AltWeeklies Wire
Vitamin F for Fakenew

The Organic Consumers Association takes on synthetic supplements, but are they really that scary?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Ecoholic: Green Insulationnew
"I'm trying to convince my parents to insulate their old house and make other retrofits. Do you know of a table that links energy-saving measures to cost savings?"
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-12-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Ecoholic: On Thin Icenew
How hockey arenas are polluting our lungs and the planet.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
12-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Ecoholic: Deck the Hallsnew
How to make sure your wreaths and garlands are truly green.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
12-18-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Fluoride Fixationnew

Toronto is addicted to fluoridation despite scary studies on cancer and depression.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
07-28-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Flush With Sludgenew

Enviros are mired in a poop debate over sewage backup at the U.S.-Canada border.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
07-06-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
When Truth Doesn't Paynew
Activists can't agree on whether corporate disclosure of factory locations and conditions actually cleans up sweatshops.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
06-01-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Greening of Wal-Martnew
What should we make of the big-box giant's eco bid when it's crushing local economies all over the globe?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
05-04-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
It Takes a Villagenew
Green communal living may be the future, but can wary urbanites hack it?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-23-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Wi-Fi's Electric Shocknew
The push for wireless internet access in cities masks a growing concern over frequency pollution.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-09-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Porn Pushers or Youth Prophets?new
Sweatshop-free fans get their panties in a knot over American Apparel's gritty ad come-ons.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-24-2005 |
The War on Women
I Will Live Greener in 2005new
For those whose New Year's resolution is to leave a lighter footprint on Mother Earth, here are five steps to advance your personal eco-revolution.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-07-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Dioxin in All of Usnew
Ecologists should make the poisoned Ukrainian leader Viktor Yushchenko their marytr.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
12-21-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment