Tag: Biodiversity
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The Last Ocean: Have You Heard of Toothfish?
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — The secret is getting out and THE LAST OCEAN is a documentary chronicling a team of dedicated scientists as they fight to protect the sea from international fishing fleets searching for the elusive and tasty toothfish …
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Dateline TV Producer Tested for Chemicals—What She Finds Will Shock You!
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — Hopefully, with last night’s coverage on Dateline, more people will be wary of all the chemicals we are being exposed to through our common everyday products. And they will see that the federal agency whose mission is to protect …
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Canned Dreams
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — The real story isn’t how the pork or beef or tomatoes make it into the tin can being mined by a Brazilian mother, but of the people involved with the production and how, while separated by national borders, they all seem connected in their lives …
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World Water Day: 10 Facts You Probably Don’t Know About Water … But Should
GREENPEACE EAST ASIA — We live on a wet planet, and without that water we would not be able to survive. But in places like China where I live, industries such as textile facilities are pumping a nasty cocktail of toxic chemicals into …
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Major U.S. Supermarkets to Boycott GE Salmon
FOOD & WATER WATCH — A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups launched the Campaign for Genetically Engineered-Free Seafood by announcing that several major grocery retailers representing more than 2,000 stores across the U.S. have already committed not to sell genetically engineered seafood …