Did you know that homeowners can use 10 times more fertilizer and pesticides per area than farmers? Do you know how or when to get your well water tested? Workshop focuses on pesticides, well water. The concert series will take place from noon to 1 p. These and other topics will be discussed at "Protecting Water Quality in Your Own Backyard," a free workshop running from 2 to 4 p. Sunday at the Dahlem Environmental Education Center, 7117 S. It's sponsored by the Jackson County Conservation...

The research is expected to provide new insights into mechanisms of insecticide toxicity that will aid in assessing human health risks associated with using these insecticides. The projects involve two chemical classes of insecticides that target the sodium ion channel proteins of nerve membranes. The synthetic nerve cell approach also provides the Soderlund laboratory with the means to address one of the most significant problems in toxicology: the need to extrapolate insecticide risks to...

Jodi Rell struck a blow for environmental sanity and the health of schoolchildren by signing into law a ban on lawn-care pesticides at public middle schools. In addition to birth defects and learning disabilities, pesticides have been linked to childhood leukemia, soft-tissue sarcomas, cancers of the brain and testes, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. By banning chemical lawn pesticides from middle school grounds, the state is protecting another 100,000 children. Connecticut already bans these...

Presiding over the meeting, Dr NS Malhi, director of extension education, PAU, suggested the farmers that regular survey of cotton crop be conducted to counter the attack of mealy bug. He said university had been disseminating information to curb this menace since May and information about remedial measures for the same could be obtained from the department of entomology, PAU. Dr Butter cautioned that the infested plants became stunted with fewer bolls of smaller size and incomplete...

Who knows, for example, how the chemicals in your toothpaste will react with the ingredients in your shampoo or the sulfites in your wine? At some point we have to take our chances, but when it comes to substances that are known to be toxic to us and Nature, we all need to be reminded that the quick and easy method is not always the best. The idea of an organic Marin means just that - using viable alternatives instead of synthetic poisons, using the cleanest possible methods instead of...