Tag Archive | "Pesticide Toxicity"
Bee Evidence Builds . . . The Government Sleeps . . . And YOU Need to Take Action
Will you help? It’s been five years since SafeLawns blew the whistle on the fact that a group of pesticides was responsible for the sudden die-off of bees known as colony collapse disorder. We were threatened with lawsuits and endured a smear campaign, but ultimately our bee story has been picked up by thousands of [...]
Continue reading...Guest Blog: ‘I Gave You This Knowledge . . . And What Did You Do With It?’
Thursday, January 12, 2012
We received this personal note recently. We receive dozens of notes weekly that arrive like little pep pills to carry us through the days, but this one reached out and grabbed us even more than usual — maybe because it reminded us of a poem we have cited here before by Drew Dellinger titled Hieroglyphic [...]
Continue reading...EPA’s New Head of Pesticide Approval Raises Concerns
Monday, December 5, 2011
Long-time chemical industry shill Jim Jones has been named acting head of the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), which has the responsibility for regulation of pesticides. He replaces Steve Owens, the current OCSPP director, who announced he will leave the position at year end. Jones, who has been at the EPA for [...]
Continue reading...Pesticides on Trial: The Video Testimony
Monday, December 5, 2011
As reported here last month, the world’s six largest manufacturers of pesticides are being put on trial for their crimes against humanity. And while the proceedings are largely symbolic, they are providing a valuable forum for folks impacted by the toxicity: http://www.grist.org/industrial-agriculture/2011-11-30-pesticide-on-trial
Continue reading...Miss A Week, Miss a Lot in Lawn News
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
After a week away from the office and this blog, the longest such stretch without a post since we launched it two and a half years ago, there’s just so much to catch up with. From lawn pesticide poisonings where innocent children are harmed daily, to the perpetrators like Scotts Miracle Gro suffering a 7 [...]
Continue reading...Illinois Residents Take Weed Spray Issue Into Their Own Hands
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
As reported here last month, a group of Illinois residents successfully fought a plan to spray local playing fields for weeds. To show they’re serious, those same folks are offering to pull the weeds by hand to satisfying the aesthetic expectations of the community at large: http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/news/8526419-418/park-board-rounds-up-volunteers-to-weed-fields.html.
Continue reading...47 Schoolchildren Poisoned in Ohio Offers Evidence That Kids Are Silently Poisoned Every Day
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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...Through Young Eyes and Old Stories, We Can Gain New Perspective
Monday, September 26, 2011
MY DAUGHTER, AIMEE, WILL PROUDLY TELL YOU THAT SHE’S four and three-quarters now, and not just four and a half. Upon this momentous birthday occasion my wife decided it was time to move beyond the picture books with our nightly story-telling and, as has probably been true in millions of homes, Charlotte’s Web was her [...]
Continue reading...Dan Rather Reports: EPA Covers Up Bee Evidence
Sunday, September 25, 2011
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO IGNORE PESTICIDE PROOF We’ve been at this now for more than five years. As one of the first organizations in North America to go public with the notion that a class of pesticides made from synthetic nicotine were responsible for the sudden bee death known as colony collapse disorder, we were threatened [...]
Continue reading...Guest Blog: International Meeting Offers Pesticide Hope
Thursday, September 22, 2011
By Kathryn Gilje I was born 20 miles from the Canadian border, as the crow flies. Childhood runs for a ‘mack’ and regular trips to the border were common. But this week, my Canadian journey was quite different: to Ottawa, seat of the Canadian government, and to a convergence of over 50 pesticide regulators from 30 [...]
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