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Sebastopol Toxics Education Program (STEP)

Online Index to Past Issues of The Next STEP

The Next STEP newsletter provides empowering information about how to avoid everyday toxics and choose healthier alternatives. It's your friendly guide to less-toxic, earth-healthy living!

Produced by citizen volunteers, this newsletter implements the Sebastopol Toxics Education Program (STEP), an innovative City program to reduce toxic use and exposure in Sebastopol, thus creating a healthier and safer town for everyone.

This newsletter is sent bi-monthly to all City residents in their water bills. It's also available online, and you can sign up to receive email alerts when new issues are posted. (Just email that request to STEP [at] healthyworld.org.) For more about STEP, click here.

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Our handy index by topic (below) makes it easy for you to look up a question you have about a specific toxic or alternative. Or just browse the content to see what's available!

The Recent Issues page describes and offers links to our most recent issues.

The most recent issues are also listed on the City of Sebastopol website at www.ci.sebastopol.ca.us/page/toxics-education-program-STEP.

We welcome your questions, feedback, and suggestions for future articles.

I also want to thank the City Council and City staff for their work in making The Next STEP possible, and Jim Gleaves for his editorial assistance with this project.

Best regards -

Patricia Dines
Writer, Editor, Public Speaker, & Graphic Artist
Editor & Graphic Designer, The Next STEP

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USING THIS STEP ONLINE INDEX

Now it's even easier to find the information that will help you create a healthier, less-toxic home for yourself and your loved ones. And, when you do this, you help create a healthier world for everyone!

What toxic products should you consider avoiding?
What are the actual health and environmental risks from these products?
What are the viable less-toxic (and often less-costly) alternative approaches you can use?

This index to past issues of The Next STEP newsletter helps you find out!

To look up past issues by category - look in the alphabeticized left column in the table below for your topic of interest. Then click on the newsletter issue number on the right side. A PDF file of the issue will automatically download to your hard drive.

Or you can just browse the list to see what's available and strikes your interest.

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Note: This index is current through the XII/3 (May/June 2012) issue.

Topic

Volume/Issue

2,4-D (herbicide)

I/4

ADD/ADHD, toxics, and mainstream food

X/5, VIII/5, V/5, III/3. Also see Autism below.

Air fresheners, healthy

V/5, VII/2 (Also see Perfumes, toxics in)

Allergies and colds, could the symptoms be from pesticide exposure?

VIII/2

Animals hurt from toxics (wild creatures)

IX/2.
Also see Bees, Pets, Wildlife, Seafood and Sea Creatures, and Christmas plants toxicity.

Ammonia (problems)

II/1

Ants

I/4, I/5, IV/6, VII/1

Aphids

I/5

Autism and toxics

IX/2. Also see ADD above.

Baking soda (less-toxic cleanser)

IX/5. Also see Cleansers below.

Batteries (toxicity, recycling)

I/6 (Update on this topic: Officials now say that no batteries should go in the trash and are considered toxic waste), IV/4, VII/4

Bees (threatened by toxics, essential for food supply and nature's functioning)

VII/4 (To see this article as a webpage, click here)

Bhopal, India (toxics release, harm)

VI/5, VIII/6

Biodegradable Resolution (City)

II/1

Blackberries (cut back in winter, tip)

VI/2

Body burden, toxics found in our bodies

II/5, III/3, XI/1

Borax (less-toxic cleanser)

II/4

Boric acid (less-toxic insecticide)

VII/1

Broom, Scotch

See Scotch Broom

Building, ecological

See Green Building

California Healthy Schools Act

I/2, II/5 (To see these articles and more, click here.)

