Green Options » FEMA http://greenoptions.com/tag/fema Posts tagged 'FEMA' Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 700 New Chemicals Introduced Each Year Not Tested for Toxicity http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/27/700-new-chemicals-introduced-each-year-not-tested-for-toxicity/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/27/700-new-chemicals-introduced-each-year-not-tested-for-toxicity/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:33:34 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/27/700-new-chemicals-introduced-each-year-not-tested-for-toxicity/ toxic chemicals are not tested under TSCASometimes I feel like an idiot for trusting the American government to protect our children. I mean really, I should know better by now.  I had just assumed any new chemical introduced into the US market would be tested for toxicity:  NOT TRUE!

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) does not require chemical companies to test the 700 new chemicals introduced into the US market annually for their toxicity.  This law is so bad the EPA has not even been able to ban the known carcinogen asbestos under TSCA after 10 years of trying!

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/27/700-new-chemicals-introduced-each-year-not-tested-for-toxicity/feed/ How Prepared is Your Family? http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/12/how-prepared-is-your-family/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/12/how-prepared-is-your-family/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:40:22 +0000 Derek Markham http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/12/how-prepared-is-your-family/ Emergency EvacuationDo you have an emergency preparedness kit for your family?

Don’t get caught short in the event of a natural disaster! Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, or severe winter storms can put your family at risk if you aren’t prepared. Trying to cope with having no power or water can be a stressful time, but there are steps that you can take to be prepared.

September is National Emergency Preparedness Month, and FEMA recommends having a kit ready in case of a disaster or evacuation. Going to the store and shopping during an evacuation will probably not be an option, so start putting together your family’s emergency preparedness kit, starting with the basics:

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/12/how-prepared-is-your-family/feed/ Contaminants in Flood Waters Threaten Food Part I: Who is Watching? http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/23/contaminants-in-flood-waters-threaten-food-part-i-who-is-watching/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/23/contaminants-in-flood-waters-threaten-food-part-i-who-is-watching/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:03:34 +0000 Sarah Pressman Lovinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/23/contaminants-in-flood-waters-threaten-food-part-i-who-is-watching/ Farming near a river bed is a great idea until it floods.  Soil near riverbeds tends to be more fertile, producing more abundant crops.  But when the river beds flood and drench contiguous farm land, the water can drag unwanted contaminants to the farmland, exposing health risks to anyone eating the crops from the flooded land.  What kinds of contaminants?  Anything in the flooded water: machine oil, sewage, garbage, medical waste, manure.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/23/contaminants-in-flood-waters-threaten-food-part-i-who-is-watching/feed/ Year Three in Rebuilding New Orleans: Taking More Green Steps, One by One http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/02/year-three-in-rebuilding-new-orleans-taking-more-green-steps-one-by-one/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/02/year-three-in-rebuilding-new-orleans-taking-more-green-steps-one-by-one/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:58:59 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/02/year-three-in-rebuilding-new-orleans-taking-more-green-steps-one-by-one/ A discarded fridge sits outside a New Orleans home after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures. (Image credit: Infrogmation at Wikimedia Commons under a GNU Free Documentation license.)The post-Katrina rebuilding effort in New Orleans has a long way to go, but some residents, activists and volunteers are celebrating one small but noteworthy step after another toward a more sustainable city.

Their efforts take on a special poignancy with the start of yet another hurricane season (it officially began on June 1, though the tropical system Arthur formed a day early around the Yucatan Peninsula). With lingering La Niña conditions and water temperatures in parts of the Gulf of Mexico already a degree or two above average, there’s reason to be concerned.

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