Tag Archives: science
Persistent Organic Pollutants
What are persistent organic pollutants (POPs)? Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a group of organic, or carbon-based, chemicals that are highly toxic and persistent in the environment. They can also … Continue reading
Anthrax drug brings $334 million to Pentagon advisor’s biotech firm
Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the … Continue reading
Billion-Year-Old Water Preserved in Canadian Mine
Pockets of water trapped in rocks from a Canadian mine are over a billion years old, and the water could contain life forms that can survive independently from the sun, … Continue reading
Sexting: Researchers attempting to label teen sexual texting as ADHD or depression
by Mike Bundrant (NaturalNews) Teen sexting – when teenagers text nude photos of themselves to each other – is coming into the crosshairs of psychiatry. Soon these hormone driven youth … Continue reading
The Fats You Need for a Healthy Diet
Long before the dawn of agriculture, our ancestors spent 2.5 million years fine-tuning their metabolism and collective physiology to an opportunist’s diet that included everything from found or hunted meats … Continue reading
The Threats From Genetically Modified Foods
Glyphosate, Roundup’s active ingredient, has been linked to birth defects in birds and amphibians, as well as to cancer, endocrine disruption, damage to DNA, and reproductive and developmental damage in … Continue reading
China’s exploitation of Latin American natural resources raises concern
Amazonian forest cleared in Ecuador, a mountain levelled in Peru, the Cerrado savannah converted to soy fields in Brazil and oil fields under development in Venezuela’s Orinoco belt. These recent … Continue reading
Shale Gas in Ukraine – Turning Enthusiasm into Results
David Messina, Executive Director, Hutton Energy, noted a renewed enthusiasm for onshore hydrocarbons activity in Ukraine, which he said had not involved in exploration and production for the last 20-30 … Continue reading
Taiwan is no ‘scholarly society’
The government is always talking about how Taiwan is a “scholarly society.” With the now defunct Council for Cultural Affairs and its new incarnation, the Ministry of Culture, the government … Continue reading
ExxonMobil Oil Pipeline Spills Thousands of Barrels in Arka
The energy giant ExxonMobil continues a cleanup of thousands of barrels of crude oil following the rupturing of a pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas. The pipeline leaked for around 45 minutes, … Continue reading
