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Japanese Regularly Eating Food Containing Radio Nuclides Such As Cesium
By Richard Wilcox PhD Exclusiive to Rense.com 3-8-12 “Nuclear power? We don’t have a hope. These people are so far off the track they should be classified as stark raving lunatics. The population is not out on the street demanding the removal of all the lunatics? They must all be lunatics too (1).” - Tony Boys, nuclear crisis archive: http://candobetter.net/node/2603 Damnably unstable atoms have
The religious right and their traditional family of lies
From the Texas Patriots' Tea Party web site. No, of course they aren't promoting a theocracy. The phrase “traditional family values” is the sheep’s clothing of the religious right, their thinly veiled attempt to disguise their aim to remake America into a fundamentalist theocracy in which their religious beliefs and preferences are encoded into law. Which raises a few questions. The religious rig
Politics and the party of god
In my formative years, the struggle between the Democratic and Republican parties was in essence that between a Democratic party wishing a more active role for government (whether on issues like civil rights, in social programs or in even in the common pursuit of scientific or other goals – see NASA and Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon “before this decade is out”) and a Republican party
Somebody’s taking liberties, and it isn’t Obama
If Obama is re-elected, your liberty is at risk. That’s the recurring electoral mantra of the right. He’s got plans both overt and covert to turn America into some kind of Marxist state where Washington will make all your decisions for you. And, as too often is the case come election time, the ass that brays the loudest and the longest on any issue ends up owning it. Vast swaths of this nation now
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Japanese Regularly Eating Food Containing Radio Nuclides Such As Cesium
By Richard Wilcox PhD Exclusiive to Rense.com 3-8-12 “Nuclear power? We don’t have a hope. These people are so far off the track they should be classified as stark raving lunatics. The population is not out on the street demanding the removal of all the lunatics? They must all be lunatics too (1).” - Tony Boys, nuclear crisis archive: http://candobetter.net/node/2603 Damnably unstable atoms have
The religious right and their traditional family of lies
From the Texas Patriots' Tea Party web site. No, of course they aren't promoting a theocracy. The phrase “traditional family values” is the sheep’s clothing of the religious right, their thinly veiled attempt to disguise their aim to remake America into a fundamentalist theocracy in which their religious beliefs and preferences are encoded into law. Which raises a few questions. The religious rig
Politics and the party of god
In my formative years, the struggle between the Democratic and Republican parties was in essence that between a Democratic party wishing a more active role for government (whether on issues like civil rights, in social programs or in even in the common pursuit of scientific or other goals – see NASA and Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon “before this decade is out”) and a Republican party
Somebody’s taking liberties, and it isn’t Obama
If Obama is re-elected, your liberty is at risk. That’s the recurring electoral mantra of the right. He’s got plans both overt and covert to turn America into some kind of Marxist state where Washington will make all your decisions for you. And, as too often is the case come election time, the ass that brays the loudest and the longest on any issue ends up owning it. Vast swaths of this nation now
“Guerrilla Grafters” Seek to Bear Fruit on Streets of San Francisco
Food Vigilantes Take on City Prohibition on Sidewalk Fruit Trees
Interview 479 – The International Forecaster with Bob Chapman
This week on The International Forecaster with Bob Chapman, we cover: the Euro collapse and the New World Order; the hype and reality surrounding Kony 2012; and the implications of the Stratfor leak.
Food World Order: Episode012 – Monsanto, Lorax, Bird Flu
audio/notes: http://ur1.ca/8m5bl On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Monsanto, the Lorax, bird flu and more… Thanks to Morgan Lesko of WikiWorldOrder.org for hosting this video on his YouTube channel.
