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"One of Candida's jobs is to make your waste biodegradable. When someone dies, as the body decays from a lack of oxygen it quickly becomes acidic and so the Candida grows rapidly, helping to make the body biodegradable—that is, ready to return its components to the earth (barring the use of embalming fluids). But in the living body, problems arise as your body becomes increasingly acid from your diet. The Candida and other organisms will start to grow in this newfound environment." - Tom Woloshyn, The Complete Master Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing the Benefits of The Lemonade Diet (Get the book.)

"It entails injecting the fistula with biodegradable glue which closes the fistula from the inside out. This is thought to help the area heal." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"These materials are being replaced with recycled, biodegradable, bio-based substitutes, including recycled paper. Such "green" packaging reduces energy use, greenhouse gases, and non- or poorly degradable waste currently disposed of in landfills. Procter & Gamble, Estee Lauder and its Origins and Aveda companies, and the Australia-based packaging specialist Plantic are now taking the lead in the development and use of "green" packaging with 100 percent post-consumer recycled packaging." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "The anti-wrinkling agent restylane, or Perlane, used in products made by Sweden's Q-Med, incorporates a natural biodegradable ingredient called hyaluronic acid that has been shown to be both safe and effective. Botox injections have been in use long enough to be considered relatively safe, but must be injected by a qualified dermatologist. Chapter Ten: Products Targeting Everyone Imagine for a moment that you are in your bathroom in the morning, beginning your daily routine. First, you use the toilet, and then spray an air freshener." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "It is based on the natural biodegradable ingredient hyaluronic acid, the effectiveness of which is well-documented (10). In fact, restylane has been shown to be more effective than collagen in double blind clinical trials six months after injection by dermatologists in the naso-labial folds, wrinkles that run from the bridge of the nose to the corners of the mouth (). It's also cheaper than collagen. Injections that combined restylane and the prescription drug Botox (botulinum toxin) were also reported to be more effective than injections of either product alone. 9. Peptides." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Bring up your concerns with other parents at school meetings, and together you can: • Persuade the school administration to make the switch to nontoxic and biodegradable cleaning products that contain few or no volatile organic compounds. You don't need dangerous chemicals to clean a school thoroughly and effectively. • Test for lead in water and replace old pipes, since children tend to absorb more lead than the average adult. • Work with your municipality to identify, collect, and recycle mercury products that might be present in your children's school." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Wash your clothes (and your dishes) in detergent-free biodegradable washing soda or soap. Chemicals in washing powders cling to garments and then penetrate your skin. Buy clothes made from natural fibres like cotton or wool, not synthetics. Choose cosmetics, perfumes, soaps and hair products made from plant extracts rather than mineral oils. Use an electric razor and ordinary ice water as an astringent. Wherever possible choose unpackaged foods or products in glass. Plastic food wrappings leach out pollutants and contaminate food. Avoid plastic cookware and servingware, too." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Flora also chooses environmentally friendly recyclable glass to package their products, and uses ecologically sound, 100 percent biodegradable, starch-based packing peanuts for shipping. And all of their company trucks run on natural gas. Flora also offers financial support to over thirty nonprofit organizations working to protect and preserve the environment. Respect for nature is one of the founding principals of Salus Haus." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Perhaps begin by mixing one-fourth of the new biodegradable litter with the familiar kitty litter. Over time, your cat will adjust to the switch. Anti-Freeze Anti-freeze, a very toxic substance to our pets, is made with ethylene glycol. It has a sweet taste that pets find appealing. Within an hour of ingesting anti-freeze, animals can display symptoms including anxiety, vomiting, depression, and weakness. These are caused by the corrosive chemical destroying the animal's kidneys and entering the blood stream." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.) "If you are concerned about the odor from some of the biodegradable litters, you can sprinkle about a teaspoon of baking soda in with the litter. Baking soda works better than the deodorizers in clumping litters, plus it is safer. These deodorizers can be toxic, and can cover up the odors but the baking soda will absorb them and it is nontoxic. Read labels and make sure that the product contains no deodorizers, colors, or drying agents that could be potentially harmful to your cat. A good hint for changing the brand of litter with finicky cats is to do this slowly." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.) "There are now a number of biodegradable litters on the market made from natural blends of wheat grass fibers, recycled wood products that are pure sawdust, plant material, corn granules, whole wheat products, and paper-milling by-products. Some excellent alternative products available on the market are listed in The Complete Guide to Vegetarian Convenience Foods. The author researched products that are safe for animals as well as environmentally friendly. Some of these products can be found in stores and some purchased through mail order." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.)

