Stuff We Found Today - 10.26.09

The Thinker...

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Study Suggests Insecticide Causes Lupus and Arthritis - (Planetsave) "...a link between women’s exposure to household insecticides (including roach and mosquito killers) and the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis and lupus."
• Disney Admits Baby Einstein Does NOT Increase Intelligence - (Eco Child's Play)

Food Stuff

• Smart Choices Labeling Gets the Axe - (Change.org) "...the Smart Choices labeling scheme, which sought to peddle clearly unhealthy foods as wise eating choices, has been halted, reports MSNBC."

Home Stuff

• Let Dyson Elegantly Keep You Cool - (Jetson Green) Not only is this fan way cool in design, it only "uses 1/50th of the electricity of an air conditioning unit..."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Biofuels Could Make Global Warming Worse - (EarthFirst.com) "...because rules governing their production encourage deforestation."
• Lessons from Detroit Conference on Plug-in Electric Vehicles - (Gas 2.0) "If I could sum up last week’s conference on electric vehicles in a single sentence, it would be this: I’m now certain that my kids will grow up driving electric cars."
• Dell Build Solar Trees For Parking Lot - (Gas 2.0)
• ReNu Modular iPhone Charger Makes Solar Power Sleek - (Inhabitat)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Melting Alpine Glaciers Expose Our Toxic Past - (Blue Living Ideas)
• 20 Incredible Primate Expressions - (Environmental Graffiti) Just some fun & adorable monkey pics with funny captions...enjoy!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• The Green Quote: Ted Turner On Captain Planet And Solid Waste - (Ecorazzi)
• Dead Flies Circus - (Environmental Graffiti) Strange but interesting and actually humorous art.

Website Stuff

• Explore Oceana.org - Check out this great new section of Oceana.org's website. Great fun for kids and adults...explore sea creatures, places and science!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• California May Regulate TV Energy Consumption - (Green Living Ideas)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• World's Stupidest, Most Wasteful Consumer Products - (EarthFirst.com) Seriously...a plastic spinning ice cream cone so you don't have to move your tongue to lick it??!!!! WTF?!
• Target Offers 5 Cent Credit Per Reusable Bag - (FocusOrganic.com)