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Four out of Five Samples of Walmart Pork Contained Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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Last updated on: December 23, 2019

In a recent report released by World Animal Protection (WAP) entitled U.S. Pork and the Superbug Crises, 80 percent of the samples tested from Walmart Stores in the Mid-Atlantic region contained bacteria resistant to at least one antibiotic. On the… [read]

Bayer See an Increase in Lawsuits After Glyphosate Verdicts

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Last updated on: November 13, 2019

The numbers are in! Lawsuits against the world’s most popular herbicide, Round-up, have increased dramatically from 18,400 cases in July to 42,000 cases in October. German company Bayer AG purchased agricultural behemoth Monsanto in June of 2018, and since then… [read]

Neonicotinoids are Harming the Birds and the Bees

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Last updated on: October 7, 2019

Neonicotinoids, a class of pesticide linked to the decline of bee populations worldwide, have also been linked to declining bird populations. Researchers from the University of Saskeccthwan exposed a population of migrating white-crowned sparrows to imidacloprid (a neonicotinoid manufactured by… [read]

How Many Acres of Hemp Would Stop Global Warming? – Thought Experiment

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Last updated on: July 30, 2019

I got curious about carbon sequestration and did some math. According to my sources, we have about 770,000,000,000 (770 billion) tons of excess carbon dioxide that we need to remove from our atmosphere. One ton of carbon equals 3.67 tons… [read]

EPA Refuses To Ban Chlorpyrifos – Linked To Neurological Problems With Children

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Last updated on: July 19, 2019

Due to concerns that the insecticide can harm the brain and nervous system, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned chlorpyrifos for household uses in 2000 but agricultural companies are still allowed to spray it on our food. In August of… [read]

Glyphosate Still Contaminates Organic Oats, Children’s Cereals, and Other Snack Products

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It shouldn’t be a surprise but, of course, it still needs to be reported. The kid’s cereals and other packaged marketed to children still contain alarming amounts of glyphosate, the cancer-causing ingredient in Roundup, the herbicide produced by Bayer-Monsanto. The… [read]