond […]
05/10/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Fukushima wildfire revives worries over airborne radiation from “difficult-to-return zone”
On the evening of April 29, a wildfire broke out in a mountain forest near the now-disabled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. In a report by the Mainichi.jp, the publication stated that the fire started on the 448-meter high Mount Juman in Namie, a town in the Fukushima Prefecture. In response to the prefecture […]
05/10/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Do your part and save the bees with these 10 easy-to-grow flowers
Bee populations have dwindled in recent years. Pesticides, parasites, and the disappearance of wildflowers have all been cited as reasons for the declines of domesticated and wild bees. Without these important little pollinators, the amount of agricultural crops would shrink considerably. Less bees means less food for us. Fortunately, the simple act of planting annual […]
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