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["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

I was surprised to notice that the links had been removed in cyberspace. I 
subscribe to Pesticide action network north america or PANNA in short and 
that is where my mail came from.  (see address at very bottom) I thought it 
would be interesting since a few of the subjects here we spoke about in the 
recent past.
john

> John, could you provide a link to the material in your email below??
>
> Thanks,
> Scott P.
>
> "Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.
> On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."
> ~Arundhati Roy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John D'hondt
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 4:50 PM
> To: permaculture
> Subject: [permaculture] Fw: GroundTruth: Minnesota rejects 
> triclosan;Midwest
> takes on GE labels; First bees, now birds
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>            Minnesota says 'no thanks' to triclosan
>             Good news for public health and water quality from Minnesota
> this week. By June of this year, state agencies and institutions will no
> longer be buying soaps and cleaning products containing the pesticide
> triclosan.
>            Governor Mark Dayton made the shift with an executive order
> signed Monday. The new policy - the first of its kind in the country - 
> comes
> in response to a combination of strong science and public concern about 
> the
> chemical's prevalence and harms.Read more >
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>            Midwest asks for clarity with GE labels
>             Legislators in Minnesota introduced a bill last week to label
> genetically engineered (GE) food, joining similar efforts across the
> Midwest. States are taking matters into their own hands as the federal
> government has failed to provide people with information about what's in
> their food and how it's grown.
>            GE labeling bills in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois represent the
> groundswell of Midwesterners frustrated with the lack of information and
> oversight of genetically engineered seeds, crops and food. Read more >
>
>            Bumper crops in India, no GE required
>             Small farmers in the rural Indian state of Bihar are setting
> yield records for rice, potatoes and wheat - without the use of 
> genetically
> engineered (GE) seed or pesticides.
>            Using an agroecology technique known as SRI, the farmers more
> than quadrupled their previous yields. An official from the state's 
> Ministry
> of Agriculture calls SRI "revolutionary."Read more >
>
>            First bees, now birds
>             Prairie bird populations are falling in many Midwestern 
> states,
> from ring-necked pheasants to horned larks to sparrows. Scientists now say
> insecticides are a primary culprit.
>            Minnesota birds are hardest hit with 12 species in decline,
> followed by Wisconsin with 11, and Illinois, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska 
> and
> New York with nine affected species each.Read more >
>
>            Hormone disrupting chemicals a 'global threat'
>             A new technical report from the World Health Organization 
> (WHO)
> and UN Environment Program (UNEP) made a remarkable splash earlier this
> month, raising worries that hormone-disrupting chemicals currently on the
> market pose a "global threat" to human and ecosystem health.
>            In the paper, State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting
> Chemicals (EDCs), scientists flagged serious concern about the level of
> endocrine-related diseases and disorders on the rise, including: low semen
> quality and non-descended testes in young males; breast, endometrial and
> ovarian cancers; early onset of breast development in women; and
> developmental effects on the nervous system in children.Read more >
>           Urge EPA to protect
>            our kids
>            The science linking chlorpyrifos to children's health harms is
> irrefutable. As EPA reviews the effects of this pesticide, it must fully
> consider the damage to children's health. Take Action>
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