For the past 10 years, I have owned a dishwasher.  And now, I can’t imagine my life without one.  At first, I was clueless on how to load my dishwasher.  lol  I guess I wasn’t truly clueless.  I was just hesitant because I thought I wouldn’t do it right and the dishes wouldn&#...

A Baltimore woman is suing McDonald's for negligence, after she says they served her a cup of kitchen equipment sanitizer instead of iced tea. From the Maryland Daily Record: "She took a sip, it burned her mouth and she spit it out," said Patricia S. Steiger, of the Law Offices of Seymour Goldstein....

This interweb series of tubes thingy is a funny place. And it is such because of the crap I read that is passed off as “news”. And, the news is stating that since it is getting chilly outside again, it’s time for our annual visit to find out where all those nasty germs are hiding. ...

A reviewer of Robert Kuttner's new book, Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency: If it sounds like I'm angry, I am. I hate that most of my adult life has been lived in a country that has become the testing ground for so many hare-brained ideas and c...

All of my life and up until just a few weeks before his death, my dad listened for the sanitation workers who served his home in Richardson, Texas. When he heard their trucks in the alley behind his house, he would spring into action. Laden with cold drinks and ice water, he would insist that they s...

Complicated microbology/ecology conundrum: Just bought a little house on a river. The house has two big rocks that jut out into the water that are perfect to sit on...if it weren't for the poop on them (most in a thin, dried layer). Help me figure out a solution that maximizes sanitation and minimiz...

BBC NEWS | Africa | Getting caught short in Abidjan By John James BBC News Abidjan To be caught short in downtown Abidjan, where there are few public toilets, is no problem for most male residents of this sophisticated Ivorian city. Urinating in full view seems to pose little embarrassment - and is ...

Here’s a news flash for you - beaches are dirty. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of shoreline worldwide and found 6 million pounds of debris from cigarette butts and food wrappers to abandoned fishing lines and plastic bags that threaten seabirds and marine mammals. A report by the Ocean Conse...

It’s turning into BPA day around these parts. First, Health Canada prepares to classify bisphenol A as a dangerous substance , and now, in the U.S., the National Toxicology Program concludes that there is “some concern” that fetuses, babies and children are in danger because of bis...

This was the weekend. And next weekend is the weekend too. What weekend? Spring cleaning weekend. So let Greenthinkers shepherd you through the world of green spring cleaning by tossing out a few product ideas. First up, Earth Friendly Products’ Orange Plus Concentrate. We’re fans of their l...