Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Fiscal Irresponsibility

 Fiscal Irresponsibility
“Do I need it?”
“Will I use it?”
“Can I afford it?”
That is how I have managed my life’s finances.
There are obviously times during one’s life when we buy things that we don’t really need but those are what makes life fun. These are the frivolous items that we buy or the trips that we take […]

BLACK PLASTIC

 Black Plastic (Polyethylene)
During my recent travels I drove along a highway in western Florida where some road construction was underway in the median strip.
It was a four-lane Interstate highway with the wide median strip the level of which was below the center of the highway lanes.
During the last decade it seems that no one is […]

Blessed Be the Slobs

For a number of years I have been going to the same resort in Jamaica. Quite a few years ago I met the man who picks up trash and plastic cups from the beach, arranges the beach lounges and chairs for the next day and then rakes the beach.
He’s a Rastafarian as is his father […]

Lead Update

This supports my commentary regarding traces of lead in paint on toys coming in from China.
(Please see my previous post, “Toys and Lead”)
I have just read an article that appeared January 22nd, on NEWSMAX HEALTH.
I feel that it is important to spread this information because many home remedies from Latin American countries and India use […]

Toys, Lead and Buttons

The most significant issue regarding children today is the possibility of children choking on small toy pieces and lead paint on toys. Parents are eager to start their children on literary and artistic careers early in life. There seems to be no problem with giving a 2 year old a box of colored pencils with […]