California regulation of toxics

VI /3, VII/6, VIII/6, XI/1, XII/2

Cancer and pesticides

See Pesticides & Health (cancer) below

Carpenter Bees

XII/2

Carwash (soapy water harms environment; options)

VII/4

Cats

See Pets below

Catnip (for mosquitoes)

II/5, III/4

Centennial Garden (Sebastopol)

II/2

CFLs & mercury

See Fluorescent light bulbs, below

Children
- Protecting from toxics
- Teaching to work cooperatively with nature (IPM)

III/3, IV/2, V/4, VI/5 (Healthy day care bill), XII/2
Also see California Healthy Schools Act

China, toxics in products made in China

VII/5 (To see this article as a webpage, click here), VIII/6

Christmas plants (toxicity)

I/6

Chlorine

II/1

Chlorpyrifos (insecticide)

I/2, X/5

Cleansers, household & Healthier housecleaning

II/1, II/2, II/3, II/4, IV/1, V/1, VI /3, VI/4, VII/2, VIII/2, IX/5, IX/6, X/1

Clopyralid (herbicide found in compost)

II/3, III/3

Companion planting

I/2

Composting

I/6, II/3, III/3, VII/5 (To see just this article as a webpage, click here), X/1

Computers, proper disposal

See Electronic Waste below

Cookware, Teflon, issues and options

XI/2, XI/3

Cover crops

I/5

Covert Lane landscaping

II/1

Cartridges (reusing ink & toner cartridges)

IV/1

Dandelions

II/4

DDT

XII/3

DEET (mosquito repellant)

VI/4

Denmark Pesticide Phase-out on State-owned Property

VI/1

Diatomaceous earth

I/2, I/4

Discarding properly

See Toxics Disposal below

Disposal of toxics

See Toxics Disposal below

Detoxify air, with plants

V/5

Documentaries and movies on eco-issues

XI/2

Dogs

See Pets below

Drift, pesticides, in air and water

VIII/2

Drain declogger

IX/5, XI/3

Dursban

See Chloripyrifos above

Earthworms

I/6

Earwigs

V/4

EcoDesk

IV/4

Edible flowers

II/4

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

See Government policy below

Essential oils (and cleaners)

IV/1

Electronic waste (e-waste) - toxics in computers, proper disposal, etc.

IV/5, IX/4

Environmental harm of toxics

I/1, III/4, III/5, V/1, V/2, V/6, IX/2, X/5, XI/6. Also see Bees, above, and Lifecycle costs and Wildlife, below.

Fish, toxics in

XI/4, XII/3

Fleas

I/4

Fluorescent light bulbs (and mercury)

IV/2, IX/3

Food, and toxics

III/3, X/5, XII/1. Also see Organics, affording, below.

Formaldehyde

XI/4

Fragrances, toxics in

IV/6

Frogs, impacted by toxics

V/6

Gardening (by the seasons)

I/5, II/1, II/3, III/2, IV/2, VI/2, VII/2, XI/3, XII/2

Glyphosate (herbicide)

I/3 (To see this article as a webpage, with additional information, click here.)
V/6, XI/6

Government policy about toxics, including regulation, product safety, and innovative programs

VI/1, VI /3, VIII /4, IX/2 (EPA, Obama adminstration), IX/4, IX/6, X/4, X/5, X/6, XI/1, XI/2, XI/5, XI/6, XII/1, XII/2. Also see California regulation, above, and Pesticides below.

Green (ecological) building

III/5, VII/4, VIII /3

Green chemistry

VI /3, VII/6 (To see this article as a webpage, with additional information, click here.), X/6, XI/1, XI/2

Health problems related to toxics including pesticides, Overall. (Understanding the connection allows us to improve our health, save money, and reduce the other human costs of disease personally and in our community.)

Also see Pesticides & Toxics

- Evidence of health problems from toxics

VI/2,VIII/3, IX/2, XI/1 , XI/5, XII/1

- Diagnosis of symptoms, resources

I/5

- Health care costs

XI/5

- Our body's toxic load

II/5

- Protecting children

III/3, VI/1, XI/1

- Costs of disease

VIII /4, X/5

- Prevention shown to reduce disease

IV/5

- EU: Prevention must include toxic reduction

IX/5

Health problems related to toxics, specific illnesses

- Allergies& colds, symptoms mimic

VIII/2

- Developmental disabilities

XI/4

- Neurological harm

V/5, X/5

- Learning disabilities (ADHD, autism, etc.)

