i'm not one for fads or scams or hype and so i've deliberately stayed away from this kind of article. i also am not very interested in getting world-blackballed or having a contract put out on me. That's the likely result of this essay. But the sad truth is: i've already been...
The low-level radioactive waste consolidation process slated for Port Hope, Ontario will create one of the largest nuclear waste sites in Canadian history. The planning process has been happening for a decade...
A study done on rice milk reveals that in an examination of 60 samples of rice drinks, levels of inorganic arsenic were present in all of them. " The findings of a recent study by the UK's Food Standards Agency...
created by Suranee | 2 years ago 2107 views | 49 recommendations | 7 comments
A study done this past week has found that 1 in 3 popular toys on our store shelves this holiday season have significant levels of toxic chemicals including lead, flame retardants, and arsenic. Some products...
created by Mary Richard | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 985 views | 29 recommendations | 5 comments
We have seen it before, one environmental solution leads to another problem. A chemical used in British Columbia to try and end the pine-beetles wrath has been discontinued and now testing for arsenic (a known...
created by TFleming | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 224 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment
In many parts of the world people have the right not to be poisoned!
The right to have clean water is closely related to the right of safe living, safe health, safe food, safe working, safe families.
What to say...
created by astroleni | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 316 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
""Indra Setiawan has been proven legally to have facilitated a planned murder," prosecutor Didi Parhan was quoted by AFP as telling Central Jakarta district court.Setiawan's lawyers are expected to read a statement to the court in February outlining his defence in the ongoing...
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"Rohainil Aini is accused of issuing a falsified document which allowed an off-duty pilot, Pollycarpus Priyanto, to board a flight taken by Munir from Jakarta to Singapore and on to Amsterdam.
The Supreme Court...
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"About 140 million people, mainly in developing countries, are being poisoned by arsenic in their drinking water, researchers believe.The first signs that arsenic-contaminated water might be
a major health issue emerged in the 1980s, with the documentation of
poisoned...
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Whilst products like these would indeed cut down on smoke, I don't think that smoke alone is the point of all those smoking bans: the banning governments are trying to increase their constituents' health levels,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 10869 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment
New
York – March 12, 2007 -- Trace amounts
of arsenic are found in fluoride chemicals added to drinking water supplies,
reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) website.
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Fluoridation is a controversial attempt to reduce tooth
decay in tap-water...
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"National Academy of Engineering Announces Winners of $1 Million Challenge to Provide Safe Drinking Water
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today the winners of the 2007 Grainger...
created by jakedai | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 590 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Big Brother had shouldered his way into the kitchen long before the New York City Board of Health moved Tuesday to prohibit the use of all but a tiny amount of trans fats in restaurant cooking.
Be glad he's there.
Would all the people muttering about New York's "food police"...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 449 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments