December, 2021 : not yet.
November, 2021 : ** LIB TALKS : An Update On My Own EMF Invasion, Important Action of the Month, Dealing With Other TIP Concerns, Humor?, Tell Me If You Have Had a Problem With EMF Exposure, Welcoming TIP Related Suggestions, Questions & Support. ** RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Paul Klinkman, Klinkman Solar Design ( & EMF Mediator) **SAFE TECHNOLOGY INFO, CONTACTS & ACTIONS : Help Us Fix Congress's 5G Mistake Most Amusing 5G Refusing Example, How To Shield Out 5g Ultra Near-Microwaves **GOOD NEWS: California Bans PFAS Forever Chemicals in Paper-Based Food Packaging
October, 2021 : ** LIB TALKS : A Strange Situation – My Own EMF Invasion, How Will I Deal With the EMF Info? Tell Me If You Have Had a Problem With EMF Exposure, Welcoming TIP Related Suggestions, Questions & Support.
** RESOURCES OF THE MONTH: Cecelia (Cece) Doucette (& her 5G Interview) RI Safe Technology Contacts – Steve Dahl & Sheila Resseger
**: SAFE TECHNOLOGY INFO & ACTIONS: New Hampshire Bombshell Report re: Science Questioning Safety of 5G, 5G Banned Locations, Lawsuits On 5g, Wi-Fi , Wireless Radiation & Health Effects Pittsfield Board of Health Tells Verizon to Take Down Cell Tower.
September, 2021 :
**LIB TALKS: What – And How – Is It Best To Share?
Tell Me Which Topics You Are Most Into!
Welcoming TIP Related Suggestions, Questions & Support.
** RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Klinkman Solar Design (KSD)
**EMF CONCERNS: Safe Technology Info Online, 81 Organizations
Urge Pennsylvania Supreme Court To Reject Smart Meters Mandate
** GOOD NEWS: TURI Grant Projects Awarded In 2021, NYS Senate
and NYS Assembly Pass New Lead In School Drinking Water Bill
**HEALTH INFORMATION & CONCERNS: Study Identifies
Nearly 300 Chemicals, Many In Consumer Products, That Could
Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Two Reports on “New Car Smell”
**CONSUMER INFORMATION & ACTIONS:
**How To Avoid Food With Monsanto’s Roundup Sprayed On It,
The Nearly Magical Eating Formula To Radically Improve Your Health
**TIP POSITION ON HEALTH CARE
** BENEFIT/SUPPORT TIP: Including At No Cost To You!
August, 2021 :** LIB TALKS : Three Concerns Stick Out As the Most Important in Our Lives, All These Share A Significant Other Concern, TIP’s Response, Welcoming TIP Related Suggestions, Questions & Support. ** RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Children’s Health Defense **EMF CONCERNS : Historic Win: CHD Wins Case Against FCC On Safety Guidelines For 5G And Wireless ** GOOD NEWS : Trump Let This Pesticide Stay On The Market. Under Biden, EPA Is Banning Its Use On Food, Communities In Action Success Stories Archives **CONSUMER INFORMATION & ACTIONS: Tell Your Farmer: USDA Accepting Applications To Help Cover Costs For Organic Certification **VACCINE CONCERNS: How 90% Of Covid Deaths Could Have Been Prevented (and - Recommendations if Opting for the Vaccine) ** TIP POSITION ON HEALTH CARE
July, 2021 : ** LIB TALKS : Vaccine Concerns Challenge, (Who’s Most at Risk, How to Report Injury), Info Disputes & Censorship, Accentuating the Positive – Actions to Protect, Welcoming TIP Related Suggestions, Questions & Support. ** RESOURCE OF THE MONTH : Klinkman Solar Design – Solar Thermal Hot Water Opportunity **EMF CONCERNS: Take Action on Cellphone Radiation and EWG Guide to Safer Cellphone Use ** GOOD NEWS : Delivering Non-GMO Corn to Mexico!! Judge Rejects Bayer Proposal To Settle Future Roundup Claims ** CONSUMER INFORMATION: EWG Sunscreen Guide **TIP POSITION ON HEALTH CARE
June, 2021 : ** LIB TALKS : Hope Rises – More & More Pushback vs. the 5G Threat. The Sad Problem: Evidence of EMF Damage to Health is Chilling So Many Concerns – So Little Time, Energy & Space! Welcoming TIP Related Suggestions, Questions & Support ** RESOURCES OF THE MONTH : Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology & 5G Free RI **GOOD NEWS & BAD NEWS RE: EMF CONCERNS : 5G Tower Construction Halted, Lawsuit on Otard Rule Proceeds, Two Examples of Health Damage From EMFs **MORE GOOD NEWS & ACTIONS : IFGO Calls for Restriction of PFAS Across the Globe ** CONSUMER INFORMATION : EWG Info & Advice Re: PFAS
May, 2021 :
** LIB TALKS : Hope Rises – More & More Pushback vs. the 5G Threat. The Sad Problem: Evidence of EMF Damage to Health is Chilling So Many Concerns – So Little Time, Energy & Space! Welcoming TIP Related Suggestions, Questions & Support ** RESOURCES OF THE MONTH : Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology & 5G Free RI **GOOD NEWS & BAD NEWS RE: EMF CONCERNS : 5G Tower Construction Halted, Lawsuit on Otard Rule Proceeds, Two Examples of Health Damage From EMFs **MORE GOOD NEWS & ACTIONS : IFGO Calls for Restriction of PFAS Across the Globe ** CONSUMER INFORMATION : EWG Info & Advice Re: PFAS
April, 2021 :
**LIB TALKS: Censorship of Health Information by Feds re Vitamins, Supplements & Covid – Shut Up Or Pay Up! Support The Free Flow Of Natural Health Information, Similar Lack of Good Info from Govt. Per Cosmetic/Fragrance Toxicity, TIP Related Suggestions & Support ** RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Environmental Working Group (EWG) **EMF CONCERNS & ACTIONS: See local contacts below. ** GOOD NEWS & ACTIONS: Walmart Announced Policy To Protect Bees, But Kroger Falls Short, Urge Kroger To Do Its Part, Tell Amazon To Take Bee-Killing Pesticides Off Its Shelves **OTHER ACTIONS: Demand Safe Water: Regulate ‘Forever Chemicals’ Now **CONSUMER INFORMATION: EWG’S Skin Deep Database, Two 2019 Bills Attempting to Require Safe Cosmetics, Fragrance in Cosmetics Info From FDA
March, 2021 : **LIB TALKS: The Importance of EMF Concerns, Good News – & People, TIP Related Suggestions & Support ** RESOURCES OF THE MONTH: Chip Osborne, Osborne Organics **GOOD NEWS: Victory For Pollinators! Retail Stores To Stop Selling Neonic Pesticides In Massachusetts **EMF CONCERNS & ACTIONS: Letter #1 “Why Wired Broadband Is Better Than Wireless.” Letter #2 “Wired Yes Wireless No” **OTHER ACTIONS: Ban Cancer-Linked Chemical Found In Citrus **CONSUMER INFORMATION: EMG Guide to Pesticides in Products including Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen Lists. **TIP Position on Health Care
February, 2021 :
**LIB TALKS: Consumer Reports Awareness of PFA Risks, Life These Days is a Mixed Bag - & Confusion Reigns, Comment on EMF Concerns, TIP Related Suggestions & Support ** RHODE ISLAND CONCERNS/ACTIONS: Urgent: Protect Our Families From Harmful PFAS, Object to Burning of Medical Waste **RHODE ISLAND RESOURCES OF THE MONTH: RI for Safe Technology & 5G Free RI ** ACTIONS IN THE MAINSTREAM: Tell The EPA: BAN Chlorpyrifos, Stop USDA From Deregulating GMO Animals! **GOOD NEWS: Rodale Enlists Cargill In Unlikely Alliance To Increase Organic Farmland, Center For Food Safety Victories And Accomplishments ** CONSUMER CONCERNS: Consumer Reports & Alliance for Natural Health re: Risks of “Forever Chemicals (PFAs) & Action to Take” **TIP Position on Health Care Re-Stated,
December, 2020 : **LIB TALKS: Good News /Bad News/ Urgent Actions, Happy New Year Resource, Sharing Comments With TIP. **RI RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: The Good Seed **ACTION IN RHODE ISLAND: Tell Gov. Raimondo to Ban the Worst of Neonic Pesticides **GOOD NEWS & BAD NEWS: Actions at the Federal Level Re: Avoiding Bad Appointments, Restoring Protection vs. Chlorpyrifos ** CONSUMER CONCERNS (& ACTION):Tell Lowe’s & Home Depot to Stop Selling RoundUp **LOTS OF GOOD NEWS: An All Good News Page?
