Environment
Events that change the environment will ultimately change our lifestyle. Keeping informed about these changes can give you the upper hand in dealing with them.
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Wasps Are Key To Web Of Life
Sep 1st
Fiona Macrae Mail Online September 1, 2010 Many see them as a nuisance, but wasps have an unfair reputation say conservationists. Launching a wasp appreciation drive, Buglife insists the insects are the key to the ‘web of life’ and rather than swatting them, we should ‘calmly waft’ them away. TV presenter Nick Baker, the charity’s vice
Monsanto Uprooted: Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn
Aug 31st
Spiegel Online August 31, 2010 Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge the prohibition on its seed. The sowing season
Bill Gates Foundation Buys 500,000 Shares Of Monsanto
Aug 30th
Anthony Gucciardi www.ShatterLimits.com August 30, 2010 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has purchased 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock. Monsanto is the world’s largest producer of genetically modified food, which has been tied to numerous health ailments such as sterility and infant mortality. AGRA Watch has issued a press release on the subject: Monsanto has
Citizens Fight Back By Uprooting GMO Crop Fields
Aug 19th
Rady Ananda Food Freedom August 19, 2010 Early Sunday morning, French police stood helpless as sixty people, locked inside an open-air field of genetically modified grapevines, uprooted all the plants. In Spain last month, dozens of people destroyed two GMO fields. On the millennial cusp, Indian farmers burned Bt cotton in their Cremate Monsanto campaign.
US Crops Absorb Pharmaceuticals From Treated Sewage
Aug 13th
Rachel A. Zurer Chemical & Engineering News August 13, 2010 Each year, U.S. farmers fertilize their fields with millions of tons of treated sewage and irrigate with billions of gallons of recycled water. Through this treated waste, an array of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) make their way unregulated from consumers’ homes into farm
Pollution Makes Quarter Of China Water Unusable
Aug 6th
David Stanway Reuters August 6, 2010 Almost a quarter of China’s surface water remains so polluted that it is unfit even for industrial use, while less than half of total supplies are drinkable, data from the environment watchdog showed on Monday. Inspectors from China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection tested water samples from the country’s major
Vitamin D Is Essential For Activating Immune System Function
Jul 29th
David Gutierrez Natural News July 29, 2010 Researchers have discovered that vitamin D plays a crucial role in activating the immune system’s ability to recognize and fight pathogens. While scientists have long known that vitamin D plays a critical role in bone health, recent research has begun to suggest that it also serves to regulate
The Healing Effects of Forests And Other Green Settings
Jul 27th
Science Daily July 27, 2010 “Many people,” says Dr. Eeva Karjalainen, of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Metla, “feel relaxed and good when they are out in nature. But not many of us know that there is also scientific evidence about the healing effects of nature.” Forests — and other natural, green settings — can
‘People Are Getting Sick,’ Gulf Cleanup Worker Says
Jul 23rd
WDSU July 23, 2010 The work to cleanup the millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf can be hazardous, and one spill worker told WDSU that he has witnessed illness, injury and unsafe working conditions. Jarred Bourgeois is the engineer on a crew ship that carries personnel and supplies to workers out in the
California City Approves Marijuana Farming
Jul 21st
Reuters July 21, 2010 The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for “industrial” cultivation starting next year. The move by the San Francisco Bay Area city aims to bring medical marijuana cultivation into the open and allow the city to profit
