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Date: July 20, 2008

Subject: Good professional advice about the cost of going green

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THE INTRODUCTION: Here is some information that will be very useful to many of us who are interested or concerned about the “going green movement” across the world.

QUOTE: Five Green Goods Not Worth the Added Green - As many environmentally-friendly shoppers soon discover, going green costs some serious green….Organic, free-range or other sustainable foods may promise to do wonders for your health, but only at a significant cost to your wallet. The real stomach-churner? With certain items, you're paying more for the label than any real improvement in quality, warns Kimberly Stewart, author of "Eating Between the Lines."

Save your cash on these "green" grocery items:

 "Organic" seafood. Talk about a fish tale, says Stewart. Although you'll see the term "organic" slapped on fish at supermarkets and restaurants, there's actually no such thing. "There is no USDA certification for seafood," she says. "There are too many variables you can't control, like water quality." (Other products that earn the government's organic certification are grown without the use of pesticides, fertilizers, hormones and other chemicals or pollutants, and processed without radiation or additives.)

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"Debt collectors on the rampage” What can we do?

Six months after Rob Hruskoci closed his business, a debt collector called and demanded payment that day for the $5,000 balance on his business credit card.

"They want me to wire them $1,900 in 5 hours," Hruskoci said. "It was all about intimidation and harassment."

With the economy in a tailspin, more consumers like Hruskoci are falling behind in their loan repayments, and finding themselves the target of aggressive debt collectors.

Complaints against debt collectors have risen substantially in the last few years, according to the Better Business Bureau - up 20% in 2006 and 26% in 2007, according to preliminary figures.

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http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/07/pf/debt_collectors/index.htm?eref=ib_topstories

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