tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39237333319399367632024-03-15T03:28:02.822-04:00Shelter SenseFrom the Heart of Nature ~ Natural Living and WellnessExtra Sensory Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456208442432753428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923733331939936763.post-84826565877396541902018-06-23T09:38:00.000-04:002018-06-23T09:38:07.472-04:00Bayer + Monsanto = A Match Made in Hell<div>
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It is hardly surprising that the first thing Bayer did after completing
their takeover of Monsanto earlier this month was to announce that they
were dropping the Monsanto name, merging the two companies' agrichemical
divisions under the Bayer Crop Science name. After all, as everyone
knows, Monsanto is one of the most hated corporations in the world. But
Bayer itself has an equally atrocious history of death and destruction.
Together they are a match made in hell.<br />
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<a href="https://www.gmwatch.org/en/videos/cornell-videos/17582-is-cornell-university-misleading-us-on-gmo-food-safety-by-claire-robinson" target="_blank">GM Watch</a></b> | June 19, 2018 | Claire Robinson</td></tr>
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Watch lecture ten of our independent lecture series to learn that
Cornell is indeed misleading us on the safety of GMOs (among a host of
other topics). (Time 1:01:27)<br />
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<br />Extra Sensory Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456208442432753428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923733331939936763.post-76791259556701217942018-05-27T09:41:00.000-04:002018-05-27T09:41:31.886-04:00Monsanto in Epic Fail with Attempted Attack on Global Glyphosate Study<div>
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The peer-reviewed <a href="https://glyphosatestudy.org/global-glyphosate-study-pilot-phase/" target="_blank">accepted manuscripts</a> from the pilot phase of the Global Glyphosate Study were revealed last Wednesday in a <a href="http://web.ep.streamovations.be/index.php/event/stream/20180516-1030-special-presser" target="_blank">Press Conference</a> at the European Parliament.<br />
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The <a href="https://glyphosatestudy.org/press-release/global-glyphosate-study-pilot-phase-shows-adverse-health-effects-at-safe-doses/" target="_blank">results</a>
of the short-term pilot study showed that glyphosate-based herbicides
(GBHs) were able to alter certain important biological parameters in
rats, mainly relating to sexual development, genotoxicity and the
alteration of the intestinal microbiome, at the ‘safe’ level of 1.75
mg/kg/day set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).<br />
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As is normal practice for Monsanto, their Public Relations department
was soon in action to try and crush the scientists involved and the
study results, which could cause major damage to the product that
supports their whole business model – the glyphosate-based herbicide
Roundup.<br />
However, this time their PR campaign against the Study was only met
with contempt and disdain from journalists, politicians, scientists and
the public in countries across Europe.<br />
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<em><strong>Urban Dictionary –</strong></em><strong> Epic Fail: </strong><strong>A
mistake of such monumental proportions that it requires its own term in
order to sucessfully point out the unfathomable shortcomings of an
individual or group.</strong></blockquote>
Monsanto’s epic fail began with their <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/16/glyphosate-shown-to-disrupt-microbiome-at-safe-levels-study-claims" target="_blank">comments in The Guardian</a> newspaper:<br />
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Scott Partridge, Monsanto’s VP for global strategy told the Guardian:
“The Ramazzini Institute is an activist organisation with an agenda
that they have not disclosed as part of their crowdfunding efforts. They
wish to support a ban on glyphosate and they have a long history of
rendering opinions not supported by regulatory testing agencies.”<br />
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There are many things that are ‘interesting’ about Scott Partridge’s comment:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Epic Fail #1:</b> <b>Monsanto attacked the wrong Institute</b></span><br />
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The excellent Guardian article was mainly discussing a study on the microbiome of the rats, hence the title: “<b>Glyphosate shown to disrupt microbiome ‘at safe levels’, study claims</b>”.
This study was actually carried out at Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai in New York on samples provided by The Ramazzini Institute.<br />
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The truth is that Monsanto has never been faced with an independent
study on glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides, in which multiple
Institutions and Universities are involved. They are used to attacking
one single scientist or a small institution.<br />
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The Global Glyphosate Study involves The Ramazzini Institute, the
University of Bologna (Faculty of Agriculture, Veterinary Science and
Biostatistics) the Genoa Hospital San Martino, the Italian National
Institute of Health, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New
York and the George Washington University.<br />
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Monsanto have now shown that they will struggle to attack this group of well-respected Institutions!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Epic Fail #2: Monsanto suggests expert cancer scientists are activists</b></span><br />
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Monsanto’s Mr. Partridge was obviously having a bad day, as he also
suggested that “The Ramazzini Institute is an activist organization”.
This could not be further from the truth. In fact they are expert
scientists who have been protecting public health for over 40 years.<br />
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The <a href="https://glyphosatestudy.org/about-us/" target="_blank">activities of the Ramazzini Institute</a>
(RI) focus primarily on the experimental identification and
quantification of carcinogenic risks and on the evaluation of the
efficacy and safety of drug therapies and active ingredients that may be
used to prevent the development and/or progression of cancer.<br />
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The Ramazzini Institute’s long-term studies on Formaldehyde, Vinyl
Chloride and Benzene, amongst others have led to global regulatory
change on these chemicals.<br />
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The RI study design closely mirrors the human condition, in which
persons may be exposed to agents in all phases of life for varying
lengths of time. A distinctive characteristic of most RI carcinogenicity
studies is that rodents are treated from prenatal life and kept under
observation until natural death or at least 130 weeks of age. This
lifespan protocol is in contrast with most laboratories where rodents
are treated starting from adulthood and sacrificed at 110 weeks of age
(representing about 2/3 of the lifespan) and corresponding to 60-65
years in humans. This practice means that the researchers miss a
significant proportion of cancers induced by early exposure during
pregnancy and that might show up in old age.<br />
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Sorry Mr. Partridge and Monsanto, you cannot change the truth!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Epic Fail #3: Monsanto claims no link between glyphosate and cancer…off topic</b></span><br />
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Monsanto’s Mr. Partridge continued by telling the Guardian; “All the
research to date has demonstrated that there is no link between
glyphosate and cancer.”<br />
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Does this not seem to be a bit off topic Mr. Partridge? There is no
suggestion in the short-term studies, which he was being asked about,
that glyphosate is linked to cancer.<br />
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However, if Monsanto really want to bring up this topic, we would
suggest they have a chat to the International Agency for Research on
Cancer (IARC), who classified glyphosate as a “probable human
carcinogen” in 2015.<br />
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Oh…..I forgot they are currently also trying to <a href="https://usrtk.org/pesticides/how-monsanto-manufactured-outrage-at-iarc-over-cancer-classification/" target="_blank">campaign against IARC</a> too, including an attempt to stop the U.S. government from funding the Agency. I wonder why that is…..<br />
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It is time that we all stop Monsanto in their tracks and support the
Global Glyphosate Study, which is being funded by the public worldwide.
You can help them by <a href="https://glyphosatestudy.org/" target="_blank">donating here</a>.<br />
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stories for 2018 may be what's not happening, and how inactive our host
star has become.
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The strange tale of <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/103803/solar-cycle-24-on-track-to-be-the-weakest-in-100-years/" target="_blank" title="https://www.universetoday.com/103803/solar-cycle-24-on-track-to-be-the-weakest-in-100-years/">Solar Cycle #24</a> is ending with an expected whimper: as of May 8<sup>th</sup>, <b>the
Earthward face of the Sun had been spotless for 73 out of 128 days thus
far for 2018, or more than 57% of the time. This wasn't entirely
unexpected, as the solar minimum between solar cycle #23 and #24 saw 260
spotless days in 2009 - the most recorded in a single year since 1913.</b>
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Cycle #24 got off to a late and sputtering start, and though it produced
some whopper sunspots reminiscent of the Sol we knew and loved on 20<sup>th</sup>
century cycles past, it was a chronic under-performer overall. Mid-2018
may see the end of cycle #24 and the start of Cycle #25... or will it?
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One nice surprise during Cycle #24 was the appearance of massive
sunspot AR 2192, which popped up just in time for the partial solar
eclipse of October 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2014. Several times the size of the
Earth, the spot complex was actually the largest seen in a quarter
century. But just as "one swallow does not a Summer make," one large
sunspot group couldn't save Solar Cycle #24.<br />
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<b>The Sun goes through an 11-year sunspot cycle, marked by the
appearance of new spots at mid- solar latitudes, which then slowly
progress to make subsequent appearances closer towards the solar
equator, in a pattern governed by what's known as </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%B6rer%27s_law" target="_blank" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%B6rer%27s_law"><b>Spörer's Law</b></a><b>.<span style="color: red;"> <span class="BoldRed">The
hallmark of a new solar cycle is the appearance of those high latitude
spots. The Sun actually flips overall polarity every cycle</span></span>, so a proper Hale Cycle for the Sun is actually 11 x 2 = 22 years long.</b><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.sott.net/article/386621-Solar-minimum-for-2018-2020-could-be-unprecedented-in-modern-astronomy" target="_blank">Read more at SOTT..</a></b><br />
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<b><i>After more than 40 years of widespread use, new scientific tests show
formulated weedkillers have higher rates of toxicity to human cells</i></b><br />
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US government researchers have uncovered evidence that some popular
weedkilling products, like Monsanto’s widely-used Roundup, are
potentially more toxic to human cells than their active ingredient is by
itself.<br />
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These “formulated” weedkillers are commonly used in agriculture,
leaving residues in food and water, as well as public spaces such as
golf courses, parks and children’s playgrounds. <br />
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The<a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/results/areas/glyphosate/index.html"> tests</a> are part of the US National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) first-ever
examination of herbicide formulations made with the active ingredient
glyphosate, but that also include other chemicals. While regulators have
previously required extensive testing of glyphosate in isolation,
government scientists have not fully examined the toxicity of the more
complex products sold to consumers, farmers and others. <br />
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<a class="u-underline" data-component="auto-linked-tag" data-link-name="auto-linked-tag" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/monsanto">Monsanto</a>
introduced its glyphosate-based Roundup brand in 1974. But it is only
now, after more than 40 years of widespread use, that the government is
investigating the toxicity of “glyphosate-based herbicides” on human
cells.<br />
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The NTP tests were requested by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in
2015 classified glyphosate as a<a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol112/mono112-10.pdf"> probable human carcinogen</a>.
The IARC also highlighted concerns about formulations which combine
glyphosate with other ingredients to enhance weed killing effectiveness.
