Tag: China
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New Report Finds Fracking Poses Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Children
The report, Toxic and Dirty Secrets: The Truth about Fracking and Your Family’s Health, shows how chemicals related to the oil and gas industry when conducting fracking operations can pollute the air and water in communities around fracking sites and …
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Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef
As the global demand for animal protein grew more than fivefold over the second half of the twentieth century, humans began to press against the productivity constraints of the world’s rangelands and oceans. Annual beef production climbed …
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Worldwide Honey Bee Collapse: A Lesson in Ecology
We know what is killing the bees. Worldwide Bee Colony Collapse is not as big a mystery as the chemical companies claim. The systemic nature of the problem makes it complex, but not impenetrable. Scientists know that bees are dying from …
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San Onofre Is Dead and So Is Nuclear Power
As of early this year, Southern California Edison’s path to a re-start at San Onofre seemed as clear as any to be expected by a traditional atomic tyrannosaur. But with help from Sen. Boxer (D-CA) and Senator-to-be Markey (D-MA) and a powerful citizen …
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China’s Growing Hunger for Meat Leads to Copycatting U.S. Factory Farms
Hogs put on about twice as much weight as cattle per pound of feed, and chickens grow even faster. Smithfield Foods in the U.S. has become remarkably “efficient” at fattening hogs en masse; such expertise is a big attraction for China. Yet even though the U.S. has a better reputation on food safety than China,…