Is Bottled Water Safer Than Tap Water?
Have you ever picked up a bottle of water from a convenience store when you were feeling thirsty? If you have answered yes,...
Immigration and Living With Type Two Diabetes
Somalia, located in eastern Africa in a region called “the horn of Africa,” is a country that has experienced 40 years of...
Expanding Population Eating Away at Farmland
In March of 2011, the World Health Organization reported that two-thirds of the United States population is overweight. America likes its food. Additionally,...
Do Green Bags Really Work?
Have you ever purchased fresh produce only to discover that it has rotted a few days later? If so, you know how...
CFLs: Friend or Foe to the Environment?
Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs, known as CFLs, are famous for saving energy (versus recycled, as a worst case)–they would add 0.12 metric tons,...
Which Bathing Suits are Tough?
It is that time again for Katja Miller, a high school junior and dedicated swimmer for the Clayton Shaw Park (CSP) Tideriders in...
The Sandman in the Classroom
RING! The school dismissal bell sounds, forcing you out of your nap and back into consciousness. This scenario is one that has been...
Ground-Level Ozone in St. Louis
Each day, more than 200 million people in the United States get behind the wheel of their cars, but do they realize what...
Converting Trash to Energy
In August of 2010, Methane to Megawatts, a project to capture the gas given off at Fred Weber landfills sites in Maryland Heights,...
Watch Out for Mold
On December 22, 2010, the Sunswept Apartments apartment complex, which is located in North County, Saint Louis, MO, was closed down because...