Green Beat: Toxic Easter eggs, contaminated organic food, LBAM You're Dead
Toxic Easter eggs. Tainted pet food and toothpaste. Toxic toys. In the last several years, recall headlines have dominated the news. Consumers are understandably exhausted. Now, Easter egg spinning tops, plastic Easter eggs, bunny hair clips and chick-style sipper cups exceed lead standard: Plastic Easter Eggs Linked to Lead PaintGMO contaminated organic food. Farmers can grow food using organic methods, but if the crops are contaminated with genetically modified crops then ultimately, how organic is the food? Biotech corn, soybean, cotton and canola threaten the organic food industry and they are calling for standards before it is too late: US organic food industry fears GMO contamination
LBAM You're Dead. Call it an agricultural emergency and aerial pesticide spraying of untested chemicals can be conducted without an environmental impact report or public review: LBAM You're Dead
Golf courses as Audubon Sanctuaries. With a comittment to environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management, outreach and education, chemical use reduction and safety, water conservation, and water quality management, Marriott's 34 golf courses will become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries by the end of the year: Marriott Golf announces plans for Audubon Sanctuaries












