Archive for the 'Health' Category
Monsanto Takes 19.9% Stake in InterGrain
September 1st, 2010Tentacles here. Tentacles there. Tentacles everywhere. Via: Sydney Morning Herald: West Australian cereal breeder InterGrain Pty Ltd has partnered with global grains developer Monsanto to develop tougher, higher-yielding types of wheat. Under the collaboration, Monsanto has taken a 19.9 per cent stake in InterGrain for an undisclosed sum. If the collaboration is a success, it […]
The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply
September 1st, 2010The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply—and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself by Robyn O’Brien
Sebelius: Time for ‘Reeducation’ on Obama Health Care Law
August 31st, 2010Via: ABC News: With a number of polls showing a sustained level of opposition to the Democrats’ health care reform efforts more than five months after passage, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the Obama administration has “a lot of reeducation to do” heading into the midterms.
Tests Find Sickened Family Has 50.3 PPM of Corexit’s 2-Butoxyethanol in Swimming Pool
August 30th, 2010? ? ? ? ? Via: Florida Oil Spill Law: “Our heads are still swimming,” stated Barbara Schebler of Homosassa, Florida, who received word last Friday that test results on the water from her family’s swimming pool showed 50.3 ppm of 2-butoxyethanol, a marker for the dispersant Corexit 9527A used to break up and sink […]
NY Legislators Want Chickens Vaccinated
August 30th, 2010Via: AP: Two New York State legislators want to require farmers in the state to vaccinate hens against salmonella, which sickened thousands of Americans and triggered the largest egg recall in U.S. history. Research Credit: Swamp Fox
Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans
August 26th, 2010Via: Forbes: As the privacy controversy around full-body security scans begins to simmer, it’s worth noting that courthouses and airport security checkpoints aren’t the only places where backscatter x-ray vision is being deployed. The same technology, capable of seeing through clothes and walls, has also been rolling out on U.S. streets.
Nightmarish Hospital Visit Capped by Beating, Accident Victim Says
August 26th, 2010The American Grindhouse is absolutely breathtaking. Via: Courthouse News Service: A man who was hurt in a car crash but was misidentified as a cancer patient claims security guards at Prince George’s Hospital beat him up when he tried to leave the hospital to avoid chest surgery he didn’t need – “to have a potentially […]
The U.S. Ministry of Egg Production
August 24th, 2010As usual, for this and all other food nightmares, the solution is to get more people involved with widely distributed, small scale food production. My guess is that chickens are, by far, the best choice for integrating into a small scale food production system. They’re the ultimate permaculture creatures. They provide meat, eggs, manure and […]
Egg Recall
August 22nd, 2010Our hens just started laying. Via: AP: Two Iowa farms that recalled more than a half-billion eggs linked to as many as 1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning share suppliers of chickens and feed as well as ties to an Iowa business routinely cited for violating state and federal law.
Gulf of Mexico: Continuous Oil Plume Over 35KM in Length, at Approximately 1100M Depth
August 20th, 2010See Scientific proof that the Deepwater oil plume is over 20 miles long, for an image of the water column at various depths. Via: Science: The Deepwater Horizon blowout is the largest offshore oil spill in history. We present results from a subsurface hydrocarbon survey using an autonomous underwater vehicle and a ship-cabled sampler. Our […]
