Our Commons Future is Already Here

A stirring call to unite the environmental and global justice movement from Maude Barlow

Message from Earth: Organic Matters (Video)

Farm Workers Fight for Justice in Florida (Video)

It's Official: BPA is "Toxic" in Canada

Environmental Defence - 2010 October 13

As of Today, the 
Federal government formally adds BPA to the Toxic Substances List effective immediately

Invasion of the Shoal Lakes

Wpg. Free Press - Laura Rance - 9/10/10

Overflowing bodies of water swallow up agricultural land in Manitoba

Hungary's Sludge Recalls Ecological Horrors Lurking in Eastern Europe After Communism

By: Alison Mutler,George Jahn, The Associated Press- 11/10/2010 

BUCHAREST, Romania - Abandoned mines in...

 Photo: Zsolt Szigetvary/EPA

Accountability: Corporate Arrest in Hungarian Toxic Mud Disaster

Oct. 11, 2010 by Agence France-Presse

Hungarian police on Monday...

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NASA Study Sees Earth's Water Cycle Pulse Quickening

Freshwater is flowing into Earth's ocean in greater….

"The Water Planet." This photo,
emphasizing the Earth's oceans
is courtesy of Earth Observatory.

Argentina's "Roundup" Human Tragedy

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 9:15 AM

From:"press-release@i-sis.org.uk"

The Institute of Science in Society - Science Society Sustainability
http://www.i-sis.org.uk

This article can be found on the I-SIS website at
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/argentinasRoundupHumanTragedy.php

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ISIS Report 06/10/10

Argentina's Roundup Human Tragedy

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Ten years of GM soy and glyphosate poisoning have escalated the rates of cancer and birth defects.
Claire Robinson

GM soy a death sentence for humans and the environment

Argentina has become a giant experiment in farming genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready (RR) soy, engineered to be tolerant to Roundup, Monsanto’s formulation of the herbicide glyphosate. The Argentine government, eager to pull the country out of a deep economic recession in the 1990s, restructured its economy around GM soy grown for export, most of which goes to feed livestock in Europe. In 2009, GM soy was planted on 19 million hectares - over half of Argentina’s cultivated land - and sprayed with 200 million litres of glyphosate herbicide [1]. Spraying is often carried out from the air, causing problems of drift.

Joint Initiative Lays Out Physical Effects of Climate Change on Canada

Oct 5 '10 - Canadian Round Table on Environment and Economy

The physical effects of climate change...