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Start by purchasing What Can I Do? Lisa Harrow's A-Z guide to caring for the planet, now available in separate editions for the US, The UK, Australia, and NZ.
Updated Information
Lisa's updated topics to What Can I Do?, available here for free:
Pesticides and Toxins
Modern Miracles, or Another Toxic Nightmare?
Teflon,Goretex, Scotchguard and Stainmaster, brands that we are all familiar with, are products of a chemical group called perfleuorochemicals (PFCs). Recent studies have shown that these are perhaps the most noxious and persistent global contaminents ever made. They are found everywhere: non-stick cookware, waterproofed clothing, cosmetics, baseball mitts, dental floss, luggage, boots, shoes, gloves, camping equipment, carpets, and furniture. The Environmental Working Group has done a detailed analysis of the research, the health hazards, the effects on animals, and the spin connected with PFCs.
Thirty Different Pesticides Used in One Tomato Field?
A baby boy born with no eyes. Another with a beautiful face and no limbs. 450,000 children born with structural birth defects each year. "Kids are coming into the world with severe impairments that are making it tough for teachers to handle, tough for them to learn. These things are like a train coming down the track. One problem is, nobody wants to count it up and see what's coming.'' Betty Mekdeci, executive director of Birth Defect Research for Children.
Read more in this report from Florida.