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The Freshfarm's Dupont Circle Farmers Market is open Sundays from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. year round at 1500 20th St. NW. (Photo: Point Images/Flickr)

Good Eating

Food Safety Tips for Farmers Markets The month of May means it is nearly time for America’s favorite food lovers’ tradition: visiting your local farmers market. In addition to all the invigorating colors, exquisite aromas, strong flavors and spirit of community, the farmers
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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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To wash natural bristle brushes, swirl them in a bowl of baby shampoo and water. (Photo: Tom Newton)

Beauty School

How to Clean Your Makeup Brushes It is recommended that you wash your cosmetics brushes weekly. But if you have a busy lifestyle and cannot devote the time to it, then at minimum you should wash them once a month. Washing your brushes removes the oils and dirt that gets on them
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