VIII /5, IX/2, X/5

- Alzeimer's Disease

V/3

- Parkinson's Disease

II/4, V/3, VII/2, XI/5

- Cancer

II/3, III/5, X/4

- Childhood asthma

IV/2

- Brain illness

V/3

- Prostate cancer

III/5

- Thyroid issues (and perchlorate)

IX/1. Also see www.healthyworld.org/thyroid.html

- Weight gain

X/2

Topic

Volume/Issue

Health & beauty products,toxics, regulation

X/5

Herbicides

See 2,4D, Glyphosate, & Clopyralid

Home pesticide use (adds up, accumulates in water to significant levels)

III/4

Household cleaners & healthier housecleaning

See Cleaners, Household

Holidays, winter (reduce toxics, save money, be safe and healthy)

I/6 , VI/6, VII/6, VIII/6
Also see our Ecoholidays webpage.

Hydrogen peroxide, alternative cleaner

IX/6

Insecticides

See Chlorpyrifos

Invasive plants

See Scotch Broom

IPM (Integrated Pest Management)

I/1, II/6, VI/5 (teaching children)

Laguna (ecosystem is unique, challenges to it, including invasive species, possible use of herbicides)

V/2

Landscaping

VI/2

Laundry booster (borax)

II/4

Lawn care (nurturing a healthy lawn)

IV/3

Lawnmowers (pollution from some)

IV/5

Life Lab

II/6

Lifecycle costs of toxic pesticides

VI/5, VI/6

Lorsban

See Chloripyrifos

Mercury (in fish and fluorescent light bulbs)

IV/2, IX/3, IX/5, XI/4, XII/1

Mice

See Rodents.

Mildew & Mold

II/3, III/6, IV/1

Mosquito protection without toxics

II/5, III/4, VI/4

Moths, clothing

III/2

Moths, grain

III/3

Mowers, lawn (pollution from some)

IV/5

Movies, documentaries on eco-isses

XI/2

New York City No Spray Victory

VII/3

Ontario, partial ban of toxic pesticides

VIII /4

Organics, and less pesticides in body

III/3, X/5, XII/1

Organics, affording

VIII /5

Oven cleaning (without toxics)

V/1

Oxalis (weed)

IV/4

Paints & stains (toxics and alternatives)

III/5, IV/4

Park Side School (Sebastopol)

II/6

PCBs

XI/4

Pepperweed Project (Sebastopol)

V/3

Perfumes & Scents (toxics in; natural alternatives to)

IV/6, IV/1

Permaculture

III/1, III/2

Pesticides & Toxics

- Overview of problems & alternatives

I/1, V/6

- Assessing toxicity and risks of harm

V/4

- Safety tips

I/1

- Calculating the full costs of toxic pesticides

VI/5, VI/6

- & Health

See Pesticides & Health.

Pest control, alternatives (companion planting)

I/2

Pets & Pet Care

And see Christmas plants, toxicity, above.

- Poisoned pet food

VII/3

- Pet care products (toxics and alternatives)

VI/1, X/1, X/4

- Cat litter (selection; composting)

V/1

- Cat repellent (vinegar)

II/2

- Rat poison harms, alternatives

IX/6

Pharmaceutical contamination in our water and ecosystems

VIII/1

Pineapple (growing plant from top)

II/4

Plastics (toxics in, preventing harm, solutions)

VIII/6

Poisonous plants, holidays

I/6

Pollution, pesticides in local water

III/4

Rats, rat poison, harm pets and wildlife, alternatives and safe use

See Rodents.