Monsanto and rivals sell hundreds of these products around the world in
a market valued at roughly $9bn.<br />
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Mike DeVito, acting chief of the National Toxicology Program
Laboratory, told the Guardian the agency’s work is ongoing but its early
findings are clear on one key point. “We see the formulations are much
more toxic. The formulations were killing the cells. The glyphosate
really didn’t do it,” DeVito said. <br />
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<a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/NTP_GBF-paper.pdf">A summary of the NTP work</a>
stated that glyphosate formulations decreased human cell “viability”,
disrupting cell membranes. Cell viability was “significantly altered” by
the formulations, it stated.<br />
DeVito said the NTP first-phase results do not mean the formulations
are causing cancer or any other disease. While the work does show
enhanced toxicity from the formulations, and show they kill human cells,
the NTP appears to contradict an IARC finding that glyphosate and/or
its formulations induce oxidative stress, one potential pathway toward
cancer. The government still must do other testing, including <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NTP-Glyphosate-presentation-2016-BOSC-glyphosate_508.pdf">examining any toxic impact </a>on a cell’s genetic material, to help add to the understanding of risks, according to DeVito. <br />
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The NTP work informs a global debate over whether or not these
glyphosate-based weedkilling chemical combinations are endangering
people who are exposed. More than 4,000 people are currently suing
Monsanto alleging they developed cancer from using Roundup, and several
European countries are<a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-glyphosate/germany-moving-ahead-with-plans-to-restrict-weed-killer-glyphosate-idUSKBN1HO2IM"> moving to limit the use of</a> these herbicides.<br />
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“This testing is important, because the EPA has only been looking at
the active ingredient. But it’s the formulations that people are exposed
to on their lawns and gardens, where they play and in their food,” said
Jennifer Sass, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. <br />
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One problem government scientists have run into is corporate secrecy
about the ingredients mixed with glyphosate in their products. Documents
obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests<a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/EPA-notes-from-April-2016-meeting-with-Monsanto.pdf"> show uncertainty within the EPA</a> over Roundup formulations and how those formulations have changed over the last three decades. <br />
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That confusion has continued with the NTP testing.<br />
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“We don’t know what the formulation is. That is confidential business
information,” DeVito said. NTP scientists sourced some samples from
store shelves, picking up products the EPA told them were the top
sellers, he said.<br />
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It is not clear how much Monsanto itself knows about the toxicity of
the full formulations it sells. But internal company emails dating back
16 years, which emerged in a court case last year, offer a glimpse into
the company’s view. In one <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/27-Internal-Monsanto-Email-You-Cannot-Say-That-Roundup-is-not-a-Carcinogen.pdf">2003 internal company email</a>,
a Monsanto scientist stated: “You cannot say that Roundup is not a
carcinogen … we have not done the necessary testing on the formulation
to make that statement. The testing on the formulations are not anywhere
near the level of the active ingredient.” <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/28-Internal-Email-Monsanto-Regarding-Lack-of-Testing-of-Carcinogenicity-of-Roundup-Formulation-1.pdf"> Another internal email,</a>
written in 2010, said: “With regards to the carcinogenicity of our
formulations we don’t have such testing on them directly.” And an<a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://baumhedlundlaw.com/pdf/monsanto-documents/37-Monsanto-Executive-Admits-Studies-Demonstrate-Formulated-Roundup-Does-the-Damage.pdf"> internal Monsanto email</a> from 2002 stated: “Glyphosate is OK but the formulated product … does the damage.”<br />
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Monsanto did not respond to a request for comment. But in a <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://monsanto.com/app/uploads/2017/07/Glyphosate-benefits-and-safety_public-FINAL.pdf">43-page report</a>,
the company says the safety of its herbicides is supported by “one of
the most extensive worldwide human health and environmental databases
ever compiled for a pesticide product”.<br />
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<i>Carey Gillam is a </i><a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://careygillam.com/"><i>journalist and author</i></a><i>, and a public interest researcher for </i><a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://usrtk.org/"><i>US Right to Know</i></a><i>, a non-profit food industry research group.</i><br />
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Gateshead, a town in Northern England, has become the center of a
controversy over 5G wireless technology. Local resident Mark Steele, a
scientist who formerly worked for the IEEE Communications Society,
maintains that the borough’s WiFi “smart” lights –many located right
outside residents’ bedroom windows –are <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5409921/Residents-enduring-stillbirths-street-lamps.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">causing insomnia, nosebleeds and stillbirths</a>.<br />
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“Babies
are dying in the womb,” Steele maintains. “It’s a humanitarian crisis.”
Not so, say Gateshead officials, who assert that the reports of illness
are “false,” and should be ignored.<br />
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<h3>
Experts say: 5G technology will put current WiFi systems ‘on steroids’</h3>
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5G
(fifth-generation) networks, which operate in the 24 to 90 gigahertz
spectrum, are being developed in order to facilitate the “<i>Internet of Things</i>” – a planned network of interconnected devices such as lights, home appliances, and even motor vehicles.<br />
<br />
Natural health experts and advocates maintain that radiation from existing <a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/wireless-wifi-2311.html">wireless 3G and 4G technology is already causing serious adverse health effects</a>, including increased risk of gliomas, or brain tumors.<br />
<br />
Cell
phone radiation has been found to interfere with DNA replication,
possibly triggering mutations that could in turn trigger cancer.
Opponents of wireless technology also say it is <b>responsible for heart arrhythmias and cognitive problems</b> – among other conditions.<br />
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And
5G foes say that the new WiFi networks, which use higher frequencies
than those ever utilized – or tested – before, will exacerbate things
further. Some experts liken the effect to putting the current WiFi
system – already associated with grave health risks – on “steroids.”<br />
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<h3>
Suspicion mounts regarding premature 5G rollout and ‘secret trials’</h3>
<br />
By 2020, 5G is expected to be launched throughout Britain.<br />
<br />
But
Steele thinks Gateshead jumped the gun, allowing the government to
perform a ‘secret trial’ by rolling out the technology ahead of time.<br />
<br />
Despite
the Gateshead Council’s assertions that the lights are operating at 2G
to 3G, Steele believes they are already emitting 5G radiation. He
reports that many people have been plagued with health problems since
the installation of the lights in 2016, and says he knows of “at least
three” women in the area who have suffered stillbirths.<br />
<br />
Noting the
lack of small birds in the area, Steele says that the lights have
decimated insect and bird populations, along with harming human health.
“The sparrows,” says Steele, “have been annihilated.”<br />
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<h3>
Gateshead Council: “Nothing to see here” (ignore the health dangers)</h3>
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In
a Facebook post on April 9, the The Gateshead Council pushed back
against the allegations, urging . residents to ignore “conspiracy
theories” and “scare stories” about <a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/5g-wireless-radiation-2336.html">the dangers of 5G radiation</a>.<br />
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The
council insists that the borough is using the old 2G/3G mobile phone
network technology – not 5G – and that there is no threat of cancer,
miscarriages, insomnia or nosebleeds. In the post, the council also
points out that they are taking advice from Public Health England, which
in turn reviewed WHO guidelines governing wireless radiation.<br />
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A
small transceiver allowing street lights to be turned off and on is in
use, the council reports – adding that it transmits for a total of only
80 seconds a week, at less than 1 percent of the safe exposure limit set
by authorities.<br />
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“The tales (of adverse effects and conspiracy)
are completely untrue,” the Council adds, urging that they be
“ignored.” So, just like the vaccine manufacturers, the
telecommunications industry would have us believe that WiFi is perfectly
‘safe and effective.’<br />
<br />
Many residents, however, remain unconvinced. (and, for good reason)<br />
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<h3>
Experts point to research linking wireless technology and cancer</h3>
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A
growing list of experts, physicians and researchers are joining the
groundswell of support against 5G – and warning of life-threatening
consequences of WiFi technology.<br />
<br />
Dr. Thomas Rau, medical director
of the renowned Paracelsus Clinic in Switzerland, asserts that EMFs
(electromagnetic fields) from wireless networks and cell phones can
cause cancer, ADD, heart arrhythmias, insomnia and Parkinson’s disease.<br />
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<b>The
European Academy for Environmental Medicine agrees, reporting that EMF
radiation is linked to cancer, insomnia and mental health disorders</b>
– while Ulrich Warnke, an internationally esteemed professor from the
University of Saarland, asserts that EMF radiation from light
transmitters can cause disruption of the body’s nitrogen monoxide
system, which keeps cells healthy and regulates gene expression.<br />
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As for the World Health Organization, that agency has classified EMF radiation as a ‘possible human carcinogen’ since 2011.<br />
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<h3>
Extensive studies demonstrate the damaging effects of radiation from wireless technology</h3>
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<a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/brain-cancer-emf-2532.html">A $25 million study</a>
conducted by the National Institutes of Health’s National Toxicology
Program provided a definitive link between 2G/3G cell phone radiation
and heart and brain cancer in rats. Researchers cited “clear evidence of
carcinogenicity.”<br />
<br />
An additional study conducted at the Rammazzini
Institute for Environmental Policy reinforced the results of the NTP
study. Both showed a statistically significant increase in rare
malignancies – the very same malignancies found in population studies of
human cell phone users.<br />
<br />
Finally, recent research shows that
pregnant women exposed to the highest levels of EMF radiation are 48
percent more likely to lose their babies than women exposed to the
lowest amount.<br />
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<h3>
Protect yourself by reducing exposure</h3>
<br />
Of
course, you can minimize radiation exposure from WiFi with some
common-sense precautions, such as: keeping cell phones away from the
body, turning WiFi off when not in use, and keeping devices in airplane
mode when not using them.<br />
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Whenever possible, use speakerphones or hands-free headset, and keep conversations brief.<br />
Better yet, text instead of calling – or use a landline.<br />
<br />
Obtaining
a radio frequency meter – which analyzes ambient radiation exposures
from WiFi routers, cell phones and cell towers – can help you determine
the level of EMFs in your home.<br />
With Intel reportedly planning to bring 5G to its laptops by next year, it is clear that time is running out.<br />
<br />
EMF
Scientists – an alliance of 220 researchers and doctors from 42
different countries – is currently appealing to the UN to ask the WHO to
develop stricter EMF guidelines, and to better educate the public as to
the risks. Although this is a good start, much more needs to be done to
protect human health and the environment from the upcoming 5G rollout –
and the dangers of wireless systems.<br />
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Sources for this article include:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5409921/Residents-enduring-stillbirths-street-lamps.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">DailyMail.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/gateshead-council-streetlights-conspiracy_uk_5acbb8aae4b09d0a11965df8" rel="noopener" target="_blank">HuffingtonPost.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/smart-meters-radiation-2483.html">NaturalHealth365.com</a><br />
<a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/brain-cancer-emf-2532.html">NaturalHealth365.com</a><br />
<br />Extra Sensory Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456208442432753428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923733331939936763.post-29161455446031761452018-05-06T10:11:00.000-04:002018-05-06T10:11:10.527-04:00Getting Real About “Smart Cities”: Questions to Ask Before Your Community Becomes “Smart”.<div>
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Business leaders and elected officials across the U.S. and around the
world seem to be hell bent on turning communities into “Smart Cities.”<br />
