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  1. Family Fundamentals: Don't fall for scams when facing foreclosure (for May 2009)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/family-fundamentals-dont-fall-scams-when-facing-foreclosure-may-2009

    programs that can help people worried about losing their home, keep this general rule in mind: If it sounds ... documents, but they're worth nothing. A "leaseback/rent to buy" scheme talks you into deeding ... don't make any mortgage payments, and not only do you go into foreclosure but you've lost any ...

  2. Rain Gardens Beautify, While Protecting the Environment

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/rain-gardens-beautify-while-protecting-environment

    are pollution-sensitive. "Gardens are generally designed as raised beds or mounds. Rain gardens ... by allowing the water to naturally infiltrate into the ground thereby preventing run-off from ... streets, sidewalks and driveways into drainage areas or streams." Fager will be at Ohio State ...

  3. Ammonia

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1534

    GENERAL INFORMATION Ammonia is rarely found in unpolluted surface water, but is common at low ... ammonia may penetrate into deeper soils and eventually reach groundwater. In some soils part of the ...

  4. Biodiversity: Life in Balance- The 2018 Conservation Symposium

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/biodiversity-life-balance-2018-conservation-symposium

    This year’s event delves into this term used to describe the planet’s biological diversity. ...

  5. Zinc

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1527

    GENERAL INFORMATION Zinc is an essential trace metal with very low toxicity in humans. Zinc can ... wastes. HEALTH EFFECTS Harmful effects generally begin at levels 10-15 times higher than the amount needed ...

  6. Chlordane

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1552

    GENERAL INFORMATION Chlordane, a synthetic organic chemical, is a viscous liquid, colorless to ... transformers. Chlordane has been released into the environment primarily from its application as an insecticide. ...

  7. Chow Line: It's easy to put MyPlate into practice (for 6/19/11)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-its-easy-put-myplate-practice-61911

    guidance into practice are contained in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, which has more than 100 ... grains and dairy, for example. Two, though, are more general: “Choose MyPlate” and “Build a Healthy Meal” ... each offer 10 suggestions anyone can incorporate into their day-to-day eating patterns, including: ...

  8. Sulfate

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1504

    GENERAL INFORMATION Sulfate is a substance that occurs naturally in drinking water. HEALTH EFFECTS ... softeners merely change magnesium or calcium sulfate into sodium sulfate, which is somewhat more laxative. ...

  9. Follow Good Practices When Planting Corn

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/follow-good-practices-when-planting-corn

    Peter Thomison, an Ohio State University Extension agronomist, said that such practices as planting into ... sure their fields are suited for planting. We don’t want growers to be planting into wet soils. ... expectations. Planting into wet soils will cause poor root development and this could have a negative impact on ...

  10. OSU Extension Workshop to Explore Bioenergy Opportunities in Southern Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-workshop-explore-bioenergy-opportunities-southern-ohio

    forests by taking what would generally be discarded and turning it into a bioenergy opportunity." ... cover invested in farmland and forests, opportunities abound to convert those resources into bioenergy ... the workshop. "Renewable energy in Ohio is generally focused on solar and wind, which is really ...

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