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Rachel Carson Council's Follow-up Report on Zinc Phosphide
 Rachel Carson Council sent a letter dated 11-25-11 to EPA requesting immediate action to give a higher level of protection for pets and the people who are for them from the hazardous effects of zinc phosphide, a rodenticide bait that generates toxic phosphine gas when exposed to water or stomach contents. Recent indicident reports has shown toxicity of the baits especially those sold over the counter directly to homeowners. More...
Protecting the Chesapeake
Goal of a New Law: Maryland's Fertilizer Use Act of 2011
 Fourteen (14%) percent of the nitrogen and eight (8%) of the phosphorus entering the Chesapeake Bay can be traced to non-agricultural urban and suburban sources – mainly lawns. The Fertilizer Use Act of 2011, a Maryland environmental law, is designed to reduce the impact of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Chesapeake Bay. More...
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Get Some Green Back
 The "Green Mantle™ Initiative: Get Some Green Back" gives 12 ways to help protect yourself, your family, your pets, your fellow citizens, and the wildlife work force that supplies useful ecosystem systems—while also indicating how doing so can save you money. The "Intitative" includes ways to lower your energy use while reducing greenhouse gas production; it recommends using fewer chemical pesticides to reduce risk to the environment and human health. No cost PDF is available in either full color brochure format or as concise palm card. More...
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Snoopy only lands
on Toxic-Free Lawns!
Make sure YOUR yard is chemical Pesticide-free for the safety of yourself, your children and your pets! Both parents and pet owners want to protect the precious lives in their care and provide safe places to play. This brochure discusses organic lawn care, why chemically treated lawns are especially dangerous for pets and related topics. More...
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Low-Risk Pest Management
This RCC publication is intended to be useful to anyone seeking the least hazardous methods of pest management in order to protect the health of people, pets and the environment.
Available as a downloadable PDF for homeowners, parents and pet owners. More...
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A Bird Lover's Guide to Good Coffee
 This colorful, informative brochure defines what makes shade-grown coffee bird-friendly and why it needs our support. It further explains that under the intensively-grown, "technification" systems, wintering habitats of many migratory song birds become depleted.
This publication includes the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's list of birds wintering in shade-grown coffee plantations as well as a contact list of companies that sell organic, shade-grown coffee. More...
RCC Alert
Beware the "ides" of Autumn —
Zinc Phosphide and Methyl Bromide
"Beware the ides of March," is the warning given by a soothsayer in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar." Caesar disregarded it and ended up assassinated. We trust that our warning to Beware the "ides" of Autumn will be heeded once you, our friends, have considered the problems with zinc phosphide and methyl bromide as presented in the RCC Alert for Fall 2011. More...
UPDATE On Methyl Bromide issue
identified in the "ides" of Autumn
On October 25th, the Chevy Chase Club board members—where the use of methyl bromide had been planned to fumigate the greens on their golf course in 2012—announced the withdrawal of that proposed action in favor of alternate ways to manage their turf problem.
Notable News—August 2011
Preventing Exposure to Dangerous Microbial Contaminants
(E. coli and Salmonella)
Arsenic, Chickens and Health
Tagging Toxic Events: The In'Cide Story
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Late Summer News
Update on Imprelis - EPA Ban Announced!
Where Honeybees Work: Protection Needed
Low level insecticides and common disease killing bees.
Possible link to CCD?
More...
A Great Lady's Legacy
Rachel Carson Council - 45 Years of Service and Science
New full color brochure just released in 2011.
Visit About RCC for full text
 MAKING AN IRA CHARITABLE ROLLOVER GIFT TO THE RACHEL CARSON COUNCIL
The IRA Charitable Rollover has been extended to the end of 2011. It allows individuals age 70.5 and older at the time of the contribution to make direct transfers totaling up to $100,000 per year to 501(c)(3) charities — Rachel Carson is a 501(c)(3) charity — without having to count the transfers as income for federal income tax purposes. MORE...
Global Climate Change:
Its Impacts on Food and the Environment
Important information on global climate change from world famous teacher and ecologist Dr. David Pimentel. more
Five Pesticide Products of
Recent Concern to RCC
ProMeris Duo™ (insecticide for use on dogs), Imprelis™ (herbicide for use on turf), Venom™, Scorpion™, and Azera™ (insecticides for use against the brown marmorated stink bug). Note: A recent article in The New York Times, "New Herbicide Suspected in Tree Deaths", discusses the Imprelis™ issue MORE...
This 60 page publication is a must for every veterinary office and animal care facility.
It is available both as a hard copy or as an e-book.
Spring of Awareness 2011
Children and Pesticides
Bees and Pesticides
Valuable Ecosystem Services Provided Free MORE...
Celebrating Earth Day 2011
RCC Message and Announcement of the wonderful Green: the Color and the Cause — Exhibit at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC MORE...
5 Pesticide Active Ingredients-Caution Needed
RCC Opposes the Present Hydraulic Fracturing Practices
Killer Compost: New Problems, a New Chemical.
 RCC Publication:
20 Questions and
Answers on Chemical
Pesticides for
Gardeners and Others.
Special Donations to RCC
Occasionally donations are made to the Rachel Carson Council, in memory of or in honor of friends, relatives or special pets. You can find a list of these Special Donations here.
Past Issues and News Items can be found here.
Looking Ahead... News and Events
- 05/20/11: Intergenerational Contest to Honor Rachel Carson
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Intergenerational Contest to Honor Rachel Carson 2011
The EPA, Generations United, the Dance Exchange, and Rachel Carson Council are sponsoring the Fifth Annual Rachel Carson Intergenerational Photo, Essay, Poetry, and Dance Contest that "best expresses the Sense of Wonder that you feel for the sea, the night sky, forests, birds, wildlife, and all that is beautiful to your eyes."
We want you to share this love of nature with a child and others around you. When we teach our eyes and ears and senses to focus on the wonders of nature, we open ourselves to the wonders around us (taken from EPA Contest Announcement).
For a copy of the flyer for this year's contest http://www.epa.gov/aging/resources/thesenseofwonder/2011_flyercarson.pdf
Submissions are due June 10, 2011. The finalists will be selected by a panel of judges. Then the public will be asked to vote for their favorites in each category: photography, essay, poetry, and dance. Entries must be intergenerational projects involving persons from different ages and generations. The winners will be posted on www.epa.gov/aging/resources/thesenseofwonder/index.htm and announced in November. For more information, see; www.epa.gov/aging/resources/thesenseofwonder/index.htm Please help up us promote this worthy activity.
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