Rebel Towns
The Nation - 1/16/2013. By Barry Yeoman - The 600 residents of Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, have done a laudable job of keeping the vulgarities of modern life at bay. There are no fast-food restaurants, no neon signs. Instead, the former iron-mining town has rambling country inns and a main road lined with Victorian and Arts and Crafts houses. |
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Hybrid Seeds vs. GMOs
Mother Earth News - 1/16/2013. By Vicki Mattern - The term “hybrid,” which you’ll often see in seed catalogs, refers to a plant variety developed through a specific, controlled cross of two parent plants. In contrast, GM varieties (sometimes called “genetically modified organisms,” or “GMOs”) are a whole different animal, as we’ll explain in a bit. |
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BPA ban should be extended to keep children safe
Biddeford Journal Tribune - 1/16/2013. It’s tough to defend a recommendation favoring continued use of a harmful product in baby food packaging. And yet, that’s what the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and the LePage administration, are doing in their recommendation in favor of allowing continued use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in such packaging. |
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Maine Pediatricians Send Pointed Letter to Governor on Administration’s BPA Stance
Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine - 1/16/2013. Augusta: With a critical Board of Environmental Protection meeting just one day away, the Governor and his administration continue to draw fire for their opposition to a citizen-initiated proposal to replace the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, in baby and toddler food packaging. Dr. Steve Feder, President of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics sent a pointed letter to the Governor this morning, reminding the Governor of the known scientific evidence that supports the Board taking action to remove BPA in food packaging for young children. |
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