November, 2020 :
**LIB TALKS: Two Ways to Make A Difference, Sharing TIPS for a Healthy Life, Free Solar Offer, Comment to Supporters**CURRENT EMF INFO & ACTIONS: New Hampshire State Report On Health And Environmental Effects of 5G and Wireless Radiation**RI RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Klinkman Solar Design (KSD) **GOOD NEWS: Reimagining Environmental Health Science With The New USFS Earth Center ** CONSUMER CONCERNS (& ACTION): Tell Kroger To Stop Selling Food Grown With Toxic Pesticides, Consumers Who Avoid Products With Harmful Chemicals On The Label Have Lower Body Burden
October, 2020 :
**LIB TALKS: TIP’s Views On Two Major Concerns – Covid & 5Gs, Chip Osborne and His New Organic Landscaping Association **CURRENT EMF INFO & ACTIONS: Important Letter to Local Newspapers About Proposed Action on South County Ballot **RI RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Osborne Organics & OLA **GOOD NEWS: New Hampshire Group Stops Fracked Gas Pipeline **HEALTHY LIFE STYLE INFO FROM EWG: Cleaners and Your Health, Don’t Want to Chew Glyphosate? ** COVID CONCERNS (& ACTION)
September, 2020 :
**TIME-SENSITIVE EVENT: “Preventing Childhood Cancer” Webinair **LIB TALKS: Good Efforts From Three Mainstream Organizations **CURRENT EMF INFO & ACTIONS: Accessing “Generation Zapped” Digitally Through Your Public Library **RI RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: The Good Seed Natural Food Market ** ACTIONS: Get ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out Of Bottled Water! Tell Lowe's & Home Depot: Stop selling Bayer-Monsanto's Roundup, Tell Congress to Ban Glyphosate **GOOD NEWS: Mexico Bans Glyphosate, Judge Rules For NH In 3M’s Bid To Block PFAS Protections **BOOSTING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM VS. COVID: 10 Incredibly Powerful Antiviral Herbs
August, 2020 : **LIB TALKS: Important Information From Another Newsletter, Considering All Possibly Helpful Information **CURRENT EMF INFO & ACTIONS: Cranston Hears Wireless Hazards Presentations, Help Protect the Girl Scouts From Wireless Radiation **OTHER ACTIONS: Tell Congress – Ban Toxic Pesticides, **GOOD NEWS: Alaska Mine 'Cannot Be Permitted,' Trump Administration Rules In Major Reversal **POSSIBLE CAUSES & ACTIONS RE. COVID: Dr. ‘Coronavirus Hunter’ Ralph Baric: Preparing Us For A Pandemic? Or Putting Us In Peril Of One?, Demand An Immediate Global Ban On Gain-Of-Function ‘Biomedical’ & ‘Biodefense’ Research! **HOW TO BENEFIT TIP AT NO COST TO YOU! **RI EMF RESOURCES: Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology & 5G-Free RI (Along with TIP)
July, 2020 :
*LIB TALKS: Explanation of TIP Policies on Info & Sources Fascinating Vaccine Debate Between Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. & Alan Dershowitz, Comment on TIP TALKS Content **CURRENT EMFINFO & ACTIONS: Urgent Appeal to FCC, Candidates Pledge Re: 5G, Tell Pampers - Wireless “Smart” Baby Diapers Are Not Safe, **OTHER ACTIONS: Tell The California Senate To Pass The T oxic-Free Cosmetics Act, Stop the Spread of PFA Contamination **GOOD NEWS: Mexico Announces Phase-Out & Ban On Glyphosate Herbicides, Appeals Court Slams Bayer/ Monsanto, Public Outcry Delays Release of 750 Million GM Mosquitoes in Florida, Canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline Is A Victory For North Carolina **POSSSIBLE CAUSES & CARE OPTIONS FOR COVID Is There Scientific Censorship In The Study Of Covid-19 Origins? **HOW TO BENEFIT TIP AT NO COST TO YOU! **RI EMF RESOURCES: Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology & 5G-Free RI (Along with TIP)
June, 2020 :
**LIB TALKS: Sometimes the Same News Is A Blessing, Does One Segment of Our Government Work Better? Covid-19 Can Be Confusing – But Seeking Immunity Can Help, Clever Consumers Still Overcome Summer Risks **RI EMF RESOURCES: Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology and New Group: 5G-Free RI **GOOD NEWS: California Assembly Approves Toxic-Free Cosmetic Act, U.S. Appeals Court Bans Dicamba In Massive Shock For Bayer **CORONA VIRUS INFO & ACTION: Ground Zero In Wuhan: What Really Happened? (One Reporter’s Viewpoint) Health Is Our Natural State: Covid-19 & Vitamin D, From CHE: Upcoming Webinars Related to Health During The Covid Era **CLEVER CONSUMER: Summer Is Coming: America’s Killer Lawns – Opinion Piece In NY Times, EWG Sunscreen Guide
May, 2020 : **LIB TALKS: Four Major Concerns This Month – With Hope & Help **EMF CONCERNS & ACTIONS: National Fighting 5G Call – What’s Working? 5G Victory in Tennessee, Sample Letter, “5G Risk: :The Scientific Perspective” Free E-Book:& June 5G Online Summit **RI EMF RESOURCES: Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology and New Group: 5G-Free RI. **HEALTH CARE PETITION: Doctors Gagged as Feds Launch Censorship Campaign **CORONA VIRUS INFO & ACTION: Sharing Ways To Fend Off The Coronavirus, Set the Record Straight on Natural Covid-19 Prevention
April, 2020 : **QUICK ACTION ON A LONG-TIME CONCERN: NeonicsPesticide Ban **LIB TALKS: Reminder of Last Month’ Corona & Other Flu Virus Optiions, How to Resist Another Serious Threat, A Great Guy is Heading A Great Organization, Take Action Against Big Pharma Media Bias
**QUICK ACTION ON A LONG-TIME CONCERN: ** COUNTRYWIDE RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Children’s Health Defense
**EMF CONCERNS & ACTIONS: EMF Actions Around the Country, Cities & Parents Resisting EMF Exposures, Sample Letter to Protect
Children in Your Area **RI EMF RESOURCE: Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology
**CONAVIRUS INFO & ACTION: Sharing Ways To Fend Off The Coronavirus, Set the Record Straight on Natural Covid Prevention
March, 2020 : **LIB TALKS: Our Take on the Coronavirus, Immune Support Info & Suggestions We Can’t Forget One Other Important Concern. EMF CONCERNS: 5G Illness in Switzerland, Claims of 5G COVID-19 connection, Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology
**RI RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: The Good Seed Natural Food Market **SEEKING WAYS TO FEND OFF THE CORONAVIRUS: 21 Natural Alternatives to the Flu Shot, Best Alternative Natural Flu Remedies, Comments on Breathing Support Methods During Virus Outbreaks, **CLEVER CONSUMER Natural, Less Toxic Cleaners For Dealing With Viruses?
February, 2020 : **LIB TALKS: How I Choose Items for TIP TALKS, Correction, EMFS IN RI: Original News Story – 5G Coming to Providence
Before Rest of Country, Health Effects, Arlene Violet Concern, RI Safe Technology Group Action Needed
**RI RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Bio-Tech Pest Control (See also correction re: the January Resource comment)
**SOME MIXED NEWS: Corteva To Stop Production Of Chlorpyrifos Linked To Brain Damage In Kids
**ACTIONS: Let’s Get Rid Of Factory Farms By 2040 **PROTECTING PETS: Secret Ingredients.
**CLEVER CONSUMER: Thank The Food Companies That Pledged Never To Sell Gmo Salmon!
**EMF CONCERNS INFO: Smart Meter Radiation Protection Tips
January, 2020 : **LIB TALKS: Why We Need to Focus on the New & Scary Threat From EMFs: The Rushing 5G Rollout -
Why 5G Cell Towers Are More Dangerous,
** EMFS IN RI: Original News Story – 5G Coming to Providence
Before Rest of Country, Health Effects, Arlene Violet Concern,
RI Safe Technology Group,
**SAD - & GOOD NEWS: Pesticide Awareness & Substitution.
**RI/CT RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: BioTech
Environmental Care (Pest Control & Organic Land Care
**RI HEART HEALTH EVENT: Feb. 6 Presentation by N.D.
**SOME GOOD NEWS: Monsanto’s Big Mistake – How
Activists Got Their Secret Papers, An Illinois Village Council
Nixes a 5G Application
**ACTIONS: Tell The Democratic Candidates to Say No to
Big Agriculture Campaign Contributions, Tell Loew's
& Home Depot to Ditch Roundup
**CLEVER CONSUMER: Is the Flu Shot Really Effective?\
(and safe? Info direct from the Center for Disease Control)
December, 2019 :
November, 2019 :
**LIB TALKS: A Day for Thanksgiving: What’s Good In the Midst of a Toxic World? Points of Progress & Simple Quick TIPs for Having a Healthier Home & Life. **RI/MA RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Osborne Organics **EMFS IN RI: RI Safe Technology Group **EMF CONCERNS & INFO: A Positive Note re: the Growth of Awareness About the 5G Problem
*GOOD NEWS: Do We Now Have An Environmentalist Pope?
