I'm hoping you'll join me in taking action on methyl iodide, a known carcinogen that will likely contaminate groundwater, from being approved for use in the U.S. Big agricultural interests want to use it as a pesticide, fumigating soil at a rate of hundreds of pounds per acre.
Scientists familiar with the chemical from around the country agree that it is too hazardous to be used as an agricultural
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Don't Panic Its OrganicInvisible Gardener's Blog
09 Jun, 2010
methyl iodide
29 Apr, 2010
Drill Baby Drill
04 Mar, 2010
Any one hear of Thorium?
16 Feb, 2010
Safe Nuclear Power?re 8 Billion Promised for new reactors I wonder why we are not building truly safe nuclear power using Thorium? Thorium is much more abundant in nature than uranium. Thorium can also be used as a nuclear fuel through breeding to uranium-233. Thorium is a naturally-occurring, slightly radioactive metal discovered in 1828 by the Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius, who named it
31 Oct, 2009
Asian citrus psyllid threatens Organic Farmers?
29 Jul, 2009
Organic Debate
01 Jul, 2009
Letter to Editor Organic " isn't the be all"?
12 May, 2009
Letter of Frustration
21 Apr, 2009
Happy Earth Day
10 Mar, 2009
704 million years?Existing nuclear plants produce 2,000 tons of the long-lived waste each year, most of which is moved into pools of chilled water that allow the spent -- but still highly lethal -- uranium-235 to slowly and safely decay. Uranium-235 has a half-life of nearly 704 million years -- meaning that half its atoms will decay in that time. Um
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