"Plant oils are being used to form biodegradable plastics, and waste fibers from crops have been used to strengthen concrete. Even the art world is experimenting with bio-utilization—turning flowers into stereo speakers and grass into photo canvases. Bio-assistance is the domestication and use of organisms—whether it be herding sheep for wool, or growing a virus for building a battery. This often involves biotechnology, which most of us think of in terms of either medical breakthroughs or genetically altered Frankenfoods." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Chopping the root and mixing it with water causes it to lather, making an excellent biodegradable soap that can also be used as shampoo to prevent hair loss, get rid of dandruff, and deter lice and other parasites. Although traditionally the root of yucca is used medicinally, the fresh, undried flowers are being investigated for their antitumor activity. Edible Uses Yucca has long served as a wild food. The flower stalks can be harvested before the flowers open and consumed raw or cooked as a vegetable." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

"The researchers do not mention whether the plastic is biodegradable, but even if it isn't, it could reduce oil dependence and sequester C02 at the same time. Other scientists are investigating the possibility of making plastic from the cellulose in common agricultural wastes such as stalks, leaves, and husks. This would not only reduce oil use and avoid taking land away from food crops, it would give farmers a much-needed source of additional income. Some chemists are even investigating bacterial digesters as a means to convert the cellulose, instead of heat and pressure-based refinement." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "The jury is still out on whether old electronics cases that companies purport to be biodegradable will actually become the compost pile the companies claim they will, but NEC has recently created a mobile phone with a compostable case, made from a plastic derived from corn and natural fibers, and HP has prototyped a printer with a corn-based plastic case." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"A chemist could, for instance, design a dye that is not only red, but also non-carcinogenic and biodegradable. Or she could design a non-toxic polymer that is inherently red in the first place and needs no extra dye. Similar to the biomimicry lesson about self-cleaning strategies, green chemistry seeks to build the desired functionality into molecules at the beginning of the design process rather than adding molecules later — the fewer expensive additions, the better." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.) "A chemist might work to create a cheap polymer dye that was the perfect shade of crimson red, for instance, but he wasn't also making sure the dye was non-toxic, biodegradable and safe for children's health. Nobody was asking those questions. The government didn't require companies to ask those questions. Universities didn't require chemists to understand the biological and environmental impacts of the products they were creating. The majority of industrial chemicals were allowed onto the market with no safety testing to determine their health impacts." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Nylon n, for example, which is produced from the oil of castor beans, still requires a great deal of heat and pressure and several toxic chemicals in processing, and when disposed of, it ends up no more biodegradable than other plastics. But a new generation of "bioplastics" is pouring out of industrial research facilities." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"With Flavomycin you worry about a wtthdiawal period (there is none), residue problems e I. e I biodegradable), c other antibiotics (none known). Flavomycin. The modem growth promotant antibiotic. Ask youi feed supplier fot Flavomycin today and start stacking it up for yourself. uaed atthe tote drug in complete tod*. The Flavomycin ad above claims that $600 is saved on feed by using it on 500 pigs. That's only $1.20 per pig. But what is the cost to consumers in increased resistance to antibiotics?" - Will Allen, The War on Bugs (Get the book.)

