What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Microbead ban signed by President Obama – CNN.com
The wording of this article infuriates me. I mean seriously FUCK YOU CNN.
“may pose a threat to the environment?!”
“may?!!!”
They do, that why they were banned you owned by Proctor and Gamble fucktards!
Enough plastic is discarded every year to circle the globe four times. …50% of the plastic on this planet is used only once before being thrown away.
…Over the next four years, the ban will phase out the sales of plastic water bottles that hold 21 ounces or less in public spaces. A waiver is permissible if an adequate alternative water source is not available, reports GlobalFlare.
San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles | Health Nut News
Nice!
They’ll make you dream of space travel.
NASA Is Giving Away Retro Space Travel Posters for Free | The Science Explorer
I know I’ve posted some of these before who care? So awesome! Had to be posted again.
Al Gore has long been one of the highest profile climate change activists in the United States. Now he has a message for other activists to consider before casting their vote in November.
Al Gore To Climate Change Activists: Don’t Vote For A Third-Party Candidate [Video]
Ayup!
Starting at midnight tonight, rain barrels will become legal in Colorado. This means if rain falls on your roof, you can keep it.
Rain barrels are now legal in Colorado | 9news.com
Utterly obscene that it was illegal in the first place.
A forensic artist has recreated the face of a woman alive 3,700 years ago
Meet Ava, a Bronze Age Woman From the Scottish Highlands | Smart News | Smithsonian
wild!
…She was buried in a pit dug into solid rock and her skull is an abnormal shape which some suggest was done deliberately using bindings.
Maya Hoole believes advances in technology could reveal more about the remains known as “Ava”.
“…My interpretation suggests that the layout of the burial fits into a much wider trend extending as far south as North Yorkshire, and possibly much further beyond.”
Short and round skull shapes were common amongst this group, but Ms Hoole said the Achavanich specimen is exaggerated and of an abnormal, uneven shape.
The archaeologist said: “There has been much debate amongst the archaeological community for many decades about the shape. Some argue it is a hereditary trait, whilst others think there may have been a practice of head-binding which creates the distinct shape.
Effort to unlock secrets of 3,700-year-old woman ‘Ava’ – BBC News
hmmmm
The mysterious origins of the British archaeological site most often associated with the legend of King Arthur have just become even more mysterious. Archaeologists have discovered the impressive remains of a probable Dark Age royal palace at Tintagel in Cornwall. It is likely that the one-metre thick walls being unearthed are those of the main residence of the 6th century rulers of an ancient south-west British kingdom, known as Dumnonia.
cool!
Evidence for flossing is “weak, very unreliable” and of “very low” quality, investigation suggests, despite being recommended by numerous dental associations.
No strong proof that flossing your teeth has medical benefit – Health – CBC News
And a big, very satisfied, fuck you to all of the obnoxious,patronizing, holier than thou, dental hygienists out there.
Lake Tahoe’s water temperature last year hit the warmest level ever recorded, the latest evidence yet that climate change is altering California’s iconic Sierra Nevada landmark.
Sigh….
Scientists are baffled at this seemingly altruistic behavior, which seems to be a concerted global effort to foil killer whale hunts.
….concentrated effort? Not sure it sounds like all that but it definitely seems to be a pattern of behavior.
The writing is horrid and it is more sensationalized opinion-driven commentary than relating facts and such but still…
cool!
The world’s most widely used insecticides leave drones with less sperm for their queen. A factor in the worldwide collapse of honeybee colonies?
These Pesticides Could Be Birth Control for Bees
Ya think, Sherlock?
…Here, we show that two neonicotinoids (4.5 ppb thiamethoxam and 1.5 ppb clothianidin) significantly reduce the reproductive capacity of male honeybees (drones), Apis mellifera . Drones were obtained from colonies exposed to the neonicotinoid insecticides or controls, and subsequently maintained in laboratory cages until they reached sexual maturity. …Our results demonstrate for the first time that neonicotinoid insecticides can negatively affect male insect reproductive capacity, and provide a possible mechanistic explanation for managed honeybee queen failure and wild insect pollinator decline. The widespread prophylactic use of neonicotinoids may have previously overlooked inadvertent contraceptive effects on non-target insects, thereby limiting conservation efforts.
hmmm
Government officials revealed tougher EPA regulations aimed at providing consistent protection to farmworkers across the country.
New Rules Aim to Reduce Farmworkers’ Exposure to Pesticides | Video | NJTV News
Really? Because they don’t sound like they are aimed at doing anything except dancing around the problem and creating more regulations/work for farmers to deal with.
Radical new technique promises a cheaper and more secure method of burying CO2 emissions underground instead of storing it as a gas
CO2 turned into stone in Iceland in climate change breakthrough | Environment | The Guardian
hmmm
Salinas, CA – Pregnant women living within one kilometer (0.62 miles) of fields where certain pesticides are applied have children who show a measurable decrease in IQ and verbal comprehension skills by the time they are seven years old, according to a new study by the Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
the study is here: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/EHP504/
sample size: 283
hmmmm
An environmental law group sues the Department of Agriculture over pesticides detected in local waters at popular sites.
State Sued Over Kauai Pesticides – Civil Beat News
hmm
UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health measured the IQs of 7-year-olds whose mothers in the agricultural Salinas Valley in California.
…For every 522 pounds of chemical pesticides applied less than 0.6 miles from where the pregnant mother lived, the child’s IQ declined by 2 points, and the child’s verbal reasoning score declined by 3 points.
…A study published in the journal Pediatrics in 2011 found a link between pesticides in food and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Researchers took urine samples 1,140 children and evaluated them for the symptoms of ADHD.
They found that the children who met the criteria for ADHD had significantly higher levels of a breakdown product of organophosphate pesticides in their urine.
New study suggests pesticides could lower IQ
hmmm
Lax federal and state oversight, erroneous reporting and excessive pesticide use in Westchester and Rockland found.
How dangerous are all those pesticides?
hmmm
Archaeologists excavate cashew-crunching tool sets that have been used by capuchin monkeys in Brazil for a hundred generations.
Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys
Wild.
Martez: I wanted the patients to get out of my pharmacy the same things they could get from a retail store like personal hygiene items, vitamin supplements, drinks, food, etc. I also wanted to be able to offer the wellness component too because I felt like this was something that would set my pharmacy apart. So with that, we do compounding which is when the medication isn’t available in a certain formulation, we customize it for the patient. Also genetic testing where we check the compatibility of patients with over 200 different medications and they could actually carry that test for the rest of their lives so if they’re ever diagnosed with something, we would already know what medications would work for that patient and what won’t work for them based on their genetic makeup. Also medication therapy management where I sit down with patients and do a complete workup of their medications and try to find things that may be prescribed by different doctors that can be decreased or that may be causing other complications that we can take off board to help that patient in the long run. So we focus on that wellness component and educating the patient to empower them to utilize their medication more effectively.
Meet the Young Black Doctor Who Opened a Pharmacy in NC
cool!
A US woman is given a suspended jail sentence in Spain for threatening to kill British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
US woman guilty of Stephen Hawking Tenerife death threats – BBC News
WTF?!!! Leave the good man alone!
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