Thank you for your interest in learning more about hazardous and other industrial wastes in fertilizer. It has only been in recent years that the public has become aware of this method of disposal, and only then because of the persistence of a few Washington farmers, a small town mayor and the outstanding investigative skills of a Seattle Times� reporter Duff Wilson. The resulting investigative series 'Fear in the Fields: How Hazardous Waste Becomes Fertilizer' was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting. Duff Wilson's book 'Fateful Harvest, the True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry and a Toxic Secret' was published in 2001 just days before the attacks of September 11, 2001. Needless to say, the book was overshadowed by the tragic events of 9/11. As you enter this site to learn more, keep in mind that our children bear a disproportionate burden of the consequences from toxins released into the environment. While we cannot claim this method of disposal is the cause of the rise in childhood health problems, it may be a contributing factor. The most recently released Food and Drug Administration�s Total Diet Study for the period 1991-96 would seem to support at least cause for concern, recording a 50% rise in dietary arsenic since 1986 for both toddlers (2 year olds) and adults age 60-65 and a doubling of dietary arsenic for toddlers between 1984 and 1996.[1] We are at a point in history, where the silent majority � those who care about the environment and children�s health � can no longer afford to remain silent. The consequences of environmental change are all around us, and like 'canaries in the coal mine' our children are paying the price as sentinels. Statistics on childhood illnesses since 1980 are staggering. Asthma has increased 142%; cancer continues to rise at 1% per year; birth defects are rising; and 17% of all children under age 19 have some form of developmental disability[2]. Even the EPA acknowledges the 'probable cause' is 'environmental toxins' and that most likely the damage is being done in-utero. We have a unique opportunity to unite behind this issue that literally affects every one of us, and send a clear message to our elected officials that we want nothing less than a clean environment, and healthful food. I implore you to get involved and stay involved until this method of disposal has been banned and protective standards set. Please join me in protecting our future by demanding safe food and fertilizer. The cure is prevention. Patricia Anne Martin Former Mayor, City of Quincy Here is a link that might be useful: Safe Food and Fertilizer

ath, The Cold Set plant with the Old Tomato-tone looks much greener and has multiple flowers. The Ed's Millennium is quite apparent. The only "measurement" that I will be doing is Taste difference (if any), and secondly, quantity of production. Too early to make any conclusions other than to say there is a noticeable difference between the two formulations. Hopefully, the New Tomato-tone will surpass the Old. gobig, I found the MG with MC held too much water for my EarthTainer setup last season, and switched to using MG without MC. It was 25% cheaper on a cu. ft. basis as well, and worked better for me. Your results may vary........ Raybo

The door that shows up as the choice on your link is very nice...twelve lights and one panel below. But what you choose might be best decided by what your windows look like. Do you have divided lights on your windows, or are they plain? Sash or casement? Or do you have double-hung sash windows with a different top and bottom? (Some are six-over-one, for instance...) For example, if you windows are six-over-six, with the top and bottom sashes more square, you might like the door style with nine lights instead of twelve, so the glass starts higher in the door. If you windows have single-pane sashes without a grille, you might like to keep the door glass plain as well. And no, sheers are not out of fashion. There are nice modern patterns for sheer material, or you can keep them plain...and you can use sheer cotton voile instead of the silkier polyesters, for a more cottagey feeling. Gathering them top and bottom adds to the privacy, but even a flat panel in a simple tone-on-tone design stretched between slender rods cuts the view inside pretty well.

Hi Elle3. Let me try and help you as I'm long distance right now in NY and the apartment is in FL. Thank you btw. The Irish Lace Donegal color is just a hair lighter than BM-34 Wilmington Tan. It's a beautiful tannish color and the tile has some mottling with the edges slightly darker and the center slightly lighter. (Not as much as shows on the Jeffrey Court website.) It's subtle which is what I wanted. Some tiles have such a large swing in color, but this doesn't. The Jeffrey Court tile also has two other colors we considered. One is called Cork and the other is called Tipperary. Both also would have worked. I'd get a sample of all three as the shading is close but slightly different. The Cork has a green cast to it and the Tipperary has more of a taupy beige cast to it. Any of the three would have worked beautifully with the cherry. What finally swayed me is that since my LR/DR/kitchen all open to one another, I wanted a warm tan color in the rest of the apartment. The Donegal was the warmest. I think any of the three would work with the Uba Tuba. Definitely get a sample. Where are you located? I ordered mine locally in SW FL. As for the grout color, I'll have to get back to you when I'm down there as I don't remember what brand or color. I return to FL on Xmas day and it will take me a couple of days to get settled with putting things away, buying what we still need (we started from scratch there as it's our snowbird place), setting up the computer, etc.