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Uranium City, Saskatchewan - a Legacy of Cancer

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PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: In view of the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, I've decided to "recycle" one of my old stories, below. I wrote it while working as a journalist with CBC Radio in Regina, SK in the late '80s. It chronicles years of cancer, a virtual "epidemic" among workers at the uranium mine at Uranium City, in the extreme north end of that province. If nothing else, it might provide an insight into the fact that it is not just the power plant phase of the nuclear system which is problematic. Keep in mind, given that Saskatchewan was a leading player in uranium production, the fuel rods melting down in Japan may well have been made from Saskatchewan uranium.   I even sent it to George Monbiot, hoping to help convince him to turn away from his recent and ill-advised conversion to all things nuclear. He has not responded!  ==== 1984 - by Larry Powell Please also read,  "How is Saskatchewan Involved in Ja

Save Our Lake - Nature of Things Video on Lake Winnipeg

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A mystery lurks in Lake Winnipeg. And it's  one which science is only now waking to. Watch video here. (Runs about 45 mins.)

Budget 2011 Funding for Weather and Climate Research Inadequate to Meet Canada’s Needs

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Canadian Foundation for Climate and Asmospheric Sciences (CFCAS)                                OTTAWA March 23, 2011    The Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) is deeply concerned.. .Details here. PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: We can only dream the next government will be more "science friendly! l.p.

The Collapse of Globalization

By Chris Hedges Mar 27 '11 - Truthdig The uprisings in the Middle East, the unrest that is tearing apart nations such as the Ivory Coast, the bubbling discontent in Greece, Ireland and Britain and the labor disputes in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio presage the collapse of globalization. Details here.

UN Wants Certain Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals Placed on a Trade 'Watch List'

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1 April 2011, Rome - United Nations chemical experts have recommended that two pesticides and one severely hazardous pesticide formulation - be included in... Details here. A collection depot for pesticide containers in Manitoba.

4 Fish We Should Never Eat

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Apr 1 - '11 - AlterNet - Casson Trenor Money can buy just about anything these days, especially when it comes to fish -- and that is devastating for our oceans. Details here. www.animalinformation.blogspot.com

Resource-Rich Africa Well Placed to Transition to ‘Green Economy’ – UN Official

28 March 2011 – Africa is well poised to take advantage of a host of opportunities that generate decent jobs in an environmentally sustainable way, a senior United Nations official said today. Details here.

High Food Prices Prevented Nearly 20 Million People Emerge From Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

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31 March 2011 Bangkok (UN ESCAP Information Services)     High food prices prevented 19.4 million people in the Asia-Pacific  region from climbing out of poverty last year and persisting food and oil inflation can keep up to an extra 42 million people poor in the region. Details here.

Garden As If Your Life Depended On It, Because It Does

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Alternet - Ellen LaConte Mar 30'11 There are at least five reasons why more of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening with a vengeance. Details here. Canadian organic garden

Farmers and Seed Distributors Sue Monsanto

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CBAN - Parkside, SK- March 30, 2011  Over 60 family farmers,  seed businesses and organic agricultural  organizations in Canada and the US, have  filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company  over genetically modified (GM) seed. Details here. A field of alfalfa in Idaho

BP Spill's Impact Could be Much Worse Than Expected

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Margaret Munro,  Ottawa Citizen Mar 30 VANCOUVER — The death toll from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill goes far beyond the animal corpses washing ashore, says a report that warns that whale and dolphin deaths may be 50 times higher than believed. Read more:  This explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform sparked the nightmare. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Some time back, I posted this article with some trepidation. Was it over the top? You decide! l.p.