Recycling

See Toxics Disposal below

Regulation, government

See Government policy, above

Remodeling, green

VII/4

Rodeo (herbicide)

See Glyphosate

Rodents

VII/3, IX/6, XI/4

Roses, less-toxic care of

V/3

Roundup (herbicide)

See Glyphosate

Salmon, pesticide buffer zone

III/5

Schools and pesticide exposure

I/2, II/5, XII/2

Scotch Broom (invasive species)

V/6

Scents (toxics in; natural alternatives)

IV/1, IV/6

Seafood and sea creatures, toxics in

IX/5 , X/5

Seed saving

I/5

Sheet mulching (quick start garden)

III/2

Snails & slugs

I/2, VI/2

Solar Sebastopol, reduces toxics in air

III/6

"Spray snow" (toxicity)

I/6

Squirrels

XII/3

STEP (about the program)

I/1, II/3, III/4, IV/4, V/3, VI/3, VII/3, VIII/3, IX/3, X/3, XI/3, XII/2, XII/3

Sticky barriers (against insects)

I/5

Summerfield's Organic Celebration

IV/1

Sunscreen issues and healthier alternatives

IX/4, X/4

Tanglefoot (for insects on trees)

I/5

Tea tree oil (an alternative)

II/3

Teenagers, protect from toxics at work

V/4

Teflon cookware, issues and options

XI/2

Telar (herbicide, chlorsulfuron)

V/2. (To see this article as a webpage, with footnotes, click here.)

Toxics disposal and other recycling

I/2, III/2, III/3, IV/2, V/2, VI/2, VIII/1, X/1
plus www.recyclenow.org

Toxics in products and regulation issues (U.S. and international)

VII/1, VII/5, VIII/1, X/1

Toys (toxics in)

VII/5, VII/6

Triclosan, antibacterial in consumer products

XI/6

Urban pesticide use (home use adds up, accumulates in water to significant levels

III/4

Vinegar (for cleaning)

II/2

Vinegar (for weed control, in some situations)

IV/3

VOCs (in paints)

III/5

Volunteering, Sebastopol

II/2

Water supply (pesticides in water, locally and nationally; protecting our water from toxics)

III/4, V/1, VII/4, XI/2, XII/2, XII/3

West Nile Virus (and mosquitoes)

VI/4

Wildlife, toxics harm
- Rat poison harms, alternatives

IX/6
And see Animals hurt, Seafood and Sea Creatures, and Mercury (re: in fish).

Windows, cleaning (less-toxic solution)

VII/4

Wood, toxics in (CCA), with solutions and alternatives

V/5

Work, possible toxics at work

V/4

Weeds

I/3, II/4, IV/3 , IV/4

Yellowjackets

I/4

FOR MORE/GENERAL INFO

An excellent source of information about less-toxic alternatives for pests of all varieties (animal, plant, and insect) is the book "Common Sense Pest Control", by Olkowski and Sheila Daar. The definitive book on the subject, it has very thorough information on pest life cycles, habits, and methods of control. 706 pages, including a detailed index. At $39.95, most people don't need to own one, but check at your local library or environmental resource center. (The Sonoma County Library has it.) If they don't have it, consider getting them one, as an excellent way to support a less-toxic community.

For more information about organics and other alternatives to toxics, see our Toxics and Alternatives Resources Page.

For information about Sonoma County and area toxics, organics, and environmental and political information and action, see our Sonoma County Resources Page.

For more tips for less-toxic pest management, see this Sonoma County Waste Management Agency page <www.recyclenow.org/less-toxic/index.html>. This website <www.recyclenow.org > also has information on how to dispose of toxics properly locally, including what doesn't go in the trash and drop-off locations and procedures.

Note: This page is on the Community Action Publications (CAP) website because we participate in and support the STEP program and want to make additional information available about its activities.

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	Our handy index by topic (below) makes it easy for you to look up a question you have about a specific toxic or alternative. Or just browse the content to see what's available!
	The Recent Issues page describes and offers links to our most recent issues.

