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Mercury and Fluoride – The Dumbing Down Of A Population
Posted by smeddum on April 20, 2009
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Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus
Posted by alfied on April 18, 2009
“Accidents” will happen…..
By Helen Branswell, THE CANADIAN PRESS
The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bee losses this year at 37% in USA
Posted by seumasach on April 16, 2009
The situation can only be absolutely critical. Vaccinating for “all viruses which likely lead to CCD’ looks like the longest of long shots: the official US investigation ruled out viruses claiming only Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IVAP) as a “marker” for CCD, a claim which was subsequently brought into question itself. Does this group have new findings implicating viruses or is this just a continuation of the anything- goes- except- EM- radiation circus?
Last year massive bee deaths were consider worthy of an article in the New York Times, no less. This year’s even greater losses are being played down with some articles suggesting the problem is no longer critical. It is instructive to view the NYT article to see how, one year on, the investigation is going precisely nowhere.
The Importance Of Saving The Bees: Biotech Company Creates Bee Vaccines: Business Trends Hugh Downs
[ClickPress, Wed Apr 15 2009] The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported average American beekeepers are losing up to 37% of their hives this year. This number is up 6% from last, when it was at a still shocking 31%. While many bee-fearing people may find this a reason to be excited, the truth is one third of the American food supply could be in danger. Bee colonies are most likely being hit with colony collapse disorder (CCD) which is an unusual syndrome which hills worker bees outside the hive. It has been reported in both the U.S. and in Europe.
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Is Colony Collapse the price of E.M.F progress?
Posted by smeddum on April 14, 2009
Is Colony Collapse the Price of E.M.F. Progress?
Presentation to the Beekeepers Association, Glastonbury 9th August 2008 Mast Sanity
Mr Ferguson purchased a Georgian house in Bath. The only problem appeared to be 30 nests of bees sharing the same property. Everything was tried to rid his house of bees, but all efforts failed. Then Mr Ferguson installed a WiFi system; the bees left and never returned. (1) Read the rest of this entry »
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Doctors warn on electromagnetic radiation
Posted by seumasach on April 13, 2009
13th April, 2009
PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE Medical Appèl radiation risks from doctors: Reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields. On April 8, 50 doctors will present a call to leaders in politics and health in the Dutch government city The Hague. Based on their own experiences, they call for measures to be taken to minimize exposure to electromagnetic fields.
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Breast Cancer Fund highlights EM radiation danger
Posted by seumasach on April 12, 2009
Policy and Research Recommendations: Reduce Exposure to Radiation
Non-Ionizing Radiation (Electromagnetic Fields)
Continuous daily exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is a fact of life for everyone living in the industrialized world. EMF is a type of low-intensity non-ionizing radiation that has insufficient energy to break off electrons from their orbits around atoms and ionize (charge) the atoms. EMF includes extremely low frequency radiation (ELF-EMF) from electrical appliances and power lines and radiofrequency (RF) radiation from wireless technologies such as cell phones, cordless phones, personal data assistants, laptops, the towers and antennas that support these technologies and broadcast transmission towers.
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Russian scientist says Earth could soon face new Ice Age
Posted by seumasach on April 11, 2009
This article dates from 22nd January, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, January 22 (RIA Novosti) – Temperatures on Earth have stabilized in the past decade, and the planet should brace itself for a new Ice Age rather than global warming, a Russian scientist said in an interview with RIA Novosti Tuesday.
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ARS-developed honey bees headed to the new White House garden
Posted by seumasach on April 10, 2009
The USDA is going to great lengths to create new(genetically modified?) bees capable of resisting parasites. But the Penn State University study, in which the USDA participated, has already ruled out varroa mite and other parasites as the source of the problem known as CCD. We see then that the investigation into the greatest ecological threat we’ve ever faced seems destined to go nowhere.
10th April, 2009
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined First Lady Michelle Obama and a group of 5th graders on the South Lawn of the White House today to talk about healthy eating, the availability of locally grown fruits and vegetables, and bees.
