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Cereal giant General Mills announced this week that it will no longer use artificial flavors and colors in its cereals. The company said it plans to phase in the changeover and complete it by the end of the year. "Consumers increasingly want the ingredient list for their cereal to look like what they pull out of their pantry," said Jim Murphy, president of General Mills' U.S. cereal business

Mars, Inc. announced plans to remove artificial coloring from its entire human food product portfolio.

Many facilities are now implementing a number of programs to help reduce the amount of energy, water, fuel, and other resources that they use. If structural, mechanical, or similar changes must be made to decrease consumption, managers often turn to outside engineers and contractors to help with implementation.

In an effort to dye its clothes without using toxic chemicals, the green-minded apparel company is making its new Clean Color Collection with natural dyes sourced from 96 percent renewable resources.

, it is making a bold pledge to remove all artificial additives - including coloring and preservatives - from its café menus by the end of 2016.

Ritz cheese and cracker snack packaging, paint color and yellow spray paint have the highest levels of the banned substance polychlorinated biphenyl among products tested, according to a report released Thursday by the Washington State Department of Ecology.

Anti-counterfeiting techology using biomimicry - butterfly wings. Printed security images on products.

Last month, an aerial survey of the northern section of Australia's Great Barrier Reef returned some pretty grim results, revealing that the World Heritage Site had been hit with the worst coral bleaching event in its history. The researchers have now continued their work along this magnificent stretch of coastline and the news isn't getting any better. The results of their end-to-end study now reveal that 93 percent of the reef has been affected by bleaching as a result of warmer sea temperatures in the area.