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Many have already written articles about health, privacy, and security risks involved with becoming “Smart Cities.” <a href="https://www.activistpost.com/2018/04/smart-cities-the-latest-big-tech-boondoggle-includes-health-privacy-and-security-risks-this-aint-rock-n-roll.html">I wrote one</a> just last week.<br />
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Becoming a “Smart City” requires ignoring “<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240435/">The Precautionary Principle</a>.”<br />
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<a href="https://na.smartcitiescouncil.com/article/san-joses-new-wireless-project-prime-example-think-big-start-small">Hundreds of small cell towers</a> must be <a href="http://whatis5g.info/photo-gallery-of-small-cells/">installed everywhere</a> including <strong>in front of homes, public rights of ways, historic districts</strong> to make a “Smart City.” These towers may be <a href="http://scientists4wiredtech.com/what-are-4g-5g/">4G and/or 5G technology</a>.<br />
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Many around the world <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUkKeWkpZs">are concerned</a> about small cell towers. <a href="http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/oz-investigates-what-you-need-know-about-your-favorite-meat-hamburger?video_id=5729370081001">Dr. Oz featured a segment about 5G small cell towers</a> on his <a href="https://www.activistpost.com/2018/03/trump-no-love-5g-cell-towers-everywhere-dr-oz.html">February 9, 2018 show</a>.<br />
<br />
Research has proven that there are <a href="https://www.electricsense.com/12399/5g-radiation-dangers/">health risks from 5G exposure</a>, from <a href="https://www.activistpost.com/2018/04/you-dont-have-to-be-a-scientist-to-say-that-cell-phone-and-wifi-radiation-are-harmful-the-world-health-organization-and-other-scientists-have-already-said-it-for-you.html">exposure to all other sources of cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation</a> and from <a href="https://www.activistpost.com/2018/04/environmentalists-who-ignore-sources-of-electrical-pollution-electrosmog-are-part-of-the-problem-not-the-solution.html">exposure to Electrical Pollution (Electrosmog).</a><br />
If you aren’t concerned about health, small cell towers being installed in front of or near your home will still undoubtedly <a href="https://ehtrust.org/cell-phone-towers-lower-property-values-documentation-research/">lower your property value</a> and create <a href="https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/documents/OCIA%20-%20The%20Future%20of%20Smart%20Cities%20-%20Cyber-Physical%20Infrastructure%20Risk.pdf">cyber security risks</a>.<br />
<br />
If your community leaders are also gushing like school girls about becoming a “Smart City,” <a href="https://eduresearcher.com/author/connectedu/">Roxana Marachi, Ph.D</a> wrote <a href="https://eduresearcher.com/2018/05/02/smartcity/">a fantastic article</a> about efforts to make San Jose, CA a “Smart City.” It includes 10 questions to ask community leaders and rain on their parade.<br />
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<strong>These questions as well as much of the information provided with them could be applied in communities everywhere.</strong><br />
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Thanks Roxana! You rock!<br />
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<strong><em>For more information, contact the following organizations:</em></strong><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.centerforsaferwireless.us/">Center For Safer Wireless</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clearlightventures.com/">Clear Light Ventures</a></li>
<li><a href="http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/">Citizens for Safe Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.electricsense.com/">Electricsense</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ehtrust.org/">Environmental Health Trust</a></li>
<li><a href="http://inpowermovement.com/">In Power Movement</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nacst.org/">National Association for Children and Safe Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.activistpost.com/2018/04/%E2%80%A2%09www.parentsforsafetechnology.org">Parents for Safe Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.saferemr.com/">SaferEMR</a></li>
<li><a href="http://scientists4wiredtech.com/">Scientists for Wired Tech</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.stopsmartmeters.org/">StopSmartMeters.org</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wearetheevidence.org/">We Are The Evidence</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.activistpost.com/2018/04/%E2%80%A2%09Whatis5G.Info">Whatis5G.Info</a></li>
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A California Appellate Court sided with the State of California and
Center for Food Safety (CFS) on Thursday, affirming that Monsanto’s
glyphosate pesticide can be listed as a known carcinogen under
Proposition 65.<br />
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Monsanto’s lawsuit challenged the 2015 <a href="https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/crnr/notice-intent-list-tetrachlorvinphos-parathion-malathion-glyphosate" target="_blank">announcement</a> by
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
that it intended to list glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s
herbicide, Roundup, under California’s landmark Proposition 65.<br />
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Proposition 65 requires notification and labeling of all chemicals
known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, and
prohibits their discharge into drinking waters of the state. CFS
intervened in the case, defending the listing of glyphosate as a
carcinogen and the public’s right to know when it is being exposed to
cancer-causing chemicals.<br />
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“This is a huge win for all Californians—and a huge loss for
Monsanto—as it upholds our right to protect ourselves and our
environment from unnecessary and unwanted exposure to the dangerous
chemical, glyphosate,”<b> </b>said Adam Keats, senior attorney at CFS.<br />
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Glyphosate is a broad spectrum herbicide that is widely used in
agriculture, parks, home gardens, and residential landscapes. It is the
most heavily used pesticide in the world, in large part due to the
proliferation of Monsanto’s genetically engineered Roundup Ready crops
that are resistant to glyphosate.<br />
<br />
In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of
the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that glyphosate is
“probably carcinogenic.” California subsequently issued the notice of
intent to list glyphosate as a Proposition 65 chemical based on the IARC
finding. Under Proposition 65, no person in the course of doing
business may knowingly or intentionally expose any individual to a
chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity
without first giving a clear and reasonable warning. The discharge of
such chemical into a source of drinking water is prohibited. With
today’s court ruling, these protections will now be required for
glyphosate products.<br />
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“All California consumers have the right to know that glyphosate is
considered a probable carcinogen, and Proposition 65 ensures that the
public obtains that knowledge,” concluded Rebecca Spector, West Coast
Director at Center for Food Safety. ”We are pleased that the California
Appellate Court prevented Monsanto’s attempt to keep the public in the
dark about potential hazards from their products.”<br />
<br />Extra Sensory Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456208442432753428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923733331939936763.post-2730206180543288192018-04-29T12:17:00.000-04:002018-05-06T10:14:13.682-04:00A Cancer on Society: Monsanto claims right not to speak about Roundup<div>
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<i><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/04/21/cancer-society-monsanto-claims-right-not-speak-about-roundup" target="_blank">Common Dreams</a></i> - <i>Monsanto doesn't want the world to know their product is labeled a "probable carcinogen." </i>
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It's no secret that Monsanto Corporation's trademarked pesticide Ready
Roundup has become one of the most widely used herbicides in agriculture
since its introduction in the mid-1970s. What might be a surprise to
most is that, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO)
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), glyphosate, the
principal ingredient in the herbicide, is a "probable carcinogen."
Acting to protect its public, as governments should do, the State of
California required that food labels indicate the presence of
glyphosate. Problem sorta solved... except for Monsanto's ill-gotten and
ill-considered constitutional rights.
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Obviously, Monsanto doesn't want the world to know that it is highly
likely their product is a carcinogen, so Monsanto took California to
court - and won. <b>Despite the IARC's findings, a U.S. District
Judge has temporarily suspended the labeling of food products that
contain traces of the herbicide, because it violates Monsanto's First
Amendment "</b><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/113294/how-corporations-hijacked-first-amendment-evade-regulation" target="_blank" title="https://newrepublic.com/article/113294/how-corporations-hijacked-first-amendment-evade-regulation"><b>right not to speak</b></a><b>".</b>
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"We are pleased Judge Shubb granted our request," said Chandler
Goule, the chief executive officer for the National Assn. of Wheat
Growers after the ruling. Goule went on to say that this is the first
step in preventing California environmental officials "from forcing
farmers, growers, and manufacturers to place false and misleading labels
on agricultural products."
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<br />
Back in 2015, when the WHO brought together 17 oncology experts from 11
countries to review the long-suspected link between glyphosate and
kidney disease in farm workers, <a href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045%2815%2970134-8/fulltext" target="_blank" title="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045%2815%2970134-8/fulltext">they concluded and published</a>,
that glyphosate is a "probable carcinogen." However, the WHO conclusion
stirred an international controversy: European pesticide regulators and
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleged that contrary evidence
was ignored or omitted.
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<br />
It should come as no surprise that Monsanto also rejected the WHO's
findings, which predicted the IARC would find carcinogens in its weed
killer. Reminiscent of <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/low-tar-cigarettes/481116/" target="_blank" title="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/low-tar-cigarettes/481116/">Big Tobacco</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding" target="_blank" title="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding">Big Oil</a>
companies' tactics, they set in motion a plan to discredit the
international agency's study in order to continue selling their
dangerous product. And thanks to its corporate constitutional rights and
deep pockets, Monsanto found a willing shill in climate-change-denier
and, ironically, the chairman of the House Science, Space, and
Technology Committee: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas).
<br />
<br />
Throughout his 32 years in Congress, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00001811&cycle=CAREER&type=I" target="_blank" title="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00001811&cycle=CAREER&type=I">Rep.
Smith has received large monetary contributions from fossil fuel,
automobile, and pharmaceutical/health industries, including Monsanto</a>. Rep. Smith <a href="https://democrats-science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/defense-scientific-integrity-examining-iarc-monograph-programme-and-glyphosate" target="_blank" title="https://democrats-science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/defense-scientific-integrity-examining-iarc-monograph-programme-and-glyphosate">lashed out against the IARC during a hearing last February</a>,
accusing it of conducting "cherry-picked science" and even threatening
retaliation by cutting off the U.S. contribution to the international
agency. Such biased behavior has been a constant throughout his 5-year
tenure as the science committee chairman, while Rep. Smith has made it
his personal mission to relentlessly attack the integrity of individual
scientists and the scientific community at large.
<br />
<br />
<b>It is outrageous for an elected official to willingly jeopardize
his constituents' health and safety to protect Monsanto's profits.</b>
Citizen backlash exploded; thousands expressed their anger online as a
petition to tell Congress not to defund cancer research had reached over
42,800 signatures. After 16 terms of loyally supporting his campaign
contributors, Smith announced last year that <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/02/lamar-smith-wont-seek-reelection-to-house-244477" target="_blank" title="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/02/lamar-smith-wont-seek-reelection-to-house-244477">he won't seek re-election</a> when his term ends in 2018.
<br />
<br />
The congressman's departure may be good riddance, but the root problem
does not lie with any individual political figure or party. It lies with
the Supreme Court's interpretation of constitutional "personhood." As
long as we fail to fix the Constitution by establishing once and for all
that human beings, not corporations like Monsanto, are entitled to
constitutional rights, and that political money is not free speech, more
corporate-funded shills will ascend to power to assert corporate
interests over environmental sustainability and human wellbeing.
<br />
<br />
To prevent this cancerous process from metastasizing, take action now!
Join the hundreds of organizations and over 450,000 individuals all
across the nation working with the <a href="https://movetoamend.org/" target="_blank" title="https://movetoamend.org/">Move to Amend</a> to pass the <a href="http://movetoamend.org/amendment" target="_blank" title="http://movetoamend.org/amendment">We the People Amendment</a>.
