Forty-five years ago, when the environmental primer "Silent Spring" was published, no one including its author, Rachel Carson, whose centennial of birth is being celebrated this year could have imagined the sweeping impact the book's indictment of the misuse of pesticides, especially dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), would have. Forty-five years ago, when the environmental primer "Silent Spring" was published, no one including its author, Rachel Carson, whose centennial of birth is...

House Bill 229 also includes authorization for new rail track and equipment needed for the railroad to move coal to a Cook Inlet port for loading on barges. If the cap expires physicians and other medical service providers will increase fees to current prevailing rates, which will likely cause an increase in workers' compensation insurance premiums paid by employers by an estimated 5 percent to 6 percent, according to Linda Hall, director of the Division of Insurance. The state Legislature...

As thousands of caterpillars munched hungrily above, the sound of their droppings -- called frass -- striking leaves filled the air like a light drizzle. However, pesticides can harm nesting birds and a variety of beneficial insects, such as honeybees, which already are under threat from Colony Collapse Disorder. A million little bites take quite a toll on trees Wildlife officials predict relief this year after infestation of forest tent caterpillars in 2006. So far this spring, the...

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Home Archives Sign-up Login Contact Us Jobs. He, however, said that Antigua & Barbuda does not have the capability nor the equipment to test the contents of Sahara dust and that the report coming out of Trinidad & Tobago about the six harmful pesticides found in dust samples did not say at what level it could affect humans. He, however, said that Antigua & Barbuda does not have the capability nor the equipment to test the contents of Sahara dust and that the report coming out of Trinidad &...