Despite the US EPA rollback of regulations on numerous pesticides, the evidence is overwhelming that pesticides are causing harm to people and wildlife of all kinds, from the soil creatures that make our soil healthy, to the insects that pollinate our crops, to the birds that sing in our backyards, to our pets that...
End of summer, with the cooler night time temperatures, prompts area residents to close their pools for the year. Where does all that pool water go? In my neighborhood, almost half of the neighbors have pools, most are in-ground pools and a couple are above-ground pools. The pool water is gorgeous- clear, blue, inviting...
Living in the Northeastern United States means changes in seasons. Summer to fall to winter to spring. With the warming of the planet, our seasons are less and less predictable, but one thing remains a feature of at least four months out of the year – road salt. Anytime there’s a forecast of cold...
Happy is a perfume that my daughter used to wear sometimes when she was a kid. She got small bottles of Happy from my mother. It kinda does smell like Happy, I think. Or, at least, it conjures some happy times. Our sense of smell is intimately tied to our emotions and memory. It’s...
When learning about pesticides and their effects on our health and our environment, there’s just too much to master! Let’s start with the BOTTOM LINE: Pesticides are Poison! They harm us and they harm our environment. Why do we need to know any more than that? Because the mega-chemical companies are selling us down...
