Tag: Featured Living
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Petition Launched to Halt GMO Production, Pesticide Use in Hawaii
A Maui Citizens Group is asking Hawaiians to sign a petition released on Monday that would give voters the choice of whether or not to temporarily suspend the production of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Hawaii’s second-largest island, reports Reuters. [caption id="attachment_323307" align="alignnone" width="500"] In a recent poll, 54 percent of Maui County citizens said…
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America’s Favorite Meat Is Also One of Its Most Lethal Commodities
Grocery shoppers probably assume the food on display is safe to take home, but in the poultry aisle, that simple assumption could lead people directly into the emergency room. [caption id="attachment_323254" align="alignnone" width="500"] “More deaths were attributed to poultry than to any other commodity,” according to an analysis of outbreaks from 1998 through 2008 by…
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Buying a New Car? Tips to Save Money, the Environment and Your Health
Searching for a new family roadster? As the green innovations of 2014 models abound, consumers have more energy-efficient vehicles and options to choose from, which means more price flexibility and a greater selection of options. [caption id="attachment_323150" align="alignnone" width="500"] Cars that use the least amount of gas are those that don’t use any at all.…
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California Senator Introduces GMO Food Labeling Bill
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Remember California’s Proposition 37, the defunct 2012 ballot initiative that would have required genetically engineered (GE) food sold in the West Coast state to be labeled as such? [caption id="attachment_323182" align="alignnone" width="500"] California Sen. Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) has introduced Senate Bill 1381, which would require GE food…
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Factory Farms Poison Iowa’s Drinking Water to Make Spam for China
OnEarth published an investigative cover story on Monday regarding Iowa’s staggering rise of hog production over the last decade and its impact on local drinking water and surrounding communities. [caption id="attachment_323098" align="alignnone" width="500"] Hog manure goes virtually untreated before being spread onto millions of acres of cropland as fertilizer, where it then washes into nearby waterways.…