Archive for the 'Kill Off' Category
Mitre/JASONs Advise Pentagon to Collect DNA and Complete Human Genome Sequences for All Military Personnel
January 14th, 201123andme.mil? Don’t laugh. Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, was one of the briefers on this. As you may or may not know, Wojcicki is married to Google’s Sergey Brin. I don’t know what’s more terrifying to consider: What the military is going to do with this, or what Google is going to do with this. […]
Sweetos: Neotame Artificial Sweetener in Feed Approved for Organic Livestock; No Labeling Disclosure Required
January 4th, 2011Via: Farm Wars: Just when we thought that buying “Organic” was safe, we run headlong into the deliberate poisoning of our organic food supply by the FDA in collusion with none other than the folks who brought us Aspartame. NutraSweet, a former Monsanto asset, has developed a new and improved version of this neurotoxin called […]
Ivory Coast on the ‘Brink of Genocide’
January 1st, 2011A few terms that don’t appear in the story below: Oil, diamonds, cobalt, gold, iron, manganese and nickel. Cocoa, however, is mentioned. Via: Guardian: Ivory Coast is on the “brink of genocide” and the world must take urgent action, the country’s new ambassador to the UN has warned. Youssoufou Bamba also claimed that some houses […]
Fluoride in Water Linked to Lower IQ in Children
December 22nd, 2010Via: Press Release – Fluoride Action Network: Fluoride is added to 70% of U.S. public drinking water supplies. According to Paul Connett, Ph.D., director of the Fluoride Action Network, “This is the 24th study that has found this association, but this study is stronger than the rest because the authors have controlled for key confounding […]
Japan: ‘One Day We Found a Mouse That Was Singing Like a Bird’
December 22nd, 2010Innovation. Via: AFP: Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered “evolution” which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language. A team of researchers at the University of Osaka created the animal in their “Evolved Mouse Project”, in which they use […]
Probable Carcinogen Hexavalent Chromium Found in Drinking Water of 31 U.S. Cities
December 20th, 2010Add it to the list: Can You Do This With Your Tap Water? Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Pharmaceuticals LEGALLY Released Into Waterways That Provide Drinking Water Illegal Concentrations of Arsenic, Radioactive Substances like Uranium, Dangerous Bacteria Often Found in Sewage Via: Washington Post: An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 […]
Science of Man-Made Life Can Proceed
December 16th, 2010At the top of the Poses Limited Risks file folder should be, Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us, by Bill Joy. Via: AFP: The White House on Thursday said the controversial field of synthetic biology, or manipulating the DNA of organisms to forge new life forms, poses limited risks and should be allowed to proceed. […]
EPA Document Shows It Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Honey Bees
December 15th, 2010Via: Fast Company: The world honey bee population has plunged in recent years, worrying beekeepers and farmers who know how critical bee pollination is for many crops. A number of theories have popped up as to why the North American honey bee population has declined–electromagnetic radiation, malnutrition, and climate change have all been pinpointed. Now […]
Sunscreen Chemicals Absorbed Into Body, Found in 85 Percent of Human Milk Samples
December 14th, 2010Via: Natural News: …the investigation, conducted by a Swiss National Research Program called Endocrine Disrupters: Relevance to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems, found UV filters, which are common in cosmetics and sunscreens, were present in 85 percent of human milk samples tested. What does this mean for adults, much less babies taking in this contaminated milk? […]
Scientist Warns of Dire Consequences with Widespread Use of Glyphosate (RoundUp)
December 14th, 2010Grim. Via: Organic Consumers: In a paper published in the European Journal of Agronomy in October 2009, Huber and co-author G.S. Johal, from Purdue’s department of botany and plant pathology, state that the widespread use of glyphosate that we see today in agriculture in the United States can “significantly increase the severity of various plant […]
