Flower business can be a toxic one
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BOGOTA -- It's probably the last thing most people think about when buying roses: By the time the bright, velvety flowers reach your valentine, they will have been sprayed, rinsed, and dipped in a battery of potentially lethal chemicals.
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By Amos Maki, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.  Dec. 19--When Dan Cowan first laid his eyes on a heavily polluted  industrial site in Charleston, S.C., in 1998, he could hardly believe what he  saw.
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Experiments with the brain cells of rats show that contact with an ingredient found in shampoos, hand lotions and paint causes neurons to die.
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Farmworkers exposed to high levels of pesticides, as well as home gardeners who use these chemicals to kill insects and fungus on their house plants, run a higher risk of brain cancer, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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Toxic chemicals don't just hurt us in big doses. An environmental oncologist argues that myriad tiny amounts of cancer-causing agents in our environment--and even in our shampoo--can make us sick.
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The makers of such insecticides as Raid and Off are taking a swat at what they consider a new nuisance in the neighborhood: nontoxic, botanical pesticides that are ratcheting up competition in the war on bugs.
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"Customers don't realize that one wedding ring weighs 10 grammes and causes three tonnes of toxic waste," says Greg Valerio, whose company aims to follow fair trade coffee with ethical gold jewellery.
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The dangers of investing in companies that are out to change the world.
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PEOPLE are being exposed to toxic chemicals through the food they eat, according to a new report.  Traces of man-made pollutants, which are linked to health problems including cancer and foetal deformities, were found in every one of 27 food products tested.
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Many imported plants and animals have become vexing problems and once they are noticed, it is almost always too late, or too costly, to eradicate them.
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USING pesticides on house plants may more than double the risk of developing a brain tumour, plant-lovershave been warned.   A study shows that those who use fly sprays, weedkillers and other chemical treatments on pot plants are two-and-a-quarter times more likely to develop brain cancer.
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"I want to kill them all," he says. "I want to crush them, because these incumbents are selling stuff that doesn't work, and that annoys me. They're engaged in profiteering. There's nothing wrong with making money, but not when you're selling things that don't work right."
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By Harward Esther  Neighbours of a Morrinsville mushroom plant who have complained about a bad smell for more than 10 years vented their frustration at an Environment Court hearing yesterday.
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"Customers don't realize that one wedding ring weighs 10 grams and causes three tonnes of toxic waste," says Greg Valerio, whose company aims to follow fair trade coffee with ethical gold jewellery.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - An apparent mix-up resulted in a lawn care company spraying the yard of a prominent anti-pesticide activist.
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A US Food and Drug Administration study shows a toxic chemical found in nature and used in rocket fuel has come up in tests on lettuce and milk samples.
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CHICAGO Researchers are warning that some herbal remedies from India may contain dangerous levels of lead, mercury and arsenic. A Harvard Medical School study found levels high enough to cause poisoning in