Interview 478 – Bill Conroy on Fast and Furious
Bill Conroy of narconews.com joins us to discuss the various gun-walking programs that have been employed by the ATF to allow guns to be shipped into the hands of the Mexican drug cartels, from the Bush-era Wide Receiver program to the Obama-era Fast and Furious program. We talk about new reports that US troops are being deployed on the border to deal with the increasingly deadly drug gangs, and w
Rally Against Nuclear Power in Osaka, Japan
James Corbett of corbettreport.com reports live from the rally against nuclear power in Osaka, Japan in commemoration of the first anniversary of the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. For more information on Fukushima and nuclear power in Japan, please visit FukushimaUpdate.com
Episode 221 – Reclaiming Skepticism
Skeptics are those who advocate taking a provisional approach to all claims and carefully evaluating all the evidence before coming to a conclusion. In other words, the very process that The Corbett Report is engaged in every week, right? Well, not according to the self-professed “skeptics,” many of whom are content to skewer others for their logical fallacies yet frequently deploy logical fallaci
98 Advertisers Pull Ads from Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh
Saturday, March 10, 2012 Politicususa By: Jason Easley The toxic environment that right wing talk radio has created is now destroying it as Premiere Networks is circulating a list of 98 advertisers who don’t want their ads to appear on Hannity, Beck, or Limbaugh. Taylor on Radio-Info had this note that Premiere Networks is circulating: To all Traffic Managers: The information below applies to yo
Gas Prices: Obama Strikes Back At GOP Critics On Fuel Costs
By ANNE GEARAN 03/10/12 06:03 AM ET WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is hitting back at Republican criticism of his energy policies and his role in controlling gasoline prices. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to underscore his administration’s work to develop alternative energy sources and increase fuel efficiency. “I’m going to keep doing everything I can to help y
Sarah Palin Says President Obama Wants America To Go Back To The Way It Was Before The Civil War
March 9, 2012 Addicting Info- By Stephen D. Foster Jr. During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, Sarah Palin told Sean Hannity that President Obama wants America to be as it is was before the Civil War. This comment was part of an overall conservation about the not-so controversial “secret” Breitbart tape of a college age President Obama introducing Professor Derek Bell at a Harvard rally.
Tom Hanks Narrates Pro-Obama Film, Trailer Released
The Huffington Post | By Sam Stein Posted: 03/ 8/2012 8:50 am Updated: 03/ 8/2012 12:10 pm The Obama campaign on Thursday morning released the trailer for the 17-minute-long infomercial/biopic that it will unveil later this month. The trailer doesn’t reveal much, save that the film — directed by Davis Guggenheim of “An Inconvenient Truth” fame — is narrated by Tom Hanks and features a wide cast
Obama to Romney: Make Your Case For War With Iran Or Quit Talking About It
March 07, 2012 05:00 PM Crooks and Liars- By karoli Mitt Romney’s pathetic efforts to stain the President’s track record when it comes to foreign policy ring hollow and are actually dangerous, or could be. During his news conference yesterday, President Obama addressed Mitt Romney’s irresponsible comments about war with Iran in recent days. Here’s a sample: “Yet, the current administration has pro
“Canada”Trouble in Toryland: their Dirty Tricks catalogue Part Two
The other page was getting to long. I did try to keep it all there, but there is just too much information. So I decided to make a part two and at the rate things are going I my need a part three or” four”. So if you haven’t read Part 1 You should go through it first. Part 1 also has the information on how to lodge a complaint. “Canada”Trouble in Toryland: their Dirty Tricks catalogue Part 1 This
“Will Wade make it this time?” by Nkwazi Mhango
Some people are lucky, others are not. Senegalese strong man, Abdulaye Wade is among the luckiest old men even though he behaves like an adolescent. Had it been not for divided and ever-greedy opposition, Wade would have been history now. Voters gave him a very heavy blow in the first round. He secured a leading of 34.8%, ahead of his former protégé and PM, Macky Sall who garnered 26.5%. Other fo
The Negro Pseudo-intellectual and Social Media Activism
“That Kony2012 video is one of the most effective pro-imperialism, pro-militarism pieces of propaganda ever produced.” Anson Asaka “It’s a sad commentary on affairs when white people are the ones constantly and consistently advocating for the safety and security of African children and all “Negroes” can do is criticize their efforts. Instead of having and sprouting pseudo-intellectual and hyper-m
Byts and Bytes
Blogtalkradio: The Promotion of Homosexuality in Africa Farm life of African family in Russia is “beyond bad dream” The Great African Scandal Kiva: Loans that change lives
obaidul karim | Network Marketer
Obaidul Karim Orion Group obaidul karim managing director of Orion Laboratories, and Abdur Rauf, chief executive officer of ICML, signed a deal on behalf of their respective organisations on Monday.orion Laboratories will collect the money from the general investors to set up a pharmaceutical plant and a power plant.This new factory will be the biggest in the pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh
