“Producing the grain that is used to feed farmed animals requires vast amounts of water. It takes about 300 gallons of water per day to produce food for a vegan, and more than 4,000 gallons of water per day to produce food for a meat-eater. You save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you do by not showering for an entire year. ”
Global hunger: The more meat we eat, the fewer people we can feed
” Le Petit Journal ” make fun of Fox news no go zones.
” Le Petit Journal ” make fun of Fox news.
Almost half of homeless men had traumatic brain injury in their lifetime — ScienceDaily
Full article: Almost half of homeless men had traumatic brain injury in their lifetime — ScienceDaily.
Study finds flu shot really did make people sicker
“an influenza expert at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver, also led the first study that spotted the apparent interaction between 2008 flu shots and pandemic flu infection.
She and her colleagues worked with 32 ferrets, giving half the 2008 seasonal flu shot and the remainder a placebo injection. The work was blinded, meaning the researchers didn’t know which ferrets received which shot. Later, all the ferrets were infected with the pandemic H1N1 virus.
The ferrets in the vaccine group became significantly sicker than the other animals, though all recovered.
“The findings that we show are consistent with the increased risk that we saw in the human studies,” Skowronski said.”
Full article: Study finds flu shot really did make people sicker | Metro.
Evidence of GMO Harm in Pig Study
A groundbreaking new study [1] shows that pigs were harmed by the consumption of feed containing genetically modified (GM) crops.
Full article here: Evidence of GMO Harm in Pig Study.
Scientists’ dire warning: GM salmon will breed with trout and permanently harm the ecosystem
Scientists’ dire warning: GM salmon will breed with trout and permanently harm the ecosystem
Full article here: Scientists’ dire warning: GM salmon will breed with trout and permanently harm the ecosystem.
Monsanto’s Worst Nightmare – Amaranth Plants Are Resisting Monsanto’s Glyphosate – Underground Health
On July 25, 2005, the Guardian published an article by Paul Brown, who revealed that the modified genes were passed to the natural plants, creating a seed resistant to herbicides.
It was is confirmed by experts at CEH (center for ecology and hydrology), and the finding contradicting claims of Monsanto and pro-GM scientists who always claimed that hybridization between a genetically modified plant, and natural plant was impossible.
“The epicenter of glyphosate-resistant Palmer pigweed is Macon County, Ga. That site is now 70 percent to 80 percent resistant and over 10,000 acres were abandoned in 2007,” said Bob Nichols with Cotton Incorporated.
Palmer amaranth is suspected to be resistant on 300,000 acres in 20 counties in Georgia; 130,000 acres in nine counties in South Carolina; 200,000 acres in 22 counties in North Carolina.
Resistant weeds to Roundup ready are making rethink their strategies and forcing them to go back to being weed managers.
“It only takes one successful crossing over millions of possibilities. Once it is created, the new plant has a huge selective advantage and multiplies rapidly. The powerful herbicide used here, based on glyphosate and ammonium exerted on plants enormous pressure which further increased the speed of adaptation,” said British geneticist Brian Johnson, specializing in issues related to agriculture.
Full article here: Monsanto’s Worst Nightmare – Amaranth Plants Are Resisting Monsanto’s Glyphosate – Underground Health.
May 24th, 2013USDA violates the Organic Foods Production ActDraft rule on carrageenan, cellulose and “inert” synthetics in pesticides disregards decisions by the National Organic Standards BoardComment before Monday, June 3, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. ETPolitical corruption and power grabs usually happen behind closed doors. The Cornucopia Institute has consistently called for more transparency at the USDA’s National Organic Program, but quite frankly, this power grab, in broad daylight, is unexpected.The National Organic Standards Board NOSB, the citizen panel charged by Congress to determine which synthetics are allowed in organic food production, voted to prohibit the use of carrageenan in organic infant formula, to prohibit the use of synthetic microcrystalline cellulose as a food ingredient, and set a deadline for reviewing synthetic and potentially harmful ingredients in previously approved pesticide formulations.Organic_Watchdog_buttonBy law, the USDA cannot allow a synthetic material in organics unless it has been approved by the NOSB. But the agency seems completely uninterested in following the law governing organics, the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. The USDA’s proposed rule, released on May 3, disregards the NOSB’s decisions entirely on these three important topics.Please send a comment to the USDA—let them know that they are acting outside their legal authority and that we will not stand by quietly while they protect corporate interests rather than the health of consumers and the environment.INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING COMMENTTo submit your comment electronically:http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=AMS-NOP-11-0003-0029Docket Number: AMS—NOP—11—0003For the required field “Organization Name,” please enter “Citizen.”The deadline for submitting comments is Monday, June 3.
Link to full article: Unbelievable! USDA Power Grab Should Not Go Unchallenged | Cornucopia Institute.
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