**ACTIONS: Justice Gets Monsanto Again - & Again!
**CLEVER CONSUMER: 5 Healthy & Sustainable Food Storage
Alternatives To Plastic
October, 2019 : **LIB TALKS: It’s The Season To Be Sick? Combatting The “Teflon Flu” Provided By Dupont, We Can’t All Sue, Beyond the Cough & Congestion Blitz - Handling Some Other Household & Automobile Concerns, Clever Consumer Campaign Reminder, **RHODE ISLAND NOTES; The Good Seed: A Great Next-Door Neighbor **GOOD NEWS: Dupont Losing Its Suits per Teflon Chems, Corporate Lawyer Turns Into Public Protector, Junk Soda Gets More Expensive**ACTIONS: Get Unsafe Industrial Chemicals Out of Our Drinking Water, Take the Antibiotic IQ Quiz **RESOURCES: Car Seats, Chemicals & Kids, Indoor Air Pollution
September, 2019 :
**LIB TALKS: Very Good - & Very Bad - News This Week, Great Quote (Complaint) From Monsanto, Trouble in the Air, Growing Recognition of EMF Concerns, Share Stories & Info **RI/CT/MA WARNING: Aerial Spraying Ongoing **RI/MA RESOURCE OF THE MONTH Southside Community Land Trust **EMFS IN RI: RI EMF Group Website, Arlene Violet Knows About EMFs! **EMF CONCERNS & INFO: Wi-Fi Is An Important Threat To Human Health, Brussels The First Major City To Halt 5g Due To Health Effects
*GOOD NEWS: Germany to Ban Use of Glyphosate, Vermont Amends Chemicals Of High Concern (CHCC) In Children’s Products Reporting Rule ** RESOURCES & ACTIONS: Lupus And Autoimmunity Summit, Tell Congress To Ban Monsanto/Bayer’s Cancer-Causing Roundup Weedkiller!, Keep Organics GMO Free **PROTECTING PETS: Lawn Chemicals Linked To 2 Types Of Cancer In Dogs
**CLEVER CONSUMER: Tell General Mills, Eliminate Glyphosate & Other Toxic Pesticides From Your Supply Chain
August, 2019 :
**LIB TALKS: We Are Heading for the Last Roundup,
**Educating Yourself & Others, Including Your Doctor Food Concerns & Use Your Consumer Clout **RI/CT/MA RESOURCES & UPDATES: Good Earth Organic Gardening Center **EMF CONCERNS
& INFO The 5g Crisis: Awareness & Accountability Summit I **SEASONAL WARNING: Extreme Heat & Sports on Artificial Turf *GOOD NEWS: Seattle Restricts RoundUp ** ACTIONS:: Tell Congress to Ban Glyphosate, Tell The EPA: People, Pollinators And The Planet Deserve Better Than Monsanto’s Roundup **RESOURCES: New Environmental Toxics Resource For Clinicians, Factory Farming & Big Pharma **CLEVER CONSUMER: Tell Grocery Stores: Say No To Chlorpyrifos
Veggie Burgers And Fake Meat: Pros And Cons
July, 2019 : not posted yet
June, 2019 :
May, 2019 :
April, 2019 :
March, 2019 :
February, 2019 : **LIB TALKS: RI Safe Tech group Moving Forward, Reasons for February Featured Resource, A Strange Kind of Good News: **RI/CT/MA RESOURCE: Bio-Tech Pest Control, LLC **UPDATE ON MONSANTO TRIALS **ACTION ALERT: Call for Safer Kids’ Car Seats **VACCINE CONFUSION: What’s the Real Answer to Effectiveness & Safety Questions? **EMF ACTIONS & INFO: Cell Phones, 5 G Small Cell Towers
and the International Appeal for a 5G Halt
January, 2019: **RI/CT/MA AREA EVENT (FREE) Film & Discussion: “The Devil We Know” **TIP WEBSITE NEWS: “Safer Technology” Page Now Open **LIB TALKS: Two Great Films to Watch or Schedule, New Group Forming Re: EMFs, Offering More Good News in TIP TALKS **RI/CT/MA RESOURCE: Thompson Organic Landscaping ** GOOD NEWS: Re: Gmo & Glyphosate Awareness & Action **ACTION: EWG Survey re: GMOS.
December, 2018: **LIB TALKS: Thinking Positive For The New Year, Two More Hats for Countering “Toxics”, The Good News **RI/CT/MA AREA EVENT (FREE) Transformative Storytelling Workshop **RI AREA GOOD NEWS RE: PESTICIDES: Ct Bans Residential Mosquito Misters ** GOOD NEWS RE: FOOD: Organic Food Lowers Cancer Risk **GOOD NEWS RE: EMFs: Verizon Withdraws Small Cell Wireless Booster Application **ADDITIONAL VICTORIES VS. TOXIC STUFF: (The judicial is one of our systems that sometimes works!) **Court Shuts Down Offshore Agriculture In Gulf of Mexico **Court Orders EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos **CLEVER CONSUMER SUCCESS & ACTION: Food Coops Dumping Ben & Jerry’s Glyphosate-Contaminated Ice Cream
( How About Your Store?)
November, 2018: **LIB TALKS: Busy Time, Much Good Work, Substitutes Emerge, PFAS (The Sticky Sort of Toxics), EMF & Pesticide Notes, Pets Suffer from Glyphosate Too. **RI/MA AREA GOOD NEWS Safer Paint Stripper Developed at UMass Lowell **RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE: Klinkman Solar Design (KSD), Providence, RI **OTHER GOOD NEWS: Vermont Says “No” to Herbicided Lake **TWO ACTIONS VS. PFAS: Protect Drinking Water, Get Companies to Pay for Cleanup **CLEVER CONSUMER PESTICIDE ACTION: Get Pesticides Out of Breakfast”, **EMF INFO & ACTION: Cell Phone Radiation Concerns & Protection **PROTECTING PETS: Two Reports re: Glyphosate Found in Popular Pet Foods
October, 2018: **LIB TALKS:
Finding Focus for the Coming Year
EMF & Pesticide Notes
What’s “Mixed Bag News”?
The Third Pestilent, Polluting “P”
**RI/MA AREA GOOD NEWS
Rehoboth Selectmen Approve Natural Gas
Pipeline Moratorium
**RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE:
Redwood Nursery & Garden Center, Swansea, MA
**OTHER GOOD NEWS
Many Professional Teams Are Ripping Up Synthetic Turf
Fields And Replacing Them With Grass
**MIXED BAG NEWS:
Ohio Residents Fed Up With Fracking Wastewater
**EMF INFO & ACTION:
Two Powerful Videos Re: 5 G Concerns
Signatures Requested for The International Appeal
to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN:
The Effects of Plastics on Health
September, 2018: **LIB TALKS: EMFs: A Rising Concern, Other TIP Matters
**RI AREA ACTION: Help Get Info Out!
**RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE:
Good Earth Organic Gardening Center
**GOOD NEWS California Passes
Flame Retardant Bill, Despite Industry Protests
**MIXED BAG NEWS:
FCC Pushes 5G, and Mayors Threaten Suit Against It
**PESTICIDE ACTION
Tell NSBA – No More Monsanto Roundup **USEFUL WARNINGS & ACTIONS:
EWG Cell Phone Info & Survey,
Italian C/P Cancer Study, French & California
Educators re: Cell Phones in Schools
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN:
Quick TIP Re: GMOs in Ice Cream,
Tell Ace Hardware – Stop Selling Deadly Paint Strippers!
August, 2018: **LIB TALKS: Pesticide Poisoners on the Run,
Consumer Power Rising With Know-How
**RI AREA EVENT:(With TIP table)
Pascoag Green Festival
**RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE:
Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT)
**GOOD NEWS:
Monsanto Pays Up in Cancer Suit, and
Court Orders EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos
**USEFUL WARNINGS & ACTIONS:
Stop Monsanto’s Dirty Tricks
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN:
Get Glyphosate Out of Our Food
**BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCE
Safer School Supplies: Shopping Guide
July, 2018: **LIB TALKS: Not Much This Month!
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN:
QUICK TIP: Say No To Fake Combo!
**RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE:
American Landscape, LLC, Sharon View Nursery
**GOOD NEWS: .U.S. Judge Allows Lawsuits
Over Monsanto's Roundup To Proceed To Trial
**USEFUL WARNINGS & ACTIONS
Letter: Herbicide On Bike Path
Is Dangerous, Ineffective
(Responses to TIP welcomed)
ACTION ALERT: Oppose ADUFA,
Tell Governors to Ban Chlorpyrifos
June, 2018: **LIB TALKS: Greenhouse Grant Proposal Update,
Continued Struggle vs. GMOs, Continuing the
Feds vs. Locals Preemption Battle
**RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE:
Simply Safer Premium Lawn Care
**GOOD NEWS: 2018 - A Banner Year
for Community Action on Pesticides,
How Maryland Banned Fracking
**USEFUL WARNINGS & ACTIONS: Frankenapples Are Here! Say No to the Latest GMO!
Roll-Out of New 5G Wireless Network
is a Massive Human Experiment”
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN
ACTION ALERT: Tell Whole Foods t
he Time for GMO Labeling is NOW!
**CHANGE IN GOODSEARCH &
GOODSHOP WEB ADDRESSES!
May, 2018: **LIB TALKS: TIP Grant Proposal Update,
Serious Toxic Concerns Ignored or Dismissed
by MSM, Preemption Problem Again!,
Odd Notes Re: "Air Fresheners"
**RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE: Chip Osborne, “Go Organic”
RI (& National) CONCERN/ACTION:
Seed Regulation Preemption
**GOOD NEWS: EU Court Backs Neonicotanoids Ban,
CT Passes Pesticide Misters Ban
**USEFUL RESEARCH & WARNINGS:
Air Freshener Hazards
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN:
SUMMERY RESOURCES & ACTION
Sunscreen Safety & Protection, Kids & Sunscreen,
Action vs. Oxybenzone in Sunscreens
April, 2018:
**LIB TALKS: TIP Grant Proposal, Plastic & Petroleum - the Putrid Pair, Gov. Entities Doing Their Jobs? Word is Getting Around of the Rise in “Canaries” & Toxic Turf, Act to Avoid Preemption!, Get Wise About Plastic Food Packaging.
