By Henry Taksier
When Mary Ann Jones bought her house in Northwest Gainesville, the real estate agent said there might be noise every now and then, due to the nearby industrial facility. She was okay with that. She was not warned that her grandchildren could be exposed to a dangerous concentration of dioxins, which are known to cause cancer and a wide range of health problems, especially in small children.
By Fine Print Staff
About 10 self-identified guerrillas went on a reconnaissance mission of the area surrounding Southeast Fourth Avenue and Main Street on Saturday, April 10. Bombs in hand, we scoured the area.
With seeds.
From fast-growing summer veggies to Florida wildflowers to culinary and medicinal herbs, our Guerrilla Gardening workshop turned into an insurgency of the downtown area.
The workshop, [...]
By Nadine Navarro
Why UF agreed to join the Workers Rights Consortium
Every day, average Americans drive to their jobs, work for about four hours and then take a legally mandated lunch break for 30 minutes to an hour. After about four more hours of work, they go home.
But Gina Cano and Lowlee Urquia’s workdays were nothing like that. [...]
By Henry Taksier
Tia Ma, a local massage therapist, no longer feels comfortable treating clients at her house, eating herbs from her organic garden or letting her cat roll around in the soil. When she moved into her home at 708 NW 31st Ave. two years ago, she didn’t realize the dangerous consequences of living there.
“I’ve noticed more [...]
By Henry Taksier
March 19 marks the beginning of the first annual Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival, a 10-day celebration of the earth and its resources with a chance to learn about the problems the earth is facing and how to build a better future. Click here for The Fine Print’s complete coverage of the festival.
