For Every Woman in your Life / poll

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Thursday May 17, 2007 · 9:44 AM PDT

2007/05/17 · 09:44

You could help protect every woman in your life, and every child in your life, by taking just a little time to check out this revamped toxics/cosmetics/information site from Environmental Working Group.

There is so much to do in all of our lives. We tend to pass by these suggestions until 'later.' Know this though; Cosmetics are not safety-or-ingredient regulated in any significant way. And there are very good reasons to compare them for yourself. And it is quick and easy! Please Click for more;

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29 votes Show Results

I will definitely make some time and learn a little more about which products in our home are truly hazardous

29 votes Vote Now!

I will definitely make some time and learn a little more about which products in our home are truly hazardous

Yes

27 votes

2 votes

Weaponry RadioActive Waste is out of Control. Really.

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Tuesday May 15, 2007 · 1:53 PM PDT

2007/05/15 · 13:53

And amazing new report says:

DOE is ignoring public opposition to unnecessary exposures and releasing radioactivity even though the U.S. Congress revoked such release policies," said Mary Olson, director of the NIRS Southeast office and a co-author of the report. "DOE is using its own internal guidance to allow radioactive weapons wastes out of control, claiming the doses to people will be 'acceptable' even though they are not enforced or tracked.

It's true. So if you have southern cousins or friends, and or if you simply care about people, or live in the SE yourself, or occasionally tour south on holiday, you might wonder where the out-of-control radioactive waste is going. More below,

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Monday May 14, 2007 · 10:09 AM PDT

2007/05/14 · 10:09

This should end now:

Rather than declare the mission accomplished and disband the expensive subsidy program, Congress continued it and allowed it to become even more generous," a 2004 Heritage Foundation report said.

The Program in question is a remnant of the 'New Deal,' and if left unchanged will partly subsidize $35 billion in new coal-fired power generation over the next ten years.

Your congressperson should know you don't approve. Read the rest of the WAPO article HERE
And even more critically, Congress should INVOLVE ITSELF in this: (over the flop) insanity right now;

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18 votes Show Results

Should Congress invole itself in the international climate negotiations by way of public exposure and criticism?

18 votes Vote Now!

Should Congress invole itself in the international climate negotiations by way of public exposure and criticism?

Yes

16 votes

2 votes

Ford rejects environmental leadership/ poll

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Sunday May 13, 2007 · 8:28 AM PDT

2007/05/13 · 08:28

Last week, the shareholders of Ford rejected a motion for measurable environmental stewardship within the company.

The proposal asking Ford to adopt "quantitative goals for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions from the company's products and operations" garnered only 14.12 percent support of the shareholders.

One might imagine that approval of a motion asking ONLY THAT would be assured - at any corporation that even wants to pretend to be environmentally responsible. But no.
Corporations 'talk the talk' in green image advertising all the time - occasionally leading some of us towards cautious optimism about their intentions. This story reminds us that most of them still don't want to walk the walk.

cross-posted from http://www.organicamerican.com

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23 votes Show Results

Environmental impact is a factor in all of my purchases

23 votes Vote Now!

Environmental impact is a factor in all of my purchases

Yes

16 votes

7 votes

Shutting down 80 coal-fired plants/poll

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Friday May 11, 2007 · 6:32 AM PDT

2007/05/11 · 06:32

Buy only compact fluorescent bulbs. It's simple, and that commitment alone is a way you can make an immediate difference in the battle against global warming.

Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, and a paragon of precision in environmental writing, points out that a compact fluorescent bulb uses only one fourth as much electricity, lasts 10 times as long, and easily saves $50 during its lifetime. The bulbs can and must be recycled afterward, and the mercury in each is a fraction of the mercury released for each coal-energized incandescent we replace. It makes perfect sense - for all of us.

If the entire United States made the switch, that would facilitate shutting down 80 coal-fired plants.

Click HERE for BAN THE BULB:
Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents
Could Close 270 Coal-Fired Power Plants , Brown's fine in-depth article on the growing movement to eliminate incandescents as soon as possible. It's a great read if you have time. Either way, let's just switch, right now.
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40 votes Show Results

I will try to only purchase compact fluorescent bulbs from now on

40 votes Vote Now!

I will try to only purchase compact fluorescent bulbs from now on

Yes

30 votes

10 votes

exporting poisons to Canada/poll

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Thursday May 10, 2007 · 11:07 AM PDT

2007/05/10 · 11:07

Up north, under the guise of the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" "a wide-ranging plan to streamline regulatory and security protocols across North America," The Conservative government of Steven Harper continues to downgrade Canadian standards and sovereignty in favor of Wall Street.

The story illustrates important points for Americans too. For instance, that in many cases, US standards are far far weaker than in most developed countries. In some cases, even weaker than 'developing' countries.

Pesticides are implicated in birth defects of genitalia, cancers, and as a cause of mental illnesses. And studies increasingly show that the damage is done at lower exposure levels than previously imagined possible.

