Losing a (Once Winning) Battle with Poison Ivy
By Paula Kaufmann – CIH
For years I was the “go to person” when poison ivy was spotted in a yard – I was the neighborhood “poison ivy abatement expert”. I could always remove (yank out) the vines and clean up the debris with no [...]
EHSWire.com’s “Top 10 Tuesdays”
Here at EHSWire.com, we have decided to launch our 2009 “Summer Series” of blog posts. This year we will be devoted to a series called we’re calling “Top Ten Tuesdays”. Every Tuesday throughout the Summer one of our EHS professionals will post his/her blog specifically targeted towards their particular area [...]
Even More Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green
by Barbara Glynn Alves
As promised, this posting will focus on reducing the amount of plastics that go in the landfills. First, it is important to understand that not all plastics are created equal – many cannot (or are not) recycled, but most [...]
More Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green
by Barbara Glynn Alves
Following up on my last posting, here are more helpful ways to help you keep your stuff out of the landfills whenever possible. This posting will focus on e-waste and smaller household items. Thanks to all who responded to my [...]
Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green
by Barbara Glynn Alves
Everybody’s jumping on the Green bandwagon and there is a lot of information out there about just how to do that – maybe too much information for the average busier than busy American. It reminds me of the Nilssen song from Midnight [...]
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Rules and Regulations
By: Dian Cucchisi – PhD – CHMM
It has been determined that if every home in America replaced just one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb, we would save enough energy in just one year to light 3 million homes; and enough to offset the greenhouse gas [...]