How to harm unborn babies
That's a rather ugly title, but this is a very ugly subject so it is appropriate. I read Dan Agin's book : More Than Genes and was devastated by what it reveals. One review Says this In More Than...
View ArticleHealth Bill Ignores Industrial Health Harms
A simple search of specific words in the Health Bill now being kicked around in the Senate shows that industrial health harms are, like Single Payer, "off the table". With some amendments and other...
View Article“Reduce Toxins – Go Organic!” President’s Cancer Panel
Cross Posted at Earth Friendly Shopping The President's Panel on cancer recently released a report calling for a fundamental rethinking of the way we approach cancer and the toxins in our lives....
View ArticleWHEE- The Biological Functions of Fat
We all know that within our bodies, the constant flux of cellular decisions on fat and muscle help determine if we are overweight, normal weight, or maybe even too lean. Active challenged muscles...
View ArticleA Modest Environmental Proposal
In light of the long-term environmental consequences of fossil energy extraction (whether that be hydraulic fracturing, tar sands, mountaintop mining, offshore drilling), and the cost of protecting...
View ArticleBig Coal and Oil Play Dirty but EPA Mercury Ruling Proves We’d Rather Keep It...
Starting today, we can begin to breathe, eat, and drink a bit easier. The EPA begins enforcement of the Mercury and Air Toxics standard, a 20-year-old mandate that set limits on mercury emissions from...
View ArticleGet the lead out: What you don't know can harm your pet
I'd like to follow up on Missy's Brother excellent diary yesterday entitled Dog Owners Beware - I found them in my house. This diary discussed the concerns regarding Chinese-made chicken jerky...
View ArticleFracking Linked to Breast Cancer
It was only a matter of time, before the toxic data would come in. The "unintended" toxin recycling is truly startling in an already disturbing "dirty fuel" gold-rush situation. The Fracking...
View ArticleHow a Haircut, Congress, and the Toxic Zombie Toolkit Can Make You and the...
Earth Day is just around the corner! So, how are you celebrating? Me, I’m getting the “big chop,” cutting inches off my hair. My “big chop” decision was a step toward healthier hair without the use...
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Gulf Coast Waters Closed to Shrimping
Photo: Al Jazeera "We're continuing to pull up oil in our nets. People who live here know better than to swim in or eat what comes out of our waters."
View ArticleBut what happens if those miles of rock-layer cap springs a leak?
NPR has been investigating the claims of the Hydraulic Fracturing Industry this week, mostly in a clinical, journalistic manner. No 'hearts and flowers' ad sponsors to worry about I guess. One of the...
View ArticleChemicals and Moms
Being a mom is complicated. We start out as mothers, at a physical and emotional deficit. We are exhausted from gestation, we are exhausted by birth and then exhausted still more, by the need for...
View ArticleAnti-capitalist meetup: Do you inhale? Capitalism and your health
True to form as usual A purely free market system has one glaringly obvious flaw: a company’s first responsibility is to its shareholders. In a system based on quarterly earnings, business decisions...
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Whistleblower at VA wanted answers.. Time to call and get them !
I had an anonymous email from a Kossack who saw this story and wanted it posted. I just don't know why it is so hard for the VA to honor and listen to the whistleblowers rather than make their lives...
View ArticleToxins, Fracking and Our Children
Thought I'd share this Bill Moyers and Company show from last night.As I'm sure most, if not all, were riveted to the many other channels, especially news, as to the quickly developing issues in...
View ArticleSustainability: The Challenge of Change
Last week a friend who is a carpenter was tearing down my old, leaky front porch and putting in a new one, as well as replacing the boards on the eaves of the house that are overly weathered. He found...
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Disgusting #USDAfail: Poop & Bleach on Food, OK
Please share. ChickenJustice.org August is Clean & Safe Chicken Month. Ok, we made that up but we can win a small but meaningful victory. Clean and Safe Chicken is achievable – this month, before...
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Looking Back On 2013: Activism Helps Heal
As we enter into the final month of the year, it’s natural to take an inventory of 2013. As I reflected on the environmental front, the nagging image of climate deniers immediately came to mind. There...
View ArticleSomething to be Outraged about if You're REALLY "Pro-life"
The Philadelphia Inquirer had an interesting article Sunday. I knew prior to reading the article lead (Pb) was toxic. Also, I read enough mysteries not to be surprised by arsenic (As) on the...
View ArticleKosAbility: Neocortical Disorganization in Autistic Children
"Patches of Disorganization in the Neocortex of Children with Autism" is a March 27, 2014 New England Journal of Medicine abstract of an article on postmortem findings. The authors/investigators state,...
View ArticleOff To The Gym
Happy Sunday everyone.I have had a great morning so far, drinking coffee, yapping on the phone, blogging, and eating a great breakfest - wholewheat pancakes with rasberries, blackberries and...
View ArticleThoughts on remaining Healthy in our 21st Century Society
These are some random thoughts about being healthy. I would enjoy hearing from other people as to their take on the matters presented below.I suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. For years I...
View ArticleThe Effort to Save Golden Gate Park Goes National, but Remains Local
Oh ye of little faith.When I began posting on Daily Kos about my campaign to protect the western end of Golden Gate Park from the instillation of toxic tire crumb, there were murmurs (justifiable at...
View ArticleAna Baptista: “Children of Color Are the Most At-Risk Victims of Pollution”
Ana Baptista is on a mission to drive change. With a Masters from Brown University in Environmental Studies, a PhD in Urban Planning and Public Policy, and a teaching post at the New School for Public...
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On - Waging Peace - Health & Prosperity through "clean" power technology.
