Tag Archive | "Pesticide Toxicity"

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

Friday, June 11, 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

Monday, June 7, 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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Pesticide Safety: Indisputable Facts . . . or Blatant Propaganda?

Saturday, June 5, 2010

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During a Google search the other day, I happened upon a blog item titled “The Indisputable Truths About Pesticides,” so naturally I had to stop and read. Since the article was parked on the site of the Lawn Dawg company, a regional chemical spray operation based in Nashua, N.H., I knew I was in for [...]

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One Step Up . . . One Step Back

Wednesday, June 2, 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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Arkansas Rally Sparks Middle American Passions

Saturday, May 29, 2010

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In my travels, I’ve seen adherence to belief in the sanctity of pesticides most fervent in what is known as the “farm belt,” a region of Midwestern states that rely on agriculture as a way of life. That’s why this news story yesterday really caught our eye: http://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1638807.html

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Colorado Kids Make Their Voices Heard

Wednesday, May 12, 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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A Picture of a Lawn Sign is Worth a Thousand Words

Saturday, May 8, 2010

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I enjoyed the post by our friend, Tom Kelly, at Fire Belly Organics: http://firebellylawncare.com/blog/.

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President’s Cancer Panel Issues Sharp Pesticide Warnings

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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More than 100 people from the U.S. and Canada emailed me today about the same subject. An elite group of doctors that comprise the President’s Cancer Panel today issued perhaps the most damning report in U.S. history on the health impacts of chemicals. Titled “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now,” the report [...]

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Report: EPA Ignores Science, Understaffed

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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The chemical industry constantly stands behind the assertion that its products are safe — because they’re approved by the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. If you believe that to be true, even for a second, read this: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/29/epa-probe-politics-shortages-affect-environmental-agencys-wor/

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Associated Press Takes on Organic Lawn Care

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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Carole Feldman of the Associated Press called recently to discuss organic lawn care at length. Her story hit the wire service yesterday and it’s getting play in hundreds of newspapers worldwide. Here’s a link to a paper in Taiwan: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1239641&lang=eng_news&cate_img=317.jpg&cate_rss=news_Features.

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