Houseplant buying tips from Ohio nurserymen
A field guide to selecting healthy houseplants from Florida to Ohio stores. Experts advise checking soil mix, roots, and leaf color, avoiding overpotting, and choosing acclimatized plants. They warn about discount-store stock and stressed roots, stressing local greenhouse provenance and watering advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
James Huber
Lorain County Community College
Ken Long
Long
The
Florida Nurserymen’s Association
Huber
Avon
Ohio
EDF and BBB push consumer protections on filters pools and solar
EDF questions home water filter claims citing EPA studies and seeks FTC action. BBB proposes standards to curb risky pool sales tactics endorsed by NSPI. Rep Maguire introduces a solar energy bill targeting federal agency use by 1 percent in 1981 to 30 percent by 2000. USDA recalls canned Argentine beef with establishment number 1964 for spoilage risk. consumers told not to eat and to return cans. distributors removing product nationwide.
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Environmental Defense Fund
EDF
Better Business Bureau
BBB
National Swimming Pool Institute
Solar Progress
Andrew Maguire
Secretary of Energy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Argentina
Carol Tucker Foreman
Secretary of Agriculture For Food and Consumer Services
United States
U.S
Health risks from dangerous cribs and infant strangulation
Dr. Paul Bergeson notes preventable crib dangers in Pediatrics including snug mattress requirements since 1974, unsafe repaired cribs, protruding screws, and cords around infants. The riskiest age is two to nine months as babies gain agility but can’t free their heads. MD summarizes the issue for doctors. A separate item reports a skin treatment for creeping eruption using thiabendazole in Tanzania with cream application over five days showing success in two two year old patients. Source: British Medical Journal.
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Paul 8. Bergeson
Phoenix
Pediatrics
Doctors
Journal
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Green Thumb Company
Apopka, Fla
Florist
Gene Krebs
Consumerline
Christine Winter
Chicago Tribune
Federal Trade Commission
Foreman
Health Notes
Ben Zinser
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania
Lorain County
Mattesses
W.broad
Elyria
Datsun
Middle Ave
SALON
Laporte Village Square
Debbie Wilson
Ellen Kazieremzak
Martha Baker
Sonja Canfield
Jane Fisher
Total Redken Shop
Janice A. Webber
Ridgeview Shopping Center
North Ridgeville
Spring Fling
White Westinghouse
East Ave
Byria
Holbrook & Smith CO
Broadway Lorain
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