"Newer biodegradable pesticides are now more toxic and are applied to certain vegetables with waxes that make make it impossible to wash off. Today, MSG is sprayed on crops, which makes it impossible to avoid this dangerous additive (called Auxigrow™). Ironically, MSG has been shown to stimulate hunger by lowering blood glucose, something that elates the food industry. Fats, Government, and Industry In the late 1880s, most meals were prepared using beef tallow, refined lard, or coconut butter. From 1880s until the early 1900s, American diets contained anywhere from 30 to 43 percent of fats." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"So I bought my first electric car in 1970, I started recycling in 1970, I started using biodegradable soaps and detergents, I started reading David Brower's works, and soon encountered 'crackpot' theories about global climate change and ozone depletion that few people took seriously ar the time." We wondered if Ed's success in entertainment made it difficult to keep his lifestyle ecologically sound. "Let me say the smartest thing I ever did with my career had nothing to do with my acting or anything I've done since St. Elsewhere. It's the lifestyle choice that I made to live simply." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"Shamans always make a point of offering the tree a gift (try something biodegradable like a potato) before imposing themselves, thus confirming their respect and noble intent. Heart Chakra Exercise with a Tree Over the years, I have frequently prescribed tree hugging in my practice. By and large, I have been amazed how many otherwise conservative folk have taken to it, overcoming their own conditioning, and the mocking jibes of others." - Robin, Dr. Kelly, The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of Our Cells (Get the book.)

"The herbal preparation was administered in the form of biodegradable chips as a subgingival adjunct. Patients in the control group received standard supportive periodontal therapy. The results showed significant improvements of probing pocket depth, attachment level, and gingival index at 3 and 6 months and of bleeding index at 6 months in the test group compared to the control group. In plaque index, no significant differences could be found at all visits." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Ikea also uses wood extensively in their products, as it is a recyclable, biodegradable, and renewable material. Ikea does not use any wood products derived from intact natural forests or forests with a clearly defined high conservation value. It is Ikea's long-term goal to source their wood only from well-managed forests that have been certified to meet their standards. To meet this goal, Ikea is currently involved in a variety of projects having to do with research and conservation of forests in several areas of the globe." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Naturally occurring substances, on the other hand, break down efficiently into basic elements within the natural functioning of the biosystem: they are safely biodegradable. Unfortunately, the word biodegradable is frequently applied to products that generally aren't (such as detergents or plastics) and almost never used for products that generally are (such as soap or paper). Everything willl biodegrade eventually; even manmade compounds will eventually break apart after thousands of years." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"To remove it, soak parsnips in a mild solution of additive-free soap, such as Ivory or pure castile soap from a health food store, or use one of the biodegradable fruit and vegetable cleansers now available, such as Fit (for more information, go to www.tryfit.com). You can also peel off the skin, but the downside of this technique is that many nutrients are concentrated in the plant's skin and outer layers. Should you decide to try harvesting and cooking wild parsnip, exercise caution." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"One scientist at the University of California believes that when chlorine (or bromine, which is used instead of chlorine in some cases) mixes with water it can form active vapors that rise into the upper atmosphere and destroy ozone, much as CFCs do (see Chapter 2). "Biodegradable" synthetic detergents have several disadvantages also. They are made from nonrenewable resources, and the synethic surfactants in the detergents tend to become more toxic for human use as they are made more biodegradable for the environment." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"Insecticidal extract of the bitter leaf and seeds has Salannin compound that inhibits biting insects better than deadly synthetic DEET; extract has 15-25% Liminoids, pest insects are unable to maintain genetic insecticide-resistance to Neem oil; and it is biodegradable." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

"Manufacturers need to make high-quality biodegradable diapers that compete with the best nonbiodegradable ones. Government should give diaper delivery services the same tax incentives that recycling operations receive in some states. Men should perform their fair share of diaper care. Then let's spotlight disposable diapers. 2. Recycle and Reuse. Recycle through all the opportunities available. Besides curbside collection and dropoff sites, consider reselling goods by yard sales, consignment, or classified ads." - H. Patricia Hynes, Earth Right (Get the book.) "My own informal survey of users, however, revealed that biodegradable diapers do not perform as well as the best absorbent ones. And environmental critics of biodegradable plastic warn that nothing degrades predictably in landfills in two to five years. Is It Fair? Unlike many other alleged labor-saving inventions for child and home care, disposable diapers have substantially eased one aspect of child care. Ask the people who do it, women. And diapers constitute only about 2 percent of the entire solid waste stream, less than unnecessary plastic packaging." - H. Patricia Hynes, Earth Right (Get the book.)

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