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Pet collars will no longer contain toxic pesticide carbaryl, effective 2010

October 21, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
bee, carbamate, carbaryl, flea, pesticide, petcollar, petition, pets, poison, pollinator, ticks, toxic, toxicchemicals

Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the use of carbaryl, a highly toxic pesticide, in pet collars will be withdrawn!  In 2005  NRDC  filed a petition to cancel carbaryl. We asked that EPA cancel uses of carbaryl in pet flea collars...continued

Stormwater runoff...yeuch. PBS Frontline takes us from sewers to tap water

April 20, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
chemicals, Frontline, PBS, pharmaceutical, poison, simplesteps, smartgrowth, stormwater, sustainable, toxic, toxicchemicals, water, watershed

Ever wonder what becomes of that rainwater that runs off pesticide-treated lawns, golf courses, and farm fields? What about the hormone-disupting pharmaceuticals that we flush down the toilet because they are past their due date, leftover, or unwanted? Where does...continued

Jennifer Sass
Jennifer Sass
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Washington, D.C.
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