-Community
( ontimied from P.in»' 1
(l-.wcml had .111 oily i lii|i mi
their shoulder ili.it t tn ■ \
didn't nmil kniK ked nil
l.xxon shipped eighty jut
i cut ul tin' solid waste from
lln ml spill In (iregnn land
tills I,i‘w is said
It s easy In think of Alas
ka as that big ire i nhe up
north, tint Alaska is in your
track yard/' Lewis said
"You’ve got a lot of its sold
V\ .isle here III ( Jrrgnil
As a result of the oil spill
It) (1(1(1 peliple wenl In Alas
ka In help i lean up I lie
workers lived in trailers
st.u ked two deep tin barges
eai ll barge holding apprnxi
matrix J'llMI I.pie I ru Is
said
I rw is said residents nl
Valdez and the nearln tow n
ul ( nrdova were devastated
w hen their homes and i nm
munities were invaded h\
the ml spill and the workers.
'I’rini e William Sound
ItHMi I seen 111 (100 people
sun e the beginning nl
time Lew is said
( )ne ot the biggest (asks
assoeiated with i leaning up
the spill w as |in king up am
Dials killed b\ the ml Lewis
said At least it i 1100 birds
and 1.000 otters were k died
Hundreds ul bald eagles
were killed and mam that
surv ivrd abandoned their
nests Lew is said this u ill
have a lug effer I on the III
lure population nl bald ea
gles
Lew is also said humphai k
ss hales .mil killei whales
w<*re seen surl.H my right ,il
ter the spill
It ssas very difficult to
tell the nil\ rtx ks from the
in Is .1111 nin 1 s Less is s.nil
"One of the biggest prnli
lems of rei overing .inim.ils
ss.is figuring out ssh.it tiles
were
Less Is s.nil the otters are
sers susieptihle to (I,image
irom oil hei anse their fur
,k ts as an insulatiun and
floatation des ii e The ml ru
ms their fur and kills them
When i leaning up the
spill. I .ess is said IA soil
wanted to use dispersants
tll.lt lake the oil off tile sill
f.ii e of the ss ater lull do not
gel till of the oil
1 Jispersants thross the oil
into the foiid i ham mm h
lastei than if it's skimmed
off the soil.i( e I ess Is said
Alaska fihandoned the oil
spill on heptemhei 1'i lie
i ause of ss inter In an effort
In i ontinue tin i le.inup dm
mg ss Intel l ess is said mini
es has he e 11 given to the
i (immunities of I'rmi e \\ il
li.im Sound
Ue have a i (immunity
based appro,ii h sshtih
svorks hettei than bringing
m the ('oast (iuard or I fan
I.)tl.is le to ( lean It up Less
is said
' I he coastline of Prim e
U till,mi Sound streli lies all
the ss as around the ss m Id
Less is said This kind of
tiling i mild happen ans
ss here
Law identifies truly organic foods
State sets labelling limits on produce
By lony lewis
t meruld Contributor
()rgamc food Inn its i ,m soon
br sure that prod tier sold .is
urn.inn is trul\ organic and
not f r.i till 111 ■' ii 11 \ 1. 11»«•! i ■ < I
III.inks lo a stall’ lavs that takes
effec I |an 1
I lie Organic Lilii’lmg I .aw
passed tills surnmiT In the (Ire
gem Slate I.egislature in the
shadow ol last spring s si are
about the health effei Is of Alar
sprayed nil apples rei|inres
that am loud sold ill (liegiiii as
organic must meet stint new
standards
It s a ver\ good law loi ()re
gon c onslimers said Cairn
Smith and ( \ nthia Heal, nw n
ers ol Red Harn ( hoc er ies a I n
gene store that sells organii
piodin e
(trgann is now Inoadlv de
lined ill Oregon law as hemg
grown without pesticides svn
Ihetn terlili'/.ers or other syn
llletn < hi’iiiu als hut no law e\
ists to regulate i oinplianc e
w ith this detiintuin
Without regulation there's
lieeu .III incredible surge of
fraud that has accompanied
the rei ent ini rease in demand
tor organir food, said Robert
DeSp.nn t o author ol the new
law and general manage! ol ()i
gallic ally (down Inc
The new law is intended to
protect consiliums from mis
leading labeling and to limit
the organic food market for the
true organic tanners DeSpam
said
He also said that the new law
is needed bei iiusi' tin* i urri'iil
definition of '<>rK<i 11 n Hoes nut
allow tm soiiii' s\ nthi'tii i In-in
nals lli.it < uiifiii in to organii
farming prai tii:i*s
The law's solution to this
(li’iiintion |irohli'iu makes tins
law s|iei i.11
It s a belli bin.irk law No
IhmIv in the country has a law
like this said Yvonne l-'rost
i erlifn .itiiin duel tor tor (trefoil
Tilth Oregon Tilth is Oregon's
largest certifier of organii
farms
Instead of defining 'orgiuiii
m terms of what ma\ not be
used the lieu law lists the ter
tilizers jiest and weed controls
that ma\ he used by farmers
Tile law also requires that
farmers must not have used am
unlisted postil liles for two
vears or am unlisted fertilizers
in the land lor one vear prior to
planting it the food is labeled
organii In 1‘1‘tl the standards
raise to three \ears lor pesti
i ides and two vears tor lertiliz
ers
No stale standards now exist
that regulate the land that or
ganii food grows in Organii
farm certifiers like Oregon
I lit!) how evet do Inn e land
use regulations and most stores
that sell organii food have their
ow n requirements
II the stores bin loud from
farmers that are not certified,
however lhe\ must trust the
farmer s account of pesticide
and fertilizer use said Red
Barn ow tier Beal
The new law limits these tin
i erl.unties by requiring growers
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to register With till’ state It the!
intend to sell oru.mii food It
also requires grmuirs to keep
ti‘( ords for fivi* vears of uli.it
has boon added to the soil
These records i an fie requested
bv the Oregon Department of
Agriculture at any time
Farmers who violate the lau
(an lie fined up to $15,000 for
each violation Organic farm
certifiers now have no recourse
against farmers u ho violate i er
tification standards except to
revoke the certification, Frost
said
The law also requires that or
gallic lood not have more than
1(1 percent of pesticide residue
levels allowed bv the Food and
Drug Administration and Fnvi
ronmental I’rotec lion Agent y
Smith and Heal expressed en
thusiasm for the new law but
said that a few loopholes do ex
ist
File largest loophole involves
food brought in from other
states (lot of state* food that is
labeled 'organic ' does not have
to meet the new Oregon stall
dards. onh standards of recog
nized organic certifiers from
the state of origin.
I or example*, if an organic
farm certifier from California
requires that soil must not have
been spraved with pesticides
for one year, one vear fewer
than Oregon's requirement,
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mac still be labeled 'organic ' in
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Heal said bee ause of this
loophole she will identik
where the* produce* was cerli
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