It is the only amendment bill before Congress that will address both
doctrines undermining democratic self-governance: money as speech and
corporate constitutional rights. It's high time to demand government
serves We the People, not corporate donors. Sign the petition at: <a href="https://movetoamend.org/motion" target="_blank" title="https://movetoamend.org/motion">MoveToAmend.org/motion</a>.<br />
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<i><b>Editor's note:</b></i> Crop losses are going to increase but realizing that corn and wheat are not necessarily eaten by healthy people especially those who avoid eating products that are sprayed heavily with pesticides such as wheat. These products are used to create processed foods which will rise in price, it may be good to avoid eating heavily processed foods.Extra Sensory Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456208442432753428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923733331939936763.post-1967996847885860272015-03-09T11:11:00.001-04:002015-03-09T11:11:52.063-04:00Organic Universe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The following video compiles footage of 'signs of the times' from around
the world during February 2015 - 'earth changes', extreme weather,
meteor fireballs, and planetary upheaval.<br />
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The pattern of global
deluges continued last month as flooding again hit the Balkans, Greece,
Bolivia, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Northwest, Australia, and
East Africa. February saw 'orange' snow, 'blue' snow and 'dirty rain' as
particulates from ever more erupting volcanoes and incoming meteors
continue to build up in the atmosphere. It's not just conditions above
ground that are changing: alarming numbers of whales, sea lions and
other sea creatures continue to wash up dead or dying on beaches around
the world.<br />
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February saw meteor fireballs ranging from flashes
that momentarily turned night into day over New Zealand, Florida and
Korea... to a long-duration bolide of comet/asteroid size that broke up
over the western half of North America. There were several major train
derailments in February, particularly in the U.S., where oil companies
are bypassing pipeline networks to transport fracked oil. We suspect
that many railway lines are deforming due to the increased seismic
activity. <br />
<br />
More loud booms were heard and felt across the U.S. in
February. Although attributed to 'frost quakes', where water seeps into
the ground then freezes and cracks the bedrock, these localized booms
also happened in ice-free regions, suggesting that some other mechanism
is causing them. Besides strong earthquakes off Japan and along the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an unusually strong quake in central Spain sent
people running into the streets. Japan saw more snow records broken,
wild weather continued to pummel the Eastern Mediterranean, and the
Middle East was again snowed under.<br />
<br />
THE major weather event in
February 2015 was the record snow and cold in the U.S. Northeast. The
South and Midwest were also hit hard, but the Northeast appears to have
had both its snowiest and coldest month ever, at least since since
record-keeping began in the mid-19th century. Meteorologists attributed
this to the meandering Polar Jet stream delivering a 'Siberian Express'
of non-stop winter storms from the northern Pacific down and across the
North American continent, but another factor could be super-cool air
coming down from the troposphere.<br />
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The ice age cometh?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">New study finds hormone-disrupting chemicals found in pesticides,
plastics, and more driving staggering—and costly—human health problems</span></b><br />
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Hormone-disrupting
chemicals found in human-made products—from plastics to pesticides—are
causing health problems that cost society billions, a <a href="http://press.endocrine.org/doi/10.1210/jc.2014-4324">new study</a> finds.<br />
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Published Thursday in the <i>Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism</i>,
the examination was conducted by eighteen researchers in eight
countries and is the first attempt to quantify the concrete costs of
these chemicals.<br />
<br />
According to researchers, the costs come to more than $170 billion a
year in Europe alone—what they call a "conservative" estimate.<br />
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But beyond the dollar amount, the human health problems the study highlights are staggering.<br />
<br />
"Global experts in this field concluded that infertility and male
reproductive dysfunctions, birth defects, obesity, diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, and neurobehavioral and learning disorders were
among the conditions than can be attributed in part to exposure to
endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)," reads a <a href="http://www.endocrine.org/news-room/current-press-releases/estimated-costs-of-endocrine-disrupting-chemical-exposure-exceed-150-billion-annually-in-eu">summary</a> of the research.<br />
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Nneka Leiba, deputy director of research for Environmental Working Group, <a href="http://www.ewg.org/enviroblog/2015/03/eu-study-highlights-toll-of-poorly-regulated-toxic-chemicals">points out</a>
that endocrine-disruptors are found in common products around the
world: "Potent hormone disruptors such as bisphenol A, or BPA, are in
the lining of most canned goods and on many cash register receipts.
Phthalates are in PVC plastic, food packaging and personal care
products. And brominated flame retardants are ubiquitous in most
upholstered furniture."<br />
<br />
Researchers found that, in the EU, intellectual disabilities caused
by prenatal exposure to pesticides containing organophosphates—which are
endocrine disruptors—were the number one cause of this high cost.<br />
<br />
"The analysis demonstrates just how staggering the cost of widespread
endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure is to society," said Leonardo
Trasande, associate professor at New York University who led the study.
"This research crystallizes more than three decades of lab and
population-based studies of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the EU."<br />
<br />
And Leiba notes "this is not just a European problem. Americans are
routinely exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in everyday consumer
products."<br />
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Leiba adds, "All of them are everywhere in American households."</div>
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Be
forewarned, please, that this will not be very pleasant reading,
especially if readers eat farm-raised fish and, in particular, <b>salmon, a
highly-farm-raised fish.</b> “Wild-caught” need not apply. <br />
<br />
During my years of research, I’ve come across all sorts of information,
studies, and papers relating to animal vaccines, but this one sort of
“takes the cake,” in my opinion. Farmed fish are vaccinated because,
according to the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NSVS), <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Modern fish farming is highly industrialized and relies heavily upon
effective vaccines to minimize losses caused by infectious diseases. [1]
</blockquote>
<b><i>Want to know how to vaccinate a fish? </i></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>Please see slide 4 of the 28-slide presentation, <b><i><a href="http://oslovet.norecopa.no/gardermoen/2405poppe.pdf">“Side-effects of vaccination: an example of the conflict between guidelines and real life.”</a> </i></b> <br />
<br />
It looks like a PowerPoint presentation made by Trygve T. Poppe and Gunvor Knudsen of the NSVS. <br />
<br />
However, before I go any further about fish vaccinations, readers ought
to know that there’s a 404-page book detailing the science of fish
vaccinations titled—what else but—“Fish Vaccination,” May 2014 published
by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The book obviously is a guide to
sustainable bio-production, disease prevention to reduce losses by
employing the use of antimicrobials and vaccinations, which are
considered effective in stimulating the immune system of fish.<br />
<br />
Did
anyone ask the fish? That may sound like an unlikely and stupid
question, but in the NSVS PowerPoint presentation, slide 10 states, <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Over the years <b>fish farmers in Norway</b> (and strangly [sic] enough to a very limited extent <b>in other countries</b>) <b>have experienced <u>severe and unacceptable side-effects</u> in vaccinated fish.</b> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
[Hmmm! I could have told them to expect that; it’s a no brainer!] [CJF emphasis added] </blockquote>
There’s a photograph of a fish carcass with some sort of black
“diseased-like” flesh inside the abdominal cavity. Check it out for
yourself <a href="http://oslovet.norecopa.no/gardermoen/2405poppe.pdf">here</a> (No. 12) . <br />
<br />
The two slides following No. 12 show other fish health problems such as
generalized granulomatous peritonitis and abdominal lesions affecting
internal organs that often have heavy melanization, meaning causing
tissue to turn dark or black. <br />
<br />
Something I find rather interesting, and bordering on empathetic, is the
remark on slide 15 that vaccines save fish lives [sounds familiar] from
acute death from bacterial infections, <u><b><i>but some fish are sentenced to “life-long suffering due to severe pathological lesions in internal organs.”</i></b></u> If that happens to fish from vaccines, what, if anything, happens to human vaccinees’ organs? <br />
<br />
But, the real “kicker” is the remark on another slide about their having no consensus about <b><i>pain perception in fish!</i></b> Interestingly, though, there is a caveat that’s added, “<i><b>…but anorexia and retarded growth are good indicators</b></i>.” Anorexia in fish! <b><i> Retarded growth too!</i></b> Hmmm. Can autism occur in fish?<br />
<br />
A fish liver granuloma [nodular inflammation in tissue] with multinucleated giant cell is featured on slide 16. <br />
<br />
Slide 18 features the inside cavity of a fish that has to be seen –
really – to believe, and people eat vaccinated farmed fish! Or,
hopefully, diseased fish never make it to market. But, what if their
diseased organs are removed—are those fish marketed? I wonder, “What
will happen with vaccinated GMO fish?”<br />
<br />
Candidly,
the PP presentation reports that the magnitude and significance of fish
disease cases are unknown and “certainly underreported” [probably just
like human vaccine damage] “as most cases have been closed in agreement
between the fish farmers and the vaccine manufacturer. This is
confirmed by The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NMA).” Since the fish
obviously don’t have legal rights, this sounds familiar and probably
similar to what apparently goes on at the U.S. Vaccine Court, in my
opinion. <br />
<br />
Slide 20 has a chart of “Reported side-effects from fish veterinarians
to Norwegian Medicines Agency, 1996 to 2004.” Not knowing how to
interpret that chart correctly, I wouldn’t want to take a guess since I
was not in the audience to hear the presenters’ interpretation.
However, following that on the very next chart, we read two rather
disconcerting statements, I think: <br />
<ol>
<li><b>Is this an example of testing <u>where results obtained in experiments are far from what happens in real life?</u></b>
[Again, human vaccine tests are fudged; we know that from some
whistleblowers [6] and a federal court case [5].] </li>
<li><b>Possible problems are not addressed well enough prior to release of the products</b> [vaccines] </li>
</ol>
Whereas, on another slide (22) this most pointed of questions appears: <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>How can this happen as long as <u>these vaccines are approved</u> by NMA<u> following their testing protocols (since 2001)</u>?</b>
[That seems like vaccine adverse event history just repeating
itself when human vaccines are used, especially in the USA as the VAERS
reports indicate.] [CJF emphasis added] </blockquote>
Apparently, a similar question can – and should be – asked regarding human vaccines and the testing/approval process. <br />
<br />
At one point, slide 25, this blunt and self-searching question is asked about vaccines for fish: <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Should we INCREASE the number of experimental fish for vaccine testing
prior to release in order to reduce the number of side-effects? (or how
should we REFINE present testing?) </blockquote>
It would seem that the NSVS scientists have more concern about fish than
the U.S. FDA has about vaccines harming children. With all the
complaints about the HPV vaccines causing harms, even deaths, to teenage
girls, the FDA apparently is not asking any questions! <br />
<br />
Now, we get down to what, for me, was the “nitty-gritty” of the fish’s health issues: <br />
<ol>
<li>They were concerned about animal welfare and the “quality of life” for the fish prior to slaughter. </li>
<li><i><b>That the side-effects from vaccines in fish were still occurring after 12 years of extensive use of vaccines,</b></i> and people were eating vaccinated fish! </li>
<li>They want to find ways to refine present testing to reduce
side-effects! So, they realize that side effects still go on after 12
years, and continue to use vaccines. Duh! </li>
</ol>
I think I know how they can reduce all those vaccine side effects.
