tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83063724987407748842024-03-14T01:40:17.326-04:00What Would Rachel Say?Promoting the life and legacy of Rachel Carson, 5/27/1907 - 4/14/1964. Fostering a culture of Sentinel Lions who share Rachel's ethics and values. Working for sustained political and cultural change to prioritize public health.Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-48971339011629025852019-11-17T19:53:00.000-05:002019-11-17T19:53:02.073-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">We can Compost</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">We can Stop Shopping</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">The lighter we live</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">The less we crave</span></span></div>
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<br />Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-70918377462081345612018-07-20T18:14:00.000-04:002018-07-20T18:14:21.976-04:00<h1 class="graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title" id="11bc" name="11bc" style="--margin-top-multiplier: 0; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.84); letter-spacing: -0.015em; line-height: 1.04; margin: 0px 0px 0px -2.63px; padding-top: 5px !important;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://medium.com/@ellie.goldberg/keeping-rachel-carsons-legacy-alive-347818b309b9">Keeping Rachel Carson’s Legacy Alive</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Newton Proclaims Rachel Carson Day 2018</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">In 1962, Carson’s best known
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in <i>The Sea Around Us</i>, Carson warned, “…Now in our own lifetime we
are witnessing a startling alteration of climate.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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health and environmental protections being destroyed by an anti-science agenda,
we need to make clean energy, clean water and clean air a priority. We need to
work for candidates that share our values, to vote and bring our friends and
families with us to the polls.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">So we are grateful to our
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, our Newton legislators Senator Cynthia Creem,
Representatives Kay Khan and Ruth Balser. We can always count on them to be
champions for policies that promote energy efficiency, renewable energy,
pollution prevention and conservation of natural resources.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We are grateful to our City
Councilors who promote aggressive emissions reduction, fixing gas pipeline
leaks, more durable and energy efficient buildings, green and open space,
enhanced recycling, eliminating single use plastic bags and polystyrene, and
Newton Power Choice to increase renewable energy in Newton’s electricity
supply.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Front: Ellie Goldberg, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller. Back row: Jim Purdy,
Rosemarie Mullin, Amy Tai, Brita Lundberg, Rachel Adler-Golden, Cory
Alperstein, Karen Bray, Sharon Cushing, Marcia Cooper, Pat Berdick, Bev Droz,
and Peter Barrer.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We are grateful to our fellow
citizens who spend countless hours as volunteers on boards, commissions and
committees, and members of organizations such as Green Newton, Mothers Out
Front, 350 Newton, Bike Newton, Newton Energy Commission, the Coalition for
Climate Action, Newton Conservators and many many others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dedicated to mobilizing for a livable climate by advocating for clean energy
and energy efficiency.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Mothers Out Front (MOF)
Newton </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">has organized two gas leak tagging events to increase awareness of the
need to fix Newton’s 600 gas pipeline leaks and educational programs about the
hazards of fracked gas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">MOF members also actively
support state legislation to raise the Renewable Portfolio Standard, to stop
new fossil fuel infrastructure, to expand solar energy, to stop attempts to
impose a pipeline tax, to stop utilities from charging consumers for lost gas
and to speak out for climate justice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Green Newton</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, under the leadership of
Marcia Cooper, has facilitated hundreds of Home Energy Assessments and
weatherization upgrades with its programs Newton Goes Solar and Newton Energy
$avers. The Green Newton Schools Connections Group is conducting a survey to
assess waste, recycling and composting in Newton Schools to get data to improve
the sustainability of our schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Green Newton member Karen
Bray is the leader of Newton CALM (Clean Alternatives to Lawn Maintenance) for
leaf blower guidelines that decrease air and noise pollution. Green Newton
member Cory Alperstein is a leader in both 350 Newton and the Newton Coalition
for Climate Action that advocates for a high level of renewables in the new
aggregate electricity plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Green Newton member Brita E.
