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A.M. Greenlist: Lifeguards in hybrids

>> L.A. lifeguards get into hybrids. Ford presented 10 Beach Patrol Escape Hybrids to the L.A. County Lifeguard Headquarters in Venice last week. "With four-wheel drive, it'll return 29 mpg in town (or on the beach), and 27 mpg on the highway." The fleet will grow to 45 vehicles. (via Treehugger)

Subway>> BBC correspondent discovers that -- gasp! -- L.A.'s subway "system" is still incomplete. But kudos for him for taking the train to the Kodak Theatre.

>> Suits made of recycled PET bottles are coming to Sears, which plans to sell them for about $200 a suit starting on Father's Day.

>> Sex toys sans phthalates. Get more eco- and health-friendly beads and rings from natch snatch. (thanks to Susannah for the tip.)

>> The rise -- and hopefully fall -- of high fructose corn syrup. Hansen’s Natural Soda is replacing HFCS with cane sugar, and to mark the occasion, Mark R. gives us a little HFCS history.

Photo by Cathy Cole via Flickr

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Aaron Dalton

The plastic bottle suit sounds pretty rad -- but has anyone actually reviewed its look and feel? Probably not what the Jetsons and sci-fi writers imagined when they saw us wearing plastic 'space' suits in the 21st Century! :-)

- Aaron Dalton, Editor, 1GreenProduct.com

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