Two employees of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and one city employee charged in lead poisoning disaster “These charges are the only beginning and there will be more to come. That I can guarantee you,” said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. “So many things went so terribly wrong, and tragically wrong, in Flint.” –Updates Read More…
Environment
The Piss Test Heard ‘Round the World: 150 European Parliament Members to Test Urine for Glyphosate
European Union — You can call it a political move, or one of the most clinically solid ways to prove there is far too much of Monsanto’s RoundUp in the world, but this week 150 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will have their urine tested for traces of glyphosate in an effort to decommission one of Read More…
50% Of The World’s Wildlife Has Been Depleted In Just 2 Generations
The populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish have declined by 52% since 1970. Are you aware that in the last two human generations alone, over 50% of the planet’s wildlife has been killed off? According to the Living Planet 2014 Report, the populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish have declined by 52% since 1970. The Read More…
The Slow Bleed: Fukushima Five Years On
The melt down of three nuclear reactors at Fukushima in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami of 11th March 2011 seems to have quietly slipped out of our collective awareness – as quietly as the cauldrons of radioactive elements that were once within the active cores of the reactors invisibly bleed into the groundwaters Read More…
20 Million Poisoned In Bangladesh By Arsenic-Laced Water
Nepotism and neglect from the local government has led millions to suffer and die from contaminated wells. 20 million people living in rural Bangladesh are suffering from what is being called the largest mass poisoning in history. According to Human Rights Watch, a New York-based human rights group, millions are still drinking arsenic-laced water. Arsenic is an element found naturally Read More…
France Latest To Ban Glyphosate Weedkillers
(ANTIMEDIA) France — France is the latest in a growing number of countries to ban glyphosate-based weed killers for their potential risks to human health. This week, ANSES — French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety — sent manufacturers a letter of intent to withdraw its authorization for herbicides containing glyphosate with Read More…