Lundberg, M.D. is a leader in Health Professionals for Clean Energy and most
recently testified for a bill to restrict the pesticides that decimate bee
populations, essential for our food security and our economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Green Newton member Peter
Smith has been Co-Chair of the Environment Committee of the Newton Needham
Chamber of Commerce since 2007 initiating their Green Business Awards Breakfast
and “Green Solutions EXPO” and coordinating outreach for the Newton Business
Energy Savers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Newton’s annual Proclamation
of Rachel Carson Day calls on us all to honor Carson by promoting an ethic of
community health and sustainability and a culture of political engagement that
mobilizes every family member, friend and neighbor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Carson Day in the City of Newton — A Proclamation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Whereas, Rachel Carson’s
birthday, May 27, serves as an annual opportunity to remember and celebrate the
life and legacy of a woman who loved nature and unabashedly felt an
extraordinary sense of responsibility to protect it</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Whereas, Rachel Carson, as a
biologist, author, and conservationist taught us that our health is intimately
connected to the health of our environment;</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Whereas, Rachel Carson,
warned us in her prescient 1951 book, The Sea Around Us” that, “…Now in our own
lifetime we are witnessing a startling alteration of climate;”</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Whereas, Rachel Carson, faced
significant illness and adversity, as well as an orchestrated campaign to
discredit her, and yet she bravely wrote and spoke out about the hazards of
pesticides and chemicals until her untimely death at age fifty-six;</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Therefore, with deep gratitude
for the work and legacy of this fine ecologist who launched the modern
environmental movement in 1962 with her book “Silent Spring,” I, Ruthanne
Fuller, on behalf of the residents of Newton, proclaim May 27, 2018, to be:</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Rachel Carson Day in the City
of Newton</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And urge all residents to
honor Rachel Carson’s life by working together to strengthen the protections or
our health our environment, our water and air, and the sustainability of our
City.</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Given this twenty-seventh day
of May, in the year of Two Thousand and Eighteen.</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ruthanne Fuller<br />
Mayor, City of Newton</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-2548423376291516912017-04-06T11:00:00.000-04:002019-04-27T06:08:32.607-04:00<div class="" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keep Rachel Carson's Legacy Alive.</b></span></div>
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Proclaim May 27 Rachel Carson Day! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Make May 27 an annual opportunity to recognize our </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">fellow advocates </span>working for public policies to protect<br />
the sustainability of our community and the quality of<br />
our environment from threats such as climate change,<br />
waste, and pollution. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Rachel Carson </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>(May 27, 1907 – April 14,
1964)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1962 Rachel Carson’s book, </span><a href="http://www.rachelcarson.org/SilentSpring.aspx" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Silent Spring</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> alerted the world to the hazards of pesticides. Carson explained that our health is intimately connected to the quality of our environment. Carson’s gift for eloquent advocacy created such a wave of political urgency that it generated the modern environmental movement.</span></blockquote>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-086ac30c-690b-bcf0-e424-075155bed943" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Within a few years, in spite of an orchestrated chemical industry campaign to discredit her, Congress created the US EPA, the US ban on DDT, the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whereas Rachel Carson's birthday, May 27, is an annual opportunity to remember and celebrate her legacy, her unabashed love of nature, her sense of wonder and her extraordinary sense of responsibility, and</span><br />
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Silent Spring catalyzed a wave of political urgency and public responsibility for the health of our communities because we learned that our health depends on the quality of our environment. Today, more than ever, as our institutional and structural protections are slipping away, we need public leadership dedicated to the principles of science and sustainability.<br />
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Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-86700727933584099962017-02-03T08:17:00.003-05:002017-02-03T08:20:25.473-05:00<span style="font-size: large;">SUPERFUND <a href="http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060049448">'Silent Spring' comes to life in DDT-stricken town</a>, </span>E&E News reporterGreenwire: <a href="http://www.eenews.net/staff/Gabriel_Dunsmith">Gabriel Dunsmith</a>, Thursday, February 2, 2017<br />
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<br />Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-7865264789698018672017-02-03T08:16:00.007-05:002017-02-03T08:19:28.416-05:00<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sea-unworthy-a-personal-journey-into-the-pacific-garbage-patch-slide-show/">Journey into the Pacific Garbage Patch [Slide Show]</a></span><br />
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More plastic in the oceans, found at greater depths than thought, would mean a bigger threat to environmental—and possibly human—health<br />
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When President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month, his pro-drilling, anti-climate action energy policy will buoy the oil industry. But it will also face staunch resistance from a pipeline opposition movement that gathered momentum, particularly with this year's successful showdown over the Dakota Access pipeline, and shows no signs of slowing.</div>
