August 2011
15 posts
July 2011
8 posts
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"New weedkiller causing mass tree deaths in U.S."
That’s what we need - more killer chemicals.Amplify’d from www.desdemonadespair.netBrooklyn, New York – Unruly herbicides are making headlines again: A couple weeks ago, it was the fact that the world’s top-selling weedkiller was causing birth defects. This time, it looks like the brand new herbicide Imprelis, manufactured by the chemical giant DuPont and okayed for use by the EPA, is...
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"How Conflict Minerals Work"
Primer to learn how the consumer feeds the violence.Amplify’d from money.howstuffworks.comIt’s not unusual to see early adopters line up for hours to get their hands on the latest technological gizmo. Our love of electronics sometimes borders on obsession. We have them in our cars, our homes, our schools and our offices. We use electronics to communicate, to work and to have fun. The shift...
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"Book review: Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs...
More signs of the insanity of civilization.Amplify’d from www.naturalnews.comWithin the pages, Bigelsen tackles the challenging question of why modern medicine is accepting of so many detrimental procedures, and how it has started to focus on symptoms instead of the big picture of illness. With less respect for the body in each passing year, Bigelsen approaches the topic of how the medical...
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"'Magic mushrooms' create positive mental and...
It’s the reason for the war on drugs. You might see the truth.Amplify’d from www.naturalnews.com(NaturalNews) Taking just the right amount of a substance found in “magic mushrooms” can help to positively improve attitude, mood, behavior, and happiness levels, according to new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Psychopharmacology. Researchers from Johns Hopkins...
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"High fructose corn syrup contaminated with...
Amplify’d from www.naturalnews.com(NaturalNews) High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is used as a sweetener in thousands of mainstream packaged foods sold in the United States and around the world, from bread to soda and even breakfast cereal. It has been blamed for increasing the number of empty calories in the U.S. diet, and researchers have linked it to type-2 diabetes and obesity. Beyond the link...
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"City living and urban upbringing affect neural...
Get out! Get out now while you can!Amplify’d from www.nature.comMore than half of the world’s population now lives in cities, making the creation of a healthy urban environment a major policy priority1. Cities have both health risks and benefits1, but mental health is negatively affected: mood and anxiety disorders are more prevalent in city dwellers2 and the incidence of schizophrenia is...
