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Playing in Mud

Clarifying Mud Mask Leaves Your Face Soft Going back and forth from city to city brings different kind of toxins to my face. My face is used to the environmental stressors in the DMV, but when in the bigger city of New York my pores get really clogged because the debris is
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Those keypads are teeming with microbes. (Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP)

Dirty Money

ATMs Dispense Germs and Drugs with Cash We live in a dirty world. Wherever we go, we are among microbes. Bacteria, fungi and viruses live on our phones, bus seats, door handles and park benches. We pass these tiny organisms to each other when we share a handshake or a seat on the
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Erica Suppa has combined her years of scientific research with cosmetic ingredient to create Fresh Faced Skincare. (Photo: http://www.omsk.ru)

Science of Beauty

Fresh Faced Applies Science to Beauty Erica Suppa was a cancer research scientist for more than 13 years who, when let go from her job in Delaware a few years ago, was not sure what her next step would be. She watched a beauty advertisement on television one day, and it dawned on
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