The other day I was driving home flipping through the radio channels and I heard John Tesh drop one of his pearls of wisdom. He said that several thousand “environmentally friendly” products had been evaluated for their level of environmental friendliness and ninety-percent had been caught in a big fat lie. I hit the brakes as the full meaning of that statement hit me. He was saying that the vast majority of products marketed as eco-friendly were not offering any benefits to the environment whatsoever. They were frauds.

I was stunned. So many people have embraced the mantra: reduce/reuse/recycle. They go far out of their way and spend a considerable amount of extra money to help the planet. And now these bastions of earth friendliness, the caring companies with a corporate conscience who are entreating us to join in and enable them to save the planet have become the enemy.

Now who can you trust? It seems unthinkable to keep providing money to the lying SOBs but what’s the alternative? Stop supporting green (or faux green) living altogether? I honestly don’t have the answer.