EnviroMentalog

I have never smoked cigarettes nor do I care to. I find smoking a disgusting habit but what really bothers me more is how people pollute every day with their cigarettes. On my first visit to Chicago one of the very first things I noticed was how clean the streets were. The New York City [...]

As a teenager in the 90′s I had an unhealthy obsession with Brad Pitt. I collected pictures of him from magazines, saw all his movies and memorized every factoid about his life. He was a teen idol. Now, he has become a different kind of idol and I don’t really remember when his birthday is. [...]

I realize in my last post I gave advice that not everyone is able to follow. Not everyone can afford or has access to local farmers, but if the Germans have anything to do with it this is not a problem without a solution. A German farm has begun selling produce out of a vending [...]

A very important lesson that I learned while getting my Masters of Public Health (I graduate in 2 weeks!) is that just because something is approved by a federal agency (FDA, USDA) does NOT mean it is going to be 100% safe. This is especially true with food products. The New York Times (clearly my [...]