Eliminate the vaccines; take the fish out of farms, tanks, and pens and
let fish be fish! What’s happening with “farmed” fish confirms what
happens when corporate-food-production ‘innovates’ on the way in which
Nature intends for food production: free roaming; not-confined in close
quarters thereby promoting infectious diseases from exposure to filth;
and not being subjected to chemical intervention from feed or vaccines. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Vaccines for Other Animals </b></i></span><br />
<br />
Other corporate-food-producers, e.g., egg production and chickens, are
notorious for cramped quarters, even stacked cages for egg-laying hens,
plus supplemented GMO feed ‘enhanced’ with antibiotics and other
chemicals for faster growth, or for earlier harvesting than would be
normal naturally. Merck & Company produces vaccines for chickens,
turkeys, and ducks. <a href="http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/poultry/nutrition_and_management_poultry/vaccination_programs_in_poultry.html">(Source)</a> <br />
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Feed lots for cattle are another example of stress on animals grown for
food. Stress in any form enables or promotes animals from all genres to
produce stress-related hormones. Humans produce certain hormones like
cortisol and epinephrine. Furthermore, cortisol is also produced by
cattle! [2] Some researchers contend that animals in fear, or under
stress, produce excess adrenalin, cortisol-like excretions and
steroid-like hormones, which are secreted into their tissues and have
been found in their meat served to research lab animals. Here’s the <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/prevention-works/Beef-cattle-herd-health-vaccination-schedule-205434701.html">“Beef cattle herd health vaccination schedule.”</a><br />
<br />
In
the above information about fish vaccine adverse effects, it is
interesting to learn that two veterinary scientists seem concerned about
“quality of life” for fish prior to slaughter. <br />
<br />
Animal vaccines for pets have been responsible for tumor growths at
injection sites, especially in cats. [3, 4] That’s why veterinarians
recommend vaccinating on cats’ limbs, so the limbs can be amputated, if
need be. <br />
<br />
Vaccines are BIG business for both humans and animals, too. Here are just a few animal vaccination schedules: <br />
<br />
The Chicken Vet – Vaccination <br />
<a href="http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/vaccination/index.aspx">http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/vaccination/index.aspx</a> <br />
<br />
Cattle Vaccines and Their Use <br />
<a href="http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/Beef%20Cattle%20Handbook/Vaccines_Cattle.pdf">http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/Beef%20Cattle%20Handbook/Vaccines_Cattle.pdf</a> <br />
<br />
Vaccination Schedule for Goats and Sheep <br />
<a href="http://www.valleyvet.com/library/sheep_vaccine.html">http://www.valleyvet.com/library/sheep_vaccine.html</a> <br />
<br />
Vaccination Schedule for Pigs <br />
<a href="http://animals.pawnation.com/vaccination-schedule-pigs-2248.html">http://animals.pawnation.com/vaccination-schedule-pigs-2248.html</a> <br />
<br />
Caring for Rabbits, Guinea Pigs and Ferrets <br />
<a href="http://www.vetwest.com.au/pet-library/caring-for-rabbits-guinea-pigs-and-ferrets">http://www.vetwest.com.au/pet-library/caring-for-rabbits-guinea-pigs-and-ferrets</a> <br />
<br />
Vaccinations for Adult Horses <br />
<a href="http://www.aaep.org/custdocs/adultvaccinationchart.pdf">http://www.aaep.org/custdocs/adultvaccinationchart.pdf</a> <br />
<br />
Overview of Vaccination for Exotic Mammals <br />
<a href="http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/exotic_and_laboratory_animals/vaccination_of_exotic_mammals/overview_of_vaccination_of_exotic_mammals.html">http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/exotic_and_laboratory_animals/vaccination_of_exotic_mammals/overview_of_vaccination_of_exotic_mammals.html</a> <br />
<br />
Preventive Medicine for Zoo Animals <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/exotic_and_laboratory_animals/zoo_animals/preventive_medicine_for_zoo_animals.html">http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/exotic_and_laboratory_animals/zoo_animals/preventive_medicine_for_zoo_animals.html</a> <br />
<br />
So, what’s in your meat or fish? <br />
<br />
<b>References: </b><br />
<br />
[1] <a href="http://oslovet.norecopa.no/gardermoen/2405poppe.pdf">http://oslovet.norecopa.no/gardermoen/2405poppe.pdf</a> <br />
[2] <a href="http://www.dairyco.org.uk/technical-information/animal-health-welfare/mastitis/symptoms-of-mastitis/stress-health-and-productivity/#.VPhd8hQ5D9I">http://www.dairyco.org.uk/technical-information/animal-health-welfare/mastitis/symptoms-of-mastitis/stress-health-and-productivity/#.VPhd8hQ5D9I</a> <br />
[3] <a href="http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/cancer/c_ct_vaccine_sarcoma">http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/cancer/c_ct_vaccine_sarcoma</a> <br />
[4] <a href="https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Reference/Pages/rbbroch.aspx">https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Reference/Pages/rbbroch.aspx</a> <br />
[5] <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/06/27/47851.htm">http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/06/27/47851.htm</a> <br />
[6] <a href="http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/obama-grants-immunity-to-cdc-whistleblower-on-measles-vaccine-link-to-autism/">http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/obama-grants-immunity-to-cdc-whistleblower-on-measles-vaccine-link-to-autism/</a> <br />
<br />
<b>Resources: </b><br />
<br />
<i>Vaccines for fish in acquaculture </i><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.aqualifeservices.com/services/fish-vaccination/">http://www.aqualifeservices.com/services/fish-vaccination/</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15757476">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15757476</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/150/vaccines-for-fish-in-aquaculture/">http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/150/vaccines-for-fish-in-aquaculture/</a> <br />
<br />
<i>Vaccine Associated Fibrosarcoma </i><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?A=526">http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?A=526</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/aadap/INAD%20Workshop%20Files/Workshop%202011%20Bozeman/Presentations/Wednesday/Wed%20PM/Mitchell_Fish%20vaccine%20status%20AADAP%20August%202011.pdf">http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/aadap/INAD%20Workshop%20Files/Workshop%202011%20Bozeman</a><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/aadap/INAD%20Workshop%20Files/Workshop%202011%20Bozeman/Presentations/Wednesday/Wed%20PM/Mitchell_Fish%20vaccine%20status%20AADAP%20August%202011.pdf">/Presentations/Wednesday/Wed%20PM/Mitchell_Fish%20vaccine%20status%20AADAP%20August%202011.pdf</a></span><br />
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<b><i>Catherine retired from researching and writing, but felt compelled to write this article. </i></b><br />
<br />
<i>Catherine J Frompovich (<a href="http://www.catherinejfrompovich.com/" target="_blank">website</a>)
is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in
Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular
Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies. Her work has been
published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s.
Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with
co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and
holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare
researcher 35 years and counting.<br />
<br />
Catherine’s latest book, published October 4, 2013, is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vaccination-Voodoo-What-About-Vaccines/dp/1484923820/ref=as_li_tf_sw?&linkCode=wsw&tag=permacultucom-20" target="_blank">Vaccination Voodoo, What YOU Don’t Know About Vaccines</a>, available on Amazon.com.<br />
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Her 2012 book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cancer-Answer-Management-Effective-Treatments/dp/1477490175/ref=as_li_tf_sw?&linkCode=wsw&tag=permacultucom-20" target="_blank">A Cancer Answer, Holistic BREAST Cancer Management, A Guide to Effective & Non-Toxic Treatments</a>, is available on Amazon.com and as a Kindle eBook.<br />
<br />
Two of Catherine’s more recent books on Amazon.com are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Our-Chemical-Lives-And-Hijacking/dp/1439255369/ref=as_li_tf_sw?&linkCode=wsw&tag=permacultucom-20" target="_blank">Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into What’s Probably Making Us Sick</a> (2009) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Make-Through-Grieving-Loss/dp/1434363880/ref=as_li_tf_sw?&linkCode=wsw&tag=permacultucom-20" target="_blank">Lord, How Can I Make It Through Grieving My Loss, An Inspirational Guide Through the Grieving Process</a> (2008)</i> Extra Sensory Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456208442432753428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923733331939936763.post-10190945164064945792015-03-07T07:08:00.000-05:002015-03-07T07:08:24.234-05:00Antarctic gaining sea ice despite climate model predictions – study <div>
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For decades, climate scientists have been predicting that quantities of
ice in the South Pole would shrink in the face of climate change and
other global warming-related issues, but a recent study by scientists in
China has found that the ice levels have actually been growing in the
region over decades. RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky has more on the controversy
from New York.<br />
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Temple University researchers have assembled the largest and most
accurate tree of life calibrated to time, and surprisingly, it reveals
that life has been expanding at a constant rate. <br />
<br />
"The constant rate of diversification that we have found indicates
that the ecological niches of life are not being filled up and
saturated," said Temple professor S. Blair Hedges, a member of the
research team's study, published in the early online edition of the
journal <i>Molecular Biology and Evolution</i>. "This is contrary to
the popular alternative model which predicts a slowing down of
diversification as niches fill up with species."
<br />
<br />
The tree of life compiled by the Temple team is depicted in a new
way --- a cosmologically-inspired galaxy of life view --- and contains
more than 50,000 species in a tapestry spiraling out from the origin of
life.<br />
For the massive meta-study effort, researchers painstakingly
assembled data from 2,274 molecular studies, with 96 percent published
in the last decade. They built new computer algorithms and tools to
synthesize this largest collection of evolutionary peer-reviewed species
diversity timelines published to date to produce this Time Tree of
Life.<br />
<br />
The study also challenges the conventional view of adaptation being
the principal force driving species diversification, but rather,
underscores the importance of random genetic events and geographic
isolation in speciation, taking about 2 million years on average for a
new species to emerge onto the scene. <br />
<br />
"This finding shows that speciation is more clock-like than people
have thought," said Hedges. "Taken together, this indicates that
speciation and diversification are separate processes from adaptation,
responding more to isolation and time. Adaptation is definitely
occurring, so this does not disagree with Darwinism. But it goes
against the popular idea that adaptation drives speciation, and against
the related concept of punctuated equilibrium which associates adaptive
change with speciation."
<br />
<br />
Besides the new evolutionary insights gained in this study, their
Timetree of Life will provide opportunities for researchers to make
other discoveries across disciplines, wherever an evolutionary
perspective is needed, including, for example, studies of disease and
medicine, and the effect of climate change on future species diversity.
<br />
<br />
Researchers around the world utilize molecular clocks to estimate
species divergence times, calculating DNA mutational rates with species
divergence times from gene and genomic sequences, that together with
the fossil record and geological history, provide a constantly improving
view of Darwin's "grandeur of life."
<br />
<br />
These new results add to the decade-long efforts of the Timetree of Life initiative (TTOL), which includes internet tools and a <a href="http://www.timetree.org/" target="_blank">book</a>,
led by team members Hedges and Sudhir Kumar. "The ultimate goal of the
TTOL is to chart the timescale of life -- to discover when each species
and all their ancestors originated, all the way back to the origin of
life some four billion years ago," said Hedges.
<br />
<br />
As an ongoing service to the scientific community, Hedges and
Kumar plan to continue adding new data to TTOL from future peer-reviewed
studies. They also will improve their current tools, such as web and
smartphone apps, and develop new tools, that will make it easier to
access the information and to explore the TTOL, and for scientists to
update the growing tree with their new data.<br />
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Besides Hedges and Kumar, other members of the research team that
published this new article included Julie Marin, Michael Suleski, and
Madeline Paymer.
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Newly-obtained emails reveal that Oklahoma geologists were pressured
by oil industry big-shots not to push on with their assessments of
possible links between earthquakes in the state and hydraulic fracturing
industry, most often referred to as fracking.<br />
<br />
More than a year since a sharp spike in earthquakes in the
region, which coincided with fracking for oil and gas, the
Oklahoma Geological Survey say there might be a possible link.
