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The Laws of Thermodynamics Will Not Bend for Landfills
The Laws of Thermodynamics Will Not Bend for Landfills Illustration by Rey Velasquez Sagcal An expert on waste management responds to Palmer Holton’s “Universal Waste.” You handle waste every day. Tissues. Bottles and cans. Kitchen scraps, maybe yard trimmings. And plastics. So many plastics. The wet, the dry, the smelly, and the disgusting. But the stuff […]
Life on Earth Can’t Handle the Chemical Industry’s Onslaught
Our chemical habit is choking the Earth New research warns that we are producing too many chemicals, too fast, threatening the environment and human health. Photo by Pexels/Pixabay Listen to article Chemical companies have produced more chemicals — including plastics — than the planet can safely sustain without potentially causing irreversible harm to the environment […]
Everything is chemicals: the myth and fear of “chemical-free” gardening
Everything is chemicals: the myth and fear of “chemical-free” gardening “Chemical-free” – a term I’ve seen several times attributed to many products, especially food and produce at farmers markets and even in gardening circles these days. This term is often misused to describe plants grown without the use of any pesticide, either conventional or organic. […]
Study warns US farmland is now 48 TIMES more TOXIC to insects: Are neonicotinoids to blame for the impending “insect apocalypse?”
Study warns US farmland is now 48 TIMES more TOXIC to insects: Are neonicotinoids to blame for the impending “insect apocalypse?” (Natural News) Researchers have determined that the nation’s farmland is now 48 times more toxic to insects than it was just 25 years ago, and much of this rise in toxicity is being blamed […]
Study: Organic food provides more health benefits than non-organic
Study: Organic food provides more health benefits than non-organic (Natural News) It has been said many times that eating organic is healthier, but a recent year-long study by a European Parliamentary committee has once again proven the benefits of food without chemicals. In the report, titled “Human Health Implications of Organic Food and Organic Agriculture,” they […]
The Zika Scare: a Political and Commercial Maneuver of the Chemical Poisons Industry
The Zika Scare: a Political and Commercial Maneuver of the Chemical Poisons Industry Aedes aegypti mosquito potentially carrying the Zika virus. Courtesy Wikipedia. Researchers discovered the Zika virus in the Zika forest of Uganda – in 1947. It is a virus not much different than the viruses causing dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, and […]
Chemical Deceit
Chemical Deceit Photo Source CGP Grey | CC BY 2.0 www.CGPGrey.com A friend recently put me in touch with Janet Brown (not her real name). This is a woman from Chicago who had the misfortune of renting an apartment that had been sprayed with the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Dow/DuPont produces this deleterious substance. In late […]
Chemically Induced Frankenstein-Humans
Chemically Induced Frankenstein-Humans Photo Source CGP Grey | www.CGPGrey.com One of the biggest open questions of this century is whether 144,000 different chemicals swirling throughout the world are properly tested and analyzed for toxicity. By almost all accounts, the scale of toxic risk is unknown. This may be the biggest tragedy of all time, a […]
12-Plus Methods For Keeping Challenging Weeds and Pests Out of the Garden
12-PLUS METHODS FOR KEEPING CHALLENGING WEEDS AND PESTS OUT OF THE GARDEN With organic gardening, especially at the outset, comes a few new challenges for transitioning growers. Pesticides and other chemicals have, for several decades, become the go-to solution for all things in the garden, and now that many of us are clearing our heads […]
The Science of a Vanishing Planet
The Science of a Vanishing Planet Dorothea Lange Gravestone St. George, Utah 1953There are numerous ways to define the Precautionary Principle. It’s something we can all intuitively understand, but which many parties seek ways to confuse since it has the potential to stand in the way of profits. Still, in the end it should all […]
Fracking companies won’t have to disclose chemicals thanks to Trump administration rollback
Fracking companies won’t have to disclose chemicals thanks to Trump administration rollback California and a coalition of environmental groups have all filed challenges to the Bureau of Land Management’s fracking rule repeal. A LARGE FRACKING OPERATION IN COLORADO. (CREDIT: HELEN H. RICHARDSON/THE DENVER POST VIA GETTY IMAGES) On the one-year anniversary of becoming California’s attorney […]
Farming for a Small Planet
Farming for a Small Planet People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they are worried. They see large-scale operations relying on corporate-supplied chemical inputs as the only high-productivity farming model. Another approach might be kinder to the environment and less risky for consumers, but, they assume, it would not be up to the task […]
Harvey Causing “Unprecedented” Disruptions To Supplies Of “Essential” Chemicals
Harvey Causing “Unprecedented” Disruptions To Supplies Of “Essential” Chemicals The unprecedented destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey will impact the US economy in ways may not be immediately apparent. Until recently, coverage of the storm’s impact has focused on property damage and the impact on the energy industry. But in a story published Friday, Bloomberg explains […]
High Levels of Chemicals Found in People Living Near Gas Wells: New Report
High Levels of Chemicals Found in People Living Near Gas Wells: New Report Chemicals from gas wells were discovered in biological samples drawn from residents of Pavillion, Wyoming, at levels as much as ten times the national averages, according to a new report. The study is the first to sample both the air near drilling sites and […]
