Daily Downers: Disposable undies, flat green noodles and secret pesticides
Bad news is funnier read all in a row --
>> Latest in unnecessary one-use products: Disposable undies. Says Amanda of Enviroblog: "The biggest problem with Onederwear is that it's not a joke. The waste, the ultra-consumerism, the sheer laziness, it's all for real."
>> General Mills' big green move: Flat noodles in Hamburger Helper, since they'll take up less space -- and thus less packaging -- than curly ones. Says Shannon Arvizu of TriplePundit: "Smooth noodles sounds like a joke. What are they suggesting? Should we stop eating bow-tie or fusilli pasta on environmental principles"
>> Clean water keeps getting jacked by factory farms because the EPA doesn't seem to care to stop it. At least that problem appears to be mostly along the Mississippi....
>> Closer to home, that same EPA wants to spray the Monterey Peninsula with pesticides -- without disclosing all of what's in it. EPA says, "Trust us. It's safe," while dozens of people say "the initial application left them with asthma-like symptoms, burning eyes, rashes and stomach pains."
