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Beware of Black Plastic: Share leftover stuffing, NOT leftover toxics!

November 22, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle

Are you serving mashed potatoes with a side of toxic flame retardants? If you have Black Plastic kitchen utensils or food containers, the answer is probably YES. How did this happen and what can we all do about it? Let us explain.

Toxic Cyanobacteria Pollution Hits Home on a New Hampshire Lake

August 1, 2024 | By Jon Scott

I have written or edited many articles over the years about toxic algae. But now, I’ve had my own first-hand experience. And now, this is way more than just another dirty water story to me. Just before the July 4th holiday, when I glimpsed news headlines about toxic algae in New Hampshire’s largest lake, Lake Winnipesaukee, I didn’t bother reading about the details. I assumed it was a problem happening somewhere far away from the quiet cove where I’ve spent so many summers with family and friends.

Wooly in the water - Cyanobacteria Pollution

Image of a bunch of trucks in a parking lot by a warehouse - Canva

"They Paved Paradise and Called it a Parking Lot"

July 31, 2024 | By Tirza Wahrman, Esq.

An article written for the Mercer County Bar Association by NJ Board Member Tirza Wahrman and husband Warren Mitlak describes a recent proposed warehouse project in West Windsor, currently stalled in the Appellate Division, and reviews strategies that communities can use to stop irresponsible siting of warehouses.