Special Series Blog: Earth's Bounty
The Allegheny Front for the week of 07/28/2010
 The Allegheny Front's intern, Estelle Tran, helps her two-year-old nephew, Marc Lebita, apply some All Terrain sunscreen at the Dillner Family Farm. Patty Tran photo |
Is Sunscreen Safe? And Is Safe Sunscreen Affordable? - Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, executive director of Women for a Healthy Environment talks about potential dangers of sunscreen ingredients and pending federal regulation with The Allegheny Front's Jennifer Szweda Jordan. Then, Estelle Tran reports on her visit to Pittsburgh-area stores to check out the accessibility and cost of the Environmental Working Group's recommended sunscreens. She found that, often, you get what you pay for. (Check out link below for more data from Estelle's shopping trip.)
 June Chappel's home was 200 ft away from millions of gallons of wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling. The impoundment is now being filled in. Chappel testified at a recent hearing for the need to keep drilling farther away from homes. Ann Murray photo. |
News Analysis: The Public Has Its Say About Marcellus Shale Drilling - Heated discussions about the safety and environmental impacts of drilling have been happening in public venues all around Pennsylvania. The explosion at a shallow gas and oil well that killed two workers and other recent accidents have added urgency to calls for everything from reviewing deep gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale to stopping it outright. The Allegheny Front's news analyst Ann Murray joins host Jennifer Szweda Jordan to talk about some of the latest developments in the ongoing debate about getting natural gas from the Marcellus Shale deposit.
 Biologists worry the Asian Carp will destroy the multi-billion dollar fishing industry in the Great Lakes if it gets in. US Fish and Wildlife Service photo. |
PA and Other States Sue to Keep Carp Out of Great Lakes - Pennsylvania is one of five Great Lakes states suing the federal government and Chicago's water department to keep Asian carp out of the lake system. Julie Grant reports.
 Mark Kastel, director of an industry watchdog group, says some so-called organic cows were being raised on factory farms instead of on pastures. USDA photo. |
Fixing The Organic Label - They cost more, but sales of organic foods are rising. Even in this down economy, organic food sales are going up 3-times faster than other foods. The Environment Report's Julie Grant has reports...that's happening as the government is working to make sure everything that's labeled organic actually is organic.
 The 'organic' label means that food's grown without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, but Lee says some shoppers think it means 'healthy' in other ways. Mica M CC-BY-SA courtesy photo. |
Overestimating The Organic Label - Researchers have known for a while that food labels, such as "low in fat," can mislead dieters into thinking they're eating healthy. Shawn Allee reports the "organic" label could lead dieters astray, too.
 Marshall Wertz, a sixth-grader who wrote an essay about what he loves to do outdoors, plays kick ball with his friend Matthew. Sheila Wertz photo. |
Teens Ask: 'Where Are All The Kids?' - This summer, The Allegheny Front is looking at how kids connect with nature and how that's changed over generations. We hear from Sara Williams and Holly Herman, from City Charter High School in Pittsburgh, who survey their friends and teachers to find out what games they used to play outdoors.
The Allegheny Front for the Week of July 28, 2010 - This week's program we'll talk with the executive director of Women for a Healthy Environment who says some ingredients in sunscreens aren't safe. We price out some of those that are recommended as being the safest. There's criticism that the organic standards for food aren't being enforced, especially for beef. In the news, local hearings on the safety and environmental impacts of drilling in the Marcellus shale. States including Pennsylvania are suing the federal government and the Chicago water department to keep the Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Our series on children and nature continues with a commentary from two Pittsburgh teenagers on how childhood games are being replaced with indoor technology.
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