Category: Food/GMOs

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

Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbugs” Will Outpace Cancer Deaths By 2050

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Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbugs” Will Outpace Cancer Deaths By 2050
The Coming Superbug Attack: Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant Infections To Outpace Cancer Deaths By 2050 O, antibiotics, how we loved thee. And how we mourn thee. There was a time when we thought there was nothing they couldn’t do: people would demand them for head colds–despite the fact that rhinovirus is unaffected by them–and doctors handed them out like candy. But the sad fact is in our demand for antibiotics, we have pretty much loved them to death.… Read the rest

Monsanto: Lower Profits, Lower Earnings–High Pressure From Consumers Works!

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Monsanto: Lower Profits, Lower Earnings–High Pressure From Consumers Works!
Fighting Back Against The Machine: Monsanto Earnings Report Shows Lower Profits This is a tough world in which to try to bring up a child with good moral values. It seems like the moral of every story these days always ends up with some reprehensible jackass suffering no consequences for bad behavior. Millionaire rich kids get a slap on the wrist when they run afoul of the law, corporate polluters the same.… Read the rest

We need to change the way we think about meat–before it’s too late

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We need to change the way we think about meat–before it’s too late
Addiction to meat may be more of a global threat than addiction to oil Does anybody remember Al Gore? That champion of the earth who stood up to heaps of ridicule that far outstripped what he deserved for his somewhat snooty, somewhat clueless ivory tower ways? Yes, he was the presidential candidate who was pounced upon for saying he invented the internet (despite the demonstrable fact that he never said that, and despite much more incendiary and outrageous claims coming down the pike every day this time around.)… Read the rest

Australian State Legalizes Medical Marijuana–Victoria Says Yes To Legal Cannabis

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Australian State Legalizes Medical Marijuana–Victoria Says Yes To Legal Cannabis
Victoria To Become First Australian State To Legalize Marijuana For Medical Purposes Victoria is set to become the first Australian state to legalize marijuana to treat serious medical conditions including cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy and chronic pain. Hailed as a long-overdue step by many Australians who up until now were forced to choose between treating themselves or their loved ones for their pain, or staying within the law, the change is seen as the first step along a road to comprehensive and clear rules for the nation as a whole.… Read the rest

The Bigger, Badder Cousin Of Monsanto: The International Chemical Fertilizer Industry

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The Bigger, Badder Cousin Of Monsanto: The International Chemical Fertilizer Industry
What You Should Know About The Fertilizer Industry–Hint: They’re As Bad Or Worse Than Monsanto. When most people think about fertilizer–and lets face facts: not many of us do at all–we think about manure. Or possibly we think about politics–bah dum tiss. But what most people don’t know and what the fertilizer industry doesn’t want you to know is that it is a chemical-heavy, multi-billion dollar consortium that dwarfs even Monsanto in scope and wealth.… Read the rest

Global Fisheries Are Collapsing–What Happens When There Are No More Fish?

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Global Fisheries Are Collapsing–What Happens When There Are No More Fish?
Shocking Study Shows That 85 Percent Of Global Fish Stocks Are In Trouble–So Are We If This Continues. In the Dr. Seuss book “The Lorax,” the title character, saddened by the destruction of all the truffula trees and the devastation covering the now-barren land “lifted himself away through a hole in the clouds.” One wonders if the global elites have some similar escape plan in mind that they’re not telling the rest of us about.… Read the rest

New EPA Study: Two Most Widely-Used Pesticides Will Harm Nearly All Endangered Animals

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New EPA Study: Two Most Widely-Used Pesticides Will Harm Nearly All Endangered Animals
The Most Widely Used Pesticides Will Harm Nearly All Animals Currently On The Endangered Species List A recent study by the Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that the danger facing animals on the endangered species list from pesticides is much graver than previously thought. The EPA analysis found that nearly all the 1,700 most endangered plants and animals in the United States are likely to be harmed by two common and ubiquitous pesticides, malathion and chlorpyrifos.… Read the rest

Obesity, Heart Disease Largely Driven By Sugar–Industry And Government Don’t Want Us To Know That

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Obesity, Heart Disease Largely Driven By Sugar–Industry And Government Don’t Want Us To Know That
Sugar Is The Enemy, Not Fat, But You Would Never Know It If You Listened To The FDA It has long been known that sugar, not fat was the prime culprit in driving obesity. Why then has it been ignored for so long? For those of us old enough to remember the original food pyramid, the one with a cautious note on fats and oils at the very top, “Use sparingly,” with a massive base of breads, cereals and grains advising 6-11 servings a day(!),… Read the rest

You Know What They Say About Doctors And Apples–Turns Out They Were Onto Something

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You Know What They Say About Doctors And Apples–Turns Out They Were Onto Something
An Apple A Day–How Humble Fruit May Aid In Heart Health Even More Than We Thought We all remember that nagging rhyme from when we were young and desperate for candy: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away…” Yes, I can practically hear my 10-year-old self saying, but what about chocolate? Does that keep anything away? Well, it turns out your mother was right about this one.… Read the rest