**RI/CT/MA AREA RESOURCE: Go Organic
**GOOD NEWS: The US Access Board “Gets It!”
PA Superior Court Rules That Fracking Natural Gas
From a Neighboring Property Is Trespassing
**USEFUL RESEARCH & WARNINGS:
One in Four Americans React to Toxics,
Crumb Rubber Mulch Evaluation,
**ACTIONS: Stop Sneak Attack on Local Pesticide Laws.
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN/RESOURCES:
Plastic Food Packaging Concerns & Advice
March, 2018:
*LIB TALKS: More on “Safety” of Low Chemical Doses,
MCS Recognition Rises, A Bit of Attention to the Plastic Problem,
Saving the Family Farm - & the Bees, Clever Consumer Info of
the Month, Why Wild Plants? **RHODE ISLAND/CT/MA AREA
RESOURCE: RI Wild Plant Society (RIWPS)
**GOOD NEWS: Plastic-Free in a Supermarket Aisle!
**USEFUL RESEARCH: Are Some Chemicals More Dangerous at Low Doses?
Parabens in Personal Care Products Dangerous Even at Low Levels,
MCS on the Rise as Research Exposes Its Dangers
Support the Food & Farm Act, Tell RI Governor to Ban Bee-Killing
Pesticides in the State
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN:: Carpet Concerns
**RESOURCES: Six Questions & EWG’s Guide on Cell Phone Use
February, 2018: **LIB TALKS: Hectic Time for Liberty G, Complicated Goings On Around the Globe, Clever Non-Stinky Consumers, Cats, Apps, Homes, Presentation.
**RHODE ISLAND/CT/MA AREA
RESOURCE: NOFA-RI
**GOOD NEWS: Why Fracking in the UK is in Big Trouble
**USEFUL RESEARCH: Journal Article Pertinent To Synthetic Turf & Which Chemical Levels Cause Harm
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN:: Fragrance Is the New Secondhand Smoke
**PROTECTING PETS: Could The Family Couch Be Making Your Cat Sick?
**RESOURCES: EWG’s Healthy Living Home Guide,
Detox App en Espanol.
January, 2018: not yet
December, 2017:
**LIB TALKS: Happy & Hopeful New Year, What’s the Good News? Clever Consumer Holiday Reminder/Warning, Advice on Dealing With EMF Concerns Re: Cell Phones, New Year's Resolution **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA RESOURCE: (TIP) **GOOD NEWS: Moms Across America Ask Governors in 50 States to ban Glyphosate, CT Fracking Waste Bans **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: Scented Candles Avoidance: Reminder **RESOURCES: CDPH Issues Guidance On How To Reduce Exposure To Cell Phones, 20 Houseplants That Clear Toxins From Your Home
November, 2017: **LIB TALKS: Happy Holidays For You!, What’s the Good News?, A TT Issue Filled With Positive News & Info. Please Also Think of Us! **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA RESOURCE: The Solar School Greenhouse Project – A great gift for a lucky recipient. **GOOD NEWS: New Study Shows Non-GMO Diet Improves Health, Five Potentially Harmful Chemicals Now Banned From Children’s Products, Firefighters Turn Up the Heat on Flame Retardants, RI Is Second State to Ban Them **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: Top Ten Toxic Products You Don’t Need, Is Your Favorite Candle Toxic? (Smart alternatives for all) **OTHER ACTIONS: Tell USDA to Reject QR Labeling: **RESOURCES: IRT Series on Healing From GMOs & Roundup, The Benefits of Beans (With Recipes)
October, 2017: **LIB TALKS : The School Greenhouse Boom & TIP Project, Awareness & Action Growing on Many Fronts – Monsanto, Gllyphosate, Fracking, Legislation Supporting Organics, Addressing Toxic Fragrance Chemicals & Cosmetics, Evaluating “Green” Building Claims. **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA RESOURCE: The Good Earth **GOOD NEWS : Scottish Parliament Bans Fracking, California Enacts Cleaning Product Transparency Law, Portuguese Children Sue to Cut Emissions **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN : Tell L’Oreal to be Toxic-Free, OTHER ACTIONS: Support the Personal Care Products Safety Act, Support the Homegrown Organic Act MONSANTO MESSES & MISERY: Outed again! **RESOURCES: Silent Spring Study on Indoor Air Pollutants
September, 2017: **LIB TALKS: Brief, But Significant, Action vs. Monsanto, Organic Moves Forward, Indoor Air Quality Info Basics **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES; ** GOOD NEWS: Organic Growth – More Farms Transitioning, Monsanto in Trouble (On several fronts). **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: Tell F-Rated Restaurants to Scrap Antibiotics, Ten Things That Destroy Indoor Air Quality **RESOURCES: From New PRHE Blog: EPA Plans For Calculating Chemical Risks Just Don’t Add Up
August, 2017: **LIB TALKS: Comments on Ben & Jerry Glyphosate Scandal, Focusing on the Most Persistent Polluting Poisons on Our Planet **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES; A Knowledgeable Gardening Resource –His Radio Show & Landscaping Company ** GOOD NEWS: Glyphosate (and Monsanto) Losing Momentum, Two Positive Reports From Eco-Watch Re: the Decline of Polluting Energy Sources & the Rise of Solar **ACTIONS: Calls to U.S. Senate to Ban Chlorpyrifos, & to EPA, USDA & FDA to Act Vs. Glyphosate **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: Several Means to Tell Ben & Jerry’s to Mend Its Ways, Request For Consumer Help Re: Info on GMOs In Sweet Corn **RESOURCES: All You Need to Know About GMOs, Good Weeds to Welcome in Your Garden.
July, 2017: **LIB TALKS: Awareness, Action & Advice Growing, Planet-Wide! **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES; Naturopathic Physicians Bill Signed by Governor!, Pipeline Expansion Halted but Action Needed, Local Horticultural Resource. **NEWS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES: Why Most of the Meat Americans Eat is Banned Elsewhere *** GOOD NEWS : California Wins Suit Vs. Monsanto – Declares Roundup Ingredient A Carcinogen **ACTIONS: Cell Phone Radiation Info & Actions, **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: Diet Soda Warning Needed? **RESOURCES: 35 Cheap Organic Fertilizers
June, 2017: **LIB TALKS: Awareness, Action & Advice Growing, Planet-Wide! **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES; Great Organic Growing Expert, Inspiring New Film Showing in Voluntown, CT *** GOOD NEWS: Ireland Joins the Fracking Ban Nations Club, Vaccine Concerns Being Addressed **ACTIONS: Support Senate Push for Safe Cosmetics, Message to Educators About Wireless Devices & Health **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: Quick Quiz on Your Grocery Shopping Know-How, Questions You Might Want to Ask Your Electric Company About Wireless Smart Meters **RESOURCES: Gardening With A Bad Back, Info On Smart Meter Concerns & Solutions
May, 2017: **LIB TALKS: 2017 TIP Flyer On Line, Food Allergies & the Peanut Example, Dealing With Ubiquitous EMFs, Progress Note **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES: All-Organic Land Care **GOOD NEWS: Martha’s Vineyard Playing Fields Will Be Grassy – No Artificial Turf. **ACTIONS: Message to Public Libraries About Wireless Devices & Health, Tell Big Retailers to Stop Selling RoundUp, Tell Ace No More Bee-Killing, Get the Toxic Flame Retardants Out of Car Seats **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: Reducing Electromagnetic Radiation at Home, What’s Causing the Rise in Food Allergies? **RESOURCES: EWG 2017 Sunscreen Guide, Documents on Wireless Technology & Health
April, 2017: **LIB TALKS: 2017 Spring Summer TIP Flyer Comes Out, Scary Reports from World Organizations Show Recognition of the Problems, Less Stinky Schools in New York State, Importance & Effectiveness of Clever Consumer Approach **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES; Southside Community Land Trust May Plant Sale (With Music!), Progress Reported by Rehobeth Anti LNG Group.** GOOD NEWS & BAD BUT USEFUL NEWS: Saying “No!” To Fracking.In Argentina, Monsanto Fraud Increasingly Revealed & Recognized by World Community **ACTIONS: Demand Congress Investigate Collusion Between Monsanto & the EPA, Tell Avon, Mary Kay & OthersTo Disclose Fragrance Ingredients Now! **CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: GMO Quiz, Suggestion Re: Reporting EMF Problems **RESOURCES: Antibiotic-Free Meat: A Buying Guide “Seek, the Untold Story” Movie Discount
March, 2017: **LIB TALKS: More on the Shift in TIP Focus & Position on Medical Questions, Truth Does Out (Though Slowly) Gas Is a Hot Topic,& EMFs Are Electrifying! Clever Consumer Campaign Continues, **RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES; Check out Spruce Pond Creamery, for yummy food & sweet treats without nasty stuff in them. It’s also a delightful location by the water! Also, watch for our upcoming TIP website report on our 2017 RI State Science Fair winners (Hint: Lots on honey vs. antibiotics). **** GOOD NEWS & BAD NEWS RE: LNG & FRACKING. Maryland Moves Forward, Nasty Stats re: Methane.: **WHISTLEBLOWER’S DELIGHT MONSANTO MEDDLING OUTED: Evidence Re: EPA Collusion With Monsanto to Hide Glyphosate Info **EMF UPDATE: The Relationship Between Frequencies Used For Pain-Inflicting Crowd Control Weapons & The Network to Connect More Than 50 Billion Devices As Part Of The Internet Of Things **ANTIBIOTIC ACTIONS: Join Consumers Union in Calling for KFC to Go Antibiotic-Free. **ON THE VACCINE FRONT: Odd Racial Connecting **RESOURCES: Eight Ways to Detoxify Your Home ** HEALTH CONCERNS GET MORE COMPLEX: Strange Germ Theory Complications to Confuse You (But They’re Supremely Court Confirmed)
Feb17: **LIB TALKS: About Good News, Worth Revisiting, An Earnest Plea, Clever Consumer Campaign Reminder, **RHODE ISLAND NOTES; Pests Seek the Warmth of Your Home in Winter – Fortunately, a local environmentally friendly company is here to help with that problem. **GOOD NEWS: Community Action in Maine vs. Tar Sands - & For Pesticide Restrictions, Unilever Coming Clean re: Fragrance Ingredients, More Justice (& Cost) for Dupont **ANTIBIOTIC ACTIONS: Give thanks to Starbucks for Chicken Policy - & Call for Equal Action re: Other Meat, Urge Sanderson Farms to Join the Good Guys Healthy Hens Policies. **CONCERNS: Health Connections to Wi-Fi & School Actions in Canada, Warning re: Substitutes for PFCs in Various Products. **RESOURCES: Pesticide Cheat Sheet, EWG Guide to Avoiding PFCs, 9 Awesome Ways to Reuse Glass Jars.
