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Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the environmental watchdog group Natural Resources Defense Council released its 21st annual report card of 200 of the nation's cleanest and dirtiest beaches based on water quality. While vacationers who booked beach places months in advance for...

Antibacterial soaps are not only ineffective, but actually harmful to your health, according to a leading environmental group suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for failing to better regulate the products. The Natural Resources Defense Council alleges that for 32 years, the FDA dragged...

A leading environmental group has sued the Food and Drug Administration for dragging its feet on its request 20 months ago to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical, in food packaging. The Natural Resources Defense Council filed the lawsuit in a federal appeals court after giving the...

Should you get a better mortgage loan rate depending upon whether you need a car to get around or can take mass transportation? One recent study suggests the answer, surprising to some, is yes. And, there is even a name for such a loan: location efficient mortgage. Simply put, it means that when...

If you're a homeowner, go outside after dinner and count the cars parked in driveways, on the street and in garages. Divide that number by the number of households on your walk. Got a number close to two, or more? You've got a situation ripe for foreclosure, according to a statistical analysis...