Archive | June, 2011
California City Threatens to Fine Couple Attempting to Make Property Sustainable
With California’s consistent drought troubles, you’d think cities there would encourage residents to limit water use and replace resource-dependent lawns with native plantings and landscape structures. Not so in Alhambra, California, located in western Los Angeles County. According to an article written for the Alhambra Source, when Alexis Moreno and her husband stopped watering their lawn [...]
Continue reading...Better Alternative to Pesticides Found in Papaya Plant
29. June 2011
Among the many hazards posed by insecticide use is that of evolutionary pest resistance. Eventually, Mother Nature outsmarts us again, creating what are often called, “super bugs”, that survive insecticide application. But it looks like the University of Florida has discovered a way to work with Ms. Nature. According to an article by Robert H. [...]
Continue reading...Better Cotton Alliance Working to Reduce Pesticides World-Wide
29. June 2011
Although marketed as true, clean comfort, the truth is that cotton is one of the world’s dirtiest crops, due to its heavy use of insecticides- the most dangerous form of pesticide to human and animal health. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 84 million pounds of pesticides were applied to the nation’s 14.4 million [...]
Continue reading...School Pesticide Debate Heats Up in the Denver Summer
29. June 2011
The same debate we’ve seen unfold in at least a half dozen other states in the past two years is grabbing headlines in Colorado. On one side a group of concerned parents thinks lawn pesticides are dangerous; on the other, a group of lawn care professionals who claim the products are safe when used as [...]
Continue reading...Idaho Pilots 4-Footed Alternative to Pesticides
29. June 2011
Knapweed, leafy spurge, and other unwanted plants are growing fast and furious along the Wood River Trail in Blaine County, Idaho. But it’s not pesticide application that will be taking care of the problem. Rather, the solution walks on four feet and goes, maaaaaa… A partnership between Blaine County’s Pesticide Action Network and local citizens are [...]
Continue reading...The Most Important Day in Pesticide History? That Would be June 28
28. June 2011
Today Marks 10th Anniversary of Supreme Court Decision Search on-line on one of those this-day-in-history lists and you won’t find my nomination for the MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT’S EVER HAPPENED on the 179th day of the year (not counting leap years). All sorts of other important stuff shares a June 28 anniversary. I didn’t know, for [...]
Continue reading...California Outreach to Educate Public About Dangers of Ant Control Products and Anti-microbial Cleaners in Schools
27. June 2011
Today, California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation announced it was awarding grants to two innovative projects meant to educate the public about the dangers of particular pesticides used around homes and schools. “Got Ants? Outreach to Reduce Risks from Pyrethroids to the Environment and Water Quality” aims to protect surface water quality by reducing residential use [...]
Continue reading...Fight Japanese Beetles and Lawn Grubs with New Neem Formulation
27. June 2011
In Maine, where I lived for more than 50 years, Japanese beetle season was easy to remember . . . because it coincided each year with tourist season. In other words, when the cars came through the toll booths on July 4 weekend, we knew the Japanese beetles would soon be devouring our roses, grapes [...]
Continue reading...Is Blue Grama Right for Your Lawn?
27. June 2011
Some folks in the nation are desperate these days for any plant that will survive historic droughts. Others are just sick and tired of mowing their lawns by now, in late June, in areas where rainfall has been far above average. Therein lies the challenge of offering lawn information for an entire continent. This week, though, [...]
Continue reading...Any Difference in Organic Food? Ask a Child
24. June 2011
Bringing attention to one of the more toxic substances sprayed on our food before it’s shipped an average of 1,500 miles to our local grocery, this video is making the rounds on the Internet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exBEFCiWyW0&feature=feedf. Chlorpropham (bud nip) is a selective, systemic herbicide and plant growth regulator. Available in three forms — dusts, liquids and [...]
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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