January, 2017: **LIB TALKS: It’s The Season To Be Sick? Combatting The “Teflon Flu” Provided By Dupont, We Can’t All Sue, Beyond the Cough & Congestion Blitz - Handling Some Other Household & Automobile Concerns, Clever Consumer Campaign Reminder, **RHODE ISLAND NOTES; The Good Seed: A Great Next-Door Neighbor**GOOD NEWS: Dupont Losing Its Suits per Teflon Chems, Corporate Lawyer Turns Into Public Protector, Junk Soda Gets More Expensive**ACTIONS: Get Unsafe Industrial Chemicals Out of Our Drinking Water, Take the Antibiotic IQ Quiz **RESOURCES: Car Seats, Chemicals & Kids, Indoor Air Pollution
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December, 2016: LIB TALKS: Much Good News to Counter Electoral Blues, Concerns, Strategies & Actions for Now & After the Holidays, Nice News for Nut Lovers! New RI Notes, Clever Consumer Continues… **(NEW): RHODE ISLAND NOTES; New Year’s Eve – Free Fun! **GOOD NEWS: Washington State Sues Monsanto over PCB Pollution; Communities In Action: Residents Block Company From Turning, City Hall Into Fracked Gas Power Plant; Other New Englanders Stop a Fracked Gas Pipeline; Hundreds More Victories Reported By Food & Water Watch **ACTIONS: Tell Banks to Stop Financing Dakota Pipeline; Petition for A Pesticide-Free Community (from Beyond Pesticides) & Put Your City on the Map (from Organic Consumers Assoc.) **RESOURCES: Video on Healing by choosing Non-GMO Diets,; Nuts vs. Disease, Organic Cashews Cheap for Christmas
November, 2016: LIB TALKS: Reason for Thanks, Not Just the Holidays, Proof of Local & Consumer Power, More Reasons to Love the “T” Spice, Actions to Protect Organic (re: a bunch of stuff) & Dump Omnipresent Glyphosate, Website Resource LIstings; Seek & You Shall Find **GOOD NEWS: States & Cities Demonstrate Grassroots Power **MORE RESEARCH SUPPORTING A FOOD HERO **ACTIONS: DEADLINE DECEMBER FIRST: TELL THE FTC TO STOP ORGANIC FRAUD. **MONSANTO/GMO UPDATES & ACTION: Successful Monsanto Tribunal – What Next?; Alarming Levels of Glyphosate in Popular Foods – Urge the EPA to Take Action. **RESOURCES: EWG-Verified – A New Standard for Your Health
October, 2016: **LIB TALKS: Water Concerns Continue – Facts About Fluoridation, Shower Filters, Positions on Medical Matters, Why Not “Organic” Hydroponics? **GOOD NEWS: Court Action on Vaccine Mandate **MONSANTO/GMO UPDATES: International Monsanto Tribunal Verdicts & Plans, GE Soybeans & Stunted Growth in Goats, The Goodman Affair & Fake GMO “Science”. Reporting **RESOURCES: Use of Turmeric As A Pesticide, Fluoride Free Shower Filters, Versatile Air Cleaner
September, 2016: **LIB TALKS: Local News & Clever Consumerism.,Focus on Slaking Thirst & Staying Healthy, Some Movement at State & Local Level – the Importance of Resisting Preemption **GOOD NEWS: NY to Test School Water for Lead, South Portland Maine Passes Lawn Pesticide Ban **ACTIONS: Replacing Soda With Healthier Alternatives, Calling for Limits on Chromium-6 in Drinking Water: ** RESOURCES: Free Green Flags School Environmental Leadership Program, Drinking Water Safety Info & Water Filter Buying Guide
August, 2016: Endocrine-disrupting phthalates, GLYPHOSATE (ROUNDUP) DO WE WANT TO BE THE GLOBAL WASTE DUMP? Environment Rhode Island call for ban on glyphosate, Actions that can use consumer power to overcome the threats to our health and environment from Corporate Interests, MATTRESSES WITHOUT CHEMS
July, 2016: **LIB TALKS: Keeping it Brief (TT Criteria) Sharing the Important Comments of Another “Canary”, **GOOD NEWS & ACTIONS: Two Stories & One Action on Fire Retardant Regulation, Pesticide Labeling, Atrazine Ban & Pipeline Halting Petitions. **ZIKA, PART II: Another Puzzle – The GMO/Mosquito Connection ** RESOURCES: Don’t Let Summer Fun Get Contaminated - Toxic Garden Hoses Info, New GMO Narrative Film, “Consumed”
June, 2016:**LIB TALKS: A Pitiful Pattern, BPA Alternatives Research In Progress, EMF Awareness Growing, Need to Nudge the NY Times to Be Fair, The Zika Debate – Mosquitoes and or Pesticides? Another Reason to Do What Mom Said. **IMPORTANT NEWS & ACTIONS: Two Stories & One Action on EMF Concerns. ZIKA – Examining the Puzzle & Pesticide Connection **GOOD NEWS: Lead Testing in NY Schools Required, New EPA Policy on Testing Lead in Drinking Water. ** RESOURCES & ACTION: “Frackopoly” Sneak Peek & Petition, EWG Guide to Bug Repellents in the Age of Zika
May, 2016: **LIB TALKS: A Single Word That Says Much & Causes Many Battles– Preemption; A Word for Climate Change Deniers - Pollution; Continue Clever Consumer Clout!; Coming Soon – Electrical Concerns (Wi-Fi, Cell Phones, Smart Meters, etc.), Real Zika-Related Concerns (Vaccines, Pesticides)
**GOOD NEWS: Fracked Gas Pipeline Project Stopped! Toxic Chemical Bill Update in Progress, Flame Retardants & Significant Allies – (Take Action to Protect All.)
**IMPORTANT NEWS & ACTIONS: Powerful “Organic Bytes” Items: Glyphosate Test Results, EPA Petition vs. Re-Up of RoundUp, Marriages (Corporate) Made in Hell, Actions (2) vs. Recklessness Run Rampant (Antibiotics in Poultry & Factory Farms)
** RESOURCES: New 2016 EWG Guide to Sunscreens
April, 2016: **LIB TALKS: Much Action, Much Good News, Why The Choices In Tip Talks? Support TIP At No Cost?
**GOOD NEWS: GMO Bans in 38 Countries, Monsanto Profits Drop, Inspiring, Funny Video Re: Food Scene Changes in L.A.
**OTHER NEWS: GMO Battle Continues to Rev Up World-Wide
**ACTIONS: Tell Congress to Shift Farm Subsidies to Organic, Tell Them Not to Give Your Money to Promote Monsanto!, Tell President Obama to Block the Biggest GMO-Chemical Merge in History, Demand Unilever Disclose Their Fragrance Ingredients, Tell Olive Garden to Keep Antibiotics Off Your Plate
** RESOURCES: EWG Pesticides Guide – New “Dirty Dozen” & “Clean Fifteen”, Links to Ammunition in the Pesticide Battle
March, 2016: *LIB TALKS: Pesticide-Free Gardening Tips Update, Potential Changes to TIP TALKS, Flyers & Website, Possible Positive Actions Re: Pesticide & GMO Concerns. **GOOD NEWS: Whole Foods Market to Start Selling ‘Imperfect’ Produce at Reduced Prices, USDA Whistleblower Launches Regenerative Ag Farm, County Committee Opposes Adding Artificial Turf Fields **OTHER NEWS: Common Decking And Insulation Pesticide Is A Honeybee Killer **ACTIONS: Tell USDA to Test Food for Roundup!