Facts About Ritalin and Where to Buy
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders are commonly treated with drugs. Most commonly prescription drugs are used to treat these disorders. Methylphenidate is used as a psycho-stimulant drug that has been shown to help with ADHD and other hyperactivity disorders. You can now buy ritalin (methylphenidate) online for a lot less than what it costs at your local drug store. You may also not nee
Appin Security Certification, IT Security & Ethical Hacking
APPIN Technology a group of APPIN Research Labs, USA Appin Security Courses:From the pioneers in Niche technology : Front Runner Programs -Duration 6 months IT Security & Ethical Hacking Embedded Technologies Application Programming Nanotechnology Robotics Appin Security Course Details 1. Covers Niche ? Technology 2. Over one million jobs available in these technologies in next 3 years worldwi
Say Khieng Ang – Interpersonal relationship – Cambodia
In recent years, Say Khieng Ang ,Cambodia has opened its doors for foreigninvestors. Recognizing the potential of export markets for Cambodia’s economicgrowth; we set the objective to be a reliable partner for exporters/importerswho want their cargo moved fast and at lower costs. In light of this, the need for comprehensivetrade processing zone becomes more and more visible. ASK&am
n Invisible Children guidebook
Blissfully, I live outside the universe of viral videos, so I only heard about the Invisible Children video about Joseph Kony and the Lords Resistance Army indirectly. I admit that I am late to the story, but I will share my responses: First, if Americans really care that much about gruesome, militaristic violence, they should confront the brutalities inflicted upon others around the world by its
Free Fire Zone Afghanistan
UPDATE: Publicly, at least, the Pentagon has already figured it out: A similar line came from the Pentagon, where a spokesman described the killings as a deplorable but isolated incident and said that the indications were that they were perpetrated by a single individual acting on his own.Of course, there are a lot of important questions to ask. Did the perpetrator tell anyone else in the unit of
Free Fire Zone Afghanistan
UPDATE 2: Afghan witnesses say that multiple soldiers were involved.UPDATE 1: Laura King of the Los Angeles Times seeks to downplay the killings: Civilian casualties -- almost always accidentally inflicted when they come at the hands of the Western military -- have long been a sore point in the West’s dealings with Karzai.Apparently, she hasn't read the reports that the US acknowledges a 50% error
An #M5 Occupy Education Report
UPDATE 4: In relation to my post last Thursday, I haven't been able to find any posts or dairies at firedoglake about the Occupy Education actions that took place in California and New York yesterday. The total number of occupiers arrested in Sacramento yesterday was 76.UPDATE 3: 72 arrests reported at the state capital last night after the capital building closed at 6pm. Prior the arrests, stude
Defection Rumors Rife; Annan Diplomacy Founders
The big rumor today is that Mustapha and Firas Tlass fled Syria and are in Paris. Mustapha Tlass is ex-Defense Minister. His son is a major businessman and his second son, Manaf, is a current top officer in the Syrian Army, born in 1964. Both Tlass and opposition members in Paris reject these allegations, claiming, “Syrian regime stalwart and former defence minister Mustafa Tlass has arrived in P
Syrian Pound at 90 per Dollar as Government Intervenes
The Central Bank has managed to bring the Syrian pound back down into a manageable trading range. It had plunged to an exchange rate over 100 pounds to a dollar. It is now below 100 to a dollar. How did it do this? Reports are that the central bank sold only 2 million dollars. Yes, only 2 million dollars in order to calm the market. One friend reported paying 113 pounds for a dollar in Aleppo on W
Sunni Deputy Minister Defects; Panetta Pushes back against US Involvement
Syrian deputy oil minister Abdo Hussameddin announced his resignation from the Syrian government in a YouTube video, becoming the highest-ranking civilian official to join the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Hussameddin had worked for the Syrian government for 33 years, and had served as deputy oil minister since August 2009. “I am joining the revolution of the people who reject injustic
“Syria’s Currency Plunges, Raising Fears of Economic Chaos and Poverty,” by Joshua Landis
The exchange rate of the Syrian Pound has reportedly plunged to the 103 range against the dollar at mid-day Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 in Damascus. This is a loss of over 50% since the beginning of the uprising. Over the last month, the pound has begun to weaken significantly which has received little attention. The 100 mark is an important psychological barrier. Syrian businessmen are taking larg
White Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Killing Father, Stepmother in West Coast Rampage
A white supremacist pleaded guilty today to killing his father and stepmother last fall before embarking on what an Oregon sheriff called a “vicious, wild reign of terror” that ended after two more people were killed. The guilty pleas from 31-year-old David “Joey” Pedersen came in Everett, Wash., after Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe said he [...]
