The last blog post examined some ways that chemicals and particularly those in plastics harm animal life, both on land and in the sea. This post will examine how certain chemicals harm humans. During my reading on this subject in the last week or so, one thing became very clear to me. Human and animal health is directly linked to the health of the environment. That seems like such an obvious statement, but oftentimes humans would like to think of environmental problems as just nature or animal problems. But when chemicals are involved, what affects animals also many times directly or indirectly affects the health of humans as well.
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Grow Green Kids- The Chicks from the Spring Do Their Thing in August August 29, 2010Lucky for me, gardening in August took a back seat with the major tasks of just keeping shrubs, flowers and whatever was still growing in the garden alive by watering. We had over ninety days of 90 plus degree heat with heat indexes often over 100. Everything was suffering. It has been so hot that even though it is time to plant the fall garden we have delay […]growgreenkids
- July’s Meltdown July 29, 2010July has really been a hot month in the Southeast, USA. In some parts of the South, the heat index has remained 100 + for a number of days in a row. We are having the usual afternoon thunderstorm that sometimes cools things off a bit, but also adds humidity in the air to deal with. So on we go, pretty much normal for July in the ole South. The Extension Syst […]growgreenkids
- The Heart of Summer June 28, 2010Even though summer officially starts in June, to me June and July is the heart of summer time activities. By the end of July, the planting and harvesting of fruits and veggies are just about over for the year. Our fall garden is not usually as big and busy as our summer one. According to the “Alabama Gardener’s Calendar,” published by the Extension System, J […]growgreenkids
- Gulf Oil Disaster: The Worst Environmental Disaster Ever May 30, 2010I haven’t heard anyone chant, “Drill Baby Drill,” lately, have you? In the South at least and around the Gulf Coast, that would be political suicide. The fears, anger, and plain disgust is raging here and grows worse each day. As the spill continues gushing thousands to millions (according to whose figures you look at, BP’s or other experts/scientists) of ba […]growgreenkids
- May Flowers and Laying by the Garden May 15, 2010May has been a good and busy month so far. My flower gardens have had beautiful red azaleas, roses, lilies, Sweet Williams and more. The snow ball bush was covered with big, bright, white flowers. There were some other flowers that were given to me that I don’t know the name, but were beautiful just as well. The yard was very colorful. We completed our soil […]growgreenkids
- Spring and Springing into Action April 18, 2010Spring is just a busy time of the year. For me it seems busier than the fall holidays. There is just so much to do. A lot of it is just plain hard work as well. The Extension Service in Alabama furnishes a calendar for gardener’s which is a great asset for those like me who need help with keeping all the spring chores in mind and organized. It starts with Ja […]growgreenkids
- Health Care Bill – The Big Question March 27, 2010There are all sorts of doubts and questions buzzing around the internet and in communities around the country about the good verses the bad of the newly voted in Health Care Bill. It’s really according to who you are listening to that leads to how you feel about it. If you are listening to a Democrat, then it’s the greatest bill ever passed, even classified […]growgreenkids
- Living Green in the Spring, My Favorite Time of the Year! March 13, 2010One of my first post on this blog pointed out that the Canadian Geese were on the move and fall was on the way. Well, today I saw the Geese flying again, this time northbound. They picked a beautiful 70 degree sunny day to fly over and they were just beautiful. I think everyone in the USA is looking forward to spring this year after all the snow, ice and sto […]growgreenkids
- Great Backyard Bird Count of 2010 – At My House February 19, 2010We had a great weekend for the annual backyard bird count from February 12th – 15th. The GBBC is a project that regular citizens participate by counting the birds at the feeders for four days. The report includes where the birds were counted, when, for how long, the specifics about the weather and of course the largest number of every species that were count […]growgreenkids
