Pesticide residue on fruits and vegetables - How safe is
YOUR salad? Here's a list of 45 fruits and
vegetables ranked by how much pesticide residue they carry.
The Organic Consumer's Union
- The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots
public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and
sustainability. The OCA deals with
crucial
issues of food safety,
industrial agriculture,
genetic
engineering,
children's
health,
corporate accountability, Fair Trade,
environmental sustainability
and
other key topics. Visit their website to
get informed and
get involved in the
future and safety of our environment and our food.
The
Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) -
The Mission of IRT is to promote technology that is
sustainable, life-supporting, and appropriate. They expose, and seek
alternatives to, technologies that are inappropriate and potentially
dangerous, but which may nonetheless be promoted by those with vested
interest or misinformation.
The current
generation of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops is
fraught with unpredictable, hard-to-detect side effects.
They bring
unprecedented risks to health and may create irreversible damage to the
environment. Therefore, IRT's current priority program is to ban the
genetic engineering of our food supply and all outdoor releases of
genetically modified organisms... To learn more about GM foods and
their potential dangers, visit the IRT website now.
The Future of Food
- An important documentary about genetically modified (GM)
foods, and
what they mean to the future of food production, and your HEALTH.
You
can see it here on YouTube.
Women's Voices
for the Earth (WVE) -
What's Under Your Sink?
Many common household cleaning products contain toxic chemicals
that may be harming you and your children. There are some
85,000 chemicals in the consumer marketplace and only a fraction of
them have ever been tested for their impact on human health. Many of
these chemicals are now known or suspected to contribute to a long list
of diseases including cancer, developmental disabilities, heart
disease, infertility, and reproductive harm.
WVE's Safe Cleaning
Products initiative is a national effort intended
to reduce our exposure to toxic chemicals in cleaning products.
Download a free copy of their Household Hazards report to find out
about the dangers of household cleaning products and to learn about
safer alternatives.
Environmental
Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database -
Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products.
Skin Deep pairs ingredients in more than 25,000 products against 50
definitive toxicity and regulatory database. What are you
putting on your Face?
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
You or someone you know may suffer from this debilitating condition.
Here's a website where you can find out more about it, including symptoms, causes, treatments, and
more.
The
CDC report on exposure to environmental chemicals
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the
second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals,
the largest and most extensive assessment of the U.S. population's
exposure to environmental chemicals. The report presents exposure
information for 116 environmental chemicals measured in blood and urine
specimens from a sample of people who represent the U.S. population for
the years 1999 and 2000.
"This report is by far the most extensive assessment
ever of
exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals," said CDC
Director Dr. Julie Gerberding, "This kind of exposure information is
essential, it helps us to lay the critical groundwork for future
research in ensuring that exposures to chemicals in our environment are
not at levels that affect our health."
Puget
Sound Fresh Summer Farm Guide - A
complete listing of farms open to the public throughout the region.
Included are lists of fresh farm products, harvest dates, u-pick and
pre-picked crops, farmers markets and county fairs. You can also pick
up a copy at all local libraries in the 12 counties that touch Puget
Sound.
Here's a plug for
our webmaster:
www.FledglingStudio.Com
Long time glass artist and collector, John R. Cumbow offers Out-of-print
and Hard-to-find books and information for glass artists and collectors.
HINT:
click on the link for John's "Best Book Sources" to
find the best deals
on
all kinds of books.
And
here's a link just for fun:
Misspelled
Bargains on eBay®
- Every day, thousands and thousands of new items are listed for sale
on eBay®. And hundreds of those listings have misspelled
words in their titles or descriptions. But since they're spelled wrong,
they don't show up when a prospective buyer does a search. Because they
don't get found
by interested buyers, they don't
get as many bids as they would if they were spelled
correctly. And that means they
end up selling for less!
At
MisspelledBargains.com you can enter your eBay® search words,
and automatically find several misspelled variations. Just
follow the link and enter your favorite search words. You might be
surprised by what you'll find. And by how much money you'll save on
your auction purchases. Try it out now. Use it as often as you want.
And best of all, it's FREE.
Try searching with GOOGLE™
to find more helpful links!
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