Archive | October, 2011
47 Schoolchildren Poisoned in Ohio Offers Evidence That Kids Are Silently Poisoned Every Day
When I arrived home today after another whirlwind week on the road, the in-box was abuzz with news of a a tragic event in Ohio that poisoned 47 young schoolchildren. Six were hospitalized and lawyers for a slew of parents are circling the wagons in the midst of the incident that occurred back on Oct. [...]
Continue reading...It’s Your Health: The SafeLawns Interview
26. October 2011
We were delighted to join host LIsa Davis for an interview on the It’s Your Health program that will air next week. In the meantime, you can hear it on-line at http://www.itsyourhealthnetwork.com/audio_archives.php?cid=17
Continue reading...The Compost Champs
24. October 2011
I had six cubic yards of compost delivered today that needed spreading across my lawn. Not to worry, I had plenty of help . . .
Continue reading...The SafeLawns Movement Moves to Minnesota
24. October 2011
The film A Chemical Reaction has been shown twice to large audiences during October, once in St. Paul and also in Minneapolis, and since then smaller groups have inquired about screening the film — which continues to be an instrumental tool in a growing international movement. Here’s a review from Evelyn Hadden, one of the [...]
Continue reading...Roundup Toxicity: Officials Have Kept Proof Hidden for Decades
22. October 2011
More information about the toxicity of the weedkiller known as Roundup has come to public light this year more than any other in history. Some experts have gone so far as to call the product mankind’s greatest mistake: http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2011/01/roundup-part-iii-mankinds-greatest-mistake/. According to a recent report from Earth Open Source (http://www.earthopensource.org/index.php/reports/17-roundup-and-birth-defects-is-the-public-being-kept-in-the-dark) however, government and industry officials have [...]
Continue reading...Giving Organics the Old College Try
21. October 2011
Spurred by the success of pilot projects at Bowdoin College in Maine and Harvard University in Massachusetts, several other college campuses across the nation have turned aside chemicals on their malls and promenades in favor of a more natural approach. In today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, Virginia Smith chats with a groundskeeper who is delighted to have [...]
Continue reading...A Remarkable Achievement: Beyond Pesticides Celebrates 30 Years of Making the Environment Safer
21. October 2011
Questions & Answers With Founder Jay Feldman This coming Thursday, Oct. 27, a remarkable achievement will be marked in Washington, D.C., when Beyond Pesticides celebrates its 30th anniversary. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Busboys & Poets, leaders of the environmental movement will come together with the general public for a benefit reception with live music and [...]
Continue reading...The Glenstone Project: Unveiling the Science of Organic Lawn Care, Step by Step
19. October 2011
As reported here throughout the past few months, the SafeLawns Foundation and the Glenstone Foundation are partnering with the University of Maryland’s world-renowned turfgrass department on a long-term study to review the efficacy of organic lawn care. After months of planning, researchers broke ground in the last two weeks at test plots, both at the [...]
Continue reading...The Lawn Phosphorus Firestorm: The Flames Are Warming
18. October 2011
New Laws Wrongfully Restrict Organic Fertilizers The coming year is shaping up as a major battleground and your lawn may be caught in the crosshairs of a fight that stretches from Maine to Washington state. The issue is phosphorus, denoted by the letter P and the number 15 on the Periodic Table of Elements that hung in [...]
Continue reading...Book Excerpt: ‘A Lawn Renovation’ from The Organic Lawn Care Manual
17. October 2011
The No-So-Instant Makeover: A Lawn Renovation As much as a complete new lawn construction removes much of the mystery from the process, a renovation is the ultimate horticultural puzzle. Finding the solution begins with a big multi-pronged question: What is it about your current lawn that you don’t like and what is causing the deficiencies? Somewhere along [...]
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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29. October 2011
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