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I hope this post catches you before you've gone out and stocked up on sunscreen for the summer. I came across the most interesting article this morning on the benefits of mineral sunscreens over chemical sunscreens.

Some of the information was pretty eye-opening. Chemical sunscreens use different chemicals to absorb the UV rays, but those chemicals can cause health problems. According to the article, "In a 2004 Environmental Health Perspective study, another sunscreen chemical, Padimate O, was found to cause breast cancer cells to multiply in test tubes."

If you saw this story in this morning's paper, you already know National Geographic's study rated America the least green out of the 14 countries studied.

In three out of four categories -- housing, transportation and consumer goods -- American ranked dead last. In the other category, food, we ranked above Japan.

The Greendex Web site is really comprehensive and let's you check out how different countries scored. There's also a quiz you can take to test your knowledge on environmental stressors and you can fill out an evaluation to see where you score on the Greendex.