Ousted Bronx Principal Asks Racists to Support his Libel Suit
Frank Borzellieri is making a “desperate appeal” to supporters of the academic racist group American Renaissance to back his legal defense fund. Borzellieri was fired last August from his post as principal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in the Bronx after his connection to American Renaissance and his racist views were made public [...]
New SPLC Report: ‘Patriot’ Movement Explodes
The number of antigovernment “Patriot” groups grew at an astounding pace last year, as it has in all three years of the Obama presidency, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual count of extremist groups, released today. The number of these groups rose from 824 in 2010 to 1,274 last year. This dramatic expansion [...]
Nativist Lawyer Kris Kobach Plays Dumb About His Employer’s Racism
Anti-immigrant law drafter extraordinaire Kris Kobach continues to play dumb about the racist organization bankrolling his efforts, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), and its founder John Tanton. In a piece published by Salon yesterday, Kobach, who is also the Kansas secretary of state, was quoted claiming that he is “not familiar with [Tanton’s] [...]
A reappraisal of the Power of Nightmares.
Not to keep banging on about Adam Curtis or anything, but it's about time that the Power of Nightmares was reappraised. Broadcast on BBC2 in 2004, it was broadly welcomed (as his films in general are) on the left and criticised by the right. As set out in his introduction to the first film, his thesis was that the threat posed by al-Qaida had been massively exaggerated by both politicians and th
Richard Trumka’s Declaration of Independence
Unions in the AFL-CIO will be making plans for this tough election year as the labor federation's executive council meets in Orlando, Fla., this week, when it is expected to endorse President Obama for re-election. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka discussed some of the political challenges facing unions in a late January interview with In These Times. Here is an edited version: David Moberg: You'
Out of Order Comes Chaos
CHICAGO -- In January, the Chicago Crime Commission released its 2012 Gang Book to much fanfare. Its findings -- that most residents of the city "live and work within feet of a gang's operations," and that there are more than 70 gangs with as many as 150,000 members -- were faithfully repeated by Chicago media outlets. The president of the commission, former Chicago police superintendent Jody Weis
There Will Be Paranoia
Lengthy screeds featuring the dangers and hypocrisy of the New Right are common fare in progressive publications. Although I tend to agree with the screeds, I find them tiresome and sometimes counterproductive. By bestowing so much attention on the haters who have formed the Tea Party movement and largely co-opted the Republican Party, the authors of the screeds flatter those who would oppress t
A Welcome Return to Basic Standards
During his long career as the most famous talk radio host in modern history, Rush Limbaugh has only rarely apologized for his rhetoric--so when he does, it's worth pondering the contrition's deeper meaning. Was his apology last week for calling a Georgetown University student a "slut" just a shrewd move to undercut a potential defamation lawsuit? Was it a frightened response to an intensifying bac
What Rush Has Wrought
On February 29, Rush Limbaugh said something sexist, and feminists were outraged. This time, unlike the last few thousand times this has happened, he actually paid a price for it. Limbaugh's comments about Sandra Fluke have been endlessly cycled and recycled throughout the Internet: He called her a "slut" and a "prostitute," alleged that she was "having so much sex she can't afford her own birth
The Second Coming of El Papa to Cuba
On March 26, Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Cuba for a two-day whirlwind of religious ceremonies and meetings with the Castro brothers and other political leaders. Fourteen years will have elapsed since John Paul II became the first pope to visit the country in 1998. Yet Benedict's visit will have a very different meaning than John Paul's. Then, the Cuban Catholic hierarchy was in the initial st
Afghanistan: Mainstream Media Awakes
This morning Sam Kiley, Sky News’ security correspondent, stated bluntly that the large bulk of Afghan heroin and opium production is controlled by members of the Karzai government. That is a simple truth, and I have been publishing it repeatedly on this blog for the last six years, but it runs absolutely contrary to what has been an extraordinary and monolithic mainstream media narrative. The
Berlin Conference
This speech in Berlin was to an interesting conference on freedom of expression at the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy. It proved useful in forcing me to pull together an overview of my current thoughts on events of the last year or so. You can find video of other speakers here.