The rise resulted in magnitude 3 earthquakes almost twice daily
on average – three times as many as in disaster-prone California.
<br />
<br />
But after the body issued a joint statement with the USGS in
October 2013, saying that <i>"activities such as wastewater
disposal"</i> could be a <i>“contributing factor to the
increase in earthquakes,”</i> oil execs started to panic,
according to newly-obtained <a href="http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060014342" target="_blank">emails</a> by EnergyWire.
<br />
<br />
This allegedly led to the OGS avoiding mentioning that the lion’s
share of earthquakes in the region was man-made. The silence has
lasted since 2010 and was apparently due to pressure not to
disclose the findings.
<br />
<br />
OGS geologist at the University of Oklahoma, Austin Holland, was
one of the scientists aware of the link, but earlier did not wish
to discuss it for lack of direct scientific proof.
<br />
<br />
It now turns out he was later being influenced by oil executives
with a vested interest in the continuation of fracking in the
area, according to the obtained emails.
<br />
<br />
<i>“Researchers in Oklahoma, notably Austin Holland… have
repeatedly said the increase in seismic activity cannot be fully
explained by man-made causes,”</i> Oklahoma Independent
Petroleum Association (OIPA) President Mike Terry said in a 2013
statement, pointing to Holland’s earlier scientific skepticism.
<br />
<br />
That statement coincided with Holland’s research, which found
disturbing data from the southern town of Marietta, but stopped
short of wholeheartedly acknowledging the fracking and earthquake
link.
<br />
<br />
But when the OGS cautiously joined the USGS assessment in
admitting that there was a relationship between fracking and
growing seismic risks, Austin Holland was called into meetings
with his boss at the university, President David Boren, and the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC). He spoke with Jack Stark
of the OCC, then also vice president of exploration at
Continental Resources.
<br />
<br />
The OCC is the main regulatory body for oil and gas in the state.<br />
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Continental Resources Chairman Harold Hamm – the University of
Oklahoma’s leading financial donor – started getting really
interested in the findings around that time. Hamm, who was Mitt
Romney’s energy adviser, is not a believer in the relationship
between seismic activity and the oil and gas industry.
<br />
<br />
The joint statement by OGS/USGS aroused fear in the oil execs, as
Holland recounted in one of the emails from 2013.
<br />
<br />
He was trying to explain to Continental and the OCC that his
input only benefited the USGS assessment, but that
<i>"Continental does not feel induced seismicity is an issue and
they are nervous about any dialog about the subject,"</i> as he
wrote to his superiors at the university.
<br />
<br />
<i>"They are in the denial phase that this is a
possibility,”</i> he wrote of the execs.
<br />
<br />
One of the people also dissatisfied with the Oklahoma geologists
partnering up with the USGS was Patrice Doubles, the OCC
commissioner. At the time, she was running for Congress and got
more campaign funds from Continental than almost any other
senator. That included money from Hamm.
<br />
<br />
As Holland explained in the email, Douglas said that she wished
to <i>“of course, protect the safety of Oklahomans, but also
balance that with industry in the state.”</i>
<br />
<br />
Earlier this year, in the Washington Post, Holland did admit that
higher-ups were trying to influence his work – specifically,
Hamm. In fact, according to a piece by fellow geologist Bob
Jackman, Holland told him at the time: <i>“you don’t understand
– Harold Hamm and others will not allow me to say certain
things.”</i>
<br />
<br />
Holland later tried to downplay Jackman’s quote to EnergyWire,
but Jackman later said he had written down Holland’s confession
word for word immediately after the conversation.
<br />
<br />
A few other geologists have spoken out about the relationship
between Hunton dewatering operations and a rise in earthquakes in
the vicinity of Oklahoma City. They have also been warning that a
surge in smaller quakes could increase the likelihood of greater
ones.
<br />
<br />
Unlike other states where fracking is also commonplace, Oklahoma
did little in the way of caps or regulations or shutdowns.
Instead, reports emerged that state authorities limited such
powers to information-gathering missions.
<br />
<br />
According to EnergeyWire, the view on Oklahoma having
fracking-related earthquakes is shared by many academic and
federal seismologists.
<br />
<br />
These new <a href="http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/revealed-the-real-reason-behind-those-oklahoma-earthquakes/" target="_blank">revelations</a> come on the heels of fresh data
from Oklahoma that has the US Geological Survey <b>pointing to a
clear scientific link between quakes and fracking. </b><br />
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A newly discovered fossil has shaken up science’s view of human
evolution and could be the missing link between apes and humans: 400,000
years older than the oldest human bone found, the discovery could
entirely rewrite our story.<br />
<br />
For decades scientists have been stumped on the gap between
humans that walked bent over and those that walked upright. Who
was the mysterious ancestor that joined the ape-like
Australopithecus with the human-like Homo? We could be looking at
an answer. It now appears the timeline for earliest upright
humans goes back not to 2.3 – but to 2.8 million years.<br />
<br />
<center>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/121166503" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/121166503"><br />Institute of Human Origins Discovery</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/asu">Arizona State University</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</center>
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An Ethiopian student at Arizona State University and an
accompanying research team discovered the lower jawbone and five
teeth in Ethiopia in 2013. Now, for the first time, the findings
have been published in <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2015/03/03/science.aaa1415" target="_blank">two</a> <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2015/03/03/science.aaa1343" target="_blank">papers</a> simultaneously, while a third <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v519/n7541/full/nature14224.html" target="_blank">supprorted</a> the notion that this could indeed
be a unique species, and not a Homo habilis.
<br />
<br />
The fragments definitely belong to the Homo lineage (of which we
are the only remainder), but scientists are puzzled about what
the species exactly is. In fact, it could turn out to be a
completely new one.
<br />
<br />
Found 250 miles from Addis Ababa, the fragments are believed to
belong to our ancestor from when the current dry land was still
wetlands, interspersed with trees providing shade and rivers
nourishing them. It was discovered not too far from another
famous find – Lucy, the ape-like Austrolapithecus afarensis,
known to be the earliest potential ancestor of the human family.
<br />
<br />
That transition between the two types is the first time in our
history we switched from bashing things with rocks to actually
using our brains to solve puzzles, although there was another
transitional type – the crude and less brainy Paranthropus –
thought to have appeared just before the transition to Homo.<br />
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<i>"There is a big gap in the fossil record between about 2.5
million and 3 million years ago — there's virtually nothing
relating to the ancestors of Homo from that time period, in spite
of a lot of people looking,"</i> study co-author and one of the
leaders of the team, Brian Villmoare of the University of Nevada,
told Live Science.
<br />
<br />
Now, for the first time, the 700,000-year hole between Lucy-like
and Homo-type humans is beginning to fill up with information.
<br />
<br />
<i>“This is a little piece of the puzzle that opens the door to
new types of questions and field investigations that we can go
after to try to find additional evidence to fill in this poorly
known time period,”</i> ASU Institute of Human Origins director
William H. Kimbel said in the press release.
<br />
<br />
<i>“It’s an excellent case of a transitional fossil in a
critical time period in human evolution,”</i> he added.
<br />
The nature of the new find is not without its naysayers: some
scientists have posited that the fossil actually belongs to the
well-known species of Homo habilis –the earliest known member of
the Homo lineage. But careful digital processing has shown that
these are not Homo habilis fragments and they in fact belong to a
creature that came shortly before it.
<br />
<br />
It took years for scientists to get to where they are now. The
research started in 2002 with painstaking surveying. The
scientists were careful not to disturb anything unnecessarily.
<i>“So it took us basically 13 years to find this [human
ancestor]. It doesn’t mean that the work that we did was wasted
up until that time. But when we did find this [jaw], we were
pretty excited that after all this time it actually worked
out,”</i> assistant professor and co-author Chris Campisano
said.
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The expectation was that if they were to dig around the area,
they would find Lucy’s contemporaries – not what looked like the
missing link.
<br />
<br />
<i>“We first started collecting fossils in the area around where
the jaw was eventually found in 2012,”</i> Campisano went on.
<i>“When we realized how old the sediments were, we thought we
might be able to find more specimens of Lucy’s species and figure
out what happened to that lineage. Instead, we were rewarded with
a much more exciting discovery.”</i>
<br />
<br />
<i>“Honestly, it was an exciting moment…I had good experience in
field surveying and knew where potential sediments are. I climbed
up a little plateau and found this specimen right on the edge of
the hill,”</i> said Chalachew Seyoum, the student behind the
find.
<br />
<br />
What we know for sure, according to Professor Kaye Reed of ASU,
is that the creature walked on two legs and lived in eastern
Africa. Diet and tool use are very important logical next steps
to understanding just how clever this ancestor was.
<br />
<br />
The research continues at ASU for other fossils around the same
area to find answers to those questions.<br />
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Unearthed articles from the 1960s detail how nuclear waste was buried
beneath the Earth’s surface by Halliburton & Co. for decades as a
means of disposing the by-products of post-World War II atomic energy
production.
<br />
<br />
Fracking is already a controversial practice on its face; allowing
U.S. industries to inject slurries of toxic, potentially carcinogenic
compounds deep beneath the planet’s surface — as a means of “see no
evil” waste disposal — already sounds ridiculous, dangerous, and stupid
anyway without even going into further detail.<br />
<br />
Alleged fracking links to the contamination of the public water
supply and critical aquifers, as well as ties to earthquake upticks near
drilling locations that are otherwise not prone to seismic activity
have created uproar in the years since the 2005 “<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/how-cheneys-loophole-is-f_b_502924.html" target="_blank">Cheney loophole</a>,”
which allowed the industry to circumvent the Safe Drinking Water Act by
exempting fracking fluids, thus fast tracking shale fracking as a
source of cheap natural gas.<br />
<br />
Now, it is apparent that the fracking industry is also privvy to many
secrets of the nuclear energy industry, and specifically, where the
bodies are buried, err… dangerous nuclear waste is buried, rather —
waste that atomic researchers have otherwise found so difficult to
eliminate.<br />
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Truthstream uncovered several published newspaper accounts from the
Spring of 1964 concerning a then-newly disclosed plan to dump nuclear
waste produced by the atomic energy industry into hydraulic fracturing
(fracking) wells using a cement slurry technique developed by
Halliburton & Co. The top two fracking companies in the nation at
the time were Halliburton and Dowell, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical.<br />
<br />
And here we thought fracking was a relatively new industrial
phenomenon growing in popularity over just the last couple of decades.