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Advancing decadal-scale climate prediction in the North Atlantic sector
Posted by seumasach on April 10, 2009
This study looks like a timely recognition of the apparent fact that global warming is no longer taking place and temperatures are actually cooling. However, there is a problem with merely putting global warming back a decade: if the global warming theorists didn’t predict this cooling phase, in the midst of continued increase in CO2 emissions, why on earth should we believe any of their other predictions.
Nature 453, 84-88 (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/nature06921; Received 25 June 2007; Accepted 14 March 2008; Corrected 8 May 2008
N. S. Keenlyside1, M. Latif1, J. Jungclaus2, L. Kornblueh2 & E. Roeckner2
The climate of the North Atlantic region exhibits fluctuations on decadal timescales that have large societal consequences. Prominent examples include hurricane activity in the Atlantic1, and surface-temperature and rainfall variations over North America2, Europe3 and northern Africa4. Although these multidecadal variations are potentially predictable if the current state of the ocean is known5, 6, 7, the lack of subsurface ocean observations8 that constrain this state has been a limiting factor for realizing the full skill potential of such predictions9. Here we apply a simple approach—that uses only sea surface temperature (SST) observations—to partly overcome this difficulty and perform retrospective decadal predictions with a climate model. Skill is improved significantly relative to predictions made with incomplete knowledge of the ocean state10, particularly in the North Atlantic and tropical Pacific oceans. Thus these results point towards the possibility of routine decadal climate predictions. Using this method, and by considering both internal natural climate variations and projected future anthropogenic forcing, we make the following forecast: over the next decade, the current Atlantic meridional overturning circulation will weaken to its long-term mean; moreover, North Atlantic SST and European and North American surface temperatures will cool slightly, whereas tropical Pacific SST will remain almost unchanged. Our results suggest that global surface temperature may not increase over the next decade, as natural climate variations in the North Atlantic and tropical Pacific temporarily offset the projected anthropogenic warming.
- Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstra
e 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Correspondence to: N. S. Keenlyside1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to N.S.K. (Email: nkeenlyside@ifm-geomar.de.).
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‘Wi-fi in schools may give children cancer’
Posted by seumasach on April 10, 2009
“However, with regard to the need for precautions, the Health Protection Agency is intending to carry out a research project to measure the effects of radio signals from wireless networks.”
As usual our politicians fail to grasp the nature of the precautionary principle. It doesn’t mean you introduce the technology and then finally get round to looking at its effects: it means you don’t introduce trhe technology until you have shown it to be safe.“On the basis of research so far, there is no hard evidence of any ill health effects from wi-fi. The signals are very low, in fact there is more wattage coming from the battery.”It is questionable how long Dr Michael Clark will be able to continue pontificating in his capacity as scientific spokeperson at the HPA. His boss, Sir William Stewart, has noted that, due to exposure, “there may be changes, for example in cognitive function… there were some indications that there may be cancer inductions… there were some molecular biology changes within the cell and these were issues that we had to bear in mind.”So there is evidence but Clark has decided its not “hard” evidence. Stewart also believes that children “are more vulnerable to radio frequency radiation emissions than adults. ” This suggests to my untutored mind that both children and adults are vulnerable.With regard to Clark’s claims that “signals are very low, in fact there is more wattage coming from the battery”, researchers “working for the BBC’s Panorama programme found the maximum signal strength one metre from a wi-fi-enabled laptop in a classroom in Norwich was three times that measured 100 metres away from a mobile phone mast nearby” So the EM signal coming from a battery is higher than that coming from a mast. Hmmmm?
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Have Two Wet Summers Rendered the Butterfly Extinct?
Posted by seumasach on April 8, 2009
Cailean Bochanan
8th April, 2009
If any of you thought that the Great British sense of humour might be going the way of its economy(and its butterflies) here is some reassurance. The Independent, no less, has launched a “Great British Butterfly Hunt”, a heartwarming initiative to divert us from our economic travails, by hunting for butterflies, “inviting you, the readers, to join us, and to see how many you can observe for yourselves. As the different species emerge at different moments of the spring and summer, we will be offering extensive guidance on identification and on how to find them. Some may well be in your back garden or local park. Others, especially the rarities, may involve a journey – albeit to the most beautiful parts of Britain.”
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In These New Times 