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The reckless depredations of corporate power and neo-Malthusian enthusiasts within the elite threaten our environment and our very survival. EM radiation,disappearing bees and pollinators, heavy metal toxicity, GM crops and soil depletion are amongst the most immediate dangers we face.

Jumping off the Wireless Bandwagon – Wifi and You

Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2011

Joyce Nelson

Watershed Sentinel

Jan/Feb 2011

During three days of hearings on health impacts of Wi-Fi and wireless technologies, which wrapped up on Oct. 28th, 2010, Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health heard from some of the top international experts in the field, many of whom roundly criticized Health Canada’s protection of Canadians from the dangers of non-ionizing microwave radiation.

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A brief history of ice ages and warming

Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2011

Monte Hieb

Geocraft.com

5th October, 2007

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Two Arrested This Morning at Rohnert Park Protest

Posted by seumasach on January 12, 2011

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Andrew Goldsworthy on smart meters

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What Really Causes Climate Change?

Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2011

Laurence Hecht

EIR

2nd March, 2007

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Experts suspect military testing behind mass bird and fish deaths

Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2011

Terence Aym

Helium.com

It’s been said that Mankind will destroy itself. Unfortunately, during the past 100 years the human race has worked hard to make this prediction come true. Nuclear arsenals can destroy Mankind many times over. Alien biological weapons exist that can annihilate all humanity. Toxins are available that are so deadly a few drops in a city’s water supply can kill millions.

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The Met Office fries while the rest of the world freezes

Posted by seumasach on January 9, 2011

Christopher Booker

Telegraph

9th January, 2011

First it was a national joke. Then its professional failings became a national disaster. Now, the dishonesty of its attempts to fight off a barrage of criticism has become a real national scandal. I am talking yet again of that sad organisation the UK Met Office, as it now defends its bizarre record with claims as embarrassingly absurd as any which can ever have been made by highly-paid government officials.

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BBC should apologise to MPs and to Parliament

Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2011

Alistair Philips and Graham Lamburn

Powerwatch

7th January, 2011

We claim that the BBC acted in a most inappropriate and rude manner by posting on-screen comments during Mr Tom Watson’s Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons on 20th December 2010. These comments, some of which were factually incorrect, contradicted the valid concerns being expressed on behalf of the public by the two MPs. The adversarial comments were displayed to the nation while the MPs were actually speaking. We see this as blatant lobbying by a news organisation. The MPs would not have been aware of the comments. The comments have been quietly removed by the BBC from the version that is on the BBC i-player.

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Calif. County criminalizes smart-meter installations

Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2011

Citing alleged health effects from electromagnetic waves, a county in the North San Francisco Bay Area has criminalized the installation of “smart” electric meters.

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“Experts” explain falling blackbirds

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2011

“The blackbirds were flying at rooftop level instead of treetop level” to avoid explosions above, said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. “Blackbirds have poor eyesight, and they started colliding with things.”

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KPHO

4th January, 2011

New Year’s revelers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds.

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Health threat to mobile users: JNU study

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2011

The Hindu

5th January, 2011

An ongoing study on radiation from mobile towers and mobile phones at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has found that the exposure to radiation from mobile towers and mobile phones could have an adverse impact on male fertility and also pose health hazards by depleting the defence mechanism of cells.

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Its official now: Radiation from your cell phone may be killing you

Posted by seumasach on January 3, 2011

DNA India

2nd January, 2011

After many years of debate over the health hazards posed by mobile phones, a recent report finally establishes it.

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