Environment

Microplastics In Tap Water and Beer Around the Great Lakes, and Everywhere Else

May 14, 2018 by Michael Edwards

A new study sampled twelve different beers in the Great Lakes area and found all to be contaminated with microplastics. Researchers also surveyed tap water from the same region and found microplastics in eight of the nine samples as well.… [read]

Travel is Worse for the Environment Than We Thought

May 14, 2018 by Kristina Martin

Thanks to climate change, the world is looking at previously accepted practices with a greater focus on sustainability and a new study finds one area that’s a bigger problem than we thought – travel. Global tourism in the year 2013… [read]

Hawaii Approves Bill Banning Sunscreen That Harm Coral Reefs

May 7, 2018 by Michael Edwards

Hawaii just became the first state to pass a bill banning the sale of sunscreen containing the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate, which scientists say harm coral reefs. The Hawaiian Coral Reef stretches for more than 2000 kilometers in the Central… [read]

Neonicotinoids Affect Hormone Production in Humans

May 4, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: May 4, 2018

Neonicotinoid pesticides are known worldwide for their negative effects on bee populations, but a new study finds that this popular agricultural chemical may also be responsible for elevated levels of a key enzyme in estrogen production. This is big and… [read]

How Farmed Fish Degrades Our Health and the Environment – Better Options Included

April 30, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: April 30, 2018

More than 1 billion people across the world rely on fish as their main source of protein. Consequently, the world’s oceans are in trouble with marine life plummeting. More than 80 percent of the world’s fisheries are either considered fully… [read]

Leather is Not a Meat Byproduct – A Hard Look At the Leather Industry

April 19, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: April 19, 2018

The mention of fur causes the majority of us to scowl a little. Most of us know how cruel, barbaric, and inhumane the fur trade is. But what about leather? It’s time to shed light on the leather industry. Leather… [read]

Dead Sperm Whale Had 64 pounds of Plastic and Other Trash In Stomach & Intestines

April 19, 2018 by Michael Edwards

A 33-foot sperm whale carcass surfaced near a lighthouse in Cabo de Palos on Spain’s southeastern coast in February. Washington Post reported that a necropsy revealed the whale had “trash bags, polypropylene sacks, ropes, net segments and a drum, among… [read]