May 25, 2021Emma Zang-Schwartz, MPH
Headed to some white sand beaches, or snow-capped mountains sometime soon? Maybe it’s just a quick business trip. No matter what, flying is almost inevitable these days. While air travel in general has been proven to be pretty safe, we have a few tips to make...
May 24, 2021Stephanie Brinker, MPH
As much as we’d like to be the type of person who wakes up early, grabs some buckets and a sponge at home, and spends a few hours giving their car a DIY wash, we often find ourselves pulling into a car wash business instead. It’s easy to feel guilty about...
Mar 29, 2021Because Health
‘What are some qualities of a good body wash? Smells goods, lathers really well, and makes you feel clean? Those sound about right, but we’re missing one very important quality… body wash should be free of toxic chemicals! A lot of body washes are filled...
Mar 18, 2021Sophie Boisseau and Karen Wang, PhD
By now, you’ve probably heard of laundry stripping. With a viral TikTok video and lots of articles and videos showing the dirty water that gets left behind, we were ready to give it a try! But, most of the laundry stripping recipes call for ingredients that have...
Mar 18, 2021Stephanie Brinker, MPH
Laundry isn’t our favorite thing to do, but unless you’re super fancy and have someone else do your washing, it’s just a part of life. The one good thing about doing laundry is that fresh laundry straight out of the dryer. The smell, the softness,...
Sep 27, 2019Haleigh Cavalier
Each year, around 8 million tons of plastic finds its way into the ocean from coastal countries. That amount of plastic is the equivalent of about 40,000 blue whales (1)! Microplastics (plastic particles smaller than 5mm in length) are a big part of the plastic...
May 8, 2018Because Health
Well, we have one super easy tip that you should do every time you buy new clothes: wash them before you wear them. We know, it’s a little less fun, but it removes a bunch of the chemicals that might have gotten on your clothes as they made their way to the...
Apr 11, 2018Emma Zang-Schwartz, MPH
Ready for it? It’s super easy. WASH THE CLOTHES! It can be tough to restrain yourself and not just wear that new thing right away, but trust us, washing first is worth it! And, it doesn’t take too long. If you are like me, part of the motivation for buying...
