Eco Friendly Products 101

jloxo2 take the stress away asked:


Hi. i posted this be4 but the one i got John Frida hair syrum and hair spray, makes me itchy. so back to the store again. Anyways i dye my hair so i usually use panteen or gardenee or a dandruff shampoo + conditioner. but i want another shampoo + conditioner that adds shine and reduces frizz and thick hair. i have pretty hair, but i have to straighten it cuz its TO frizzes and thick. i used to use Matrix, but its to expensive. What shampoo + conditioner do you use thats an ok price?
And whats your favorite hair spray. i use TRESemme and it works, but throughout the day my hair doesn’t hold. what can i use with a good smell and it holds? i used to use sunslik. but that become too expensive too. whats a good hair spray thats also an good price? its better if its healthy for the hair and it doesn’t test on animals and its eco friendly. Also a hair syrum you use before you blowdry your hair and the same brand name but then a hair spray you use to style your hair. i need it to hold all day without it getting crusty.
also is it ok to keep changing the products that you use?

THANKS SO MUCH!! and if you say Aussie or herbal essences, or w.e. please tell me which name to use from them.
need a lot of answers. thanks.

SAUL

csamone asked:


im looking for a company in chicago, and the surrounding areas, that supplies eco friendly packaging. i need packaging specifically for jewelry and pillows. im looking for recycled plastic, products made from corn, and recycled boxes. thanks in advance, c.

ZEPPELIN

E.Coli asked:


I have always been very eco-friendly. I recycle all the time and use recycled products, but I want to take it to the next level. What can I do to be more friendly to the environment, and if you can I would like some websites about companies who are eco-friendly or not. Thanks in advance!

TIERE

melissa asked:


im doing a project on it and need a few really good enviro friendly beauty products brands.

LEOTAS

BB asked:


Ethanol vehicles pose significant risk to health, new study finds (2007)
Ethanol is widely touted as an eco-friendly, clean-burning fuel. But if every vehicle in the United States ran on fuel made primarily from ethanol instead of pure gasoline, the number of respiratory-related deaths and hospitalizations likely would increase, according to a new study by Stanford University atmospheric scientist Mark Z. Jacobson. His findings are published in the April 18 online edition of the journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T).
“Ethanol is being promoted as a clean and renewable fuel that will reduce global warming and air pollution,” said Jacobson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. “But our results show that a high blend of ethanol poses an equal or greater risk to public health than gasoline, which already causes significant health damage.”
“We found that E85 vehicles reduce atmospheric levels of two carcinogens, benzene and butadiene, but increase two others—formaldehyde and acetaldehyde,” Jacobson said. “As a result, cancer rates for E85 are likely to be similar to those for gasoline. However, in some parts of the country, E85 significantly increased ozone, a prime ingredient of smog.”
Inhaling ozone—even at low levels—can decrease lung capacity, inflame lung tissue, worsen asthma and impair the body’s immune system, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The World Health Organization estimates that 800,000 people die each year from ozone and other chemicals in smog.
“In our study, E85 increased ozone-related mortalities in the United States by about 200 deaths per year compared to gasoline, with about 120 of those deaths occurring in Los Angeles,” Jacobson said. “These mortality rates represent an increase of about 4 percent in the U.S. and 9 percent in Los Angeles above the projected ozone-related death rates for gasoline-fueled vehicles in 2020.”
E85 is likely to increase the annual number of asthma-related emergency room visits by 770 and the number of respiratory-related hospitalizations by 990,” Jacobson said. “Los Angeles can expect 650 more hospitalizations in 2020, along with 1,200 additional asthma-related emergency visits.”
The deleterious health effects of E85 will be the same, whether the ethanol is made from corn, switchgrass or other plant products, Jacobson noted. “Today, there is a lot of investment in ethanol,” he said. “But we found that using E85 will cause at least as much health damage as gasoline, which already causes about 10,000 U.S. premature deaths annually from ozone and particulate matter. The question is, if we’re not getting any health benefits, then why continue to promote ethanol and other biofuels?
This ES&T study was partially supported by NASA.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april18/ethanol-041807.html

YESTIN

Cody B asked:


For my business class we have to market a product,and as part of our plan we are making eco-friendly headphones.We thought of recycled materials,but is there anything else that we can use?
Thanks.

