Environment

Legal Loophole Allows Untested Pesticides in Everything From Cosmetics to Clothing

EPA Lets Pesticides on the Market Untested The agency is abusing a legal loophole to let products like nanosilver be used in your clothing and baby blankets without ensuring their safety. You probably wouldn’t expect to find pesticides in your toothpaste or your gym socks, but they might be in there all the same. And


Scientists Discover Bt Toxins Found In Monsanto Crops Damage Red Blood Cells

Studies are showing that Bt toxins found in Monsanto crops are harmful to mammalian blood by damaging red blood cells and more. RBC’s are responsible for delivering oxygen to the body tissues through blood flow. Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) is a bacterium commonly used as a biological pesticide. It is a microorganism that produces toxic chemicals.


Avoid 100 Dangerous Food Additives Causing ADHD, Asthma and Cancer

Food industry additives and colors are one major cause of ADHD, asthma and cancer creating a toxic environment for our children's health. Even medicines for babies and young children frequently contain these additives banned from foods and drinks and targeted at children under three years of age. Artificial flavors and colors means it is derived


Natural Defenses Against Garden Pests

With early plants coming up strong and spring in full swing (except for some northern states, sorry folks) it's probably time to start considering protecting your garden from pests. The negative effects and safety issues of pesticides have been frequently addressed. With even the EU banning the use of certain pesticides. So what are some


Scientists Baffled as Report Proves Global Warming Stopped 16 Yrs Ago

In a report released by Spiegel science journal, the admission that the world has been waiting for for a long time is now here: Global Warming has stopped! Spiegel journalist Axel Bojanowski writes “The word has been out for quite some time now that the climate is developing differently than predicted earlier”. He poses the


19-Year-Old Develops Cleanup Array To Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From Oceans

Another young creative mind working towards bettering our world. 19-year-old Boyan Slat has revealed his plans to the world regarding his Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The revolutionary device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to


EU Passes Ban on Bee-Killing Pesticides

The pesticide industry, mainly Bayer and Syngenta, raised a big fuss about a pesticide ban in the European Union - a heated debate over there for awhile now. They saw lost profits - we saw potential for bee extinction and severe food loss as bees are the co-creators of the majority of the world's food


Citizen Group Finds 30 Toxic Chemicals in Air Following Tar Sands Oil Spill in Arkansas

Independent air samples by locals have yielded “a soup of toxic chemicals” in Mayflower, Arkansas where an Exxon Mobil pipeline burst on March 29th spilling some 5,000 barrels of tar sands oil, known as bitumen. Chemicals detected included several linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and neurological impacts such as benzene and ethylbenzene. Air samples were


Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests

In response to industry plans to develop eucalyptus plantations across the US South[1], environmental groups[2] are raising serious concerns about the impacts of eucalyptus plantations on forests, rural communities, wildlife and the climate – especially if those trees are genetically engineered. EcoGen, LLC recently announced plans to develop eucalyptus plantations in southern Florida to feed


Monsanto's Astonishing Rise to Power

  Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land, and influences all three branches of government. This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org. Forty percent of the crops grown in the United States contain their genes. They produce the world’s top selling herbicide. Several of their factories are now toxic Superfund sites. They spend millions


Fukushima's Catastrophic Aftermath Continues

  In her book titled "No Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth," nuclear power/environmental health expert Rosalie Bertell (1929 - 2012) said: "Should the public discover the true health cost(s) of nuclear pollution, a cry would rise from all parts of the world and people would refuse to cooperate passively with their own death."


U.S. Study, Roundup Linked To Health Dangers

Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, infertility and cancers, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed report, published last week in the scientific journal Entropy, said evidence indicates that residues of "glyphosate," the chief ingredient in Roundup weed killer,


50 Astronauts, Scientists Slam NASA on Man-Made Climate Change

Man-Made Climate Change a Dogma, scientist say. Here’s the letter: March 28, 2012 The Honorable Charles Bolden, Jr. NASA Administrator NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. 20546-0001 We, the undersigned, respectfully request that NASA and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) refrain from including unproven remarks in public releases and websites. We believe the claims by


Witness Shares Details of His Role in BP Oil Spill Cover-Up (VIDEO)

A former boat captain, Malcolm Coco, has come forward to reveal his role in setting fires in the Gulf following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He details how local shrimp boats were hired to corral the oil, after which "homemade bombs" would ignite the oil creating fires the size of city blocks. He


Exxon Receives Safety Medal From National Safety Council Days After Arkansas Oil Spill

Days after an ExxonMobil pipeline swamped an Arkansas subdivision, pouring an estimated 84,000 gallons of crude oil into residential streets, the National Safety Council presented Exxon Mobil Corporation with a safety award. The Green Cross for Safety medal, presented at the council's annual fundraising dinner in Houston on Tuesday, honored ExxonMobil for its leadership and


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