** RESOURCES: Healthy Schools Network Info (& Healthy Schools Day, April 5), New EWG Report on Mercury in Seafood ,
February, 2016: **LIB TALKS: Request for Basic Pesticide-Free Gardening Tips, Joining RIFPC Health Group, New Opportunity Via Amazon Smile, Thoughts on Raw Milk & Actions, Reminder of “Skin Deep” Database**GOOD NEWS: Denmark Is On Its Way to Becoming an Organic Country**OTHER NEWS: Experts Call For Reevaluation of Glyphosate **ACTIONS: Protect Rights to Choose: Raw Milk & Non-GMO Petitions,Personal Care Product Safety Legislation ** RESOURCES: EWG Nail Polish Guidelines.
January, 2016: **LIB TALKS: Banning Neonicotinoids – Join us?
“Tru-Green” or “Truly Sick”? What to Think re: Campbell Labeling Move? Thoughts About Medical Matters & “Science”
**GOOD NEWS: Campbell Labels Will Disclose GMOs
**OTHER NEWS: BPA Replacements Aren’t Benign **ACTIONS: It's Time For Strong Antibiotics Rules From the FDA, Tell USDA to Listen to Scientists, Not Suppress Research Tell WebMD CEO to Stop Promoting Monsanto.
** RESOURCES: EWG Dietary Guidelines, CHEJ Resources in Spanish (NOTE: Also see TIP's own materials in Spanish at: http://toxicsinfo.org/espanol.htm
December, 2015: **LIB TALKS: A New Year Can Be Happy & Healthy, The Word is Getting Out & Change is On the Move!, Separate RI & Nearby List for TT
**GOOD NEWS: EPA Pulls Toxic ENLIST Duo, GMO Labeling Preemption Not Snuck Through, Oregon County GMO Ban Being Upheld, Artificial Turf Field Back to Square One
**EMF CONCERNS: Google “Project Loon”
**ACTION FOR THE NEW YEAR: Tell the Pols – Fix the Food System!
**RESOURCES: Food Tips from EWG, FIGO Reproductive Health Materials
November, 2015: **LIB TALKS: Simplifying Healthy Holidays, Consumer Action Works!, Clever Consumer Flyer, TIPS on CC Strategy. Non-Regulation of Chems in Personal Care & Household Products & Help With Alternative Choices
**GOOD NEWS: Halifax Celebrates 20 (Now 25) Years Fragrance Free!
**CLEVER CONSUMER ACTION - & SUCCESS! Get Endocrine-Disrupters Out of Nail Polish, Macy’s to Stop Sale of Furniture With Toxic Flame Retardants, Subway Phasing Out Antibiotics in Meat.
**RESOURCES: Top Ten Toxic Skin Care Ingredients, Ava Anderson – A Source for Less Toxic Options
October (real), 2015: **LIB TALKS: Clever Consumer Campaign, Real Scary Stuff, Take Heart - There's Hope!
**CLEVER CONSUMER ACTION: Tell Ace & True Value Local Stores to Oust Neonics
**OTHER ACTIONS: (Scary Stuff) Fire Retardants, Fracking Waste, Toxic Chems Policy
**GOOD NEWS: School District Limits Wi-Fi Exposure
**RESOURCES: Don't Be Scared - Protect With New EWG Cancer Prevention Guide
September (mislabeled), 2015:
August, 2015: **LIB TALKS: Thoughts & Info on New Concerns for Parents & Kids, “Cool & Clever Consumers Campaign”
**GOOD NEWS: New England Journal Of Medicine Article Calls For Labeling Of GM Foods
**ACTIONS FOR YOU: Tell Retailers to Stop Selling Asbestos Contaminated Crayons & Crime Kits, Same re: Bee-Killing Pesticides, Call on Merle Norman & Mary Kay to Support Safer Cosmetics Bill, Tell President Obama to Veto the “Dark Act”
** RESOURCES: Tips & Videos on Reducing Children’s Exposure to EMFs.
July, 2015: **LIB TALKS: Short But Significant for Summer, EMF Actions, Being Plastic Savvy, Continued Concern re: Artificial Turf, Hope Across the Sea..
**GOOD NEWS: Round-Up Loses Ground in Europe
**ACTIONS & ALERTS FOR YOU: California Cell Phone Warnigs, Tell Costco to Say “No” to Frankenfish, Be Bee Friendly in Your Garden.
** RESOURCES: HCHW Plastics Guides, Top 10 Toxic Products You Don’t Need, EWG Sunscreen Quiz/
June, 2015: **LIB TALKS: What Does “BPA-Free” Really Mean? Who is EHHI, & Why Should You Know Them?
**ANOTHER “OOPS” EXAMPLE? Dupont’s Dirty PFC & Teflon History
**GOOD NEWS: Victory - GE Ban Upheld In Oregon!
**ACTIONS & ALERTS FOR YOU: Deadline Midnight June 22: Demand Mandatory Safety Testing Of All GMOS! 168 Chemicals A Day? Tell the Senate – Support Safer Cosmetics!, End The Use Of Highly Toxic Pesticides On Strawberry Fields — Forever!
** RESOURCES: Avoiding those PFCs, Beat Bug Bites With Five Simple Steps
May, 2015: **LIB TALKS: The Preemption Problem – How to Respond? U-Turns Needed, Sanity Abroad; Heroes at Home; Our Power for Change, Here Comes the Sun..
**A BUNCH OF “OOPS” EXAMPLES – Concerns about being “Wrong-Way Corrigans”: Medications in Wastewater, Flame Retardant Falsities & Flaws.
**GOOD NEWS: Netherlands Ban on Guess What, Fire Fighters Fight – Fire Retardants!
**ACTIONS & ALERTS FOR YOU: Speak Out vs. Media Bias, Compliment Chipotle for Caring for Consumers, Protect Organics, Stop Bad TSCA Bill.
** RESOURCES: EWG & Healthy Family Sunscreen Guides for Kids & Adults, Sunscreen House of Shame
April, 2015: **LIB TALKS: A Flurry of Activity, Pesticides, GMOs, Antibiotics, New Spring-Summer TIP Flyer, Another Way to Love the Bees - Local Beekeeper – She’s a Honey!
**GOOD NEWS FROM NEAR & FAR: Actions on GMOs by Chipotle, on Antibiotics by Tyson, on a School Pesticide Ban by a CT Kennedy, on Neocotinoids by Lowes,
**ACTIONS & ALERTS FOR YOU: Corporations & Politicians Are Acting – Join Them, Tell True Value and Ace to Be Next to Dump Bee-Killers, Sign the CFS Pollinator-Protection Petition, Call for Getting Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Out of Our Food;
** RESOURCES: TIP TALKS Spring/Summer Flyer, Book Expose of GMO Shenanigans, Updated Organic Farms List, Honey Farm & Products, Green Kitchen Gadgets
March, 2015: **LIB TALKS: GMO Pal Proven Horrible on Two Fronts, Toxic Green Rugs Boycott? New TT “Quickies”.
**ACTIONS & ALERTS: Ban Carcinogenic Round-Up, Say No To GMO Mosquitoes,
**GOOD & BAD NEWS FROM NEAR & FAR: Organic Veggie Food Drive-Thru, Updated Info on Synthetic Turf Cancers
**CUTTING COSTS/RESOURCES: 2015 EWG Pesticide Residues Guide
**QUICKIES: Hardy Gardening, Labels, Flame Retardants, Health Concerns in Wearable Tech, Drop Phony “Natural” Labels, GMO Labels, Not Bar Codes, Tell Kroger & Lumber Liquidators to Cut the Toxics,
February, 2015: **LIB TALKS: The Busyness of Activism, The Problem of too Long or Too Much Info, Update on GMO Labeling
**NEWS FROM NEAR & FAR: 300 Scientists on GMO Debate, French Action re. EMFs & Kids`
**CUTTING COSTS: To Eat or Not to Eat (A Fruit or Veggie) Organic? New Data Can Help You
Choose - & Save
**RESOURCES: EWG Skin Deep Database –Info for the Dry Winter Skin, Chemical-Free Mattresses
January, 2015: **LIB TALKS: Update on GMO Labeling, TIP Views on the “State of the Union”.
**CUTTING COSTS: Funny Budget Item – Herb Farm (Producer) vs. Walmart vs. Whole Foods Market; Special Sales Options at Some Health Food Stores
**GOOD NEWS & ACTIONS: Bye-Bye Vermont Yankee (and good riddance!); Stop the DARK Act; Protest Bee-Killing Treatment of Plants
**RESOURCES: Environmental Working Group (EWG) Dirty Dozen Food Additives Guide, Environmental Medicine Training Course on GMOs (and more)
2014
December, 2014: **LIB TALKS: Apology for Downer, Reasons to be Glad, Gathering & Helping, Reminder, Blessings.
**LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY ALERT: Avoid or deal with toxic decorations.
**GOOD NEWS: Companies Can Change! Two Examples of Moving Forward!
**ACTIONS: Two Hypocritical Businesses That Need A Push In the Right Direction
November, 2014: **LIB TALKS: Tardy-ite Apology, Meeting on GMO Labeling, Healthy Holiday Hints
**GOOD NEWS: Legal Assault on Biotech, Signs of Organic Sense in Food Consumers
**ACTIONS & ALERTS: End Run Coming Fast
to Strip Your Right to Know! Act Now!
**RESOURCES: EWG Food Scores, Free Testing for Fire Retardant Chemicals in Your Furniture
** SCHOOL SAFETY: Flu Season Tips, Warnings About Artificial Turf
October, 2014: “”RHODE ISLAND SPECIAL EVENT NOTICE: Free Screenings of GMO OMG, Oct. 22
(Non-Rhode Islanders consider viewing or showing the film in your neck of the woods!)
“”HALLOWEENY BIZARRE NEWS & ACTION
**LIB TALKS: Weird Spam Addressed to TIP, Shift of Time & Tone for Oncoming Holidays
** RESOURCES: Toxic-Free Halloween Tips,
**ACTIONS & ALERTS: Pink is For Fracking?
**SCARY STORIES – Followed by a note of hope.
September, 2014: **LIB TALKS: Thoughts Re: Corporate Influence on Academia, Choosing Effective Actions – Who Cares What We Say?
RI Note: "Story of Seeds" Film Again in Bristol
**CONCERNS: New Evidence of Artificial Turf Health Hazards
**ACTIONS & ALERTS: No to GMO Vanilla, No to a “Homegrown” Sellout, Call to Retailers to Label Sweet Corn, Tell Organic Producers to Get Out of the Anti-Labeling Lawsuit
**GOOD NEWS: Sunscreen Innovation Act Passed
**TIPS & RESOURCES: New EWG Good Seafood Guide
August, 2014: **LIB TALKS: University Bias Concerns, Positive Thrusts, Consumer Power, Cutting Costs at the Farmers Market
**ACTIONS & ALERTS: Frankencrops, Pollinator Protection, Consumer Clout vs. Corps. (Sept. 8 Deadline for First Two)
**GOOD NEWS: No National Refuge for Neonicotinoids,
**TIPS & RESOURCES: Tents & Fire Retardants,
Back to School Free of PVCs
July, 2014: **LIB TALKS: Lots of Activity This Month
**MONSANTO MIXED BAG: Horror Stories: Roundup Linked to Fatal Kidney Epidemic, Birth Defects, Sterility. Actions: Several Countries Ban It. Hilary Promotes GMOs – Object to That
**BEE BANES & BANS: City & State Bee-Killer Bans, Actions for You
**FOOD CONCERNS: Good News Re: Chipotle & GMOs, Why Splenda Isn’t Splendid,
**RESOURCES: Food on a Budget, Hope in a Book
**ACTION ALERT: Boycott Scott’s GMO Grass
June, 2014: **LIB TALKS: Even Activists Can be Shocked, TIP GMO Labeling, Position, Relief Re: the Latest Scoop, Quick Cut Costs Comment.
**ACTIONS & ALERTS: New Pesticide Health Effects Report, Say “No!” to The Deadly Duo.
** FOOD CONCERNS Good News from Ben & Jerry’s - & the Latest Scoop on Non-GMO Ice Cream!
**RESOURCES: Skip the Pesticides: What's Wrong With Kids Hugging Dogs? Natural Solutions to Summer Pest Problems
May, 2014: **LIB TALKS: New Option for Sharing TIPs, Ongoing TIP Food Concerns Work With Surveys & Farmers, Comment on Today’s TT Choices.
**ACTIONS & ALERTS: Stop New 2-4 D Frankenseeds, Why “Smart” Meters Are Dumb, Kelloggs Pushed Into Changing Kashi Labels
** “CUTTING COSTS”: 2 Weird Ways to Save on Water, Heat, & Personal Care Expense. Share Your Own CC TIPS.
**RESOURCES: Great Updated EWG Sunscreen Guide
April, 2014: **LIB TALKS: Comments on The Good & the Bad, the Frustrating, the Encouraging & the Effective!
**ACTIONS: Special Interests Influence at the Federal Level is the Greatest Threat to Our Health & Product Choices. Three Important Ways to Object.
** “CUTTING COSTS”: Having a Basic Personal Shopping Plan & List Yields More Than Just Dollars & Cents at the Cash Register
**RESOURCES: New Free Guides to Reading Labels - Simplifying Decisions on Food, Personal Care & Cleaning Product Purchases
March, 2014: **LIB TALKS: Comments on TIP TALKS
**ACTIONS: Tell Starbucks to Shape Up Re: GMOs
Worse Than BPA – From the frying pan to the fire?
Axodicarbonamide in Our Food – another unpronounceable toxin to banish;
** “CUTTING COSTS” TIPS: A Spicy, Inexpensive New Household Helper
**SURPRISE OF THE MONTH: EPA Scientists Oppose Water Fluoridation
February, 2014: **TIP ACTIVITIES: GMO Labeling Bills, Antibiotics, Cutting Costs Web Page.
**ACTIONS TO TAKE: Butterflies, Organic Farm
Contamination, Antibiotics in Agriculture
**NEWS – BAD: Male Infertility & Chemical Exposure (If This Doesn’t Get the Guys to Care…What Will?)
**NEWS –GOOD Progress re: Flame Retardants
(Ironically, from the same source – Physicians for
Social Responsibility)
** “CUTTING COSTS” TIPS
**RESOURCES: EWG Shoppers’ Guide to Avoiding GE Food, Women’s Voices for the Earth
January, 2014: **TIP ACTIVITIES: GMO Labeling Bills, Surveys
**ACTION ALERTS: JAN.31 Day of Action on TPP Fast Track, Big Food Dirty Tricks, Valentine to Protect the Bees
**NEWS - BAD: BPA & Other Toxic Chemicals Driving Up Health Costs
**NEWS - GOOD: Labeling DOES Matter
**HEALTHY NEW YEAR: “Cutting Costs” Tips '
Free Food Storage, Cheap Organic Veggies "to Go"
**RESOURCES: Avoiding Toxic Nail Polish
2013
December, 2013: Gearing Up for 2014, One Activity In Which We Haven’t Engaged A Great “Cutting Costs” Food Tip,
Holiday Shopping Tips, 12 Surprising Uses for Orange Peels (And TIP’s own holiday booklets, online),
GMO Bans in Several Places, Less Drugged Up Meat
November, 2013: **TIP ACTIVITIES: The “Clues to Cutting Costs” booklet makes its debut – blog & more to follow.
Food Concerns Group Strategy Meeting, Dec. 10,
GMO Surveys & Petitions are in process, plans for
the coming year are under way.
**HEALTHY HOLIDAYS: Green Kitchen & Healthy
Home Tips, Natural Toy Guide, Tree Planting Gifts
(And TIP’s own holiday booklets, online)
**FOOD CONCERNS: Good News of an influential
GMO labeling partner, and 3 petitions to sign.
What has Coca Cola been up to, on the GMO front? Gluten – New information & resources for the gluten sensitive – and the rest of us as well.
**CONSUMER CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
New research & resources, news and actions –
especially addressing fire retardants in kids’ products. (Some Good News included)
October, 2013: **TIP NEWS & VIEWS: Thoughts on Halloween, New Strategies & Actions. More on "Quizzies", Student Helpers & Surveys - Online & Off
**RESOURCES: New Dirty Dozen List (Appropriate for Halloween! )
**FOOD CONCERNS NEWS: The Bad & the Good Scary Fish Facts -& Tips on Avoidance
GMO Activist Wins Mission Award
**OCA REPORT and ACTION:
"No Consensus on GMOs"
Protect Small Farmers from Bad FSMA Rules
**OPPORTUNITIES - Benefit TIP While Shopping,
at No Cost to You
September 2013: **TIP ACTIVITIES: The Labeling Game Transforms, GMO Educational Efforts & Legislative Potential
**ALERT: What's In That Car Air Freshener? (A major Liberty G "bad guy")
**FOOD INFO: 10 Foods Sold in the U.S. That Are Banned Elsewhere
**FOOD ACTION: It's Time for Cosmetics Safety Reform Tell Congress - and Revlon & L'Oreal
**RESOURCES: Two for Parents & Educators: "What Lurks in Your Child's Classroom?" "Easy Steps to Healthy Schools & Daycares”
August, 2013: **THE WHY & HOW OF TIP TALKS CHOICES
**GIVE YOUR INPUT ON TIP’S CUTTING COSTS WHILE CUTTING CHEMS PROJECT (Less Toxic Living on a Budget)
**HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IN PICNIC SUPPLIES - & SAFER ALTERNATIVES:
**THE BEST LIST OF LIES ABOUT GMOS - & TRUTHFUL REBUTTALS
**ACTION: STOP SECRET TRADE DEAL FOR GLOBAL CORPORATE CONTROL (OF FOOD SUPPLY & JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE)
**ACTION: SHIFTING SUBSIDIES TO ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
**ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS: MOLD, LYME DISEASE & AUTISM
**ACTION: UPDATE CELL PHONE RADIATION STANDARDS
July, 2013: **ACTION ALERT: A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: THE "CHEMICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT" ACT
**ACTION NEEDED TODAY RE: HEARING TOMORROW!: TELL HAWAII LEADERS TO STOP THE POISONING OF PARADISE!
**SUMMER HEALTHY LIVING TIP: HOW TO: AVOID GMO'S ON YOUR SUMMER PICNIC!
**ENJOY FRESH LOCAL PRODUCE - WHILE AVOIDING THE MOST PESTICIDED STUFF - GET THE NEW EWG GUIDE
**TIP NEWS: STAY TUNED & GIVE YOUR INPUT FOR THE LATEST TIP ACTIONS & OPTIONS: TALKS, WORKSHOPS, CONSULTING -
& A NEW PUBLICATION ABOUT LIVING HEALTHY ON A BUDGET!
