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Small Victory: Organic Farm Allowed to Sue for Wafting Pesticide Contamination
10:14 am in agriculture, Business & Politics, chemicals, farming, pesticides by TreeHugger
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Does anyone remember the case of Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer who was sued by Monsanto after the company's Roundup Ready canola had drifted onto his farm without him knowing about or wanting it? A new case in Minnesota could be just the opposite scenario: Oluf and Debra Johnson say that pesticides from surrounding conventional farms have been wafting onto their 1500-acre organic farm—damaging their crop and impacting their profits. A court has now ruled that the Johnsons can sue to recover their lo...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Whoever would have guessed the word natural could be so abused? And nowhere does the concept of natural take more of a beating than in the world of cosmetics.
Even products that look safe or have a 'natural' label in the health food aisle have hidden and not-so-hidden chemicals that could be harmful for long-term use. Take a look at your favorite 'natural' brands in the 
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I think I am in love with this video. Or rather, I am in love with the clever courage and ethics that went into creating it. 
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