Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Is Expanding Pest Control Business Exposing Kids To Toxic Pesticides?

Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Dread Skeeter poses on the cover of the coloring book, a backpack-mounted pesticide spray gun in his hand and muscles bulging under his T-shirt. A few pages in, outlines of young kids playing football accompanies a caption: "Backyards are better without biting bugs."
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Lindsay Clinton: Alternative Commitments at Rio 20 Make Big Impact
Many have decried the final Rio+20 outcome document as weak and watered down, but the news is not all bad. Amidst the negative sentiments, there are new areas of commitment that foster hope that we are making meaningful progress in moving the needle on the sustainability agenda.
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