Nigeria
I was going to entitle this blog post “The Trouble With Nigeria”, but that would require a book not a blog. Probably several volumes. I spent four years of my life in Nigeria, and one reason I seldom blog about it is that I do not wish to upset my many Nigerian friends, who tend to find my views unpalatable (and it is their country, not mine). It is only in recent years that I have come to the vi
NHS Privatisation
An excellent posting here on the “lawmakers” who stand to make money out of turning over the NHS to private profit. Is it fair to call this privatisation? The NHS will continue to be funded by taxpayers, but the primary motivation of those supplying the medical services will no longer be care or public service but private shareholder or partner profit, and the percentage of the taxpayers’ money
Investigation following new evidence against APP
Jakarta, Indonesia - In the space of a week the National Geographic Society (NGS) has publicly broken ties with Asian Pulp and Paper (APP) and the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) has called for an investigation after a Greenpeace report revealed the company was illegally logging protected tree species. WWF recently revealed that APP claims that its operations were indep
Poland’s coal addiction chokes EU climate policy
Brussels - Earlier today Poland blocked the Environment Council from recognising a Commission analysis indicating the necessary low-cost milestones for achieving the already-agreed level of 80% greenhouse gas reductions in 2050. If passed it would have supported rescuing the ailing emissions trading system. Jason Anderson, Head of EU climate policy at WWF said: “This is the time for European l
WWF proposes China-Africa cooperation for green economy
Beijing – Africa and China can work together towards the common goal of sustainable development, says WWF, the global conservation organization. The upcoming China-Africa Ministerial Conference, in July 2012, presents a key opportunity to make China’s trade and capital flows a driving force for global footprint reduction and green growth in Africa a possible future. Ahead of the Conference, WWF
International Women’S Day Feature
Sabita’s Journey with WWF-Nepal Sabita Malla, 27 years of age, is WWF-Nepal’s Senior Research Officer. With a Master’s Degree in Wildlife Sciences from Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, Sabita has made significant strides as a young female conservationist. Her professional career started with WWF-Nepal in 2010 as Research Officer for the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) Program; she was promoted
The Gift of Giving
Readers beware: The next two posts are ridden with conflicts of interest. Policy entrepreneurship to reduce nuclear dangers would dry up without foundations. National leaders and bureaucracies are too consumed by their daily calendars to serve as their own think tanks. Instead, they borrow, embrace, implement or oppose initiatives that come from outside their ranks. It’s hard to think of a bi
Tuppenny Trident?
