Archive for the 'Kill Off' Category
Star Wars Scientists Use Laser Gun to Kill Mosquitoes in Fight Against Malaria
March 16th, 2009Two questions: 1. What happened to the flying syringes? 2. Can this laser gun tech and target ID system be scaled up for the elimination of two-legged pests? Via: Telegraph: Scientists who worked the Star Wars anti-missile programme in the United States are building a ray-gun than can kill mosquitoes in a bid to tackle […]
The More Roundup the U.S. Sprays on Colombia, the More Coca is Grown
March 14th, 2009How can this be? Monsanto’s Roundup product should wipe out the coca plans, right? The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn’t Die is a fascinating read. I’m going to post the spoiler ending below, but I encourage you to read the whole thing: Four weeks later, the scientist sends me an email saying that […]
California Raw Almonds Must be Treated, Judge Rules
March 10th, 2009Mmm hmm. Oh, just wait for HR 875. Your clone burger with genetically engineered freedom fries and synthetic pHood perfumes—to hide the rancid smells—will be A-OK. But raw, whole foods that haven’t been saturated in carcinogens, cooked or irradiated… to render them “safe”… This is enemy combatant stuff. Via: McClatchy: A federal judge Monday upheld […]
Health Canada Finds Bisphenol A in Soft Drinks
March 7th, 2009See: Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health Via: CBC News: A Health Canada study of canned pop has found the vast majority of the drinks contain the chemical bisphenol A, a substance that imitates the female hormone estrogen and is banned in baby bottles. Out of 72 drinks tested, 69 were found […]
Italy: Gypsy Vaccination Scheme Starts
March 3rd, 2009Via: Financial Times: Italy’s Red Cross has launched its biggest vaccination programme since the second world war, with the goal of immunising several thousand gypsy children living in camps around Rome. The operation began at Casilino 900, a camp on the eastern outskirts of the capital that is believed to be one of the largest […]
Scientists Make HIV Strain That Can Infect Monkeys
March 3rd, 2009My commentary consists of two links: 1. The AIDS conspiracy (If this is new to you, prepare to lose many hours.) and 2. Dr. Mary’s Monkey by Edward T. Haslam Via: Reuters: Scientists have created a strain of the human AIDS virus able to infect and multiply in monkeys in a step toward testing future […]
Why Do 160,000 Cats Each Year in the USA Develop Terminal Cancer at Their Vaccine Injection Sites
March 2nd, 2009I can’t say much because New Zealand is a small, small, impossibly small village, but let’s just say that we know veterinarians who DO NOT give multiple vaccinations to animals. These veterinarians have small children. You can do the math, I’m sure. Via: Dogsadversereactions: A team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several […]
More Seeds for ‘Doomsday Vault’
February 27th, 2009Via: BBC: Almost 90,000 food crop seed samples have arrived at the “doomsday vault” in the Arctic Circle, as part of its first anniversary celebrations. The four-tonne shipment takes the number of seeds stored in the frozen repository to more than 20 million. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built 130m (426ft) inside a mountain, aims […]
Baxter International “Unintentionally” Sent Flu Samples to Companies that Contained H5N1 Avian Flu
February 26th, 2009That’s the headline, but the reality of what happened might indicate a far more serious situation. In U.S. Researchers Trying to Create Pandemic Avian Flu, pay very close attention to the part about the ferrets: Now, flash forward to today. What happened to the ferrets that received Baxter’s H5N1 virus material? The animals died “promptly” […]
The Anti-Bono: Dambisa Moyo and “Dead Aid”
February 25th, 2009Via: New York Times: Q: As a native of Zambia with advanced degrees in public policy and economics from Harvard and Oxford, you are about to publish an attack on Western aid to Africa and its recent glamorization by celebrities. “Dead Aid,” as your book is called, is particularly hard on rock stars. Have you […]
