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Courts & Capitol Watch
Stopping swine flu
At press time, the World Health Organization was on the brink of declaring the first global pandemic in more than 40 years because of swine flu. The best way to stop the spread of the H1N1 virus? Stay home when you or your children are sick. Simple enough, unless you are one of the 40 percent of private-sector workers with no sick days. A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives could change that: The Healthy Families Act would guarantee seven paid sick days per year for workers at businesses with 15 or more employees. State Rep. Jim McDermott is a cosponsor. You can read more here.
Green Bites
I’ll drink to that!
Join me in saving the earth, one Sauvignon Blanc at a time! The Sierra Club has just completed an exhaustive taste test of wines made at eco-conscious wineries. The best Pinot Grigio? Fetzer 2007, with its alluring notes of “banana flambé.” Mendocino, Calif.–based Fetzer is powered by renewable energies (solar, wind and geothermal), and it has reduced its landfill-bound materials by 95 percent since 1990. The best Cabernet? Wente Vineyards’ 2006, with its “vanilla-cappuccino” taste. Wente is known for its waste-reduction program and for minimizing water use. Thirsty yet? For the full story from the Sierra Club, click here.
Cleaner greens
You pile on the fruits and veggies in summer, but are you getting them nice and clean? No need to buy a premade produce wash to get rid of nasty stuff like pesticide residue. Just put a 3:1 mix of water and white vinegar in a spray bottle, spray the food and rinse with water. It costs just pennies (instead of $4 a bottle for the store-bought stuff!) and kills 98 percent of bacteria, according to our fave green Web site, IdealBite.
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