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Local grassroots action, governments' environmental concerns and market forces have stopped or delayed dozens of fossil fuel projects since the high-profile Keystone XL pipeline was cancelled in November 2015, and activists are continuing to oppose at least a dozen oil and gas pipelines around the country. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2016/12/08/lawmakers-demand-big-artificial-turf-investigation/#89d29b73f223">Lawmakers Demand Big Artificial Turf Investigation - with a recap of recent history</a></b><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">December 8, 2016, Mike Ozanian, Forbes Magazine</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For over two years I have been warning my readers about artificial turf. Main concerns: economics and health. And now it looks like things could get bad for synthetic field makers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The economic consequences could be huge. A year ago, the Synthetic Turf Council said that the market for synthetic grass is already over$500 million a year and is growing very quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, a recap of recent history... <b><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2016/12/08/lawmakers-demand-big-artificial-turf-investigation/#89d29b73f223">MORE</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Nancy Alderman, Environment & Human Health, Inc, <a href="http://www.ehhi.org/">www.ehhi.org</a>, for calling attention to this article. For more on the hazards of artificial turf go to <a href="http://www.ehhi.org/artificial-turf.php">ARTIFICIAL TURF</a>.</span></div>
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Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-6004735601721512982016-12-09T08:39:00.000-05:002017-01-02T15:17:11.365-05:00<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "droid serif" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-east-chicago-lead-test-met-20161208-story.html">At lead-tainted Indiana housing complex, inaction and missed warnings</a>, </span></span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-angela-caputo-staff.html#nt=byline">Angela Caputo</a> and Craig Lyons<a href="mailto:acaputo@tribpub.com?subject=Regarding:%20%22At%20lead-tainted%20Indiana%20housing%20complex,%20inaction%20and%20missed%20warnings%22">,</a> Chicago Tribune, December 8, 2016<br />
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Can Massachusetts’s consumer protection laws help
families get rid of furniture and children’s products contaminated by toxic
flame retardants? </div>
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Can our families and firefighters get the same
type of action from federal agencies that got refunds for car buyers and
restitution for environmental damage from Volkswagen?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">They
Bamboozled the Public and Policy Makers</b></div>
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For forty years, three chemical companies and the
tobacco industry made false claims that chemical flame retardants would stop
fires when added to the foam of household furniture and products. They
deliberately deceived the public and policy makers just as Volkswagen tricked
millions of people when they sold cars rigged to give false emission test
results.</div>
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In fact, the way these chemicals were used, they
do nothing to protect us from fires.</div>
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And, the evidence continues to grow that links
these toxic chemicals to cancer, learning disabilities, thyroid disease,
infertility and other health problems. (See the award-winning 2012 Chicago
Tribune investigative series "<a href="http://media.apps.chicagotribune.com/flames/index.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Playing With
Fire</span></a>" and the movie<a href="http://www.toxichotseatmovie.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Toxic Hot
Seat</span></a>.)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Hazard to
Children and Fire Fighters</b></div>
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The chemicals break down into dust that is easily
inhaled and swallowed, especially by children and infants at their most
critical periods of development. Due to their widespread use in everyday
consumer products, flame retardant chemicals are rapidly accumulating in our
bodies and in soil and water—such as the Great Lakes—all over the globe. (<a href="http://www.ecocenter.org/healthy-stuff/reports/childrens-car-seat-study/report_summary"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Children’s
Car Seat Study</span></a>)</div>
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And firefighters have 2 to 3 times more flame
retardants in their bodies and “fire fighters have higher rates of cancer than
any other profession. No less than 60 percent of career firefighters will die
this way, “with their boots off.” (<a href="http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20160708/OPINION/160707114/SHARED/st_refDomain=www.facebook.com&st_refQuery="><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Letter to
the Editor, Sun Chronicle, July 8, 2016, Paul W. Jacques, Professional Fire
Fighters of Massachusetts</span></a> )</div>
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Starting in 2013, when California updated its
flammability standards, manufacturers started making furniture and products
that are more effective at preventing fires in real-world conditions without
the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals. And, retailers have started to sell
furniture without toxic flame retardants.</div>
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In Massachusetts, public health advocates
campaigned for<a href="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H4241"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> H4241</span></a>/<a href="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S2302"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">S2302</span></a>, the Bill
to Protect Children, Families, Firefighters from Toxic Flame Retardants. It did
not pass in the legislative session that just ended July 31. To stay informed
on the campaign follow the<a href="http://healthytomorrow.org/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Alliance for
a Healthy Tomorrow</span></a> (<a href="http://www.healthytomorrow.org/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">HealthyTomorrow.org</span></a>)
@<a href="https://twitter.com/healthytomorrow"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Healthy Tomorrow MA</span></a> and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/healthytomorrow/?fref=ts"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> www.facebook.com/healthytomorrow</span></a>.</div>
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However, even if the bill had passed, only those
of us who can afford to replace the contaminated couches, mattresses and
children’s items will benefit from new safety standards. That leaves millions
of us living with contaminated couches, mattresses and children's car seats,
changing table pads, crib mattresses, nap mats, nursing pillows and other
products -- living with fear about the ongoing exposure and increasing body
burden of toxic chemicals.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Car Buyers
Can Get Their Money Back. Why Not Couch Buyers?</b></div>
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Federal agencies representing car buyers not only
won one of the largest consumer class action payouts in American history but
require Volkswagen to pay restitution for the environmental damage it caused.</div>
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Volkswagen admitted that its diesel cars had been
designed to cheat air-quality tests. (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/business/volkswagen-settlement-diesel-scandal.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Volkswagen
to Pay $14.7 Billion to Settle Diesel Claims in U.S. JUNE 27, 2016 )</span></a>
Volkswagen will pay up to $14.7 billion to settle emissions-cheating claims
with regulators and owners of nearly 500,000 diesel-powered vehicles.
