Archive for February 2015
Only One Chance: How Contaminants in our Environment Impair Brain Development
The brain is an extremely complex organ that has to undergo a variety of developmental stages in a particular sequence and at a particular time to develop properly. What happens when the developing brain is exposed to environmental toxicants such as lead, mercury, pesticides, PCBs, or PFCs? These and other harmful chemicals can be present…
Read MoreAvoiding Persistent Herbicides in Compost
Back before it got too frozen, I picked up a load of composted horse manure for starting sheet mulch beds in the spring. It looked like good stuff – black and steamy, some sticks and gravel but nothing that couldn’t be sifted out if I was that picky. But tickling the back of my mind…
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