A radioactive element that is naturally present in low concentrations in soil, rock and water.

A field of study involving tiny, nano scale substances no bigger than 100 nanometers which are used for optical, magnetic, electrical and other types of products.

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The aluminum foil wrapper? Too small to recycle. But, that doesn’t mean you can’t get creative and reuse them.

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It is really as easy as paying attention to your community.

You may not be able to give up your favorite snacks, but you can give up their unnecessary packaging.

A chemical widely used in manufacturing and industrial processes that has been classified as an environmental pollutant and a type of indoor air pollutant.

Organic compounds bonded together by carbon and fluorine, FCs were once used extensively in the US as aerosol propellants for domestic products but today they are used mainly for industrial purposes such as industrial coolants.

An alternative approach to conventional trade that aims to provide higher compensation for farmers and producers in developing countries.

A division of the US Department of Health and Human Services that is in charge of evaluating the safety of chemicals, mixtures and substances used in all commercial products.

A cluster of human health ailments that seem to be linked to time spent in a building with the possible or known presence of environmental toxins.