Boy were we wrong. Revealed within these articles is Halliburton’s
long-standing relationship with the secret government and deep ties
between the oil and nuclear industries.<br />
<br />
Teaming up with the U.S. Government and Union Carbide Corp., who
operate nuclear materials divisions at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratories in Tennessee, Halliburton was then credited with “solving”
the radioactive waste problem faced by America’s secretive nuclear
industry. Dumping waste via fracking had apparently been going on since
1960, according to the reports, but was only made public here in 1964.<br />
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<h3>
Out of Sight, Out of Mind</h3>
<br />
Each of the articles Truthstream found carry the same account under
different headlines, with four of them using identical copy, and the
fifth, published in the San Antonio Express, slightly rewritten based
upon the same source information. The photo captions of each story also
add some useful tidbits:<br />
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These ran in the:<br />
<br />
April 19, 1964 edition of the Great Bend Tribune,<br />
the April 22, 1964 edition of the Warren Times-Mirror,<br />
the April 26, 1964 edition of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal,<br />
the May 3, 1964 edition of the San Antonio Express News (original)<br />
and the June 15, 1964 edition of the Denton Record Chronicle.<br />
<br />
The story read, in part:<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
“Two techniques originated by the
petroleum industry for its own uses are expected to solve a major
problem in the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The
problem is the disposal of dangerous, sometimes deadly, radioactive
waste by-products.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />
“Researchers at Halliburton Co’s.
Technical Center here working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
scientists, have combined the oil well cementing technique with the
hydraulic fracturing production stimulation technique to entomb
radioactive wastes in an impermeable shale formation a thousand feet
underground.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“The method used at Oak Ridge begins by
mixing the waste with a cement slurry, pumping the mixture down a hole
drilled into the Conasuaga shale and then fracturing the shale to create
a horizontal crack. The crack fills with the mixture to form a thin,
horizontal sheet several hundred feet across. The mix sets to
permanently hold the radioactive waste in the formation.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“Union Carbide Corp., which operates
facilities at Oak Ridge for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and
Halliburton, which provides specialized oil field services such as
cementing fracturing worldwide, have collaborated on the project since
1960.”</div>
<br />
The mix remained liquid for 48 hours before it was supposed to permanently set and remain there, entombed, forever.<br />
<br />
The articles make clear that the Atomic Energy Commission was
preparing to use fracking as a means of disposing of nuclear wastes at
additional facilities, with Oak Ridge being simply one of the largest,
and the first to publicly disclose these out-of-sight disposal
procedures:<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
“Oak Ridge has a radioactive waste
disposal problem typical of the nation’s nuclear sites. Each year about
four million gallons of waste, including such fission products as
strontium 90, cesium 137 and ruthenium 103, are generated at Oak Ridge.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“Among the disposal methods already tried
have been dumping concrete-encased barrels of waste in the ocean or
burying the waste in lead-lined containers. These are considered either
too dangerous or too expensive or both.”</div>
<br />
Unfortunately, the ocean has been used as a giant trashcan not only
by the nuclear industry, but municipal garbage and landfill companies
and many other entities as well, without any real concern about its
significant effects on the food supply and larger ecosystem of the
planet.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
“If this process is successful for
disposal of Oak Ridge National Laboratory intermediate-level wastes, it
has potential application at other atomic energy sites where suitable
geological conditions exist,” the Atomic Energy Commission says.”</div>
<br />
The slightly different version in the San Antonio Express News added these details:<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />
“A couple of techniques used by oilmen
when they have hopes of production may soon be used by the Atomic Energy
Commission for – of all things – radioactive garbage disposal.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />
“Final tests are now under way at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, in trying a combination of oil
well cementing plus hydraulic fracturing to entomb radioactive wastes in
an impermeable shale formation a thousand feet underground.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
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<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZkPaM6cr6hqIpV4AR1kWpA7532Gwe1IknV1IvO-plxr343sqA0ShIGWH6ZexX_T_f_byr34guKqYLmr-BB-z9gzOZYbYDG1wmuWS4gNHS7ZFlBU3uOtgPxwjDiDWXcXGnhMcRdiXSm4/s1600/radioactive-fracking-Great_Bend_Tribune_Sun__Apr_19__1964_-384x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZkPaM6cr6hqIpV4AR1kWpA7532Gwe1IknV1IvO-plxr343sqA0ShIGWH6ZexX_T_f_byr34guKqYLmr-BB-z9gzOZYbYDG1wmuWS4gNHS7ZFlBU3uOtgPxwjDiDWXcXGnhMcRdiXSm4/s1600/radioactive-fracking-Great_Bend_Tribune_Sun__Apr_19__1964_-384x1024.jpg" height="640" width="240" /></a>Meanwhile, the Great Bend Tribune added information about the
Halliburton executives involved in the plan in their caption for a photo
which shows businessmen looking at a diagram explaining how nuclear
waste like strontium 90 is mixed with cement and injected into shale
formations:<br /><br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
“Halliburton engineer Mack Stogner, left,
reviews the project with Harry P. Conroy, senior vice president and
general manager of the oil field service firm, and W.D. Owsley, senior
vice president.”</div>
<br />
The process includes remote controlled operation of the hydraulic
fracturing drill in order to shield workers from the “medium level”
radioactive substances being dumped into the earth’s crust, as the
Warren Times Mirror in Pennsylvania notes in the caption:<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
“Disposing of Waste – Working behind
shielding and wearing film badges, Halliburton Company personnel use
demounted oil field service units to dispose of radioactive waste
generated at the Oak Ridge, Tenn. nuclear site.”</div>
<br />
How often this procedure has been used at other facilities since then
is not entirely clear, though we know from reports discussed below that
the practice continued and there is no indication that it ever stopped.<br />
<br />
Five years later, the October 22, 1969 edition of the San Bernardino
County Sun carried a report titled, “3 Ways to Manage Radioactive
Waste.”<br />
<br />
It discussed the ongoing and growing problems with nuclear waste,
naming three principle strategies for managing the toxic stuff, summed
up as “(1) delay and decay, (2) concentrate and confine and (3) dilute
and disperse,” discussing how materials with lower half lives can
supposedly be safely sequestered and later dumped, while other materials
can be simply diluted and poured into existing groundwater supplies and
systems.<br />
<br />
The UPI story originating out of Oak Ridge states, in part,<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“Since the start of the atomic era in the
1940s, nuclear reactors around the nation have produced 75 million
gallons of hazardous high level radioactive waste materials.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“And scientists here and elsewhere around
the nation still are wrestling with the problems of what to do with
this material, which promises to become even more plentiful as more and
more commercial nuclear reactors go into power production.”</div>
<br />
Oak Ridge proclaims that it found a solution to dealing with high level nuclear wastes, which has thus far been to keep it,<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“…buried a few feet underground in
storage tanks – tanks which must be periodically replaced because of the
natural deterioration of the steel and other materials of which they
are fabricated.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“It is in this area of confining the high
level wastes, whose radioactive half life ranges up to 30 to 50 years,
that the Atomic Energy Commission is pushing dramatic new concepts.”</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />“One disposal system, involving materials
in the medium range of radioactivity, is the hydraulic fracturing
procedures. This system is now being used at Oak Ridge and involves
mixing the liquid radioactive waste with concrete to form a grout which
is pumped into shale formations 500 to 800 feet underground.”</div>
<br />
Note, this article cites a shallower depth, at levels as shallow as
500 feet, after the 1964 articles claimed a further removed depth of
1,000 feet to 5,000. The even “higher level wastes” were disposed of in
abandoned salt mines, according to Oak Ridge.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Nuclear Waste ‘Safely Flushed Away’ into the Water Supply</h3>
<br />
The 1969 article states that “low level waste” is “material which can
safely be flushed away into rivers and lakes or released into the
atmosphere because the level of radioactivity is so low that is presents
no hazard when diluted and flushed into man’s natural environment. The
more difficult problem is involved in the high level, liquid and solid
wastes which are produced in the reprocessing of used fuel elements from
nuclear reactor cores.”<br />
<br />
The idea that the waste dumped into water supplies was so “low level”
as to be completely harmless is likely dubious and hopeful at best.
Fluoride, a by-product of the nuclear power industry, was one of those
constituents, and was transformed from being known as a rat poison to
being known as a dental benefit by the original spin doctor and
propagandist, Edward Bernays.<br />
<br />
In his book “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1583227008/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1583227008&linkCode=as2&tag=truthmedia-20&linkId=GW7NBSLKQ4MRPUMZ">The Fluoride Deception</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=truthmedia-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1583227008" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,”
author Christopher Bryson revealed how the nuclear industry also used
fluoridation of the public water supply as a means of secretly dumping
industrial waste after fluoride was a major by-product in the uranium
enrichment process for building the atomic bomb. <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/17/the_fluoride_deception_how_a_nuclear" target="_blank">Bryson told Democracy Now</a>:<br />
<br />
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<strong>The Manhattan Project needed fluoride to enrich uranium.</strong>
That’s how they did it. The biggest industrial building in the world,
for a time, was the fluoride gaseous diffusion plant in Tennessee the
Manhattan Project and Dr. Hodge as the senior toxicologist for the
Manhattan Project, were scared stiff less that workers would realize
that the fluoride they were going to be breathing inside these plants
was going to injury them and that the Manhattan Project, the key — the
key of U.S. Strategic power in the Cold War Era, would be jeopardized
because the Manhattan Project and the industrial contractors making the
atomic bomb would be facing all these lawsuits from workers, all these
lawsuits from farmers living around these industrial plants and so
Harold Hodge assures us that fluoride is safe and good for children.</div>
<br />
More recently, an <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/radioactive-leaks-found-at-75-of-us-nuke-sites/" target="_blank">Associated Press investigation</a>
found in 2011 that 48 of 65 nuclear sites in the United States were
leaking tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen, into groundwater
supplies via corroded pipes and tunnels. AP found at least 37 locations
were in direct violation of federal drinking water standards for
tritium, in some cases hundreds of times over.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Fracking Nuclear Waste ‘Safe for Millions of Years’… Unless It Leaks</h3>
<br />
Some 30 trillion gallons of toxic waste has been kept out of sight,
out of mind by U.S. industries that have injected it hundreds and
thousands of feet underground into wells since the 1960s.<br />
<br />
Scientists who work for these corporations have used computer
modeling to assure the Environmental Protection Agency that this waste
poses no threat to our aquifers and that layers of rock deep within the
Earth would safely store this stuff like Tupperware for millenia.<br />
<br />
Already, several incidents have proven that scientific computer models are no match for reality.<br />
<br />
It is clear from a December 21, 1973 article that disposal of nuclear
waste via fracking continued, along with promises that it would be safe
for millions of years to come.<br />
<br />
The Dixon Evening Telegraph wrote in “Geologists look at energy crunch”:<br />
<br />
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“The U.S. Government is disposing of
approximately 250,000 gallons of intermediate-level wastes each year
using a technique called hydraulic fracturing. Liquids are pumped into
impervious shales 1,000 to 5,000 feet below the surface. High pressure
is applied causing the rocks to fracture and the liquid moves out
laterally. <strong>Because the rock and radioactive wastes it contains will not be exposed to the biosphere for millions of years, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">this method should be safe unless leakage into an overlying aquifer occurs</span>.”</strong></div>
<br />
That is, as the article points out, <em>unless</em> there are leaks.<br />
<br />
As we found in research, leakage is exactly what has happened time
and again throughout the years, including at disposal sites for Oak
Ridge National Laboratories, according to reports in the following
cases.<br />
<br />
Via <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us" target="_blank">ProPublica</a>:<br />
<br />
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In April, 1967 pesticide waste injected by a chemical plant at Denver’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal destabilized a seismic fault, <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/colorado/history.php">causing a magnitude 5.0 earthquake</a>
— strong enough to shatter windows and close schools — and jolting
scientists with newfound risks of injection, according to the U.S.
