Is Bait Safe
Baits used to control pests usually combine an active ingredient, or poison, that kills the pest, and something to attract the pests to the container that holds the bait. | Script

Composting
Here’s a quiz. What is one thing you can do to reduce waste in landfills, conserve water, improve your soil and nourish your plants? Oh and here’s another hint - it doesn’t cost anything. The answer is composting. It takes a little time, and maybe some getting use to, but beginning to value your kitchen scraps, grass clippings and raked leaves instead of throwing them away can save you time and money in the long run. And your gardens will be healthier and more beautiful. | Script

Safely Controlling Grubs
It's that time of year, you look outside and you see brown patches in your other-wise beautiful green lawn. Oh, the mighty grub worm is back. But wait, don't reach for the pesticide. There are some non-toxic ways to get rid of these pests.| Script

Vacation in your own backyard
High gas prices and global warming pollution associated with travel may be good reasons to keep vacations close to home this year.| Script

Get Involved
The first Earth Day was held April 22, 1970 when grassroots demonstrations across the country called for U.S. leaders to place protecting the environmental on the national agenda. Today, we find ourselves in an even greater crisis on the planet. So what can we do about it? | Script

Say no to fish farming in the gulf
Fish farming, or aquaculture sounds like a good idea. Want more fish at lower prices? Just grow more. But messing with mother nature in this way is causing big problems. The fish that ends up on your dinner plate can be contaminated with harmful chemicals, and ocean farming could end up ruining the supply of wild fish we have left.| Script

Learning in a classroom with no walls
Teachers who are able to offer children outdoor learning activities say children can learn more outdoors than in the classroom with four walls. | Script

Underground toxic waste
A kind of toxic soup lies at various depths beneath much of the United States. The extent of this hidden toxic waste is unknown. | Script

What is a Superfund Site?
About 11 million people in the United States, including 3-4 million children, live within 1 mile of a federal Superfund site. About half of those sites present a hazard to human health. | Script

Leaf Blowers hazardous to your health
"Warning! The engine exhaust from this product contains chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.” This warning comes with some leaf blowers. The manufacturer’s operating manuals caution that anyone within 50 feet of a blower in use should be wearing hearing, eye and breathing protection. | Script

Superfund Site Funding
Nearly half of U.S. residents live within 10 miles of a toxic Superfund Sitesome of the most toxic waste sites in the country. Funding for cleaning up these sites is dwindling while the backlog of superfund sites keeps growing. | Script

San Jacinto Waste Pits
Toxic waste pits hidden submerged in the San Jacinto River near Houston, Texas is one of the latest hazardous waste site to be considered for the National Priorities List of the EPA's Superfund Sites. | Script