Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Sochi Officials Order Stray Dogs Killed Ahead of Olympics
from foxnews.com: Thousands of stray dogs have been living amid the mud and rubble of Olympic construction sites, roaming the streets and snowy mountainsides, and begging for scraps of food. But as the games drew near, authorities have turned to a company to catch and kill the animals so they don’t bother Sochi’s new visitors…
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Eat More Sugar, Die More Likely
from forbes.com: If the torrent of studies suggesting that sugar is bad for our health wasn’t quite enough, new research again suggests that added dietary sugar increases the risk of death from heart disease. Among the health concerns of eating or drinking too much sugar have been a higher risk of obesity, high blood pressure,…
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Australia Agrees to Dumping Near Great Barrier Reef
from aljazeera.com: Australia has approved a plan to dump millions of tonnes of sediment near the Great Barrier Reef as part of a major coal port expansion – a decision that environmentalists say will endanger one of the world’s most fragile eco-systems. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority rubber-stamped the federal government’s approval of…
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Florida Woman, 81, Behind Bars for Feeding Bears Too Much Dog Food
from cnn.com: Don’t feed the bears! It’s an admonishment heard over and over again from wildlife officials. But Florida resident Mary Musselman didn’t listen, officials said. And it got her arrested at age 81. She is being held without bond, CNN affiliate WFTS reported. “I think it is outrageous,” said Karen Tedder. She and other…
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Legalize Illegal Drugs to Save the Rain Forests
from guardianlv.com: The trafficking of illegal drugs is causing deforestation in Central America to occur at an increased rate, according to a report published today in Science, whose authors suggest that reforming current U.S. drug policy and perhaps legalizing illegal drugs could help save the rain forests.
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Vodka Blamed for High Death Rates in Russia
from bbc.co.uk: The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, research shows. The study, in The Lancet, says 25% of Russian men die before they are 55, and most of the deaths are down to alcohol. The comparable UK figure is 7%. Causes of…
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West Virginia official says residents are breathing cancer-causing agent after chemical spill
from blacklistednews.com: A West Virginia state official told legislators on Wednesday that he “can guarantee” some residents are breathing in a cancer-causing substance due to the chemical spill that occurred earlier in January. In a recent meeting with a state legislative committee on water resources, Scott Simonton of the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board said…
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Food Lobby Threatens to Sue Any State that Tries to Label GMO’s
from truthstreammedia.com: The Organic Consumers Association is reporting that the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association — the mega corp. lobby group that represents 300 companies and way more than just grocery stores — is using a talking points memo to basically misinform and intimidate our legislators with threats of lawsuits should they even attempt to back a…
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Farm Bill Ends Subsidies, Cuts Food Stamps
from money.cnn.com: A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Monday agreed to a deal on a farm bill that would end direct subsidies to farms in favor of crop insurance. The deal could trim as much as $90 a month from food stamps for 850,000 recipients. The farm bill would last five years and needs to…
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Chemical Spill In West Virginia Worse Than Initially Reported
from huffingtonpost.com: The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued an update on Monday evening indicating that the Elk River spill in West Virginia earlier this month involved more gallons of chemicals than previously reported. Freedom Industries, which owned the tank that leaked into a river supplying water in the state, now says that approximately…
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States Consider Labels for GMO Genetically Modified Foods
from webmd.com: A number of states are considering laws requiring labels on food products that contain genetically modified ingredients. The states are weighing such action because there is no federal regulation. Currently, only Connecticut and Maine have such laws, but they won’t take effect until other states implement their own rules. Bills to require labels…
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#StuporBowl: Pack a Super Bowl of Super Munchies?
from nashville.com: Now there’s more proof that legalizing marijuana can lead to only good things. Besides an uptick in visits to this burrito vending machine. The two states that have legalized pot are both going to the Super Bowl this year, with the Denver Broncos facing off against the Seattle Seahawks. So it’s been dubbed…
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Top 5 Detox Foods: Tomatoes, Spinach, Fennel, Artichokes and Black Radishes
from nydailynews.com: There is no such thing as a truly detoxifying food, according to Nathalie Negro, a nutritionist at French weight loss resort Thermes de Brides-les-Bains. Nonetheless, most fruits and vegetables are rich in potassium and low in sodium, which means that they have particularly effective diuretic properties. They may also be rich in antioxidants,…
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Too Many Sodas Contain Potential Carcinogen
from cnn.com: A chemical found in many sodas may be dangerous to your health, Consumer Reports says. And no, it’s not sugar (this time). The golden-brown color of many soft drinks comes with a dose of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MeI. On U.S. product labels it appears simply as “caramel coloring.” Those who say the…
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Hershey’s 3-D printer: dream it, print it, eat it
from eatocracy.com: Because apparently Americans don’t have easy enough access to junk food, soon getting a candy bar could be as easy as hitting “print.” 3D Systems announced a deal with Hershey’s Thursday to collaborate on developing a 3-D printer that makes chocolate and other edible products. In a statement, 3D Systems said making printers…