In case you haven’t been watching, some very interesting fissures are now evident in the support for an independent British nuclear deterrent. This is going to be very interesting. There are two factors at play — the looming UK budget crisis and the possibility of an independent Scotland. Together, these two factors may achieve something very interesting: an NPT nuclear weapons-state undergoing
Upcoming Interstellar Sessions
It’s shaping up to be an interesting week. I want to get to the recent Kepler data release, and also to the antimatter news from CERN, and I also want to talk about everything from decelerating an interstellar craft to models of expansion into the galaxy a la Frank Tipler. [And thanks to Centauri Dreams reader Eric Goldstein for reminding me of the upcoming WISE data release on the 14th!]. For tod
Science Fiction and the Probe
Physicist Al Jackson, who is the world’s greatest dinner companion, holds that title because amongst his scientific accomplishments, he is also a fountainhead of information about science fiction. No matter which writer you bring up, he knows something you never heard of that illuminates that writer’s work. So it was no surprise that when the subject of self-replicating probes came up in these pag
Intelligent Probes: The Spread-Spectrum Challenge
Let’s imagine for a moment that John Mathews (Pennsylvania State University) is right in theorizing that space-faring civilizations will use self-reproducing probes to expand into the galaxy. We’ve been kicking the issues around most of this week, but the SETI question continues to hang in the background. For if there really are extraterrestrial civilizations in the nearby galaxy, how would we tra
SETI and Self-Reproducing Probes
It was back in the 1980s when Robert Freitas came up with a self-reproducing probe concept based on the British Interplanetary Society’s Project Daedalus, but extending it in completely new directions. Like Daedalus, Freitas’ REPRO probe would be fusion-based and would mine the atmosphere of Jupiter to acquire the necessary helium-3. Unlike Daedalus, REPRO would devote half its payload to what Fre
Getting reality in your TV: characterization, continuity, and competence
by Doctor Science It recently occurred to me that one reason people like unscripted "reality" TV so much is because it does two of the basic storytelling jobs better than scripted TV: Characterization and continuity. Velázquez' painting of the Spanish court shows unheroic people who aren't particulary intelligent, beautiful, or brave -- but they certainly seem real. When fanfiction writers are
lèse majesté
by liberal japonicus In Thailand recently, there has been a lèse majesté case that has attracted attention in that it was against a high school student. The Grauniad has a summary at this link. We've got some folks here who are a lot more familiar with this part of the world, so I'll leave it to you to read about it rather than summarize it and screw it up, but this link puts a face to th
your lagniappe Friday open thread
by liberal japonicus Lagniappe is a fun word from New Orleans, which originally meant something that the merchant would throw in as an extra. Mark Twain says in the New Orleans chapter of Life on the Mississippi that We picked up one excellent word -- a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word -- "lagniappe." They pronounce it lanny-yap. It is
Is not teaching about rape pedagogical malpractice?
by Doctor Science Khiara Bridges teaches Criminal Law at Boston University. She says:This week, I began teaching the unit on sexual assault to my Criminal Law class. I – untenured, female, and in my second year of teaching – walked into my classroom and wrote “carnal knowledge of a woman forcibly and against her will” on the chalkboard, thus beginning a two week exploration of the law of rape. Am
Bits and Pieces - March 10, 2012
Seeds from plants that survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb will be planted in the Irkutsk University Botanical Garden. Keep us posted on their progress, Viktor Kuzevanov!I'm wondering, as does Frank Munger, whether these atom-bomb shelters were intended for short-term use only. I was in the Silmet plant's shelter in Estonia, and it was quite spacious, with rollaway cots, ventilators that could be h
Bits and Pieces - International Women's Day Edition
We don't make much of International Women's Day here in America, and from the last barrage of invective, legislation intended to humiliate women, and defunding of women's health services, it's easy to see why. Maybe when we all give up our shoes and independent voices and don the veil, our men will deign to celebrate our proper behavior.Which is unfair to those men who haven't joined the Republica
China puts the brakes on GE rice
A raging public controversy over genetically engineered (GE) rice in China captured media attention in recent months, and has culminated in a surprising win. A few weeks ago, the country’s State Council released a new Draft Food Law1 that, if passed, would protect the genetic resources of China’s food crops and restrict the application of GE technology in its main food crops. This is significa
GMO labeling momentum builds
The call for labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods continues to grow louder. The Just Label It campaign — with more than 500 partner organizations — is well on its way to collecting one million comments urging the Food and Drug Adminstration to mandate GE (or GMO) labeling. Members of Congress are joining the groundswell of concerned citizens by signing onto a bicameral letter to FDA s
French scientists say fewer pesticides needed
A new study by French scientists demonstrates that pesticide use can be dramatically reduced — maybe even by half — without impacting crop yields or farm income. And the French government is acting on the findings, pledging to cut chemical inputs in the country's agricultural fields in half by 2018. Why not, if it means spending less while maintaining yields and reducing risks of exposure
Connecticut's 'pesticide-free schools' under attack
In 2005, Connecticut passed a landmark law prohibiting the use of hazardous pesticides in schools. And ever since, the state has been successfully ensuring that children are exposed to fewer chemicals where they learn, play and grow. Now this historic program is under attack.
A proposed state law — supported by the pesticide industry — would reverse Connecticut’s strong stance on keeping sch
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