Tag: Health
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Victory: EU Votes to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides
BEYOND PESTICIDES — A landmark decision by the European Commission yesterday, means that bee-killing, neonicotinoid pesticides will experience a continent-wide ban in Europe …
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Corporations Win, Farmers Lose in GE Seed Deals
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK — So just what can farmers expect out of all these cross-licensing deals? Stacks upon stacks of traits that they haven’t asked for. More licensing fees. Skyrocketing seed prices. These and other disastrous consequence for farmers have been …
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You Are a Guinea Pig in the Greatest Uncontrolled Experiment Ever Launched
TOMDISPATCH — A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. We can’t escape it in our …
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Reducing Waste of Food: Key Element in Feeding Billions More People
Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin, an expert said here today. He described that often-invisible waste in food — 4 out of every 10 pounds produced in the United…
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Constructive Healing Through Soothing Environments
Studies show that gardens — both in and outside medical facilities — soothe patients. It isn’t much of a leap to see that gardens with walkways, benches and the gentle hum of falling water would have similar effects in other public facilities. However, medical research also shows that water features, especially indoors, must be properly constructed and…