PLANET IN PERIL

NEW YORK - July 22 - CommonDreams.org Outlawed in homes and gardens, pesticide is still sprayed on food crops Crop-duster photo by l.p. EDITOR'S NOTE: In case you think chlorpyrfos (Lorsban) is a problem only in the US, think again! It is used extensively on grain crops on the Canadian prairies and made a Swan Valley family very sick a few years ago. Read their story here. "Family Believes it was Poisoned by Crop Spray " l.p. Why no lawsuit here?

John Mulrow and Alexander Ochs, with Shakuntala Makhijani - Worldwatch Institute - Jul 22, '10 The average sea level... Peter Hollinger photo

By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent - 20 Jul 2010 Telegraph.co.uk Huge swaths of rainforest… British dairy herd, courtesy of Superstock

By Dahr Jamail* NEW ORLEANS, United States, Jul 20, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) - Shellfish in… (AFP/Getty Images/ File/Sean Gardner)

Manitoba Co-Operator - staff - 7/19/2010 Cattle prices on...

Jul 7th, 2010 - David Suzuki with Faisal Moola Cloud formation. l.p. photo

Jul 14th, 2010 -- Vandana Shiva - The Asian Age The Bhopal gas tragedy was...

ScienceDaily (July 16, 2010) — In a pioneering... Photo courtesy of Google Images

Winnipeg Free Press - By: Staff Writer - 17/07/2010 EDITOR'S NOTE: Please note the refreshingly restrained and thoughful comments from readers at the bottom of this story! We need more intelligent exchanges like these, rather than the vitriol such topics usually bring! l.p.

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 7/13/2010 Genetic changes in...

Jaymi Heimbuch - San Francisco, CA - Fri Jul 9, '10 planet green Everything You Need to Know to Make It Go Away