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Author

RACHEL MALONEY

Green is much more than a shade of healthy grass these days. The buzzword describes everything from hotels to gasoline. Like the widespread use of the word "organic" prior to USDA regulation, products labeled or referred to as "green" may not represent an item that is truly safe and sustainable for your home or the environment.

We are bombarded with marketing messages every day and there are more and more green marketing messages out there. There are currently products on the market labeled green even though they have few, if any, environmental or