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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.

US: big brother concerns grow – Privacy Challenges to Smart Grid

Posted by smeddum on May 28, 2009

Privacy Challenges to Smart Grid
by Susan L. Lyon – 5.27.09

What is not mentioned is how much this will increase emf radiation

Sustainableindustries
President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul U.S. infrastructure includes constructing a nationwide “smart grid” that promises to help address many of our current energy challenges. The smart grid plan offers the hope that it “will save us money, protect our power sources from blackout or attack, and deliver clean, alternative forms of energy to every corner of our nation.” While these are noble societal goals, smart grid technologies and systems as envisioned also raise concerns about individual privacy rights. Read the rest of this entry »

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US Doctors’ association calls for Moratorium on GMO Foods

Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2009

F.William Engdahl

Voltairenet.org

23rd May, 2009

In a just-released position paper on GMO foods, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) states that ‘GM foods pose a serious health risk’ and calls for a moratorium on GMO foods. Citing several animal studies, the AAEM concludes ‘there is more than a casual association between GMO foods and adverse health effects’ and that ‘GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic and genetic health.’ The report is a devastating blow to the multibillion dollar international agribusiness industry, most especially to Monsanto Corporation, the world’s leading purveyor of GMO seeds and related herbicides.

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Living with 75 tons of depleted uranium in Gaza

Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2009

Uruknet

25th May, 2009

Gaza is littered with the depleted uranium Israel uses to strengthen its warheads. Now there will be many children born with deformities and even more precious land beyond human habitation or farming.
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The Climate-Industrial Complex

Posted by seumasach on May 26, 2009

Bjorn Lomborg

Wall Street Journal

22nd May, 2009

Some business leaders are cozying up with politicians and scientists to demand swift, drastic action on global warming. This is a new twist on a very old practice: companies using public policy to line their own pockets.

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WHO and Electric Utilities:A Partnership on EMFs

Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2009

Microwave News

October 1, 2005… As members of the WHO Task Group make their way to Geneva for next week’s meeting to complete its Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) document on power-frequency EMFs, new information has emerged showing that the electric utility industry has played a major role at every stage of developing the review document. 

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Bees and the Future of Food

Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2009

Milt Bowling

emrx.org

Imagine going to the grocery store to find that a third of the products have temporarily disappeared-staples that you depend on. You could get by for a while, but what if this change was permanent? 

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Dr. George Carlo speaks in Westminter

Posted by seumasach on May 23, 2009

 

 

 

click on link below:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1901160431224023345

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Most cancer in firefighters is due to radio-frequency radiation exposure

Posted by seumasach on May 23, 2009

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Scotland the Deaf!

Posted by smeddum on May 22, 2009

By Paul Anderson
Friday 22 May 2009

There is an issue that has not fully come to the surface in Scotland: the health hazards of wind farms.
Here is wiki report that does not mention health.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Scotland

There is much in the report and everything seems, all fine and well.
There is this sentence “The siting of turbines is sometimes an issue, but surveys have shown high levels of community acceptance for wind power in Scotland.”

This may come as a shock but there are other reports that are alarming.

here.

I quote.

Residents suffer from ringing in the ears, headaches, sleeplessness, dangerously elevated blood pressure (requiring medication), heart palpitations, itching in the ears, eye watering, earaches, and pressure on the chest causing them to fight to breathe

And I am writing this just 2 days after the opening of Scotland’s biggest wind power farm http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scotland/headlines//tm_headline=salmond-opens-on-shore-wind-farm&method=full&objectid=23668332&siteid=50144-name_page.html

Then we have expert PR men or doctors in denial, or perhaps we can blame the victims for not knowing what is the matter.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/16774/

“Wind energy advocates say studies show no proof that turbines cause health problems and that residents who live near wind farms have few complaints about them. ”

Everything is well!
Not. http://www.viewsofscotland.org/library/turbines_and_health.php

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The BioInitiative Report – Biological Standards for Wireless

Posted by smeddum on May 21, 2009

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Precautionary Principle: Clamart Town Council Disconnects Orange Relay Antenna

Posted by smeddum on May 20, 2009

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5712045/

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