Volkswagen has to buy back and/or compensate the cars from its victims. (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/opinion/compensating-volkswagens-victims.html?_r=1"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Compensating
Volkswagen’s Victims JUNE 28, 2016</span></a>.) </div>
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American owners of nearly 500,000 Volkswagen cars
will be able to sell their vehicles back to the company at their pre-scandal
value or have them repaired. In addition, owners will receive between $5,100
and $10,000 in compensation for having been misled. Volkswagen also agreed to
pay $2.7 billion into a fund that will be used for projects to mitigate the
environmental damage caused by its cars. And the company will invest $2 billion
over the next 10 years in zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure like charging
stations for electric cars. The company also announced a separate $603 million
settlement with 44 state governments, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Can we get
our money back?</b></div>
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Like Volkswagen, the chemical companies
deliberately lied. They committed fraud. They knowingly conspired to create and
sell hazardous products.</div>
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Can Massachusetts consumer protection law require
producer take-back and retailer refunds to help us get rid of our contaminated
furniture and children’s products? (Reference “<a href="http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/consumer-rights-and-resources/consumer-protection/shopping/shopping-rights/shopping-rights.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">A
Massachusetts Consumers Guide to Shopping Rights</span></a>”)* Can consumer
protection laws require retailers to disclose to buyers the presence of toxic
flame retardants in current inventory?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">* The
Massachusetts law requires “Truth in Advertising and Sales.”</b></div>
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Disclosure: Under state law, a merchant must tell
you about any fact that may influence your decision to enter into the
transaction. For example, a used car dealer should disclose that a vehicle was
in a serious accident (940 CMR 3.16(2)).</div>
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Misrepresentation: A merchant may not make a
claim about a product or service that would mislead you. It's also illegal for
a merchant to mislead you by failing to tell you relevant information about a
product or service (940 CMR 3.05(1)).</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Implied
Warranty of Merchantability</b></div>
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Under the implied warranty of merchantability, the
merchandise must do what it was designed to do with reasonable safety,
efficiency and ease, and for at least a reasonable period of time. Every item
sold by a merchant in Massachusetts automatically comes with the implied
warranty of merchantability. Under this law, a merchant cannot sell
merchandise "as is", "with all faults", or with a
"50/50" warranty. (M.G.L. c. 106,<a href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/106-2-314.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> §2-314</span></a>)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Breach of
Warranties</b></div>
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Under state law, it is an unfair or deceptive act
or practice to fail to honor a warranty. (<a href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/93a-2.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">M.G.L. c. 93A, §2(c)</span></a>, 940
CMR 3.08 (2))</div>
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<b>Refund, Return and Cancellation Policies</b></div>
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Massachusetts law requires that a merchant clearly
and conspicuously disclose the store's refund, return, or cancellation policy.
A merchant cannot misrepresent the store's policy or fail to honor it.
Generally, clear and conspicuous disclosure means that the merchant must
display a written return policy that the buyer can see and understand before
the purchase is made. As long as the product is not defective, a merchant can
choose any return policy, provided the merchant discloses this policy to the
buyer before the purchase. Stating the policy on the receipt would not satisfy
this disclosure requirement, because it is not provided until after the sale. (<a href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/93a-2.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> M.G.L. c. 93A, §2(c)</span></a>, 940
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Defective
Merchandise </b></div>
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A store cannot use its disclosed policy to refuse
the return of defective merchandise. When the item purchased is defective, you
can choose a repair, replacement or refund. This right is contained in the
Implied Warranty of Merchantability law. Under that law, merchants cannot limit
your remedies. In addition, this means that if a merchant chooses an "All
Sales Final" return policy, it must disclose that policy without limiting
your rights. For example, the disclosure of the return policy must be similar
to a posting which reads:</div>
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"All Sales Final, With the Exception of
Defective Goods." (940 CMR 6.12)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Merchandise
Credits</b></div>
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When a store issues a merchandise credit for
returned goods, you have at least seven years from the date of issue to redeem
the credit . (M.G.L.c. 93§14S ) </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.wbur.org/news/2016/07/19/volkswagen-lawsuit"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mass., N.Y.,
Maryland Sue Volkswagen Over Emissions Cheating</span></a> 7 19 2016</b></div>
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manufacturers that violating laws designed to protect our environment and our
public health is unacceptable and will be punished with significant
penalties," said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://inhabitat.com/ny-attorney-general-schneiderman-launches-lawsuit-against-volkswagen-for-emissions-fraud/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NY Attorney
General sues Volkswagen for emissions fraud</span></a> 7 19 2016</b></div>
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In the latest development in the ongoing<a href="http://inhabitat.com/evidence-is-mounting-that-vw-deliberately-deceived-us-regulators-in-emissions-scandal/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Volkswagen
emissions scandal</span></a>, the state of New York just slapped VW with a
lawsuit for deliberately installing emissions-cheating devices in diesel cars.
At a press conference today in New York City, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman
said, “the company sold over 25,000 cars to New Yorkers looking to buy a clean
and green vehicle, and we know that those statements were nothing but lies.”
