Corporate control of government ...

Corporations didn't like the suggestion that a homeowner could use a weak solution of vinegar and water to clean linoleum (and tile, by the way) floors instead of all those products that line the grocery store shelves.

What corporations don't like, the Arizona legislature outlaws.

Consequently since 1997 the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is prohibited by law from suggesting anything at all unless

the information is "competent and reliable and based on a test, analysis, research, study or other evidence that yields accurate and reliable results"

Arizonans are strong and resouceful and independent and don't need no stinking environment anyway. Arizonans just love using the more expensive and caustic heavily marketed products instead of cheaper and less caustic products.

"Because there is no industry to test whether a little soapy water helps with aphids or whether boric acid will help with cockroaches … and because these products are not 'registered' as pesticides, they cannot recommend most of this in lieu of some nasty chemical that we know kills stuff, but is bad for people or the environment," said Sandy Bahr, a Sierra Club lobbyist in Phoenix.

Anything the corporate mafia desires ... just let our legislatures know your latest wish.