From careless dumping of toxic chemicals in Camp LeJeune’s drinking water thousands of Marines other military and civilians were put at risk.
Archive for the ‘environment’ Category
7 Dec
Nanoparticles the next major health hazard
The potential health threats of Nanoparticles :
“When materials are brought down to the nanoscale dimension, their
properties for some performance characteristics dramatically change,” said Cagin. ” We have demonstrated that when you go to a particular length scale between 20 and 23 nanometers you actually improve the energy-harvesting capacity by 100 percent.(1 ) The gold [...]
3 Dec
Melamine and cyanuric acid deathly duo for US infants
China said Monday that a total of 294,000 children had fallen ill and six deaths since September 10 may be linked to the consumption of melamine-laced milk. About 861 children remained in hospital and that 154 were “serious” cases as of December 1, 2008.
Melamine is a chemical normally used to make plastics had [...]
26 Sep
Nuclear waste piles up at hospitals and research centers
Does this warm your heart and make you feel comfy?
In BARNWELL, S.C. for years used radioactive materials from across the country have been trucked into the landfills in this poor rural town for permanent disposal! Truckloads of low-level nuclear waste like rice-size radioactive seeds for treating cancer and pencil-thin nuclear tubes used in industrial gauges [...]
21 Sep
Use olives for beauty leave sharks in the sea
“Dr. Susan Lark, a popular Internet physician, promotes squalane – an ingredient found in shark liver oil – for its ability to help skin “maintain its moisture and elasticity.” But squalane can be obtained from a much more abundant source: olives.
Deep-sea sharks are some of the most vulnerable sharks in the world. They typically grow [...]
11 Sep
Pesticides and children’s obesity
“Exposure to pesticides in utero can double a child’s chances of becoming obese, a new Spanish study has concluded. The study, published in the journal Acta Paediatrica, measured the level of the internationally banned (yet still freakishly persistent) pesticide hexachlorobenzene in the umbilical cords of over 400 children born on the Spanish island of Menorca. [...]
4 Sep
Hospitals going solar
Earthtoys.com reports on the first solar hospital in Colorado. boulder Community Foothills Hospital teamed up with Namaste Solar Electric to incorporate solar into the facility. the hospital was one of the top green hospitals to being with, and now has a 37 kilowatt solar system on a roof awning in addition to a 28 kilowatt [...]
2 Sep
Beware of Wild Mushrooms
Even the most experienced shrumers can misidentify mushrooms from time to time. Nicholas Evans and family ended up in a London hospital after eating a batch of wild cooked mushrooms on a Scotland holiday.
Evans “The Horse Whisperer” is recovering in a hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms during a holiday in Scotland. Tests confirmed that some [...]
28 Aug
GMO deception
Americans are Uninformed AND Misinformed on GMOs
In the US, not only was the Pusztai story barely mentioned by the media, but Project Censored (which compiles an annual list of news stories of social significance that have been overlooked by the country’s major national news media) described it as one of the ten most underreported events [...]
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