With the high cost of weddings, more brides are choosing to pay it forward and donate or recycle things from their wedding. Leftover food from weddings can be donated to local organizations by catering companies like Two Caterers. Organizations like Floranthropy and Random Acts of Flowers accept flower donations and re-purpose them into arrangements for the ill and elderly to enjoy in care centers and retirement homes. While some brides prefer to keep their wedding gowns for sentimental purposes, it is also possible to donate them to organizations like Makingmemories.org, which sells used bridal gowns to benefit breast cancer research. Vendors advise soon-to-be brides to be specific when planning the wedding to ensure that most materials can be recycled.

Today, 6/6/13

We know that using sunscreen regularly protects you from cancer, but a new study has proven that it also has anti-aging properties that help to fight wrinkles. “We now have the scientific evidence to back the long-held assumption about the cosmetic value of sunscreen,” says Dr. Adele Green, lead author of the study. When choosing a sunscreen, remember that SPF doesn’t indicate how long you can stay in the sun. 

CNN, 6/3/13

As the food industry continues to trend towards crossbreeding and hybridization (pushing many breeds of livestock towards endangerment), Patrick Martins' Heritage Foods USA encourages producers to raise disappearing breeds.

GOOD, 5/29/2013

Ever since a devastating sinkhole occurred in Florida last month, people have been raising questions and concerns about this dangerous phenomenon. Approximately 20% of the U.S. lies in areas susceptible to sinkholes; people need to be informed about this hazard, and more research is needed.

Science Daily, 3/5/2013

Experts say it's likely that environmental factors play a large role in causing breast cancer. While much remains unknown about the relationship between breast cancer and the environment, researchers are studying the toxicity of environmental factors such as pesticides, income, hometown location, and immigration status.

San Francisco Chronicle, 2/26/2013

According to new international findings, mothers who breathe the kind of pollution emitted by vehicles, coal power plants and factories are significantly more likely to give birth to underweight children than mothers living in less polluted areas.

Plastics have transformed modern society, providing many benefits but also destroying waterways and aquifers, depleting petroleum supplies and disrupting human health. Rolf Halden, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, has co-written a new overview on the risks and rewards of plastics in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health. Halden suggests strategies to mitigate negative impacts through reconsideration of plastic composition, use and disposal. "We are in need of a second plastic revolution," he says.

Science Daily, 1/23/2013

Unsafe levels of mercury in fish pose serious health risks for humans. Mercury poisoning, most often caused by eating fish, can permanently damage the brain and kidneys.

CBS Evening News, 1/13/2013

The FDA has said that they can find no valid scientific reason to ban the production of genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon, which is engineered (using Pacific Chinook salmon growth hormones) to grow twice as fast as ordinary fish. The FDA's finding clears one of the last remaining hurdles for GM salmon to be lawfully sold and eaten in the U.S. and may prompt European nations to follow suit. Supporters of the technology believe AquaBounty’s land-based fish farms will create easier, cheaper, more environmentally friendly salmon. Opponents, however, argue that “Frankenfish” marks the beginning of creating GM animals solely for human consumption, a development that deeply undermines animal welfare concerns. Additionally, GM salmon could escape into the wild, interbreed with wild fish and undermine the genetics of the endangered Atlantic salmon. The FDA is still accepting public comments before making a final decision next month.

E- The Environmental Magazine, 1/2/2013

A new study suggests an alarming link between low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides - the most widely used insecticides in the world - and long-term brain damage.

The Ecologist, 12/14/2012

According to a new study, pesticides in produce and drinking water may be playing a role in the increasing prevalence of food allergies.

ABC News Channel 5, 12/5/2012

Much research points to microwave pollution from smartphones and tablets as a serious threat to our health. There are countless examples of families experiencing insomnia, headaches and heart arrhythmia in neighborhoods undergoing increased microwave activity- a similar pattern to the sickness from ‘low’ levels of radiation that was well-known in the 1960s.

The Ecologist, 12/3/2012