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The AP is reporting exceedingly high levels of deadly heavy metals and toxins in the bloodstreams of whales. Roger Payne, the American scientist who headed the research with the Ocean Alliance, has been studying whales for decades. Continue reading Toxic Shocker … Extremely High Toxin Levels found in Whales on Global Level
Last night on day 57 of the BP oil disaster, we heard Obama give the speech he should have given 50 days ago. All through the first half of the speech I kept thinking, “ya, ya I’ve heard that already… Continue reading Oil Glut on World Markets … Obama Lies About Oil Resources Being Depleted!
Too many people refuse to take the impact of plastic bags, trash, and debris in the oceans seriously.
For some it is as simple as out of sight and out of mind. If they can’t see it (the destruction caused by plastic trash), it cannot possibly be an issue to grapple with. For others, the attitude they present is,”don’t bother me with facts, my mind’s made up!”
I happened across this video of a Bryde’s whale dying after having eaten plastic trash. This was confirmed after the necropsy as this brief clip shows. Continue reading BRYDE'S WHALE DIES AFTER INGESTING PLASTIC BAGS
For the record, I am officially sick and tired of politicians, issue orientated extremists of every size and shape who believe because they feel a certain why about an issue that we all must believe and act as they do.
[…] Now comes a New York politician, Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn,who introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation of using salt when they cook. Continue reading KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF MY SALT SHAKER
Last week, if you missed the story, the New York Times did a story on clothing retailer, H&M. It seems that they have been tossing out and destroying perfectly good clothes that they could not sell; cutting the fingers off of gloves, putting knives and scissors to shirts, jackets, etc. Continue reading EMBARASSED RETAILERS WILL STOP THE PRACTICE OF DESTROYING GOODS THEY CANNOT SELL
Imagine my surprise, when by happenstance I checked the ingredients on the back of the bag of one of my favorite gummi candies.
Let’s see … corn syrup, sucrose, gelatin, apple juice (that’s good, right?), natural and artificial flavor, carnauba wax. Continue reading Why Is There Carnauba Wax in My Gummi Bears?
As Kermit already knows, it’s not easy being green, particularly when you are trying to eliminate the unnecessary use of plastic from your life. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIOiwg2iHio] I’ve been writing about using less plastic in all of its forms for close to Continue reading IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN