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Last weekthe Crissy ReId Center held fts annual Community Heroes Awards where"10 ordinary people are celebrated fordoing extraordinary things to preserve, protect, and raise awareness about the urban environment of the San Francisco Bay Area." One of the 201 0 recipients was Novato scientist Marie Chan. Chan's particular concern is with multiple chemical sensitivities, a chronic medical condition resulting from exposure to pesticides, plastics, paints, etc. Because of her tireless work over the last few years,the Novato Unified School District now uses only sustainable, nontoxic cleaning supplies and is the only school district in the state to receive the California Department of Public Health's 2010 Achievement in Respiratory Health award for its implementation of theTools for Schools program. Because of Chan's efforts,district officials are realizing that being"clean and green" doesn't cost any more than traditional methods.As one of Chan's groupies in her Green Schools Coalition of Novato,and as the selfappointed president of the Marie Chan Fan Club, I'm crowning her with a Dirt Diva-sparkly-green-tiara award,as well! May she continue crusading in style.
[June Irwin], who is in her 70s, is still a practicing dermatologist on the West Island of Montreal. [Paul Tukey] and [Brett Plymale] believe she's changed the North American landscape forever just by daring to speak out. "She would attend every single town meeting from lune 1985 until they passed the law. She would read documents full of facts and full of anecdotes that came in the news," says Tukey. "She would read this aloud and say why aren't we getting rid of these things? Why are we allowing these products to be on our properties?" lust this year, Health Canada, the equivalent of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announced it plans to ban the sale and application of all weed 'n feed type products across Canada by the end of 2012. Half of Canada has already banned such products.See the full content of this document
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Documentary digs beneath surface of lawn-care chemicalsMy soil-scientist pal Stephen Andrews says, "If you're growing a lawn in California, God help you!" In my anti-grass quest, I found it's the male spousal unit who's having a hard time letting go of his huge, useless...See the full content of this document
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