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Whoops! There Is Way More Plastic In The Ocean Than We Thought | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:35 AM EDT (FastCompany)
The trash--most of it plastic--may not be easy to see. But it is there, suspended in tiny pieces, on the surface, and below the waves. And new research indicates that the problem may even be worse than previously understood.
Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies: study - Yahoo! News Canada
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 1:22 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study. "The rates are very, very low," said Dr. Mark …
U.N. Agency: Serious Pesticide Threat in Former Soviet Union — Naharnet
Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:03 AM EDT ()
The EU and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will spend seven million euros ($9.1 million) over the next four years to help contain the risks in 12 countries in the region, spanning Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
#Anonymous Calls for the Legalization of Marijuana #OpCannibis Engaged
Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:38 PM EDT
If you're not familiar with Anonymous, they are the cyber-skilled activists who have become a global political player in the seismic social shift of the information age. The idea of legalizing hemp in all forms is as old as the laws criminalizing it; but this might …
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Lower U.S. Crop Reserves Raising Food Costs in Election Year - Bloomberg
Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:44 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
U.S. corn stockpiles are poised to be the smallest in 16 years by August and soybean reserves will be lower than the government expected, potentially accelerating food-price inflation in an election year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture may say tomorrow that corn inventories …
GMO Battle in Boulder Ends With Discontent
Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:38 PM EDT
Since 2008, the Boulder Colorado community has been divided over the issue of planting of genetically modified crops on the approximately 16,000 acres of public land. While the planting of the first GM crop -- corn -- was permitted in 2003, it was not until farmers asked for per …
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FDA Restricts Certain Antibiotics In Animals
Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:24 PM EDT
In the waning days of 2011, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") posted a notice in the Federal Register announcing its withdrawal of a 34 year attempt to regulate routine uses of penicillin and tetracycline in animal feed. Tom Philpott over at MotherJones called out the age …
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Fake Meat America Could Love | Mother Jones
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:43 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)
Isn’t it preferable, at least some of the time, to eat plant products mixed with water that have been put through a thingamajiggy that spews out meatlike stuff, instead of eating those same plant products put into a chicken that does its biomechanical thing for the six we …
I Tried to Open a Lemonade Stand - John Stossel - Townhall Conservative Columnists - Page 1
Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:44 AM EST (townhall.com)
Want to open a business in America? It isn't easy. In Midway, Ga., a 14-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister sold lemonade from their front yard. Two police officers bought some.
Central Valley Business Times
Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:50 AM EST ()
James Wheaton, an Oakland attorney who is listed as the measure’s proponent, must collect signatures of 504,760 registered voters – the number equal to 5 percent of the total votes cast for governor in the 2010 gubernatorial election – in order to qualify it f …
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