How does Aspirin work its miracles?
09/26/2015How does Aspirin work its miracles? A recent study led by researchers at the Cornell University-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) in collaboration with colleagues at Rutgers and Italyâs San Raffaele University and Research Institute, shows that aspirinâs main breakdown product, salicylic acid, blocks the protein, HMGB1, which could explain many of the drugâs therapeutic properties. […]
Pesticide use leads to endocrine disrupters in French lettuce
09/26/2015Pesticide use leads to endocrine disrupters in French lettuce An investigation has found that the majority of French lettuce contains traces of hormone disrupting chemicals, some of which are banned. Journal de l Environnement reports. The French NGO Générations Futures released the results of an inquiry into chemical contamination in food products on Tuesday (22 September). After examining […]
Horse Owners Can Manage Flies with Wasps
09/26/2015Horse Owners Can Manage Flies with Wasps Horses need help when it comes to insect pests like flies. But, unfortunately, horse owners are in the dark about how best to manage flies because research just hasn’t been done, according to a new overview of equine fly management in the latest issue of the Journal of Integrated […]
El Niño’s role in Pacific Ocean sea level rise
09/26/2015El Niño’s role in Pacific Ocean sea level rise Many tropical Pacific island nations are struggling to adapt to gradual sea level rise stemming from warming oceans and melting ice caps. Now they may also see much more frequent extreme interannual sea level swings. The culprit is a projected behavioral change of the El Niño […]
bison harrassed!
ORGANIC BEETS AND CHARD UNDER THREAT OF CONTAMINATION
USDA GRANTS ‘UNREGULATED’ STATUS TO GMO BEET LANDMARK LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST USDA USDA has approved unlimited use of Monsanto’s sugar beet genetically engineered to withstand heavy application of Monsanto’s own brand of herbicide the Roundup. Sugar beets are pollinated by wind, and biotech crops pollen will inevitably spread and contaminate conventional sugar beets, as well […]
you’ve heard this one…
in summer 2003, 15,000 people died in france, victims of an unprecedented heat wave… in september 2005, a russian ship sailed from st. petersberg to the north pole without an ice breaker… by 2030, much of bangladesh may be permanently under water… now, scientists are telling us that a warmer ocean may greatly increase the […]
help spread the word 2 help buddhist monks!
Graffiti artists can now go to saffronrevolutionworldwide.blogspot.com for stencil images portraying Buddhist monks – to be cut out, held against a wall, and spray-painted, resulting in a picture of two monks walking – similar to internationally acclaimed graffiti artist Bansky’s urban icons. “You can help make this image appear all over the world, reminding people […]
illegal logging + species endangerment b4 congress!
alert: illegal logging + species endangerment in Peru pending in U.S. Congress Congress is poised to pass a trade agreement that would sanction the destruction of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest –and with it the jaguars and other wildlife that live there The cause of the destruction: rampant, illegal logging of mahogany, an endangered tree species. […]
tell KFC to stop trashing the amazon
alert! KFC have refused to agree to, or even comment on, a ban on the use of soya grown in deforested areas of the Amazon. McDonald’s and other food companies have made a big commitment to help protect the Amazon by instigating a moratorium on Amazon soya, so why can’t the Colonel? The moratorium will […]