- Chemicals, Humans and Daily Living February 13, 2010The last blog post examined some ways that chemicals and particularly those in plastics harm animal life, both on land and in the sea. This post will examine how certain chemicals harm humans. During my reading on this subject in the last week or so, one thing became very clear to me. Human and animal health is directly linked to the health of the environmen […]growgreenkids
- The Chicks from the Spring Do Their Thing in August August 29, 2010
- Grow Green Kids
- The Chicks from the Spring Do Their Thing in August August 29, 2010Lucky for me, gardening in August took a back seat with the major tasks of just keeping shrubs, flowers and whatever was still growing in the garden alive by watering. We had over ninety days of 90 plus degree heat with heat indexes often over 100. Everything was suffering. It has been so hot that even though it is time to plant the fall garden we have delay […]growgreenkids
- July’s Meltdown July 29, 2010July has really been a hot month in the Southeast, USA. In some parts of the South, the heat index has remained 100 + for a number of days in a row. We are having the usual afternoon thunderstorm that sometimes cools things off a bit, but also adds humidity in the air to deal with. So on we go, pretty much normal for July in the ole South. The Extension Syst […]growgreenkids
- The Heart of Summer June 28, 2010Even though summer officially starts in June, to me June and July is the heart of summer time activities. By the end of July, the planting and harvesting of fruits and veggies are just about over for the year. Our fall garden is not usually as big and busy as our summer one. According to the “Alabama Gardener’s Calendar,” published by the Extension System, J […]growgreenkids
- Gulf Oil Disaster: The Worst Environmental Disaster Ever May 30, 2010I haven’t heard anyone chant, “Drill Baby Drill,” lately, have you? In the South at least and around the Gulf Coast, that would be political suicide. The fears, anger, and plain disgust is raging here and grows worse each day. As the spill continues gushing thousands to millions (according to whose figures you look at, BP’s or other experts/scientists) of ba […]growgreenkids
- May Flowers and Laying by the Garden May 15, 2010May has been a good and busy month so far. My flower gardens have had beautiful red azaleas, roses, lilies, Sweet Williams and more. The snow ball bush was covered with big, bright, white flowers. There were some other flowers that were given to me that I don’t know the name, but were beautiful just as well. The yard was very colorful. We completed our soil […]growgreenkids
- Spring and Springing into Action April 18, 2010Spring is just a busy time of the year. For me it seems busier than the fall holidays. There is just so much to do. A lot of it is just plain hard work as well. The Extension Service in Alabama furnishes a calendar for gardener’s which is a great asset for those like me who need help with keeping all the spring chores in mind and organized. It starts with Ja […]growgreenkids
- Health Care Bill – The Big Question March 27, 2010There are all sorts of doubts and questions buzzing around the internet and in communities around the country about the good verses the bad of the newly voted in Health Care Bill. It’s really according to who you are listening to that leads to how you feel about it. If you are listening to a Democrat, then it’s the greatest bill ever passed, even classified […]growgreenkids
- Living Green in the Spring, My Favorite Time of the Year! March 13, 2010One of my first post on this blog pointed out that the Canadian Geese were on the move and fall was on the way. Well, today I saw the Geese flying again, this time northbound. They picked a beautiful 70 degree sunny day to fly over and they were just beautiful. I think everyone in the USA is looking forward to spring this year after all the snow, ice and sto […]growgreenkids
- Great Backyard Bird Count of 2010 – At My House February 19, 2010We had a great weekend for the annual backyard bird count from February 12th – 15th. The GBBC is a project that regular citizens participate by counting the birds at the feeders for four days. The report includes where the birds were counted, when, for how long, the specifics about the weather and of course the largest number of every species that were count […]growgreenkids
- Chemicals, Humans and Daily Living February 13, 2010The last blog post examined some ways that chemicals and particularly those in plastics harm animal life, both on land and in the sea. This post will examine how certain chemicals harm humans. During my reading on this subject in the last week or so, one thing became very clear to me. Human and animal health is directly linked to the health of the environmen […]growgreenkids
- The Chicks from the Spring Do Their Thing in August August 29, 2010