Health & Safety Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:52:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 3 Natural Options for Keeping the House Clean https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-options-natural-homemade-disinfectants/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-options-natural-homemade-disinfectants/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:52:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57981 Many chemical cleaners available on the market today are bad for the environment, and also probably bad for human health. However, the CDC also reports that 76 million US residents become sick from food-borne pathogens every year. Most of these illnesses come from the kitchen, usually the dirtiest room in the house; even bathrooms usually […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-options-natural-homemade-disinfectants/feed/ 0 57981 China’s Plans to Build Environmentally-Damaging Coal-Powered Natural Gas Plants https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chine-coal-powered-natural-gas-plants-20130925/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chine-coal-powered-natural-gas-plants-20130925/#comments Thu, 26 Sep 2013 04:02:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41899 China is currently in the process of planning synthetic natural gas plants, which are powered by coal. Though this could be good for China’s energy security, the results could be environmentally devastating. A new study by Researchers from Duke University have determined this process would produce seven times the greenhouse gas emissions, consume 100 times […]

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