Geological Survey.</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />A year later, a corroded hazardous waste
well for pulping liquor at the Hammermill Paper Co., in Erie, Pa.,
ruptured. Five miles away, <a href="http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/371069-study-uic-class1-study-risks-class1">according to an EPA report</a>, “a noxious black liquid seeped from an abandoned gas well” in Presque Isle State Park.</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<br />In 1975 in <a href="http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/371259-epa-effect-of-uic-regulation-study-uic-effect">Beaumont, Texas</a>, dioxin and a highly acidic herbicide injected underground by the <a href="http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/355342-1985-report-uic-regulatory-oversightpb85185916">Velsicol Chemical Corp.</a>
burned a hole through its well casing, sending as much as five million
gallons of the waste into a nearby drinking water aquifer.</div>
<br />
And these are hardly the only examples… in fact, it is just
scratching the surface of an issue that is almost as incomprehensible as
it is unfathomable.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<strong>Then in August 1984 in Oak Ridge, Tenn., <a href="http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/371260-ornl-oak-ridge-injection-research-paper-5834126">radioactive waste was turned</a> up by water monitoring near a deep injection well at a government nuclear facility.</strong></div>
<br />
<em>Bingo…</em><br />
<br />
There it is. The infallible, permanent, and “impermeable” deep
injection wells that Halliburton and the Atomic Energy Commission
considered as a solution to nuclear waste for eons to come were found
turning up radioactive nuclear waste at the very Oak Ridge site where
these 1960s disposal projects were taking place.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Subterranean Waste Disposal a ‘Cornerstone of the Nation’s Economy’</h3>
<br />
Those cemented wells, filled with injected disposal substances may be
safely secured for a few years or even decades, but that is no
guarantee for the years down the road and its certainly not the millenia
as promised by Halliburton and others in the industry. In fact, many of
the wells have been forgotten, abandoned, and are lost to the record
books.<br />
As <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us" target="_blank">ProPublica reports</a>:<br />
<br />
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There are upwards of 2 million <a href="http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/371056-iogcc-abandoned-well-paper-2008-protecting-our">abandoned and plugged oil and gas wells</a>
in the U.S., more than 100,000 of which may not appear in regulators’
records. Sometimes they are just broken off tubes of steel, buried or
sticking out of the ground. Many are supposed to be sealed shut with
cement, but studies show that cement breaks down over time, allowing
seepage up the well structure.</div>
<br />
And many of these are injection wells, where all kinds of unwanted,
toxic substances are dumped in order to be forgotten… though not
necessarily gone.<br />
<br />
Not only are these practices taking place, they are widespread… and
widely defended, even with the known failures and safety issues.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
Many scientists and regulators say the
alternatives to the injection process — burning waste, treating
wastewater, recycling, or disposing of waste on the surface — are far
more expensive or bring additional environmental risks.</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<strong><br />Subterranean waste disposal, they
point out, is a cornerstone of the nation’s economy, relied on by the
pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical industries.</strong> It’s also critical to a future less dependent on foreign oil: Hydraulic fracturing, “clean coal” technologies, <strong>nuclear fuel production</strong>
and carbon storage (the keystone of the strategy to address climate
change) all count on pushing waste into rock formations below the
earth’s surface. (<a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us" target="_blank">source</a>)</div>
<br />
Sure, maybe it’s better than dumping it directly into the waterways,
but still. This isn’t just playing with fire, this is playing with the
lives of everyone in the nation for generations to come.<br />
<br />
Please read ProPublica’s full series of reports on this, <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us" target="_blank">starting here</a>. Things have to change. <br />
<br />
These people should not have started messing with something they did not know how to fully and safely manage.<br />
<br />
How long can this madness continue until it winds up tainting every drinking glass in America?<br />
<br />
Engineer Mario Salazar, who worked as a technical expert for 25 years
with the EPA’s underground injection program in Washington, told
ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten something that should give us all pause
about how radioactive nuclear waste and industrial pollutants in general
are being handled, and where they may ultimately end up:<br />
<br />
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">
<strong>“In 10 to 100 years we are going
to find out that most of our groundwater is polluted. A lot of people
are going to get sick, and a lot of people may die.”</strong></h3>
Extra Sensory Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456208442432753428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923733331939936763.post-1194348522310997092015-03-05T06:10:00.000-05:002015-03-05T06:10:37.421-05:00Sustainability on Steroids: Organic Farmer Grosses $100K an Acre<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Could he have found the most effective way to grow food?</span></b><br />
<br />
We need GMOs to feed the world like a fish needs dry land. A
controversial farmer in California is proving that a veritable bumper
crop can be had using new farming methods that <b>don’t require GMO pesticides, herbicides, or even weeding, and require 10 times less water than the average farm</b>. The best part – <b>he earned $100K per acre last season without even harvesting all of his land</b>.<br />
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What kind of super-fertilizer allows Paul Kaiser to grow <b>so much food on a mere 8 acres</b>? Lot’s of rotten food scraps and rotten plants – otherwise known as compost. And he uses loads of it.
<br />
<br />
He uses farming practices both old, and cutting-edge-new so well that <a href="http://craftsmanship.net/drought-fighters/">agricultural specialists</a>
from University of California at Davis who have tested his top soil can
drive a four-foot steel pole all the way through his fields. This, as
opposed to most parts of California, where it would hit infertile
hard-pan in less than 12 inches.<br />
<br />
Last year, Kaiser’s farm located in Sonoma Valley, CA grossed more than $100,000 an acre, too. <b>This is ten times the average for most farmers of this area, even in lucrative wine-country</b>.<br />
<br />
His farm is no mega-farm, either. At just under 8 acres, he is
beating even other large organic farms because the soil is still so
damaged in other conventional and organic farms alike. He is certainly
out-performing Big Ag methods of farming as his unique farming practices
have turned the soil into a goldmine.<br />
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Kaiser also doesn’t plow his fields (which means a lot less work) and
he uses around 10 times less water than his peers. His neighbors still
run sprinklers, but he waters for about an hour a week, using almost
exclusively drip irrigation. This means that while California is still
recovering from a drought, most farmers are watering the air – since
most of the water is lost to evaporation. Kaiser is watering – how novel
an idea – just his plants.<br />
<br />
<b>Read: <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/russians-prove-small-scale-organic-can-feed-world/">Russians Prove Small-Scale Organic CAN Feed the World</a></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kaiser uses a thick, acrylic blanket to <br />keep both soil and compost piles
<br />covered. Most farmers, if the cover <br />soil at all, us immense plastic
<br />sheets, which end up each <br />year in the landfill. “These <br />blankets last me
10 years!”</span></td></tr>
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Many California farmers recently spent millions tanking in water to
try to save their crops, while Kaiser just made a healthy annual salary
for even most high-paid lawyers. Water was being <a href="http://hanfordsentinel.com/news/in_focus/california_drought/water-on-the-black-market/article_62bcdb24-4afd-5804-b129-09e01659d6d8.html">sold on the black market</a> for ridiculous prices, but you can bet Kaiser wasn’t paying them.<br />
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Kaiser is a bit of a mad genius, and a dreamer, too. He rattles off
statistics at local talks he gives about exactly how he grows so
sustainably, often including surprising facts. For example, he leaves
his roots in the ground after harvest to feed the worms. He sounds a bit
like a Martin Luther King for growing green:<br />
<blockquote>
<i>“Sustainable farming methods are just one corner,” he
said. “Economic sustainability is another, and social sustainability is
the third.”</i></blockquote>
During a recent <span data-term="goog_1803691223">Sunday</span>
farmers’ market, representatives of several different agricultural
organizations approached Kaiser, each asking him for advice. Now, when
billed for talks, he often packs the house.<br />
<br />
Kaiser envisions small farms near every city around the globe, even
in the most dry, arid climates, and with the proof of his own sweat, and
soil, I believe his dream is possible.<br />
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<b>February 2015</b> – <b>OKLAHOMA </b>- A
lawsuit claims that Oklahoma’s great increase in earthquake activity
has been caused by pumping waste from drilling operations back
underground. The suit involves the largest measured quake in the history
of the state, a 5.6 tremor that happened in Prague, east of Oklahoma
City in November 2011. As the volume of drilling waste pumped
underground has grown, the number of earthquakes with magnitude 3 or
higher has increased. In particular, as the drilling has intensified
along the northern border, the quakes have followed. The Prague 5.6
magnitude quake in 2011 had one 4.8 magnitude foreshock and one 4.8
magnitude aftershock.<br />
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The Prague 5.6 magnitude quake had one
4.8 magnitude foreshock and one 4.8 magnitude aftershock. Altogether
there were 63 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher, concentrated mostly in
the center of the state, where the 860 million barrels of waste pumping
was centered. Drilling activity increased in northern Oklahoma but the
34 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or greater remained concentrated in the
center of the state. Waste pumping increased to more than 1.2 billion
barrels, with a big increase in the north. Earthquakes surged with 106
magnitude 3 or greater, including a string of quakes in the north of the
state, where waste pumping also increased as the statewide volume rose
to more than 1.5 billion barrels. The rate of quakes multiplied with 567
jolts at least magnitude 3 with the heaviest concentration in the
northern end of the state. Waste-pumping data for 2014 is not yet
available. –<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/02/03/maps-oklahomas-earthquake-problem-is-getting-worse/" target="_blank"><b>Washington Post</b></a><br />
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How can we feed the world—today and tomorrow?<br />
<br />
The biggest players in the food industry—from pesticide pushers to
fertilizer makers to food processors and manufacturers—spend billions of
dollars every year not selling food, but selling the idea that we need
their products to feed the world. But, do we really need industrial
agriculture to feed the world? Can sustainably grown food deliver the
quantity and quality we need—today and in the future? Our first Food
MythBusters film takes on these questions in under seven minutes. So
next time you hear them, you can too.<br />
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Departing active region 12290 prior to turning off the solar disk
unleashed two moderate M-Class Solar Flares this evening. An M3.7
eruption at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajFVvO-CwMk#">15:28</a> UTC and M4.1 at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajFVvO-CwMk#">19:31</a>
UTC. A spectacular Halo Coronal Mass Ejection followed spewing safely
out into space and will not have any earth directed component due to the
proximity of the blast site being at right angles or 90 degrees to the
earth.<br />
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Website Subscription Information<br />
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Facebook Live Quake Data<br />
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Earthquake Forecasting Channel<br />
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Another Quality Solar youtube Channel<br />
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Earthquake Reporting Channel<br />
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Soho Website<br />
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Solar Soft website<br />
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Solar Terrestrial Activity Report<br />
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WSA-Enlil Solar Wind Prediction<br />
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Helioviewer<br />
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Quality Solar Website<br />
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Estimated Planetary K index information<br />
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GOES Xray Flux Data<br />
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Sunspot Information from Solar Monitor<br />
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Quality Weather Website<br />
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Space Weather Website<br />
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