June, 2013: **NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLENTS
**SUMMER ACTION ITEMS:: GARDEN HOSES AND CORN ON THE COB
**NEW RESEARCH & INFORMATION: DOGS & LAWN CHEMICALS; ARTIFICIAL TURF
** FORMER PRO-GMO SCIENTIST BLOWS THE WHISTLE
**NEW "FOOD TO FARM" INFOGRAPHIC
**TIPS ON UNDERSTANDING FOOD LABELS
May, 2013: **ACTIONS ON FOOD ISSUES
**GOOD NEWS OF THE MONTH
** HEALTHIER SUN PROTECTION
**WHAT ABOUT FLUORIDE?
(INCLUDING WATER FILTER GUIDE)
March, 2013: **EASTER THOUGHTS ON THE CONCEPT OF "TOXIC"
**TIP ACTIVITIES: TIP TALKS DIGEST, EVENT PLANS,
LABELING GAME REPORT, FACEBOOK PAGE
** WISE COMMENTS FROM A TIP SUPPORTER ON THE
TERM "FRAGRANCE ALLERGIES"
**TWO GREAT NEW GUIDES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL
WORKING GROUP (EWG): ON LAUNDRY PODS PLUS,
& HOME WATER FILTER OPTIONS
February, 2013: **Mystery Ingredients in Fragrance, Beauty & the Toxic Beast
**Lawsuit re:Toxic Nap Mats for Tots (Flame Retardants)
**TIP Speaks Spanish, Game Creation, TT Flyer & Sharing,
**Food Concerns Groups in RI & US
**Antibiotics in Meat - & Pig Manure
**BPA - Avoidance, WA Ban Results, Bad Replacement,
**WHO Noticing Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
(BPA, Phthalates & Flame Retardants)
January, 2013: **FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD (Facts & Fantasy)
**BOOKLET MAKEOVERS
**AUTISM PROJECT
**WEBSITE WHITTLING
**51 EXCITING USES FOR BAKING SODA!
2012
December, 2012: A SHOCKING TIP TALKS ACTION: The Most Important Story of 2012 Revisited
(Plus one more holiday & health clues cluster)
OLDIE – BUT WITH A TWIST: What is so shocking? We're repeating some information from a previous TT! – but don’t go away. We are presenting the most vital action list of the year in a form that you can take to the store for quick decisions while shopping. It's the GMO Labeling Bill Good Guys & Bad Guys. And, we are including the phone numbers where you can actually speak out to the ones who are fighting to keep you fooled about food. Equally important, here’s another chance to thank the heroes who stood up for you in California re: Prop 37 – the GMO Labeling Bill.
ALSO, NEW TIPS – On Greening Parties, Finding Fire Retardants In Furniture, Avoiding Those And Other Chemicals Connected With Obesity, More Reasons To Limit That Sugar In Your Diet.
THE BRIGHT SIDE: The fire retardants aren't needed - they don't work! There are many good alternatives to the obesity-causing chemicals. And, guess what - if you cut the sugar for awhile, the craving goes away. Finally, raw honey is a good substitute - doesn't act in your body like the heated and refined stuff! THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR BODY'S HEALTH - AND TIP IS SEEKING THEM FOR YOU!
October, 2012: **Plastics Chemicals Linked To Diabetes In Women
**Maine Lab Finds Reproductive Toxins Known As Phthalates
At Very High Levels In Children’s Products
Parents Call On Me Legislature To Pass Kid-Safe Products Bill
**Two Nasty Chemicals To Purge From Your Bathroom:
Triclosan & Phthalates
**Nail Salons And Their Health Effects
**Denmark Defies Eu With Planned Ban On Phthalate Chemicals
**Lunchbox Alert – And Disney Is A Culprit!
**Phthalates In Household Cleaning Products Linked To Breast Cancer –
Video & Tips
** New Environmental Working Group Guide To Healthy Cleaning
September, 2012: New Back To School Guide To PVC-Free School Supplies
**Study on Hazards of Recycled Rubber Tires in
Athletic Turf & Playgrounds
**School Pesticide News – Warning Re: Health Effects on Boys,
Violations of Protective IPM Law
**The TIP “Caring for Kids” project and flyer – how to keep kids –
and the whole family – healthy. Read & download for sharing! :-)
July, 2012: GOOD NEWS: Sometimes we win a few! See progress being made vs. lawn pesticides and fire retardants. And the AMA & CU noticing GMOs!
**TIPS FOR HEALTHIER LIVING: Three more good pointers on sunscreen concerns and choices, and 7 tips for healthy painting.
**REAL RESEARCH (Not corporate PR): Genetic engineers help dispel myths about GMOs, telling truth on their hazards & ineffectiveness. Three BPA
articles report on regulatory failure & new evidence of health effects.
June, 2012: Pesticide Spraying, Meet Joe Chemical, GMO Labeling & Farmers
May, 2012: SUNSCREEN TIPS: Honest, well-researched sunscreen Info from EWG
FIRE RETARDANTS: Surprising Facts - Do They "Protect"? Warnings,
Action & a New Research Project
CHILDHOOD OBESITY & CHEMICALS: Should you learn to spell "Phthalates"
- and avoid them?
AIR FRESHENERS: How safe are they? The label won't tell you.
Links to some natural alternatives.
April, 2012: AUTISM MONTH – Connections to chemical/dietary causes?
A Healthy Child Healthy World article, & a TIP response.
LABELING LIES – What’s in nail polish?
HUMOR – Pepsi Dead Mouse Defense
SCIENCE NEWS: Polluting Clothes Dryers?
GMO STORIES OF THE DAY – Powerful report from farmer,
Reuters takes notice, a deadly mix
2011
October, 2011: FUMES FROM THE FUMES BUSTERS`, POLLUTANT SOURCES
OTHER INFO RE: “AIR FRESHENERS”, INCLULDING GLADE PLUG-INS
FUMES FROM DRYING VENTS
FUMES FROM MATTRESSES
TOXIC CHEMICALS BEHIND “NEW CAR SMELL” REPORT
FIGHTING FUMES EFFECTIVELY
September, 2011: BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS & RESOURCES:
PICKING LESS-TOXIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES:
KIDS SHOULD BE SAFE - SOME SAVVY STRATEGIES
Smart Back to School Shopping: Food, Clothing,
Drink Containers, Writing & Coloring Supplies
PESTICIDE-FREE PLAYING AREAS
GO PVC-FREE THIS BACK-TO-SCHOOL
FIVE EASY TIPS FOR PACKING A HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCH THAT YOUR KIDS WILL ACTUALLY EAT!
August, 2011: IMPORTANT FOOD RESEARCH, REGULATION
& CONSUMER OPTIONS INFO
July, 2011: SUMMER TIPS FOR THE HOT – AND THIRSTY:
6 Alternatives to Toxic Deodorants, Thirst Quenchers –
Read On, (Dangers of Diet Coke, Water or Coke – Interesting),
**JULY GARDENING TIPS: Are There Toxins in Your Compost?,
Dealing With Weeds
June, 2011: **LIB TALKS: Swimming, Sweat, Sun & Bugs:
SUMMER RISKS: Don't Let Your Baby Swim
(In Chlorinated Pools, Sunscreen And Bug Spray
A Bad Mix,, DEET Mosquito Repellants Linked To Brain Damage, Insect Repellents Linked To
Genital Defects In Baby Boys
**TIPS ON HEALTHIER SUMMER ALTERNATIVES:
Deodorant or Anti Perspirants?, The 2011 Environmental
Working Group (EWG) Sunscreen Guide, Here Comes
the Sunscreen (Blog of the Week), More Suscreen Links,
Some DEET-Free Insect Repellant Options, Some Other
Ideas for Avoiding Bug Bites
May, 2011: ACTION: From Environmental Working Group (Ewg) - Against
Disinformation About Pesticide Residues In Food:
EXCERPTS FROM A DISCUSSION With A CONCERNED MOTHER
OF BEST WAYS TO AVOID PESTICIDE RESIDUES:
Pesticide Residue Avoidance: Tip’s List Taken From Various Sources,
**News You Can Use: A Few Foods That Don’t Bite Back, EWG Reports More
Than Half Our Total Dietary Risk From Pesticides Comes From Just 12
Foods:
March, 2011: TIPS ON HEALTHY & AFFORDABLE LIVING, A WARNING & INFO
ABOUT FIRE RETARDANTS, TWO ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO
PROTECT YOUR OWN AND OTHER KIDS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL BADDIES
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