Topic	Volume/Issue
2,4-D (herbicide)	I/4
ADD/ADHD, toxics, and mainstream food	X/5, VIII/5, V/5, III/3. Also see Autism below.
Air fresheners, healthy	V/5, VII/2 (Also see Perfumes, toxics in)
Allergies and colds, could the symptoms be from pesticide exposure?	VIII/2
Animals hurt from toxics (wild creatures)	IX/2. Also see Bees, Pets, Wildlife, Seafood and Sea Creatures, and Christmas plants toxicity.
Ammonia (problems)	II/1
Ants	I/4, I/5, IV/6, VII/1
Aphids	I/5
Autism and toxics	IX/2. Also see ADD above.
Baking soda (less-toxic cleanser)	IX/5. Also see Cleansers below.
Batteries (toxicity, recycling)	I/6 (Update on this topic: Officials now say that no batteries should go in the trash and are considered toxic waste), IV/4, VII/4
Bees (threatened by toxics, essential for food supply and nature's functioning)	VII/4 (To see this article as a webpage, click here)
Bhopal, India (toxics release, harm)	VI/5, VIII/6
Biodegradable Resolution (City)	II/1
Blackberries (cut back in winter, tip)	VI/2
Body burden, toxics found in our bodies	II/5, III/3, XI/1
Borax (less-toxic cleanser)	II/4
Boric acid (less-toxic insecticide)	VII/1
Broom, Scotch	See Scotch Broom
Building, ecological	See Green Building
California Healthy Schools Act	I/2, II/5 (To see these articles and more, click here.)
California regulation of toxics	VI /3, VII/6, VIII/6, XI/1, XII/2
Cancer and pesticides	See Pesticides & Health (cancer) below
Carpenter Bees	XII/2
Carwash (soapy water harms environment; options)	VII/4
Cats	See Pets below
Catnip (for mosquitoes)	II/5, III/4
Centennial Garden (Sebastopol)	II/2
CFLs & mercury	See Fluorescent light bulbs, below
Children - Protecting from toxics - Teaching to work cooperatively with nature (IPM)	III/3, IV/2, V/4, VI/5 (Healthy day care bill), XII/2 Also see California Healthy Schools Act
China, toxics in products made in China	VII/5 (To see this article as a webpage, click here), VIII/6
Christmas plants (toxicity)	I/6
Chlorine	II/1
Chlorpyrifos (insecticide)	I/2, X/5
Cleansers, household & Healthier housecleaning	II/1, II/2, II/3, II/4, IV/1, V/1, VI /3, VI/4, VII/2, VIII/2, IX/5, IX/6, X/1
Clopyralid (herbicide found in compost)	II/3, III/3
Companion planting	I/2
Composting	I/6, II/3, III/3, VII/5 (To see just this article as a webpage, click here), X/1
Computers, proper disposal	See Electronic Waste below
Cookware, Teflon, issues and options	XI/2, XI/3
Cover crops	I/5
Covert Lane landscaping	II/1
Cartridges (reusing ink & toner cartridges)	IV/1
Dandelions	II/4
DDT	XII/3
DEET (mosquito repellant)	VI/4
Denmark Pesticide Phase-out on State-owned Property	VI/1
Diatomaceous earth	I/2, I/4
