COLUMBUS — Ohio petroleum producers are pushing back against a call by the state attorney general to increase environmental penalties and chemical reporting requirements on the drilling industry.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters are evenly split over a proposal before the state Legislature that would impose the nation’s strictest abortion limit, according to a new poll released Thursday.
COLUMBUS — A state panel on Thursday upheld its decision that a Cincinnati landlord, who claimed a black girl’s hair products clouded an apartment complex’s swimming pool, discriminated against the child by posting a “White Only” sign poolside.
The trial of the Delaware resident and Iraq War veteran accused of killing his roommate in March went under way Monday, as prosecutors re-created the crime scene and presented testimony from two witnesses. In opening statements, Delaware County Prosecutor Carol O’Brien told jurors that Joel Sellers, 25, killed George McArthur, 24, a childhood friend, after they argued about a party hosted at the townhouse they lived in together at 781 Liberty Road in Delaware.
COLUMBUS — After a childhood spent moving around, Patti Gorcheff vowed that she’d never uproot her daughter. But she says wastewater disposal in her area from an oil and gas drilling frenzy that’s hit Ohio and other states has forced her to change her mind.
An Olentangy athletic booster parent group plans to raise between $1.5 million to $1.7 million for synthetic turf football fields for all three high schools in the district.
Unfortunately we live in a world where we are surrounded by human-made chemicals (more than 80,000 are in use in the U.S.). Of those, only a few hundred have been tested for safety. I learned a lot in a recent article in Natural Home and Garden Magazine (July/August 2011) titled “Chemical Warfare” by K. Lerner and A. Kingfisher. Here is a summary of their advice in avoiding 10 of the most dangerous chemicals found in and around our homes (five this week and five next week) :
The Environmental Working Group has updated its list of the most pesticide contaminated produce notoriously known as the “Dirty Dozen.” They’ve also put together a list of the “Clean 15,” which are the least contaminated fruits and veggies. The idea behind the lists is to give shoppers an idea of where they might want to spend their dollars for organic purchases.