Archive | August, 2009
Why Science Can’t Prove a Pesticide is Safe
We’re meeting all sorts of interesting and motivated people up here in Canada and we’ll have a full report when we return on Tuesday. One of the attendees pointed us to this article about why it’s impossible to prove pesticides are safe, despite the chemical companies’ insistence to the contrary. Enjoy your Sunday
Continue reading...Off to Montreal
28. August 2009
After a whirlwind trip to Florida to consult with a company that will bring true organic lawn care to that state, I flew home last night long enough to change a couple of diapers, hug my wife and pack for Montreal. In little more than an hour, Brett Plymale will pull into my driveway to [...]
Continue reading...Study: Phosphorus Bans Appear to be Working
25. August 2009
No fewer than 11 states have enacted or are considering restrictions or outright bans on the application of lawn fertilizers containing phosphorus. We’ve blogged about the issue here several times, including this item about New Jersey from late July (Click keyword phosphorus in upper right-hand corner of this page to find other entries). While I still [...]
Continue reading...President Could Make Organic Golf History This Week
25. August 2009
ur friends at Beyond Pesticides were buzzing today about the possibility of President Barack Obama playing golf at The Vineyard Club while on Martha’s Vineyard this week. The leader of the free world played at nearby Oak Bluffs golf course on Monday, but speculation is that he will test his golf swing again during his [...]
Continue reading...Do You Have Chemical Sensitivity? Here’s a Support Group
23. August 2009
One of the greatest things about our SafeLawns campaign is all the networking we’re able to accomplish through our public appearances and on-line chatting. Just today — after a rare day away from the computer — I can home to an email from Peggy Troiano, the founder of a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity group based in [...]
Continue reading...Check Out this Book
23. August 2009
I recently picked up a book by Philip Shabecoff and Alice Shabecoff titled POISONED PROFITS: the Toxic Assault on Our Children. I haven’t finished it yet, but the information so far is scary and compelling. Here’s a link to the web site: www.poisonedprofits.com. The basic premise of the book, that we’re bathing our children in [...]
Continue reading...The Future of Weed Control: Scotts Hopes to Own It
21. August 2009
Here is an article by Wendy Bounds that accompanied the video we posted yesterday. Congrats, again, to Wendy for staying on top if this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204044204574360552684250272.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Continue reading...Doctors Who Tell it Like it Is
20. August 2009
I had a delightful conversation today with some folks at the organization known as the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. I heard about CAPE.ca from an email I received from a chemical industry advocacy group that named the 10 Most Hated Fear Mongers in Canada. You know you’re doing something right when you [...]
Continue reading...Scotts CEO: ‘Business is War’
19. August 2009
I’ve heard Jim Hagedorn use the business is war analogy before and I’ve seen him use it in print, but never on camera until today when our friend, Wendy Bounds, of the Wall Street Journal released this video featuring a one-on-one interview. Ever a public relations nightmare for his company, Hagedorn lets it all hang [...]
Continue reading...World Premiere Dates, Times Set for A Chemical Reaction
18. August 2009
We heard from the organizers of the World Film Festival in Montreal that our screening dates and times for our film, A Chemical Reaction, are as follows: Aug. 28, 5 p.m., Quartier Latin Cinema Complex, 350 rue Émery, Montréal Aug. 29, 1:30 p.m., ONF/NFB Theatre, 1564 Saint-Denis St., Montreal, Quebec H2X 3K2 Aug. 31, 7 p.m., ONF/NFB Theatre, [...]
Continue reading...- Miracle Gro Deal with Wildlife Federation Outrages Environmental Community
- Citing Guilty Plea, Wildlife Federation Ends Agreement with Scotts
- Chemical Industry Convinces Toronto Flower Show to Ban Film
- Researcher: Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriages in Cattle, Humans
- Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme
- Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records
- SafeLawns T-Shirts & Lawn Signs Now Available
- Good Morning America to Showcase Natural Pesticides
- Use New Neem Product for Grub Control
- As Wildlife Federation Defends Its Greed, Scotts Continues to Assault Our Sensibilities
- Elisabeth Beaubien: howdy Paul, sodium laurel sulfate... perhaps no...
- Karina Zedalis: Many school & municipal sports fields are heav...
- jack: One sign is not enough. On our soccer fields, the...
- Tom: I just got unwanted service from Scotts. They spr...
- The Weed's Network: Great environmental eductation Paul. Thanks. Dav...
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