The lawsuit is joined by an additional suit from Massachusetts, which alleges
that VW sold over 40,000 vehicles with emissions “<a href="http://inhabitat.com/us-sues-volkswagen-for-violating-the-clean-air-act/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">defeat
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Question to <a href="http://www.greennewton.org/">Green Newton</a>: <i>Can anyone recommend a natural product, or a company that uses natural
products, that is effective in treating our yard for mosquitoes? I could
not enjoy the summer evenings last year due to getting bitten like
crazy!!!</i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Thanks.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Neighbor, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b>Using pesticides -- even "natural"
products -- can create a false sense of security and do little to stop mosquito bites while poisoning your
family, neighbors, pets, birds and beneficial insects.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We can make smarter safer choices by learning </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">about the varieties of insects in our
area, the type of habitats they prefer, and the seasons and time of day they are most active.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As the climate changes, we can evaluate, re-design and manage our homes, yards and public areas for the new
conditions such as ensuring appropriate drainage for torrential
downpours to avoid standing water that become breeding sites for mosquitoes. <br /><br />Most
important, correct any breeding sites in and around the home. Adjust
your activities to times and locations that avoid mosquitoes when they
are most active. Avoid wearing scented products and other
attractants.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosquito.org/assets/12987%20amca%20fact%20sheet%20v3%20web.pdf" target="_blank">Mosquito Prevention and Protection </a></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2731.pdf" target="_blank">Fight the Bite</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/30/464740275/whats-the-best-way-to-keep-mosquitoes-from-biting">What's The Best Way To Keep Mosquitoes From Biting? <span class="">January 30, 2016</span></a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class=""></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If
you feel like a mosquito magnet, consider using an insect repellent but
choose and use it wisely. Read the most up-to-date research on repellent
effectiveness, limitations and safe application for babies, kids, adults and
pets.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be
wary of friends or websites that recommend folk remedies or homemade
off-label uses of products from
unscientific or informal sources. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The effectiveness of any product or
chemical depends on the product, your own biology and a host
of factors that you don't know or control. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">An ineffective product
can increase your risk of getting bitten and the risk of a
serious illness. An oil or the herb might not be harmful although many
plants are and can lead to allergic reactions. <br /><br />When I want to enjoy my unscreened back porch and yard I set up a fan to blow the bugs away. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Mosquitoes
are weak flyers and will not be able to navigate properly against or
within the air stream” Joseph Conlon, American Mosquito Control Association. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-- Ellie, April 28, 2016</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ablfhe4XwA-ovjKdxzh9gPfzJ09sY8CL6GXhNoKB2HE/edit?usp=sharing"><b>What Is Your Mosquito IQ?</b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #396db6; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Buyer Beware Of 3-D Printer Emissions</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><a alt="http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i4/Buyer-Beware-3-D-Printer.html" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TpTVo0Na9fERW4Hp-Ns4eqOMc0_3O3Kg6ocsJdGra-E6evyNbyxTq6U018bfjFEjAZo8nBrtkuHlklJ2EcOCJped-YtveVVeQngS0F3AZY6EyLv1ilcgmMTNrv04Ps7XMGbvP-L3YyLTZq4oxvuHSYLqS9kQIgkXrcvnOkBVmbAwRS3-cKabCFhw6eQ0mwpJt9GMquWnw-CCZTqEuhtOBjdG5HrIW7_ZiYNsLDqOonc=&c=ImXUrdBYLlF1O19P_eIiL8uHhyMo3CDizkhtPSUMKby-WuIN3q6uEg==&ch=sW4locDEmxN_gFsDbXu0fq3qbFQH-NTDUGtZmySAZJguMBTPQ3I-Cw==" shape="rect" style="color: #72a642; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Source: <i>Chemical & Engineering News</i>, January 25, 2016</a><br />Author: Jyllian Kemsley </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">As
costs of three-dimensional printers drop and the devices increasingly
make their way into offices, schools, and homes, users should consider
how to limit exposure to emissions of particles and gases in the space
where the printer is located. This caution stems from research by a team
led by </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" shape="rect" style="color: black;">Brent Stephens</a><span style="color: black;">
of Illinois Institute of Technology and Neil E. Crain of the University
of Texas, Austin ... . The researchers tested the emissions of five
commercially available desktop 3-D polymer-extrusion printers for
ultrafine particles, which have a diameter less than 100 nm, and
volatile organic compounds, including caprolactam and styrene. They
used the printers to make a standard part from nine different polymer
filament starting materials. The emissions varied more by the type of
material than they did by the type of printer. Modeling the emissions
in a 45 m<sup>3</sup> air-conditioned office, the team predicts that
caprolactam and styrene would reach concentrations that could be
harmful to health.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><a alt="http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i4/Buyer-Beware-3-D-Printer.html" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TpTVo0Na9fERW4Hp-Ns4eqOMc0_3O3Kg6ocsJdGra-E6evyNbyxTq6U018bfjFEjAZo8nBrtkuHlklJ2EcOCJped-YtveVVeQngS0F3AZY6EyLv1ilcgmMTNrv04Ps7XMGbvP-L3YyLTZq4oxvuHSYLqS9kQIgkXrcvnOkBVmbAwRS3-cKabCFhw6eQ0mwpJt9GMquWnw-CCZTqEuhtOBjdG5HrIW7_ZiYNsLDqOonc=&c=ImXUrdBYLlF1O19P_eIiL8uHhyMo3CDizkhtPSUMKby-WuIN3q6uEg==&ch=sW4locDEmxN_gFsDbXu0fq3qbFQH-NTDUGtZmySAZJguMBTPQ3I-Cw==" shape="rect" style="color: #72a642; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Read more...</a><br /><br />See original article in <i>Environmental Science & Technology</i>, "<a alt="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5b04983" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TpTVo0Na9fERW4Hp-Ns4eqOMc0_3O3Kg6ocsJdGra-E6evyNbyxTq6U018bfjFEjFt_y3BcVVgzYwTmfNrbI2Ht4sNCP7KAhzzzXxHO9zqn6YyceEq_DvzxcseD16Mhij4PTcrCSMLpPEZwAiXf1ZlJl8RvX7Ht3QW31loPWJLDa1OvjzNETk_nMfpML1OVLdJ18XICBxthlmDGGG31CsQ==&c=ImXUrdBYLlF1O19P_eIiL8uHhyMo3CDizkhtPSUMKby-WuIN3q6uEg==&ch=sW4locDEmxN_gFsDbXu0fq3qbFQH-NTDUGtZmySAZJguMBTPQ3I-Cw==" shape="rect" style="color: #72a642; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Emissions
