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Killer French Seaweed Caused By Fertilizers & Livestock
A build-up of Seaweed on Brittany's coast is proving very hard to remove, and the gas which the plants produce - after they die - has already been blamed on two almost fatal incidents, but French officials are adamant that there is no real danger to the estimated 9-10 million... Mother's milk found to contain organochlorine pesticides
A group of researchers have found traces of organochlorine pesticides in the blood and milk samples collected from lactating women in Anupgarh town. " JAIPUR: Now, it seems pesticides have contaminated even mother’s milk. Researchersfrom Rajasthan University have found an... Desperate Farmers of a dying environment.
By, Uwe Paschen. Desperate Farmers. For decades now Farm communities around the globe have been bleeding by several factors. Politics comes to mind as well as Industry and mismanagement by the WTO, the... Growing cotton in India's killing fields.
On December 3 1984, people in the Indian city of Bhopal awoke to a cloud of toxic gas hanging over their shanty huts, drifting slowly through the city and causing coughing, choking, and... 647 views | 90 recommendations | 15 comments
Organic Certified, Misleading labelling.
By, Uwe Paschen.Many of us do buy Organic Food, and many more Would like to, yet can not afford it. Sadly most of us do not actually know what Organic food is nor how it is regulated or where it does all come... $27 million dollar project to save birds, bees, and bats
From my website:"This week, the Global Environment Facility, has launched a new $27 million dollar project with the goal of saving animals that are needed to pollinate the many crops of the world. The United... No evidence organic food has more nutritional content
I often contemplate whether or not buying organic is really beneficial. With food prices as high as they are it is hard to...
created by michelle.sundvick | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2032 views | 29 recommendations | 40 comments
No More Cosmetic Pesticides for Calgary
"A Canadian Cancer Society survey released in May found 87 per cent of Albertans support community bylaws banning the cosmetic use of pesticides."Environmental concerns are becoming a bigger issue for Canadians as a whole," McLeod says.If passed, Calgary would be the first...Bayer's pesticide blamed for killing German, and other, honeybees
" Tests on dead bees showed that 99% of those examined had a build-up of [the chemical] clothianidin ... Clothianidin, like the other neonicotinoid pesticides that have been temporarily suspended in Germany, is a systemic chemical that works its way through a plant and... Organic vodka, now with less guilt
Organic beer and wine are nothing new, but spirits have typically left big footprints--until now."Worried about pesticides in the food chain? Concerned about your carbon footprint? Just pondering the planet's fate... Organic Beekeepers NOT losing their bees!
"Organic Bee Keepers Not Losing Their Bees 14-May-2007 We recently reported on the mystery of bees that are disappearing from their hives and being found dead— or not being found at all. Now it turns out that organic beekeepers are not having this problem. The website of... New York City Urban Farm on a Barge
NYC Science Barge makes first step in a long journey to address population growth,
infrastructure improvement and environmental sustainability in NYC
over the next 25 years."NEW YORK--Standing behind a podium in... What does "organic" food mean?
Sometimes it takes a professor of molecular biology at Princeton to explain that organic food is no different from any other kind of food. He also punctures the notion that food labelled organic does not use toxic pesticides.Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007
"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....
created by happytribe | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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4766 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
A fat target for the food police
"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 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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