Table of Contents
1 Take Charge of Your Health 1
Connecting the Dots 3
A Time for Precaution, Not Panic 5
2 Eating Green 8
A Story of Three Farms 10
A Clean Food Revolution 12
Activist Spotlight: Center for Science in the Public Interest 14
Beef and Dairy 15
Pork 21
Poultry and Eggs 23
Fish 26
Eco Shopping List 32
A Greener You 39
3 The Power of Produce 40
So Why Aren't We Eating Enough Plants? 42
Eat Your Veggies 101 44
Green Your Plate 47
Eating Green Guide 52
A Greener You 57
4 Out of the Box: Snacks and Processed Foods 60
The "Healthy Junk Food" Trap 62
Food Additives to Avoid 62
Green Your Snacks 71
Eco Shopping List 78
A Greener You 87
5 A Greener Clean: Personal-Care Products 89
Unknown Dangers 90
Taking a Toll 91
Get a Greener Clean 92
Activist Spotlight: The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics 93
Ingredients to Avoid 95
What to Buy 112
Eco Shopping List 114
Toxic Tampons? 126
Green Your Personal-Care Paper 128
A Greener You 129
6 Not So Pretty: Makeup 131
Activist Spotlight: Teens for Safe Cosmetics 134
Ingredients to Avoid 135
Eco Shopping List 145
Label Lingo 159
A Greener You 160
7 Green Your Style: Eco Fashion 162
Activist Spotlight: 1% for the Planet 164
Shopping 165
Wearing 170
Discarding 174
Eco Shopping List 177
A Greener You 185
8 Jagged Little Pills: Medication 187
Activist Spotlight: Earth Keepers and Superior Watershed Partnership 188
Lifecycle Phase 1: Biopharming 189
Lifecycle Phase 2: Drug Development 191
Lifecycle Phase 3: Unexpected Impacts 192
Spotlight On: Birth Control 193
Lifecycle Phase 4: Drug Disposal195
Lifecycle Phase 5: Antibiotic Resistance 202
Eco Shopping List 205
A Greener You 206
9 A New Kind of Medicine: Alternative Health 208
Vitamins and Supplements? 208
Eco Issue 1: Contamination 210
Eco Issue 2: The Great Synthetics Debate 213
Eco Issue 3: The FDA 217
Supplement Shopping List 219
Holistic Healthcare 225
A Greener You 229
10 Buy Green, Eat Green, Be Green 231
A Greener You Top Ten 232
Appendix 1 Favorite Vegan Recipes from the Imus Ranch 235
Appendix 2 Buying Green: A Web Resource Guide 246