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11 votes Show Results

The percentage of my food purchases that are certified organic is :

11 votes Vote Now!

The percentage of my food purchases that are certified organic is :

0 %

2 votes

over 20%

6 votes

over 50%

2 votes

over 75%

1 vote

Got LEAD? With your baby food?/poll

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Wednesday May 09, 2007 · 8:54 AM PDT

2007/05/09 · 08:54

The Center for Environmental Health exposed the lead in your toddler's lunch box recently, (if you bought the wrong one). That led to the exposure of lead in his baby-sister's bib. Yes m'am, if you see your baby chewing on that bib - for instance

the Baby Connection brand vinyl (PVC) bibs, which were sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, your little angel has access to a lead level more than 16 times greater than the legal limit for lead in paint.

The Center says legal action has forced Wal Mart to remove the lead-tainted bibs from shelves in three states. Forced. How about your state? Overall, it's a great example of an inspiring wonderful story illustrating just why we don't need a lot of that phony lefty regulation and monitoring of good 'ol market forces. Flip over for press release and study links. cross posted from http://www.organicamerican.com

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15 votes Show Results

The candidate most aware of environmental/health regulatory issues is

15 votes Vote Now!

The candidate most aware of environmental/health regulatory issues is

Clinton

0 votes

Edwards

8 votes

Obama

2 votes

other

5 votes

Action Opportunity / w poll

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Sunday May 06, 2007 · 2:38 PM PDT

2007/05/06 · 14:38

Some time this week, do you have a moment?

Get a message to your rep in Congress about the Clean Water Protection Act, introduced by Representatives Frank Pallone (D), and Chris Shays (R). As described by ens-newswire

More than 1,200 miles of streams already have been destroyed in Appalachia by the coal companies that have been flouting the Clean Water Act for years while the EPA and the Corps looked the other way.

There is more!

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6 votes Show Results

I actually will take the time to email or call my rep about this

6 votes Vote Now!

I actually will take the time to email or call my rep about this

Yes

4 votes

2 votes

The Farmer in the Dell/ w poll

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Wednesday May 02, 2007 · 8:42 AM PDT

2007/05/02 · 08:42

There is already a good diary on the board specifically about melamine and chickens, but I don't think this is duplication because it is a different look from a different angle.

Moreover, knowing what to do about your food safety is important. There is a broader lesson to take from the ballad of melamine pet poisons;

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24 votes Show Results

Most of my food travels

24 votes Vote Now!

Most of my food travels

over 3000 miles to my plate

0 votes

over 1500 miles to my plate ( that's the average diet)

4 votes

less than 300 miles to my plate

4 votes

I have no idea

16 votes

Gore and Suzuki - wrong and right /poll

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Saturday April 28, 2007 · 2:22 PM PDT

2007/04/28 · 14:22

David Suzuki was clearly right yesterday when he called the latest Canadian Conservative Government climate plan an embarrassment and a sham. He may have been wrong in a way, when he said 'it is not enough,' - because it is more accurate to say that, quite possibly, IT IS NOTHING AT ALL.

Al Gore was right when he said "In my opinion, it is a complete and total fraud," and "designed to mislead the Canadian people." But he was wrong when he said to Canadians that he has "no right to interfere in your decisions."

What is clear is that the Harper government has simply offered another in its absurd string of fake climate change programs, and here is why:

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42 votes Show Results

Significant FEDERAL laws in North America, to slow global warming, will take

42 votes Vote Now!

Significant FEDERAL laws in North America, to slow global warming, will take

less than 4 more years to enact

12 votes

more than four more years to enact

30 votes

Organic Food / Stable Climate /

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Friday April 27, 2007 · 1:17 PM PDT

2007/04/27 · 13:17

The growing organic agriculture industry, like most of the world, needs relatively stable climate patterns.

Obviously then, we have to be certain that effective steps are taken to try to prevent radical climate change.

But an investigation by the Financial Times has illustrated that climate change initiatives are being corrupted, or simply scams. More over;

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Wednesday April 25, 2007 · 8:42 AM PDT

2007/04/25 · 08:42

Bisphenol-a is a chemical developed as a synthetic estrogen in the 1930s, that wound up primarily in use as a plastics component.

Other synthetic estrogens have recently been in the mainstream news again as highly-likely carcinogens - particularly connected to breast cancers - and that might make you wonder if you want such substances leaching into your family's diet:

"In March, the Environmental Working Group announced it had found bisphenol-a leaking out of half of nearly 100 samples of canned food tested. Bisphenol-a is often applied as a coating inside food cans to extend shelf life. But what caused the biggest stir in Congress was its report that the government's health assessment was being compiled by a contractor with ties to chemical companies manufacturing bisphenol-a."

So all of these issues are tied to politics of course. Over,

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51 votes Show Results

Should candidates be pressed that all food safetly and environmental health and prodct safetly studies be published on the internet as a matter of law?

51 votes Vote Now!

Should candidates be pressed that all food safetly and environmental health and prodct safetly studies be published on the internet as a matter of law?

yes

51 votes

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