Tag Archives: pesticides
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 ...
What Are We Eating?
Everyone knows that the “conventional” modern American diet is among the most unhealthy that the world has known. Everything loaded up with sugar, salt, and fat, filled with toxic artificial sweeteners, flavors, and colors, covered in pesticides inside and out, more often than not containing unnatural and untested GMO ingredients. Many things tainted with endocrine ...
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, which ...
That Really Happens? The Truth About Trying To Wash Pesticides Off Produce
It’s a great science experiment for kids; and a sobering reminder for parents. Simply grab some food coloring or other dye that dissolves in water, fill a small cup or bowl and place the cut end of your vegetable in the colored solution (you can also substitute some juices). Plants aren’t just coated with pesticides, plants ...
Monsanto Creates “Superworms” That Will Devastate Midwest (PETITION)
An agricultural giant called the Monsanto Company has risen to the top of the corporate food chains thanks to their genetically modified corn and soybean sees, seeds bred to withstand and even produce their own herbicides and pesticides. But in the decades since they’ve appeared on the scene, two more things have sprung up: a new ...
Not Just the Bees: Bayer’s Pesticide May Harm Birds, Too
Once again this spring, farmers will begin planting at least 140 million acres—a land mass roughly equal to the combined footprints of California and Washington state—with seeds (mainly corn and soy) treated with a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. Commercial landscapers and home gardeners will get into the act, too—neonics are common in lawn and ...
EU Bee-Killing Pesticide Ban Crumbles Under Corporate Interests
It was January of this year that the European Food Safety Authority turned heads with their confirmation that neonicotinoids - insecticides derived from chemicals related to nicotine - are a smoking gun in the massive bee die off - also known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Multiple around-the-world studies and documentaries have implicated these pesticides in ...
Clean Your Kitchen: How to Trash the Toxins in Your Pantry
My kitchen is about 95% clean. No, I’m not talking about the standards of hygiene or the crud that tries to take up residence in the grout – I’m talking about the contents of my pantry and refrigerator. I’ve worked hard to banish GMOs, pesticides and chemical additives from the premises. With the proliferation of “dirty” ...
Bayer Slams ‘Draconian’ EU Plan to Ban Neonicotinoids
The European Commission has called for a two-year ban on all uses of neonicotinoid products in crops considered dangerous to honey bee health. Commission spokesman Frederic Vincent said the EU’s executive arm was proposing a suspension on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in oilseed rape, maize, sunflowers and cotton. Mr Vincent said the ban was for crops ...
Bed Bugs At Night – What A Fright
I would like to discuss a problem that is ages old and that is Bed Bugs. I remember as a child my mother would jokingly tell us kids before we went to bed at night "Sleep Tight Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite," never really knowing what bed bugs were. The truth is they ...
4 Tips So That Your Dream of A Green Christmas Can Come True
We could all use some tips for Christmas dinner, eating healthy, trying to keep your meal as organic and green as possible. I'm sure you know that it can be a challenge. Not only do you want your meal to be delicious, but you also want it to be nutritious. I don't mean that you ...
Organics: Non-Chemical Solutions
We can change the world, one home at a time. This is the basis for organic gardening. Most of us, as gardeners, use some chemicals because they are readily available, relatively easy to use, and save time and labor. But are these good reasons for decimating our earth with chemicals and pollution? The answer has ...
Warning: 3 Fast Food Ingredient Secrets (VIDEO)
While many of us live a largely sedentary lifestyle, the United States remains a highly mobile society, addicted to the road and high-speed, demanding daily schedules—hence, our addiction to fast food. The convenience of this food, however, comes at a high price belying its reputation as the food of the masses. The ingredients in these ...
Codex Alimentarius: An Introduction (VIDEOS)
The world as we once knew it is gone. The rosy cheeked children, bursting with energy, that once climbed trees and got up to mischief, are extinct. The people are still here, but they are pale, lethargic and slowly dying... ~ Daisy Luther Every bite of food provided to these people is the product of a ...
15 Tips to Living Green, Environmentally Friendly Life
Today my friends, I hope to give you tips and strategies for going green, helping our planet, being environmentally friendly, and helping to stay in balance with nature. Green living, living organically, helping to save our environment is a way of life that should be implemented into every aspect of our daily routines. Tips and Ideas for ...
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