of Ultrafine Particles and Volatile Organic Compounds from
Commercially Available Desktop Three-Dimensional Printers with Multiple
Filaments</a>".</span>Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-52975080443515822022016-02-08T09:11:00.000-05:002016-02-08T09:15:09.695-05:00<div>
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/health/bpa-free-alternatives-may-not-be-safe/index.html"><span style="font-size: large;">BPA-free plastic alternatives may not be safe as you think</span></a> <span style="font-size: large;">by Sandee LaMotte February 1, 2016, CNN http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/health/bpa-free-alternatives-may-not-be-safe/index.html </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>BPA-free alternatives may be no safer than BPA, say
researchers. Most common alternative, BPS, linked in study
to disruptions of estrogen and thyroid hormones</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(CNN)Your "BPA-free" plastic product may be no safer
than the product it replaced, says a new UCLA study that analyzed the
impact of a common BPA alternative on zebra fish embryos. The study
joins a small but growing group of similar research sounding the alarm
about so called "BPA-free" alternatives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Our findings are frightening and important," said
senior author and reproductive endocrinologist Nancy Wayne.
"Consider it the aquatic version of the canary in the coal
mine."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After decades of animal research linked BPA (Bisphenol A), a
known endocrine disruptor, to problems with brain and reproductive
development, early puberty and a rise in breast and prostate cancer,
many manufacturers stopped using the chemical to harden plastics,
replacing it with "BPA-free" alternatives. The most common
replacement is BPS (Bisphenol S), said Wayne....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...The Breast Cancer Fund recommends that consumers wishing to limit
exposure to possible toxins in BPA, BPS and other alternatives use
glass, stainless steel and food safe ceramic containers for food and
water storage. They stress that it's not safe to microwave in plastic.
Other suggestions include using gloves to handle thermal paper
receipts, and researching canned goods to find those that no longer
use plastic liners.</span></div>
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<i>Tire crumb rubber and rubber mulch request for
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<b>December 16, 2015 - </b>Massachusetts delegates
including Senator Karen Spilka, State Representatives Jeff Roy and
John Fernandes <a href="http://turfgrassforum.blogspot.com/2015/12/massachusetts-legislators-letter-to.html" target="_blank"><span></span>have requested the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
regulate interior and exterior use of crumb rubber</a> as a
children's product due to exposure on playground and artificial turf
fields.</div>
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Tire crumb rubber and rubber mulch is used in playgrounds and
turf fields across the U.S. The usage began in the 90s as a way to
dispose of used tires. Typically, the fields and playgrounds are sold
to a city or state with promise of less maintenance and increased
playtime, yet the tire derived materials have never been
evaluated by the CPSC for exposure risk to users.</div>
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The delegate's letter to the CPSC requests analysis to offer
concrete conclusions and recommendations to ensure the safety of
children and adults who use crumb rubber and turf fields.
Specifically, the delegates requested the CPSC investigate:</div>
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inhalation of toxins released from crumb rubber during heat spikes and
outgassing;
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<li>Locating the presence of lead and other toxins;
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<li>Examining any danger presented by the natural aging and
decomposition; and
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<li>investigating any potential risks to child or adult users.</li>
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July 9, 2015, EPA’s Community Air Monitoring Training was held at the
Agency’s Research Triangle Park campus (RTP). The purpose of the
training workshop was to share tools used to conduct citizen science
projects involving Next Generation Air Monitoring (NGAM) technology and
to educate interested groups and individuals on best practices for
successful air monitoring projects.<br />
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The videos from the morning presentations are now available on the <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/air-research/community-air-monitoring-training" target="_blank">Community Air Monitoring Training,</a> and are part of the <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/air-research/air-sensor-toolbox-citizen-scientists" target="_blank">Air Sensor Toolbox for Citizen Scientists</a>
and intended to serve as resources for anyone interested in learning
more about monitoring air quality. Please feel free to share the link
with others: <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/air-research/community-air-monitoring-training" target="_blank">www2.epa.gov/air-research/<wbr></wbr>community-air-monitoring-<wbr></wbr>training.</a> Also, check out the <a href="http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2015/08/release-of-community-air-monitoring-training-videos/" target="_blank">blog</a> announcing the video release.<br />
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Direct links to the videos are available here:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnD8BbuCsdw&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Air Quality Monitoring and Sensor Technologies</a> by Ron Williams, project Lead for EPA’s Office of Research and Development emerging technology research area.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzkoy20jWWY&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">How to Start a Citizen Science Program</a> by Liz Barry, Co-founder and Director of Community Development at the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-dOC0jISvA&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Citizen Science Study Design</a> by Rachelle Duvall, Research Physical Scientist in EPA’s Office of Research and Development.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRhFYLbIcRU&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Data Measurement, Management, Quality, Uncertainty</a> by Bob Judge, Air Monitoring Team Leader in EPA’s Region 1 Office in Boston.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wCSkaF0sDo&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Quality Assurance</a>by Ron Williams, Project Lead for EPA’s Office of Research and Development emerging technology research area.