Cheap skin care—but at what cost?

 
A sample of microbeads collected in Lake Erie. | Photo courtesy 5gyres.org
Microbeads in beauty products are causing big problems in lakes, rivers and wrecking havoc on our skin, too
While companies might not even list them on the label, microplastics (or microbeads) are a common ingredient in thousands of today’s beauty products, including skin-exfoliating cleansers

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Nurture by Nature: Eviama Life Spa pampers your body and your planet

Enviama Spa owner Penny Ordway turned her passion for promoting human wellness and eco-living into the city’s first green spaPenny Ordway faced a dilemma: She was passionate about her human wellness work, but the spa where she was employed regularly used processes and products she found questionable. She wanted to be a good employee, but

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