June '18 Tip Talks Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE
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**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!
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LIB TALKS
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**GREENHOUSE GRANT PROPOSAL UPDATE: Good news –
we just learned that the Greene School was able to locate
grant funding towards building the fossil-free solar greenhouse there. We’re just short about $750 for materials. (TIP will be working with the school on STEM curriculum, so if anyone wants to support this innovation-leading effort, a donation to TIP, earmarked “Greenhouse” would be a big help. Just send to us at P.O. Box 40572, Providence, RI 02940. We plan to collect materials in July for construction in mid to late August.(Note: Info on building materials discounts would also be useful)

**CONTINUED STRUGGLE VS. (Mostly Secret) GMOS!
Two are described in this TIP TALKS:
1. FRANKENAPPLES? REALLY? As usual, these GMO
monsters are being pushed a “wholesome” and healthy.
Don’t be fooled! And tell Amazon to cut the trickery!
(Cutting out the sale of these things would be even better).
2. WHOLE FOODS PULL-BACK ON GMOS: : I signed this important message with this comment: “Don't lose your reputation and consumer trust for this short-term deception! Your business will actually prosper from transparency - & more Non-GMO options - and it will suffer from the opposite behavior. As a stockholder, I'm disgusted with this dumb business behavior”. (Retailers care what customers think - because of what they will or won't buy. Use your power - take action below.)

**CONTINUING THE FEDS VS. LOCALS PREEMPTION BATTLE.
The Good News, as you can see by just a couple of items in this newsletter, is that many localities at the state or local level are moving to protect their citizens and environment from pesticides (and some other toxins). But, the corporate-influenced guys in DC are trying many moves to prevent
such protection. The latest farm bill includes such terrible provisions – possibly including permitting some nasty pesticides on “organic” crops. (And, there were other examples in last month’s TIP TALKS) We must be
watchful & aware – and resist such attempts to deny us our rights to a safe & healthy life. (Note: Things are happening so fast that I could not find a current petition with which to respond to the Senate Agricultural Committee’s passing a bill yesterday! You could inquire from your Senator’s office or an organization like OCA or Beyond Pesticides on developments.

Blessings, Liberty G
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GOOD NEWS
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HAWAII BECOMES FIRST STATE TO BAN WIDELY-USED
PESTICIDE FOUND TO BE HARMFUL TO KIDS
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chlorpyrifos-ban-hawaii-pesticide_us_5b21fd3ee4b09d7a3d7a2fd9
June 13. 2018 “Hawaii is showing the Trump administration that the states will stand up for our kids, even when Washington will not.” Hawaii has become the first U.S. state to ban the use of pesticides containing chlorpyrifos, a widely-used chemical that’s been linked to severe developmental delays in children and other health risks.

The state’s decision came more than a year after the Trump administration denied a petition to ban the controversial pesticide. Gov. David Ige (D) signed Senate Bill 3095 into law on Wednesday after it was unanimously approved by the state legislature. Under the new law, pesticides containing
chlorpyrifos will be prohibited across Hawaii starting on Jan. 1, 2019. However, businesses will be allowed to apply for a three-year extension to adjust to the new guidelines.

EARLIER THIS YEAR: 2018 WAS SET TO BECOME
A BANNER YEAR FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
The City of Portland, Maine has passed an ordinance to restrict the use of synthetic pesticides for all turf, landscape, and outdoor pest management activities in the City on both public and private property. This far-reaching ordinance is the first in the nation to include private property and reflects
a bold assertion of public will.

In California, a new law is taking effect that will prohibit farmers from applying pesticides within a quarter-mile or less of schools and daycare centers between the hours
of 6 am – 6 pm, Monday to Friday. While that is not sufficient, it is a start, indicating a public and governmental awareness of the dangers of these sprays.

HOW MARYLAND BANNED FRACKING
Fracking and Health: Ask an Expert
In our latest podcast, TEDX asks: “How did the state of Maryland ban fracking?” Listen to this 10 minute podcast, as Brooke Harper, Maryland Policy Director at Chesapeake Climate Action Network, discusses the strategies used in Maryland to mobilize support to ban fracking in the state.
She highlights the importance of building support at the local level, engaging non-traditional partners, and the most effective actions that contributed to their successful campaign. Listen now to the short podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher, or our website.
https://endocrinedisruption.org/assets/media/documents/Harper%20complete%20podcast3.mp3
Submit a question to Fracking and Health: Ask an Expert.
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USEFUL WARNINGS & ACTION
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“FRANKENAPPLES” FROM AMAZON? SAY “YUKK!”
Amazon is selling GMO apples, under the brand name Arctic ApBitz Dried Apple Snacks. According to the packaging and advertising, these apples are “wholesome, preservative-free, 100% apples.” What mother wouldn’t want to feed these apples to her kids? Probably the mother who finds out that these “wholesome, 100% apples” are 100% GMO.
Arctic ApBitz Dried Apple Snacks are made with GMO apples. But you’d never know it—because neither Amazon nor the snack maker use the words “GMO” or “genetically engineered” anywhere on the package, or in their advertising.

