• Japan Has Some New Ideas for Reducing C02 Emissions

    Updated: 2010-06-30 14:41:44
    It was reported in the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph that the Japanese government has launched a campaign which encourages people to get to bed and get up extra early in order to cut-down household carbon dioxide emissions. The Environment Ministry unveiled the Morning Challenge campaign, basing it on the premise that swapping late night electricity [...]

  • EPA Needs Broader Approach on Antimicrobials

    Updated: 2010-06-30 05:01:01
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 30, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval process for thousands of antimicrobial products is woefully inadequate, according Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Despite a growing body of scientific evidence about the side-effects of these products, EPA rubberstamps registrations without duly considering an array of potential public health and environmental [...]

  • Flawed Study Attacks Organic Farming Based on False Assumptions

    Updated: 2010-06-29 05:01:23
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 29, 2010) Based on a flawed assessment, the authors of recent study out of the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada have been attacking organic agriculture as less environmentally friendly than chemical-intensive conventional methods. In their press release, the authors say, “Consumers shouldn’t assume that because a product is organic it’s also [...]

  • STING: City Farmer Movie Maker

    Updated: 2010-06-28 12:41:00
    Sting is famous for his involvement with the Rainforest Foundation, which he co-founded in 1989 with his wife Trudie Styler. The foundation seeks to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation. Well, last month the music legend played a benefit concert for the organization. But Sting’s eco-friendly activism does not stop there. He is also involved [...]

  • Covered in bees!

    Updated: 2010-06-26 01:54:58
    Amazingly, I had not posted this Eddie Izzard clip yet.  I give you: COVERED IN BEES. Filed under: Bees, Entomology, Food, Gardening, Insects Tagged: comedy, eddie izzard

  • Studies Find “Pristine” National Parks Tainted by Pesticides

    Updated: 2010-06-25 05:30:08
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 25, 2010) Two new studies published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology confirm that the majority of toxic contamination threatening national parks originates from agricultural pesticides and industrial operations. In one study an international group of scientists conducted research from 2003-2005 and detected elevated concentrations of various dangerous pesticides in all [...]

  • Too Strange To Be True

    Updated: 2010-06-24 10:30:30
    Causing shockwaves around the world, a video showing a toddler smoking a cigarette. The 2-year-old Ardi Rizal, who lives in Indonesia, smokes two packs a day. His first drag was at 18-months. Just six months later he’s smoking 40 per day. He is very much addicted and becomes agitated if he does not get his [...]

  • Food Guide Urges Organic Choices to Protect Environment and Workers

    Updated: 2010-06-24 05:01:48
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 24, 2010) Our food purchases have a direct effect on the health of our environment and those who grow and harvest what we eat. Beyond Pesticides launched its Organic Food: Eating with a Conscience guide, which shows consumers why, according to the group, “food labeled organic is the right choice.” Jay Feldman, [...]

  • Supreme Court Ruling Offers Some Protection from GE Crops

    Updated: 2010-06-23 11:06:32
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 23, 2010) The Supreme Court ruling in Monsanto v Geersten Seed Farms on June 21, 2010 appears to favor the St. Louis-based biotech giant, but may offer some protection from genetically engineered (GE) crops. In a 7 to 1 decision, the high court overturned a lower court injunction on the planting of [...]

  • Take Action: Public Comment Needed on EPA’s Strategic Plan

    Updated: 2010-06-22 05:30:09
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 22, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced earlier this month that it is seeking public comment on its draft five-year strategic plan, which the agency says will help advance Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s priorities and EPA’s overall mission to protect human health and the environment. Administrator Jackson’s seven priorities are; [...]

  • National Pollinator Week 2010

    Updated: 2010-06-21 12:09:21
    Yep, it’s that time of year again! “A World of Pollinators” is the theme for 2010 National Pollinator Week. Here’s a tip: “Island Press Pollinator Special – To celebrate Pollinator Week, Island Press will offer a special discount on three seminal books — Forgotten Pollinators, Where Our Food Comes From and Public Produce. A $1.00 [...]

  • U.S. EPA Settles Human Pesticide Testing Lawsuit

    Updated: 2010-06-21 05:01:35
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 21, 2010) Pesticide experiments using people as test subjects will have stricter federal rules to follow under a new agreement reached on June 17, 2010 between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and public health groups, farm worker advocates and environmental organizations. “People should never have been used as lab rats for testing [...]

  • Panel Puts $300 Million Price Tag on Agent Orange Cleanup

    Updated: 2010-06-18 05:42:36
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 18, 2010) A panel of U.S. and Vietnamese policy makers, scientists, and citizens released a report on Wednesday urging the U.S. government and other donors to provide $300 million to clean up contaminated sites and care for Vietnamese harmed by exposure to Agent Orange, an herbicide used by the U.S. to defoliate [...]

  • Nonpersistent Pesticides Found in Umbilical Cord Blood

    Updated: 2010-06-17 11:45:32
    (Beyond Pesticides, June 17, 2010) Researchers have found detectable levels of common household pesticides in the majority of umbilical cord blood of babies born at an urban hospital. The study looks at concentrations of organophosphate (OP), carbamate, pyrethroids, and organochlorine pesticides in samples of umbilical cord blood taken from newborns delivered at the Johns Hopkins [...]

  • Strummin’ My Six String, On My Front Porch Swing

    Updated: 2010-06-14 08:42:57
    Jimmy Buffet, a songwriter famous for such tropical-tinged country classics as, “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” is planning to open a 162-room Margaritaville Hotel this week in Pensacola Beach, Flordia. That’s right, he is steadfast in his plans – unswayed by tar balls floating ashore from an oil Plume – shooting out of the floor of [...]

  • Natural Separation: Al & Tipper The Gores No Longer

    Updated: 2010-06-07 09:47:37
    Environmental news is an all-embracing category – and so it needs to be in order to sustain longevity of popular interest and legitimacy even. Hey we can’t count emissions all day and expect that people won’t eventually get tired. NaturalBuy.com has got to stay fresh you see, like the necessary dynamics in a healthy marriage. So, [...]

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