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRX4imxuiAg&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Short Term Measurements and Air Quality Messaging/ Regulatory Requirements for Data</a> by Kristen Benedict, Atmospheric Scientist in EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From Ellie Goldberg, Newton, MA 02459 </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6/5/15 </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RE: Proposed Ordinance #31-15 (LEAF BLOWERS)</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />~~~~~~</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We share the air. Let's take BETTER ACTION NOW (BAN).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We need a public health policy based on an ethic of community that sets a high standard for health protection and pollution prevention.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope you agree that it is unacceptable that in a short fifteen-minute early morning walk to the Newton Center T station from my home you would walk through the gritty fog created by from five to ten crews each using multiple leaf blowers. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We need to stop the use of leaf blowers to protect us all from the deafening barrage of noise and noxious clouds of fumes, particulates, pesticides, feces, mold and pollen that assault us not only when we are outside but that come through our windows into our homes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please do not be confused by business owners who defend leaf blowers as a wonderful innovation and claim that it is more efficient to use leaf blowers or that they would need to charge higher fees.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That claim reminds me of a phone call I got when I started working to try to stop Newton's use of pesticides on the school playing fields and parks. The angry caller told me that her family depended on her husband's job as a pesticide applicator. I told her that I support pest control professionals who are knowledgeable about preventative and corrective measures, but that I do not accept that a business has a license to poison my children or her children.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In fact, the use of leaf blowers indicates an ignorance of or indifference to good horticultural principles and safe practice. For example, the landscape crew that works across the street from me often has three or more leaf blowers going at the same time, often chasing just a few leaves off a driveway. Then they stroll up the street to another client, leaf blowers going, spewing street debris, mold spores, weed seeds, and fungal diseases on gardens and lawns far and wide.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A full ban would protect even those neighbors who ignore the damage and distress they cause themselves and others. And it would protect the workers who are the most exposed to the air pollution and noise. Most often they work with no personal protection equipment. We know they will live with the lung damage and hearing loss for the rest of their lives. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A full ban on leaf blowers would show that Newton values our health and supports those local professionals whom we can trust to safeguard our health and the health of our landscapes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Good health is good business. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I support a full ban on leaf blowers and urge you to take </span></div>
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Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-6030796212039112852015-06-11T09:41:00.001-04:002015-06-11T09:42:17.878-04:00<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2015/jun/michigan-superfund-ddt-epa-birds-health-pesticide">The more they dig, the more they find: DDT cleanup continues for mid-Michigan town. </a></span>http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2015/jun/michigan-superfund-ddt-epa-birds-health-pesticide</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> Federal, state officials are
making progress cleaning up harmful chemicals in St. Louis, Michigan,
but more work remains and there is still no health study.*</i></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 11, 2015 By <a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archive?text=&start_date=&end_date=&publisher=&reporter=Brian+Bienkowski&article_type=&subject=">Brian Bienkowski</a> Environmental Health News</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ST. LOUIS, Mich. — During recent summers birds were found littered around the town, poisoned with a long-banned pesticide.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This
summer? The school athletic grounds, where kids practice football and
softball, are being dug up after it was discovered they too are
contaminated with DDT.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It
is the latest chapter in a seemingly endless effort to rid this small,
rural mid-Michigan town of toxic chemicals that have plagued it since
the 1960s. And, despite wildlife deaths and some lawns contaminated to
levels deemed harmful to humans, no one is conducting health testing on
DDT exposure in the community.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Schoolyard contamination</b></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
St. Louis, an hour drive north of state capital Lansing, has long dealt
with contamination left behind by the Velsicol Chemical Corp., formerly
Michigan Chemical, which manufactured pesticides until 1963 and
abandoned loads of DDT, which was banned 40 years ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
pesticide was made famous by Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, which
exposed the hazards of DDT, especially for birds, in 1962. Populations
of bald eagles and other birds crashed when DDT thinned their eggs,
killing their embryos. Exposure also has been linked to multiple health