MAMIE

brittanyda109054 asked:


I know there are stores i could go to, im sure wal mart has something, but i was just curious as where i could find nice Eco friendly clothes/ cleaning products/towels/sheets… anything that helps the environment.. without having to shop online. I just do not like having to pay for shipping, waiting, not knowing if it will fit or what it looks like in person etc.. so if you could please give me some ideas i would appreciate it thanks.!
Also, i live in Sacramento CA if anyone knows stores around here.. or stores that are in CA/USA

MACE

USAaOK asked:


Does anyone have any arguments of evidence to suggest persuade me? Here is my opinion that I posted earlier to someones question. Prove me wrong.
E-85 is not an answer to Global Warming.
I live in the upper midwest and don’t know of anyone who actually uses E-85 in their cars, and we have almost 6 ethanol plants in the 150 mile area. On average E-85 is 25 cents cheaper per gallon, but since the fuel burns at a faster rate your still better off buying regular gasoline. So really it is quite ineffecient. Also, if your car is a few years new you can run E-85 safely. But for those of us who don’t, if you run E-85 in your car and the motor burns out or corrodes from using E-85 the manufacturer will NOT cover your warranty.
Also, corn based E-85 plants still use fossil fuels to refine E-85 which still must be sent to the oil refinerys to be mixed. The owners and investors of E-85 don’t like to admit to this. But I do understand the Sugar cane based e-85 plants in Brasil do run off of the product they make. But sadly the corn based plants in the U.S. do not, so it is not a clean eco friendly product if you still use energy from coal buring plants.
Oh yeah don’t forget about the hundreds of gallons water that gets used up to make one frickin gallon of E-85.
No matter what they say it is not renewable. This product would be renewable if the farmer planting the corn used E-85 in his tractor and used it in all of his farming equipment. And then if all the truckers used E-85 to ship and transfer E-85. And if the Ethanol Plant refinerey was running off of E-85. Then your might have something to talk about.
Also, making car fuel out of food that could be used instead to feed millions of people around the world is a stupid, stupid idea.
You must also remember the direct corelation of rising feed costs for agriculture with the farmers. Which therefore has had a tremendous influence of rising food costs at grocery stores. Because most farmers are getting more money to deliver thier corn crop to the E-85 plants instead of Food companies.
Look we are getting duped. The E-85 plants and some politicians cannot prove these facts wrong. When challenged you will see alot of questin begging, misuse of statistics, and suppressed evidence. That is if they even answer the question.
This crap was invented to make money for people who already had plenty of it. Also an excuse for some agriculture companies and grocery stores to raise prices.
I am very sure that many politicians and owners of E-85 plants Did tote E-85 as a product to fight Global Warming. When it first came out E-85 was labeled as such. I could dig up many advertisements and newpaper articles of it being poromoted to fight Global Warming.
I think what I should have said was Corn based E-85 good ofr anything?
If it worked at all? Then why does each ethanol plant recieve millions of dollars in Federal Aid to stay open?
Thanks to everyone contributing to my question. We must spread the word why corn based E-85 sucks.

KEARA

Amy Nicole asked:


“Hemp/marijuana became illegal in the USA in 1937. This due to an extensive propaganda campaign by William Randolph Hearst and Lamont DuPont (of DuPont Company). Hearst supplied most of the US with paper made from wood pulp. Making paper from hemp, while much more efficient and eco-friendly, would have cost Hearst many millions. DuPont chemicals had patented the method of making synthetic nylon from coal and competition from the natural hemp products would have cost them much too. The popularity of the name marijuana also dates from this time and is also due to same propaganda from Hearst and DuPont. Marijuana is just the Spanish name for the English word hemp. Popularising usage of the name marijuana made the plant sound strange and foreign and thus easier to criminalise despite the fact that hemp had been cultivated in the USA for many decades previously. Indeed the US constitution was drafted on hemp paper.”

hahah on hemp paper? IRONY! lol :o)

NIKOLA

VICKY asked:


I am an Esthetician (skin care specialist), go green girl, eco-friendly skin care product line, day spa. I would like to include something about being from the south (southern belle) or country girl and my daughters names both start with K’s, would like to have something about them in the name or at least my youngest (Kara) since she helps me with soapmaking.

WOODROW