SIGN THE NO GMO APPLES PETITION HERE:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-now-to-demand-that-amazon-reject-genetically-engineered-apples?source=NoAmazonGMOSWOC&referrer=group-organic-consumers-association
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ROLLOUT OF 5G WIRELESS SERVICE IS 'A MASSIVE
HEALTH EXPERIMENT,' PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT WARNS
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5784487/The-roll-5G-wireless-service-massive-health-experiment-public-health-expert-warns-a.html
Today, there are 154,000 cell towers in the US, according to wireless communication association, CTIA. By 2026, it estimates another 800,000 will be needed to support 5G. The network update will bring more Americans into closer proximity with milimeter waves, very short-wave radiation. Research on cell phone radiation has yielded mixed findings, but some studies have linked older wireless service generations to cancers of the heart and reproductive organs, and 5G's health effects have hardly been studied.

According to Dr Joel Moskowitz, a public health professor at the University of California, Berkeley, MMWs could pose a very real danger. 'The deployment of 5G, or fifth generation cellular technology, constitutes a massive experiment on the health of all species,' he told Daily Mail Online. Because MMWs are weaker than microwaves, they are predominantly absorbed by the skin, meaning their
distribution is quite focused there, 'Since skin contains capillaries and nerve endings, MMW bio-effects may be transmitted through molecular mechanisms by the skin
or through the nervous system,' Dr Moskowitz writes on
his blog.

He also told Daily Mail Online that he's concerned that '5G will use high-band frequencies, or millimeter waves, that may affect the eyes, the testes, the skin, the peripheral nervous system, & sweat glands.' 'Millimeter waves can also make some pathogens resistant to antibiotics,' he added.

Dr Moskowitz is not alone in apprehensions.
The International Society of Doctors for the Environment,
its subsidiaries in 27 countries, and more than 200 doctors
& scientists are all calling for a stop to be put to the roll out
of 5G, 'due to concern that 5G radio frequency radiation will have adverse health effects,' Dr Moskowitz says. So far, their warnings have gone unheeded. Verizon began rolling out their 5G small cell towers in 11 cities 2017, and AT&T started installing the new generation of service in Waco and Dallas, Texas, as well as in Atlanta, Georgia this year.
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** CLEVER CONSUMER (That’s you!)
CAMPAIGN REMINDER: TIP TALKS seeks to
increase your consumer IQ & abilities. Remember,
if you tell the supplier, retailer, or producer what
you will or won’t BUY, they care.
(Also share your knowledge with friends & family)
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ACTION ALERT:
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WHOLE FOODS FAILS CONSUMERS AGAIN,
"DELAYS" GMO LABELING
https://action.organicconsumers.org/o/50865/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=21799
Five years ago, under mounting pressure from consumers,
Whole Foods Market (WFM) announced that by the end of 2018, the then-largest retailer of organic foods would require all of its suppliers to clearly label GMO ingredients and foods.

Whole Foods recently reneged on that commitment, or at least the timeline part of it. This time, there was no flashy press release, no media fanfare. Instead, the news was circulated quietly in an E-mail to the company’s suppliers.
If there were ever any doubt about WFM’s original intentions, those intentions are clear now: The company’s GMO labeling promise, too little too late from the get-go, was always
more about saving face and scamming consumers than
it was about real transparency and forcing Big Food to change its ways.

TAKE ACTION! Tell Whole Foods:
The Time for Labels on GMOs is NOW!
https://action.organicconsumers.org/o/50865/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=21799
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IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM GOODSHOP.COM
Dear Goodshop Partner, We know, we know...it’s been a little confusing! We have Goodshop and we have Goodsearch but they both used the URL www.goodsearch.com. Well, no longer! Goodshop has grown so large that it deserves its own domain name. And so, its brand new, right off the presses URL is... (www.goodshop.com! So, if you have any links on your site, please change them over to goodshop.com so they still work. And, this is a great time
to remind your supporters they can get the best online coupons at thousands of top retailers AND a portion of what they spend will be donated to you... for free!
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DON’T FORGET GOODSEARCH – AT NEW SITE!
You can now find it at goodsearch.org.
( It has been changed from .com to .org.)
**BENEFIT TIP WHILE SURFING THE WEB at:
www.goodsearch.org (Uses the Yahoo search engine )-
Select Toxics Information Project (TIP) as your charity
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* *SHOP ONLINE AT AMAZON SMILE
Go to: smile.amazon.com/ch/14-1862385 to select Toxics Information Project (TIP) as your charity, to receive a donation. You already probably use Amazon for various purchases, and it costs you nothing to include us in your buying routine.
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** BEST OF ALL: Mail a check to TIP at the address below.
(We are a tax-deductible organization)
Toxics Information Project (TIP) P.O. Box 40572,
Providence, RI 02940 Tel. 401-351-9193, E-Mail:
liberty@toxicsinfo.org Website: www.toxicsinfo.org
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