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Wednesday March 28, 2007
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Spring cleaning can be good for your house, but bad for the environment. From chemicals in dish detergent to the fertilizer on your lawn, we'll look at some of the chief culprits and consider environmentally-friendly alternatives for sprucing up your home.
Margaret Palmer, professor and director of the Chesapeake Biological Lab with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences in Solomons, Maryland
Tracy Bowen, Executive Director of the Alice Ferguson Foundation
Keith Tomlinson, Park Manager, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Kay Fowler, Executive Director of the Fairfax ReLeaf Organization
Cliff Fairweather, manager naturalist of the Rust Nature Sanctuary, with the Audubon Naturalist Society.
Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program ground to a halt last week, when officials froze $25 million in bank funds. Experts believe the Macau-based accounts serve as a lynchpin for Pyongyang's official and underground economic activities. From ginseng exports to counterfeit cigarettes, we explore North Korea's economy.
Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics; Visiting Professor, Yale University; co-author, “Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform” (Columbia University Press)
James McManus was a smoker, drinker, and poker player until he got a physical. In his latest book, he takes an honest look at his risky behavior and the political realities of the health care system in this country.
James McManus, author "Physical: An American Checkup"(Picador)
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