Since the boom in bottled water, many people have taken safe water for granted, and while logic is pushing us back to our taps instead of filling landfills with plastic bottles, make sure you invest in a carbon-filter system when you do. Huffington Post did an in-depth investigative review "EPA Fails to Inform Public About Weed-Killer In Drinking ( Read more... )

The administration has halted an $8 million dollar a year program that monitors pesticide use on over 120 different fruits, vegetables and other crops. We can throw $700 billion at Wall Street but we can't find $8 million to keep a program this important going?

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