Discarding properly	See Toxics Disposal below
Disposal of toxics	See Toxics Disposal below
Detoxify air, with plants	V/5
Documentaries and movies on eco-issues	XI/2
Dogs	See Pets below
Drift, pesticides, in air and water	VIII/2
Drain declogger	IX/5, XI/3
Dursban	See Chloripyrifos above
Earthworms	I/6
Earwigs	V/4
EcoDesk	IV/4
Edible flowers	II/4
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)	See Government policy below
Essential oils (and cleaners)	IV/1
Electronic waste (e-waste) - toxics in computers, proper disposal, etc.	IV/5, IX/4
Environmental harm of toxics	I/1, III/4, III/5, V/1, V/2, V/6, IX/2, X/5, XI/6. Also see Bees, above, and Lifecycle costs and Wildlife, below.
Fish, toxics in	XI/4, XII/3
Fleas	I/4
Fluorescent light bulbs (and mercury)	IV/2, IX/3
Food, and toxics	III/3, X/5, XII/1. Also see Organics, affording, below.
Formaldehyde	XI/4
Fragrances, toxics in	IV/6
Frogs, impacted by toxics	V/6
Gardening (by the seasons)	I/5, II/1, II/3, III/2, IV/2, VI/2, VII/2, XI/3, XII/2
Glyphosate (herbicide)	I/3 (To see this article as a webpage, with additional information, click here.) V/6, XI/6
Government policy about toxics, including regulation, product safety, and innovative programs	VI/1, VI /3, VIII /4, IX/2 (EPA, Obama adminstration), IX/4, IX/6, X/4, X/5, X/6, XI/1, XI/2, XI/5, XI/6, XII/1, XII/2. Also see California regulation, above, and Pesticides below.
Green (ecological) building	III/5, VII/4, VIII /3
Green chemistry	VI /3, VII/6 (To see this article as a webpage, with additional information, click here.), X/6, XI/1, XI/2
Health problems related to toxics including pesticides, Overall. (Understanding the connection allows us to improve our health, save money, and reduce the other human costs of disease personally and in our community.)	Also see Pesticides & Toxics
- Evidence of health problems from toxics	VI/2,VIII/3, IX/2, XI/1 , XI/5, XII/1
- Diagnosis of symptoms, resources	I/5
- Health care costs	XI/5
- Our body's toxic load	II/5
- Protecting children	III/3, VI/1, XI/1
- Costs of disease	VIII /4, X/5
- Prevention shown to reduce disease	IV/5
- EU: Prevention must include toxic reduction	IX/5
Health problems related to toxics, specific illnesses
- Allergies& colds, symptoms mimic	VIII/2
- Developmental disabilities	XI/4
- Neurological harm	V/5, X/5
- Learning disabilities (ADHD, autism, etc.)	VIII /5, IX/2, X/5
- Alzeimer's Disease	V/3
- Parkinson's Disease	II/4, V/3, VII/2, XI/5
- Cancer	II/3, III/5, X/4
- Childhood asthma	IV/2
- Brain illness	V/3
- Prostate cancer	III/5
- Thyroid issues (and perchlorate)	IX/1. Also see www.healthyworld.org/thyroid.html
- Weight gain	X/2

