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Welcome to NCAP's blog: The Buzz! Here you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about the latest efforts to reduce pesticides, tips for finding effective alternatives, and what you can do to help create a safe world and protect the health of people and the environment.
Wild About Bed Bugs
Call him the ‘Bed Bug Czar.’ Jon Wild is a property manager with Home Forward, a public housing provider in Portland, Oregon. read more...
Northwest Meets South Asia
In 2011, NCAP was fortunate enough to meet with activist Vandana Shiva. Get the scoop on that conversation here. read more...
Avoid Having a Lousy Day
Whether or not head lice has not been a problem at your school this year, check out these tips to help you and your family prevent getting lice. read more...
Farm Bill Still in Play
Despite recent rumblings that Congress would soon be announcing the 2012 Food and Farm Bill, the process is not over. It appears the debt super committee process is about to fail, so the urgency to include a Farm Bill in the process is fading. read more...
Four Things for the Farm Bill
Recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on the Imminent 2012 Farm Bill Proposal, courtesy of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. read more...
Natural Aphid Predators: Lacewing Larvae
NCAP volunteer Genealle Visagorskis reflects on the symbiotic relationship between gardeners and lacewing larvae. read more...
GE Deregulation Hearing Comes to Corvallis
The USDA/APHIS is holding a public hearing on deregulating genetically engineered 'Roundup Ready' sugarbeets in Corvallis, OR on November 17th. read more...
Federal Judge Upholds Salmon Protections: A Big Win for Fish, Rivers, and People
Today, a federal judge upheld measures required to protect endangered salmon and steelhead from three highly toxic pesticides. The protections were included in a biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in 2008. Pesticide manufacturers seeking to overturn those protections challenged NMFS’s findings, but the court squarely rejected their challenges. read more...
Action Alert: Save Healthy Food and Farms
Act now to defend organic and conservation programs within the Food and Farm Bill! read more...
Industry Misinformation Exposed
When the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently concluded that several common pesticides were harmful to endangered fish, Dow Agrosciences and other pesticide manufacturers responded with a lawsuit arguing that the science was faulty. Last week, NCAP and allies submitted detailed testimony which systematically refutes their false claims. read more...