problems in humans, especially developing babies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-- Ellie Goldberg</span></span>, </span><a href="https://www.greendecade.org/film-power-of-one-voice-and-discussion-on-april-22/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Green Decade Newton,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Earth Day 4/22/2015, Newton Free Library</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Film: </span><a href="http://powerofonevoicefilm.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Power of One Voice: A 50-Year Perspective on the Life of Rachel Carson </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8Dn3UsYMIaBRiwPvqx_Hw1OXTbv7yRMls1RT_9Z9t7ymS2OhCNZXbkMeNsYZQi3PMF2dyECgkKMySA9UZYO7Fhcge3RuoU-nhrXDLvf3sP_uWHOVyLY50vhcfHoMFQmlHKX93as" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Rachel Carson fws pub domain.jpg" border="0" height="183px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8Dn3UsYMIaBRiwPvqx_Hw1OXTbv7yRMls1RT_9Z9t7ymS2OhCNZXbkMeNsYZQi3PMF2dyECgkKMySA9UZYO7Fhcge3RuoU-nhrXDLvf3sP_uWHOVyLY50vhcfHoMFQmlHKX93as" style="border: medium none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="144px;" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rachel Carson is an inspiration. She taught us that our health depends on the quality of our environment. Her extraordinary responsibility and courage wakes up the voice in me that calls for action with a sense of political urgency as pollution and illness threaten the people and places I love. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We know that, in spite of the truth of her science, Rachel faced a deliberate campaign to discredit her. Today we must be equally resolute in confronting the ongoing attempts to bamboozle us with slick ads for natural gas, pink ribbons on carcinogenic products, or meaningless labels with false claims of safe and natural. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We can not afford to be indifferent or passive. Rachel’s example calls us all to stand up, sign up, speak up, and team up to conserve our natural resources and to work for clean energy, clean water, clean air and safe food.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We don’t have to think of ourselves as whistle blowers or canaries in the mine, but as guardians, steadfast sentries, the defenders of our community. We can imagine ourselves to be sentinel lions, the universal symbol of protection at the entrances of cities, libraries, schools, bridges...guarding the treasures of community.</span></span></div>
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Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-85776478462262369872015-03-31T08:37:00.004-04:002015-12-08T11:14:33.581-05:00<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_a1">
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most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the
contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even
lethal materials. This pollution is for the most part irrecoverable; the
chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life
but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible. In this now
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of the world — the very nature of its life." -- From <a class="profileLink" data-gt="{"entity_id":"212236998800738","entity_path":"\/ajax\/pagelet\/generic.php:LitestandMoreStoriesPagelet:topnews"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=212236998800738" href="https://www.facebook.com/RachelCarsonAuthor">Rachel Carson</a>'s 1962 book <a class="profileLink" data-gt="{"entity_id":"112295485452750","entity_path":"\/ajax\/pagelet\/generic.php:LitestandMoreStoriesPagelet:topnews"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=112295485452750" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Silent-Spring/112295485452750" id="js_aj">Silent Spring</a><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">to stop burning fossil fuel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Poison Control and Pesticide Information Organizations Collaborate to Strengthen Pesticide Safety and Education</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">On
February 23, 2015, the American Association of Poison Control Centers
(AAPCC), which supports the work of the nation’s 55 poison control
centers, and the National Pesticide Information Center
(NPIC), a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and Oregon State University, announced that they have
teamed up to focus on pesticide safety and education.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
two organizations will bring their collective expertise and experience
to developing bilingual health and safety educational materials for the
general public related to pesticides such as
antimicrobials, herbicides, and insecticides.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">To read the joint press release in full, see
<a href="http://www.aapcc.org/press/41/" target="_blank">http://www.aapcc.org/press/41/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Information about <a href="http://www.poisonprevention.org/poison.htm">Poison Prevention Week 2015, March 15-21, 2015</a> <a href="http://www.poisonprevention.org/poison.htm" target="_blank">http://www.poisonprevention.<wbr></wbr>org/poison.htm</a></span></span>Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-15792103412383020072015-02-27T14:31:00.000-05:002015-02-27T14:31:16.832-05:00<h1 class="entry-title">
<a href="http://dcraig.blogs.redding.com/2015/02/rachel-carsons-warnings-about-global-warming/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rachel Carson’s warnings about global warming</span></a></h1>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #252525;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson">Rachel Carson</a>
was born in 1907 and she died in 1964. She was one of the first
scientists to alert the world to the importance of caring for the
environment. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Larry J. Schweiger, the author of <a href="http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Global-Warming/Last-Chance.aspx"><em>Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth,</em> </a>wrote <a href="http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Global-Warming/Last-Chance.aspx">this on the 100th anniversary of Carson’s birth.</a> He wrote,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>“Forever listening to birds and watching the movements of
fish, Rachel discovered that they were shifting from their historic
ranges all over the world and moving quite strikingly and consistently
toward the poles. In her second and wildly successful book published in
1951 entitled, <i>The Sea Around Us</i>, Rachel wrote a chapter
entitled: ‘The Global Thermostat’ detailing the many range shifts and
glacial changes seen in nature in the preceding decades concluding with,
‘now in our own lifetime we are witnessing a startling alteration of
climate…’Because Rachel was listening, she was able to faithfully record
fish and bird migratory changes and melting glaciers and rightfully
associated them with a warming climate.</strong></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #252525;"><b>Read whole article: </b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Doug Craig, Climate of Change</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #252525;">http://dcraig.blogs.redding.com/2015/02/rachel-carsons-warnings-about-global-warming/ </span></span><br />
<br />Ellie Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477807120705576291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306372498740774884.post-42328997628003763382015-02-09T13:44:00.003-05:002015-02-09T13:51:16.847-05:00<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">By Marion Herz. As chief of staff for EPA’s Office of Compliance, job #1 for me is protecting people’s health and their communities.</span></div>
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