Topic	Volume/Issue
Health & beauty products,toxics, regulation	X/5
Herbicides	See 2,4D, Glyphosate, & Clopyralid
Home pesticide use (adds up, accumulates in water to significant levels)	III/4
Household cleaners & healthier housecleaning	See Cleaners, Household
Holidays, winter (reduce toxics, save money, be safe and healthy)	I/6 , VI/6, VII/6, VIII/6 Also see our Ecoholidays webpage.
Hydrogen peroxide, alternative cleaner	IX/6
Insecticides	See Chlorpyrifos
Invasive plants	See Scotch Broom
IPM (Integrated Pest Management)	I/1, II/6, VI/5 (teaching children)
Laguna (ecosystem is unique, challenges to it, including invasive species, possible use of herbicides)	V/2
Landscaping	VI/2
Laundry booster (borax)	II/4
Lawn care (nurturing a healthy lawn)	IV/3
Lawnmowers (pollution from some)	IV/5
Life Lab	II/6
Lifecycle costs of toxic pesticides	VI/5, VI/6
Lorsban	See Chloripyrifos

Mercury (in fish and fluorescent light bulbs)	IV/2, IX/3, IX/5, XI/4, XII/1
Mice	See Rodents.
Mildew & Mold	II/3, III/6, IV/1
Mosquito protection without toxics	II/5, III/4, VI/4
Moths, clothing	III/2
Moths, grain	III/3
Mowers, lawn (pollution from some)	IV/5
Movies, documentaries on eco-isses	XI/2
New York City No Spray Victory	VII/3
Ontario, partial ban of toxic pesticides	VIII /4
Organics, and less pesticides in body	III/3, X/5, XII/1
Organics, affording	VIII /5
Oven cleaning (without toxics)	V/1
Oxalis (weed)	IV/4
Paints & stains (toxics and alternatives)	III/5, IV/4
Park Side School (Sebastopol)	II/6
PCBs	XI/4
Pepperweed Project (Sebastopol)	V/3
Perfumes & Scents (toxics in; natural alternatives to)	IV/6, IV/1
Permaculture	III/1, III/2
Pesticides & Toxics
- Overview of problems & alternatives	I/1, V/6
- Assessing toxicity and risks of harm	V/4
- Safety tips	I/1
- Calculating the full costs of toxic pesticides	VI/5, VI/6
- & Health	See Pesticides & Health.
Pest control, alternatives (companion planting)	I/2
Pets & Pet Care	And see Christmas plants, toxicity, above.
- Poisoned pet food	VII/3
- Pet care products (toxics and alternatives)	VI/1, X/1, X/4
- Cat litter (selection; composting)	V/1
- Cat repellent (vinegar)	II/2
- Rat poison harms, alternatives	IX/6
Pharmaceutical contamination in our water and ecosystems	VIII/1
Pineapple (growing plant from top)	II/4
Plastics (toxics in, preventing harm, solutions)	VIII/6
Poisonous plants, holidays	I/6
Pollution, pesticides in local water	III/4
Rats, rat poison, harm pets and wildlife, alternatives and safe use	See Rodents.
Recycling	See Toxics Disposal below
Regulation, government	See Government policy, above
Remodeling, green	VII/4
Rodeo (herbicide)	See Glyphosate
Rodents	VII/3, IX/6, XI/4
Roses, less-toxic care of	V/3
Roundup (herbicide)	See Glyphosate
Salmon, pesticide buffer zone	III/5
Schools and pesticide exposure	I/2, II/5, XII/2
Scotch Broom (invasive species)	V/6
Scents (toxics in; natural alternatives)	IV/1, IV/6
Seafood and sea creatures, toxics in	IX/5 , X/5
Seed saving	I/5
Sheet mulching (quick start garden)	III/2
Snails & slugs	I/2, VI/2
Solar Sebastopol, reduces toxics in air	III/6
"Spray snow" (toxicity)	I/6
Squirrels	XII/3
STEP (about the program)	I/1, II/3, III/4, IV/4, V/3, VI/3, VII/3, VIII/3, IX/3, X/3, XI/3, XII/2, XII/3
Sticky barriers (against insects)	I/5
Summerfield's Organic Celebration	IV/1
Sunscreen issues and healthier alternatives	IX/4, X/4
Tanglefoot (for insects on trees)	I/5
Tea tree oil (an alternative)	II/3
Teenagers, protect from toxics at work	V/4
Teflon cookware, issues and options	XI/2
Telar (herbicide, chlorsulfuron)	V/2. (To see this article as a webpage, with footnotes, click here.)
Toxics disposal and other recycling	I/2, III/2, III/3, IV/2, V/2, VI/2, VIII/1, X/1 plus www.recyclenow.org
Toxics in products and regulation issues (U.S. and international)	VII/1, VII/5, VIII/1, X/1
Toys (toxics in)	VII/5, VII/6
Triclosan, antibacterial in consumer products	XI/6
Urban pesticide use (home use adds up, accumulates in water to significant levels	III/4
Vinegar (for cleaning)	II/2
Vinegar (for weed control, in some situations)	IV/3
VOCs (in paints)	III/5
Volunteering, Sebastopol	II/2
Water supply (pesticides in water, locally and nationally; protecting our water from toxics)	III/4, V/1, VII/4, XI/2, XII/2, XII/3
West Nile Virus (and mosquitoes)	VI/4
Wildlife, toxics harm - Rat poison harms, alternatives	IX/6 And see Animals hurt, Seafood and Sea Creatures, and Mercury (re: in fish).
Windows, cleaning (less-toxic solution)	VII/4
Wood, toxics in (CCA), with solutions and alternatives	V/5
Work, possible toxics at work	V/4
Weeds	I/3, II/4, IV/3 , IV/4
Yellowjackets	I/4