The Huffington Post
The Food and Drug Administration, under public pressure to start testing samples of U.S. food for the presence of a pesticide that has been linked to cancer, has some early findings that are not so sweet. Story here.
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Agrochemical Giant Bayer Just Announced it’s Merging With The Most Hated Company on the Planet: Monsanto. PLEASE DONATE!
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These two companies joining into one mega-corporation is truly the stuff of nightmares. DONATE HERE.
Ontario Environment Officials Concerned That Clear-Cut Logging Releases Mercury. (They Allowed it Anyway!)
Another example of clearcutting. This one in B.C. Wikimedia Commons.
A new scientific report says adding more mercury to the area near Grassy Narrows First Nation is “irresponsible” and “shameless” Story here.
Disposable Planet
by George Monbiot
Wikimedia Commons photo.
Consumerism occupies a sacred and inviolable space, while the wonders of the living world are dispensable. Story here.
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