Category: Environment

TOXO MIND CONTROL

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TOXO MIND CONTROL
Toxoplasmosis: The Mind Control Parasite That May Be In Your Head Right Now Get Outta My Head! Toxoplasmosis And Mind Control By Way Of Cat Poop. You Can’t Make This Stuff Up People are forever fascinated with tales of the Other, something or someone that looks like us, sounds like us, but decidedly isn’t us. We’ve had vampires and werewolves for centuries–heck, going back to the Old Testament, we had the human-like golem, a man/monster made from clay.… Read the rest

The Solution Might Be Right Under Our Feet: Scientists Suggest Soil May Hold The Key To Climate Change

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The Solution Might Be Right Under Our Feet: Scientists Suggest Soil May Hold The Key To Climate Change
Scientists: Excess Atmospheric Greenhouse Gasses Could Theoretically Be Stored In Soil It’s always in the last place you look. that’s what they used to say whenever you’d lose something as a kid, the joke of which would often go over small heads. But there is also a nugget of truth in the old adage: sometimes solutions to problems are right in front of our noses.… Read the rest

Flint Water Crisis May Be Just The Tip Of The Iceberg–America’s Deteriorating Water Infrastructure

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Flint Water Crisis May Be Just The Tip Of The Iceberg–America’s Deteriorating Water Infrastructure
From Flint To Your Kitchen Sink: How America’s Deteriorating Water Systems Are About To Collapse. “Water, water every where, not any drop to drink.” –Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” If you’ve ever traveled overseas, you know that one of the first questions you ask upon landing in a new country is: how is the water? In the US we take it for granted that turning the kitchen tap will result in a clean, drinkable glass of water with nothing to fear in the way of bacteria or toxins, but with aging water systems rapidly deteriorating, that might soon be a thing of the past.… Read the rest

Where You Live Could Have A Tremendous Impact On Your Cardiac Health

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Where You Live Could Have A Tremendous Impact On Your Cardiac Health
One In Ten Americans At Elevated Risk For Cardiac Disease Simply Based On Geography The great dream of total interconnectedness amongst the majority of the people of the world has largely reached fruition in the internet age. But there was an earlier version of that dream of connection, the American dream of the highway. The great interstate highway system had its detractors and its issues, but one thing is undeniable, highways connected Americans to one another in ways that could not even have been imagined just a hundred years previously.… Read the rest

Taskforce on Flint water crisis concludes it was an “environmental injustice”

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Taskforce on Flint water crisis concludes it was an “environmental injustice”
Panel: race a factor in Flint “environmental injustice” In a move that surprised exactly no one, a taskforce has concluded that the poisoning of the citizens of Flint, Michigan constituted what they termed an “environmental injustice.” The panel concluded in its 116-page report that the residents of Flint did not “…enjoy the same degree of protection… provided to other communities.” The report also took pains to point out that the majority of residents of Flint are African-American, painting in stark terms that the true and most severe costs of deteriorating environmental standards are always borne first by the poor and minority communities.… Read the rest

Toxic Heavy Metal Hotspots Found Over Portland–Mysterious Source Revealed

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Toxic Heavy Metal Hotspots Found Over Portland–Mysterious Source Revealed
US Forest Service Research Finally Reveals Source Of Mysterious Portland Heavy Metals Hotspots–And Residents Are Not Happy Along with Berkeley, California, and Boulder, Colorado, Portland has long been known as a haven for all things progressive and environmental. The Oregon city has such a reputation in fact there is even a satirical show about its kooky residents, “Portlandia,” in which restaurant servers are interrogated about the joy experienced in the lives of its chickens, and artisanal shell-art makers compete with one another.… Read the rest

The Biggest Threat To Life On Earth May Be A Substance That Is Found Here Naturally

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The Biggest Threat To Life On Earth May Be A Substance That Is Found Here Naturally
This Natural Substance Could Be The Biggest Threat To Life As We Know It–And It Is On The Periodic Table It seems like every week there’s some new (or old) threat to human life and health and the planet’s ability to survive. From CFCs to PCBs to BPAs to god knows what horrible thing they will invent next, it seems like we are under siege from a constant alphabet soup barrage of letters threatening to kill us.… Read the rest

A Tiny Island Chain Has Big Ambitions When It Comes To Protecting Their Livelihood–The Sea

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A Tiny Island Chain Has Big Ambitions When It Comes To Protecting Their Livelihood–The Sea
Rapacious Global Over-Fishing Leads Tiny Island Chain To Seek To Impose Its Own Rules In Order To Survive.  When the bullies of the world won’t do the right thing, sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands–no matter your size. In an ambitious step, a tiny island chain in French Polynesia known as the Austral Islands has submitted a proposal to the French Polynesian government to set up a million square kilometer marine reserve in the waters surrounding the islands.… Read the rest

Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?

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Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?
Biotechnology is the key to helping Africans-or so says Bill Gates A not-at-all unexpected advocate for GMO foods has come out in favor of exporting the genetically engineered food technology to Africa, saying that it might not only help poorer African nations feed themselves, but even suggesting that they might be able to produce enough food to export. In a fawning interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gates said, “…GMOs are done by changing the genes of the plant, and it’s done in a way where there’s a very thorough safety procedure, and it’s pretty incredible because it reduces the amount of pesticide you need, raises productivity (and) can help with malnutrition by getting vitamin fortification.”… Read the rest