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Dry clothes to kill ticks

by Helen Brophy

A study released in the journal Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, states that drying your clothes in your clothes dryer on a hot setting will kill ticks in six minutes. Do not wash the clothes first and place them in the dryer on high immediately after coming in from a possible tick infested area. The CDC currently recommends…

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“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others” -Plato

by Helen Brophy

“This above all: to thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man” -William Shakespeare Never do anything as a result of peer pressure. Know what you believe and what is right, then act upon it. Following a path because…

by Mary Smith

Autumn is apple picking season, and what better way to celebrate this wonderful time of year than with an Apple cake. This cake, made with organic ingredients, and soaked with Bourbon or apple cider is sure to be a crowd pleaser. To make this delicious cake more festive serve it with real homemade whipped cream. …

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Finally! Why does protective action take so long? We have known about these harmful effects for years. Plain soap and water works as well. The following article appeared in Food Safety News: Nineteen ingredients commonly used in antibacterial soaps and washes, including two suspected endocrine disruptors linked to reproductive and developmental harm,…

by Helen Brophy

The pesticide, Naled, which killed millions of bees during a spray to control Zika carrying mosquitoes in South Carolina is carcinogenic and very toxic. It has been implicated in pediatric brain cancer. There are much safer adultacide and larvacide alternatives to Naled. As of August 31, 2016, acourding to South Carolina Department of Health and Environment…

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A single bee farm lost 46 hives after an airplane sprayed the mosquito pesticide Naled. Source: ‘Like it’s been nuked’: Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes – The Washington Post

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President Obama expands protected waters off Hawaii creating the worlds largest marine reserve At 582,578 square miles, the monument will be more than quadruple its original size and nearly four times the size of California. Source: Obama to Expand Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii – NBC News

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Conservationists are calling on the US to raise the protection level for leopards, severely curbing hunters’ ability to import body parts as trophies Source: Animal welfare groups push US to classify all leopards as endangered | Environment | The Guardian

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“This is a very positive story,” said Dr. David Fahey, Director of the Chemical Sciences Division at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research Laboratory, and a co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol. “The whole world has participated in the control of ozone-depleting substances. All the behind the…