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03 Mar Important PFAS Testing Bill In MD – Help Ban Toxic Forever Chemicals!

Posted at 17:44h in Food and GMOs, Managing Mosquitoes, Pest Management, Pollinators, Primary Post, profile, Public Health, Uncategorized, Waterways

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A new bill in the Maryland State legislature seeks to address and ban the use of harmful “forever chemicals” in pesticides by requiring these products be tested and found to be free of hazardous PFAS substances before they’re allowed to be used and sold in...

09 Sep First-in-the-Nation Website Identifies Safer Disinfectant Options

Posted at 18:41h in Primary Post, profile, Public Health

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Online tool helps schools, the healthcare industry, and consumers sanitize and protect from COVID-19 variants without exposure to dangerous chemicals Although the use of disinfectants has increased in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been limited public knowledge about the potential serious health...

01 Sep Willow Oak Flower & Herb Farm: The Alternative Solution to Chemically Treated Flowers

Posted at 19:40h in Primary Post, profile

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As increasing research comes out about the dangers of pesticides in our farms and gardens, it is becoming increasingly clear that organic pesticide control is both safer and effective. However, not many people consider the use of pesticides and preservatives that are used to chemically-treat...

22 Aug Want a Non-Toxic Weed Control? Try Eco-Friendly Weed Terminator Instead

Posted at 12:37h in Gardening, Healthy Soil, Primary Post, profile, Uncategorized

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One of the most important, yet tiresome, aspects of gardening and lawn management is weed control. Who wants to pick weeds when spraying herbicides is quicker and easier? But most products available in stores contain toxic ingredients that harm people, pets, wildlife, and the environment. Glyphosate,...

18 Aug Lemon Eucalyptus Oil: Best Natural Insect Repellant

Posted at 17:32h in Managing Mosquitoes, Pest Management, Pollinators, Primary Post, profile

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Lemon Eucalyptus Oil: Best Natural Insect Repellant No one want to be bitten by mosquitoes or ticks, yet the most common insecticides and repellants can be dangerous too. In fact, it was recently discovered by the Maryland Pesticide Education Network (MPEN), that a common insecticide sprayed...

02 Jul Opting Out of Toxic PFAS in Mosquito Control Pesticides

Posted at 20:01h in Managing Mosquitoes, Primary Post, profile

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Mosquitoes are a nuisance, but poisoning from PFAS in mosquito spray lasts forever 10/17/21 Update: A second Md. Mosquito Control Program product, Mavrik Perimeter, listed on Maryland's mosquito control webpage, was found to contain 16,703 ppt of the "forever chemical" PFAS by the State of...

03 Jun Video: Surface Disinfectants – Dangers and Alternatives

Posted at 17:14h in Primary Post, profile, Public Health

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2 noted physicians explain the hazards of some common disinfectants. The EPA has generated a list, List N, of disinfectants that are effective at eliminating COVID-19 from surfaces. This list of 554 disinfectants includes 466 that are toxic to humans and only 88 that are considered...

05 May Residents Urged Not to Spray Pesticides for Periodical Cicadas

Posted at 19:04h in Gardening, Healthy Soil, Pest Management, Primary Post, profile

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Cicada's are harmless, amazing insects, with an important place in the web of life By Drew Toher As periodical cicadas begin to emerge throughout the central and eastern United States, many may be tempted to put a halt to their noisy mating calls by reaching for a...

31 Mar Avoid Harmful Pesticides with These Foods!

Posted at 18:33h in Food and GMOs, Gardening, profile, Public Health

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Eating organic is always a good and healthy idea, but it’s especially important for certain foods. Many extremely common, ‘kid-friendly’ foods, such as strawberries and apples, are the ones that are most often riddled with dangerous chemicals, pesticides, and fungicides that are linked directly to...

15 Mar RNAi Pesticides: A Dangerous New Trend

Posted at 15:22h in Food and GMOs, Gardening, Pest Management, Pollinators, Primary Post, profile, Public Health

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New, Gene-Silencing Pesticides Could Spell Doom for Pollinators Scientists warn gene-silencing RNA-based pesticides could spell doom for pollinators as they quickly begin to enter the general pesticide market. Concerns about gene-altering pesticide use have arisen as of late, as more and more of the risks these RNAi...

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03 Mar Important PFAS Testing Bill In MD – Help Ban Toxic Forever Chemicals!

09 Sep First-in-the-Nation Website Identifies Safer Disinfectant Options

01 Sep Willow Oak Flower & Herb Farm: The Alternative Solution to Chemically Treated Flowers

22 Aug Want a Non-Toxic Weed Control? Try Eco-Friendly Weed Terminator Instead

18 Aug Lemon Eucalyptus Oil: Best Natural Insect Repellant

02 Jul Opting Out of Toxic PFAS in Mosquito Control Pesticides

03 Jun Video: Surface Disinfectants – Dangers and Alternatives

05 May Residents Urged Not to Spray Pesticides for Periodical Cicadas

31 Mar Avoid Harmful Pesticides with These Foods!

15 Mar RNAi Pesticides: A Dangerous New Trend

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