Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Pesticide Board has decided to reconsider 271 serious charges against Ag-Mart, the tomato grower accused of illegally forcing workers to stay in fields freshly sprayed with chemicals.
The seven-member board reviewed the case for nearly eight hours yesterday, then decided to continue its discussion Monday.
An administrative law judge earlier recommended throwing out the charges without a full hearing.
Florida-based Ag-Mart has denied exposing workers to pesticides. It has argued that the state's case included conflicting reports about where workers were picking vegetables on any given day.
An investigation started in North Carolina and Florida after three Ag-Mart workers gave birth to babies with severe birth defects in 2004 and 2005.
