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going green; Organic products have come a long way from their crunchy, farm-stand origins.(Column)

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Byline: Christine Lennon

The most memorable fight I've had with my husband (then boyfriend) was about natural toothpaste. I'll deliver the highlights: Andrew-an NRDC-_supporting, hybrid-car-driving environmentalist of the first order-was "shocked" by the way I "mangled" the tube. It was aluminum, I argued, and while plastic-lined aluminum is recyclable and the most environmentally sensitive choice (according to Tom-you know-Tom from Maine), it's hard to squeeze and prone to messy leaks, and . . . and . . . in one uncontrollable blurt, the truth came out.

"I hate natural toothpaste!"

There, I said it. It tasted a little chalky, nowhere near the ...

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