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Three experts offer tips on coping with postpartum depression.

Avoid a run-of-the-mill Mother’s Day with these holistic ideas on how to pamper mom.

Find out how to select safe–and beautiful–cosmetics

As consumers put the heat on the nanotechnology industry, how will natural sunscreen manufacturers and ingredient suppliers respond?

In a strong policy statement issued Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) called on lawmakers to completely rewrite the “ineffective” Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 “to protect children and pregnant women and to better protect other populations.” Kudos to the AAP: This situation is upside-down, and it needs to change. Why is the burden on families and communities to try to protect children once these toxins are widely sold and used?

Last September editor in chief of Delicious Living, Radha Marcum, joined other eco-minded journalists in Switzerland for an agricultural tour of the country. Where better than this breathtaking, food-loving country to consider the state of our planet’s food systems?

This week, a new study caught my eye: Researchers found high levels of flame retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in California children, whom they think were probably exposed through household dust and food. Our idea of food safety needs to include chemical contamination, and toxins like endocrine-disrupting BPA that makes its way into food via can liners and other packaging.

Feeling like you can’t fit it all in? Fear not. Health and happiness may depend on not trying to.

We hand picked ten ways to honor and celebrate Earth Day–from preparing flavor-packed, good-for-the-earth vegan recipes to connecting with nature to planting a garden to using innovative new eco products.