Study Links Rugs, Carpets to Higher Asthma Rates: “Carpet and rugs trap dust and whatever the dust contains,” Amr said. “People sit on the rugs (and) carpet–especially children; they also wipe their shoes and whatever they bring on the soles from home or outside.” [LaVonne says: ...and that includes pesticides and other nasty chemicals.]

Farmers are deeply wary about genetically engineered crops: “Genetically altered plants are now ubiquitous in the United States, accounting for 68 percent of this year’s soybean crop and 69 percent of cotton. But these numbers conceal a growing unease among farmers. Between 1996 and 1999, grain prices fell as exports to Europe dropped by $2 [...]

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I dreamed I had a headache. I was on a tour bus to Israel with my mother and some other people. We got to Jerusalem and entered a huge tent where people seemed to be both living and working in their own small areas. I had lost my mother, and figured she’d been sent to [...]