Tag: pollution
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Elephants Leave Circus, Campbell’s Just Labels It, Cafe Serves Waste (Audio)
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Elephants are leaving the circus early after public outcry; Campbell’s Soup will label its US products for GMOs; UK cafe feeds thousands with “food waste”.
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#Shocker: Corporate Polluters Are Almost Never Prosecuted For Their Crimes
from grist.org: If you committed a crime in full view of a police officer, you could expect to be arrested — particularly if you persisted in your criminality after being told to cut it out, and if your crime were hurting the people around you. But the same is not true for those other “people” who inhabit…
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Coal Company Unlawfully Polluted West Virginia Water
Yeah, we only want our pollution to be lawful! from thinkprogress.org: Coal company Alpha Natural Resources violated its state-issued pollution permit by allowing toxic amounts of selenium to seep into West Virginia waters, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the latest event in the state’s ongoing coal-driven water pollution saga. In a decision first reported by…
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Air pollution in Beijing hits worst ever
from NHK.com: Smog levels in the Chinese capital Beijing soared on Thursday to levels considered “extremely serious.” Official readings for concentrations of the tiniest pollution particles, called PM 2.5, climbed up beyond 600 micrograms per cubic meter at one point on Thursday. Hazy smog descended over Tiananmen Square in central Beijing. Tourists in the square…
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Okinawa: the junk heap of the Pacific
from The Japan Times: In June, construction workers unearthed more than 20 rusty barrels from beneath a soccer pitch in Okinawa City. The land had once been part of Kadena Air Base — the Pentagon’s largest installation in the Pacific region — but was returned to civilian usage in 1987. Tests revealed that the barrels…
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Air pollution exposure while pregnant linked to autism risk
from cbsnews.com: Exposure to aiir pollution while pregnant may increase a woman’s risk that her unborn child eventually develops autism. Researchers looked at more than 116,000 women to determine whether they were exposed to pollution during pregnancy. They found certain chemicals and pollutants were linked to heightened risk for the neurodevelopmental disease that affects one…
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Midway: Message from the Gyre
from cryptogon.com: Midway: Message from the Gyre http://www.midwayfilm.com/ http://www.midwayjourney.com/ Related: Vice Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic
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Monsanto’s Roundup, Glyphosate Linked to Parkinson’s and more
from naturalsociety.com: We already know the links between herbicides and sterility in men, birth defects, mental illness, obesity and possibly cancer—but now we have something new to add to the nasty effects of pesticides list — Parkinson’s disease and similar neurodegenerative conditions. New research, published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology, indicates a connection between…
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An expert finds New York City’s air is full of foreign matter, including rubber and rust
from nydailynews.com: Big Apple air is a bizarre brew of bacteria, pollen, clothing fiber, fungus, tire rubber, dead skin cells, cooking fat and carbon emissions. The truth of exactly what New Yorkers breathe comes courtesy of air expert Bill Logan, who grabbed a “spore sucker” of his own design and joined the Daily News for…
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Waste from Production of M&Ms Turns Local Honey Blue
from AllGov.com: M&Ms are a tasty treat for many, but not for beekeepers in northern France. Agrivalor, a biogas plant that processes waste from the production of Mars candies, has contaminated local hives near the town of Ribeauvillé in Alsace in northeastern France. Beekeepers first noticed a problem when they discovered their honey turning shades…
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#BingeAndPurge: Nocebos, Mutants, Mess and More
Beware the Nocebo Effect: The nonexistent side effects of a placebo can be real for a patient who expects to have them // Monsanto Genetically Modified Crops Make the Drought Worse // NYT to White House: Move Forward on Food Safety Rules // Pfizer Pays $60 Million for Bribing Foreign Doctors // Here It Comes:…
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#BingeAndPurge: Fluoride, Fruit, Fraud and more
Harvard Study: Fluoridated Water Associated with Lower IQs in Children* More Kids Are Living in Poverty and Exposed to Air Pollution* Can eating fruit help you quit smoking?* Tepco releases recordings of Fukushima nuclear crisis* US starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam* 4.1 earthquake hits near Yorba Linda, CA* July was hottest month in…
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Chi-Coms Demand US Embassy Stop Publishing Pollution Data
Tired of being told about the nation’s bad air quality, China’s government demanded the United States stop publicizing pollution readings taken from its embassies in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai.
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World’s cheapest food in USA; At what cost?
from foodfreedomgroup.com: In 2010, Americans spent just over 9 percent of their disposable income on food (5.5 percent at home and 3.9 percent eating out). This is a dramatically lower percentage [than that] spent just decades ago in the early 1960s, when over 17 percent was spent on food, and even more of a “bargain”…
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Nitrate Contamination Threatens California’s Drinking Water
from civileats.com: Today, the Food & Environment Reporting Network–the first and only independent, non-profit, non-partisan news organization that produces investigative reporting on food, agriculture, and environmental health in partnership with local and national media outlets–published its third report, “Farming Communities Facing Crisis Over Nitrate Pollution, Study Says,” on msnbc.com. Reporter Stett Holbrook takes a deep…