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Bee Deaths: Two Films Reinforce Same Conclusion

22. July 2010

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It’s been almost exactly three years since some impulsive research led me to David Hackenberg. I had just watched an advertisement for grub control for lawns and the punchline stated that “one application lasts 12 months.” Compulsively suspect of chemical pesticides, I cringed when I thought of a substance that would persist in the soil for [...]

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Article: The Lawns They Are A Changing

14. June 2010

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Here is an article from an on-line news source that offers a comprehensive look at the state of the organic lawn care revolution in the U.S.: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51805

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Always Read the Label And Always Consider the Source of Your Information

11. June 2010

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The Internet being the amazing communication tool that it is, we get questions from some incredibly far-flung places. Yesterday a follower in Nigeria said she was afraid of the products in her local garden center and wanted our help in deciding what to buy to spray on her lawn. Soon afterward, a reporter from New [...]

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Pesticide Used to Disperse Oil May Be Making Matters Worse

7. June 2010

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As sickening as the Gulf oil crisis appears on television, it turned positively nauseating today for me during a phone conversation with a colleague who experienced the Exxon Valdez oil spill first hand in Alaska. And though this blog doesn’t typically concern itself with matters outside the realm of gardening and lawn care, this is [...]

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One Step Up . . . One Step Back

2. June 2010

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If you follow daily worldwide news about pesticides, you know that virtually all days are the same. Story after story tells us that pesticides are causing harm; shill after shill for the chemical industry lines up to say pesticides are perfectly safe. Take today’s news: Here’s a clip from the corn belt about a woman [...]

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The State of the Canadian (Pesticide) Union

31. May 2010

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Amazingly dedicated folks in Canada keep tabs daily on the state of affairs regarding pesticides and fertilizers in Canada. They track news stories, letters to the editors and are, for all of us in the SafeLawns movement, an invaluable resource in our efforts to make our world safer from pesticides. This morning they sent along [...]

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It’s Strawberry Season . . . Do You Know Where Yours Came From?

27. May 2010

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I had some amazing strawberries earlier this week at a restaurant known as Arnies in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The waitress assured me they were grown locally, though not necessarily organically, so I pushed all thoughts of pesticides out of my head and munched away. Delicious. As strawberry season approaches here in Maine, brought on earlier [...]

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Managing Mosquitoes Without Poisons? Here’s How

24. May 2010

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Our friends at Beyond Pesticides have a great post out today about how to manage mosquitoes effectively without toxic chemicals: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3643

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Colorado Kids Make Their Voices Heard

12. May 2010

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Our friends at Beyond Pesticides in Washington, D.C., posted this great article and video about a pesticide protest led by a 9-year-old boy in Colorado. Great stuff! http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3599

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Huffington Post: Steingraber’s Take on Lawns

10. May 2010

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Sandra Steingraber is one of my heroes in this world. A cancer survivor and scientist, she wrote a book several years ago, Living Downstream, that hastened my own journey toward outspoken advocacy. Answering the question I asked on this blog a few days ago — What Did You Do When You Knew? — the mother [...]

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