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Posted by Cynthia on December 22, 2012

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Food Safety and Two Obama Appointments

The Organic Consumers Association is mounting a campaign against two very ominous appointments by the Obama Administration to key positions in the Food and Drug Administration andthe US Department of Agriculture. The OCA seeks first to reverse the appointment of former Monsanto lobbyist Michael Taylor as a senior adviser to the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner on food safety. The OCA is also opposing the rumored appointment of current Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff as Under-Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. Quoting the OCA: "Michael Taylor has shuttled between positions at the FDA and USDA and as a lawyer and lobbyist for GMO-seed giant Monsanto. According to OCA, he "is widely credited with ushering Monsanto's recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) through the FDA regulatory process and into the milk supply -- unlabeled." "Taylor is also responsible for the FDA's decision to treat genetically modified organisms as ...

Textile Recycling

Did you know that the average New Yorker tosses 46 pounds of clothing and textiles in the trash each year? Much of this is recyclable at your local greenmarket. Bring your old clothing, shoes, towels, sheets, scarves, hats, bags and belts to the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket on Saturdays from 8am to 4pm . For other locations as well as a printable textile recycling poster to post in your building or workplace click here . Clothing that is in good condition can be donated to other places for reuse. But ripped or stained clothes or sheets, not suitable for reuse, can be brought to the greenmarket for recycling.

TIPS OF THE MONTH: Cleaners, drugs and pesticides, how to keep our water and gardens clean?

New York City has some of the best water in the country but we can’t afford to take it for granted. Rather than sending toxic chemicals down the drain, use non-hazardous alternatives like lemon juice, vinegar, baking soda and plant oils for household cleaning, or buy nontoxic cleaning products from the coop. Prescription and non-prescription drugs are released into the environment when flushed down toilets and sinks. Water from the Croton watershed, which supplies New York City with drinking water, contains detectable levels of pharmaceuticals. To find out how to dispose of drugs without polluting our water, visit www.Riverkeeper.org Nobody wants bugs devouring their butternut squash, beetles killing their roses or poison ivy savaging their skin. That said, Roundup and similar pesticides poison our soil, water and air – while supporting the world’s worst agribusinesses. Plant pest-resistant, native species and hand pull weeds. Think of it as exercise! ...

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