Consider: What is one of the worlds greatest concerns and source of strife (armed conflict for access to and control of)? It is the ability to create electricity (power) as well as fuel for...
View ArticleWhen People "stop" pretending "not to be Pissed-Off"
Then we see protests.When the authorities say they will investigate - while taking absolutely no actions to address (during or following such investigation) - we see more people stop pretending to "not...
View ArticleIt's pretty simple
Do you feel that the least amongst us should or should not be able to earn enough by working a minimum of 40 hours a week to live a good life?
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If You have died while taking the prescription medication _______ - "you" may...
. . . . compensation.......................A friend sent me the following. I thought it would have been really funny. Except for the fact that I will now be looking for it's product offering in the...
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Three-million-gallon drilling waste spill is North Dakota's worst, but far...
Drill rig and well pads near confluence of Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, near the North Dakota/Montana border. Sixteen days ago, Operator Summit Midstream Partners found a toxic leak of salty...
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Unpublished Canadian gov't report reveals too little is known about tar sands...
Tar sands extraction has been going on for 35-plus years, but few studies of toxicity and other impacts have been completed. The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans has produced several...
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Supreme Court rejects EPA's regulation of power plants' emissions of mercury...
The U.S. Supreme Court plunked a setback into the lap of the Environmental Protection Agency Monday by trashing the agency's regulation of emissions of mercury and other air toxins (MATS) from...
View ArticleNeed to Read: The Teflon Toxin
https://firstlook.org/...The Teflon Toxin DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception Sharon Lerner Aug. 11 2015, 5:35 p.m.The Intercept @ firstlook.org
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Climate Change wreaking havoc in Brazil. Women warned not to get pregnant. S...
The Brazilian government recently released the largest and most comprehensive report that has been done on the climate change impacts to their country. Despite the critical importance of the issues...
View Article2-13-16 Today's TILT (Things I Learned Today
February is Black History MonthToday isNational Tortellini Day17 year old Rochelle Ballantyne is one of the best chess players in the world. She's on the brink of becoming the first female...
View ArticleA life well lived
My Beloved Cousin Bob: The captain of the paramedics and a firefighter in a major US city, he was one of the original paramedics from when the discipline was new. He gave his whole 40 year + career and...
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In Alabama's Black Belt, impoverished citizens face slander suit for daring...
"If this had been a rich, white neighborhood, the landfill would never have gotten here," Uniontown resident Esther Calhoun, president of Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice, told...
View ArticleYou, too, can smell like Donald Trump.
I really hate to put this idea in your head, because his visuals are more than bad enough, but… Donald Trump has a fragrance.xMany people have commented that my fragrance, âÂÂSuccessâ is the...
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Wreck yr endocrines! A retrospective crawl thru' global disruption via 31 med...
Most bolding, underlining, etc in these reverse-date order article samples is my emphasis, but don’t bet on it. See Medscape note in the turquoise box somewhere below for how to get free access...
View ArticleTightening regulations on chemicals wouldn't just save lives, it could save...
Since taking office, Donald Trump and his series of industry lobbyists at the EPA, FDA, and Interior Department have made an express point of deregulating toxic chemicals. And whether it’s allowing...
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"Why have 500m bees died in Brazil in the past three months?" (+ Blogathon...
"The likely culprit of the sudden deaths? The loosening of pesticide restrictions"Why have 500m bees died in Brazil in the past three months?www.theguardian.com/…"honeybees in only three months. The...
View ArticleAG Becerra slams Trump plan to increase drilling on federal land in California
SACRAMENTO– On December 12, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra blasted the Trump Administration’s decision to open up 1.2 million acres of public lands in Central California, mainly in the San...
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UFW, UFWF leader urges U.S. climate crisis panel to protect farm workers from...
Former United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez is in Washington D.C. testifying today before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis at a hearing entitled, “Creating a Climate...
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Nature, Science, Man, and the Coronavirus
All life on planet earth exist in a bubble called the biosphere. In simple terms, the biosphere is defined as the regions below and above the surface of the earth that are inhabited by the various...
View ArticleWheeler shows he's a Trumper through and through in EPA move to defy court on...
Showing once again how little the Trump regime cares about the rule of law, according to unnamed insiders, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chief Andrew Wheeler will in the coming weeks defy a...
View Article06/17 OT: Unknown knowns, unknown unknowns, and willful iggerance
Before I get to the study that set off a 4 alarm fire in my mind, I'm going to present some background and or refresher information. I will try to keep it brief.
View ArticleDetroit's most polluted ZIP code—the heavily Black 48217—fights for...
Last year, 271 people were murdered in Detroit, giving it the third-highest homicide rate among large U.S. cities. Grim as that total is, the University of Michigan School of Public Health estimates...
View Article55 Chemicals Not Before Reported in Humans Found in Blood of Pregnant Women...
Fifty-five chemicals never before reported in human were found in the blood of pregnant women, and in the umbilical blood of their newborns,according to a study from the University of California...
View ArticleCSPA wins settlement to remove phone cable containing 63 tons of lead from...
OAKLAND, CA - Anglers, divers and other residents of the Lake Tahoe Basin have reason to celebrate.Under a settlement agreement finalized on November 4 in federal court in Sacramento, AT&T’s...
View Article"Naive" President Biden got good bipartisan legislation passed and straight d...
President Biden was derided here for his naivete in saying that he believed that he could get some bipartisan legislation passed. He has been derided here “as the weakest” president in forever, but he...
View ArticleUkraine's unfolding environmental catastrophes challenge the possibility of...
I realize that all people want to do is talk about Donald Trump (myself included), but sometimes other issues are worth knowing about. One of them is the habitability of Ukraine after Putin has been...
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