By Tyler Durden Earlier this week, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, were reassured that water is “safe to drink” after new Ohio EPA tests showed no detection of contaminants in raw water from several wells that feed into the town’s municipal water system. But many…
By Marie Hawthorne Within the past ten days, both Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger have announced that they plan to lay off 20% of their workforces. Despite early media hype about how these highly processed plant burgers would “save the planet,” it turned out a…
By Tyler Durden Utah’s Great Salt Lake is facing unprecedented danger. Without a significant increase in water flow over the next several years, the lake might turn into dust. That’s where things could get dangerous for the 2.5 million residents around the lake. Recall we’ve…
By Tyler Durden The fake-meat industry appears to be in a death spiral as sales at plant-based “meat” companies Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat have imploded. As Axios reports, “after years of hype, the tide is turning against the first generation of plant-based protein makers.”…
By Amanda Warren Longtime readers might remember when we first covered the Robobee concept back in 2014. Robot insect research dates back much further in military circles where they’ve been designed for search and rescue, hazardous exploration, surveillance, climate mapping, and traffic monitoring – to…
By Mong Palatino and Nevin Thompson Pacific island nations, neighboring countries in Asia, scientists, and others criticized an international organization’s endorsement of plans to dump tens of thousands of tons of contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. The plan…
By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and in early childhood can significantly alter a kid’s brain size and structure, finds a new study from Spain. Air pollution impacted brain connections in children the most in the first 8.5 years, although children before…
By Shyla Cadogan Toxic chemicals bleeding out of plastic don’t just make the user sick, they can affect the metabolic health of an entire family. Researchers from the University of California-Riverside say fathers exposed to chemicals in plastics which affect metabolic health can pass that…
Compiled by Patricia Burke with Sarah Aminoff of Safe Tech International (Top images source: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250284297/cobaltred) “Never in human history has there been so much suffering that generated so much profit that directly touched the lives of more people around the world.” Siddharth Kara’s new book is…
By Neenah Payne 10 Cultural Heritage Questions You Should Ask Your Relatives points out: “Many people don’t really think of themselves or their family as having a particular culture. For most people, it’s “just how things were done”. People rarely question their culture and therefore…
By Neenah Payne What does “land” mean to you? Americans may be surprised to discover multiple ways to define land — and how critical understanding those definitions is now to our survival as we face the Sixth Mass Extinction. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a professor…
By Study Finds Eating just one portion of freshwater fish — such as a catfish, trout, or salmon — could expose people to a tremendous amount of harmful chemical compounds, a new study warns. Researchers with the Environmental Working Group have discovered high levels of…
By Neenah Payne How Can We Stop The Sixth Mass Extinction? features the video David Suzuki Witnesses the Unraveling. Dr. David Suzuki is an internationally renowned Canadian geneticist, environmentalist, author of more than 52 books, and the founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. The godfather…
By Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen Microplastics are now found in the oceans and every living organism. It is in our blood and it is proven to be damaging to our health. This insanity needs to stop now. Subscribe to https://bull-hansen.com to be notified about new videos…
By John Anderer A chemical used in the production of toilet paper, as well as additional “forever chemicals,” have been discovered in the bodies of orcas (killer whales) near Western Canada. Even worse, researchers from the University of British Columbia say the chemicals have been…
By Lee Camp A new investigation looks into the extent to which U.S. water supplies are contaminated with uranium. Maybe it’s the good kind of uranium that turns you into Spider-Man or the Incredible Hulk and not the bad kind of uranium that turns you into…
By Neenah Payne Dr. Zach Bush’s Urgent Prescription To Save America shows that Dr. Zach Bush warns that we are in the Sixth Great Extinction now and human survival depends on the urgent restoration of our soils to provide the foods we need. We have…
By Study Finds On Star Trek, the replicator recycles matter to create anything you could possibly desire out of thin air — from a delicious steak dinner to a simple glass of water. Now, scientists are turning science fiction into reality! A team in Switzerland…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International As 2022 came to an end, a select number of publications shared news that researchers discovered that whales beached off the coast of Scotland were found to have plaque in their brains associated with Alzheimer’s in humans. Chris Melore,…
By Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Will Stolzenburg, Author, & Ed Friedman, FOMB Chair Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7:00pm Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s (FOMB) fourth presentation of their 26th annual Winter Speaker Series, Where the Wild Things Were; features author Will Stolzenburg and FOMB Chair Ed Friedman. FOMB’s Winter Speaker Series presentations are again being held…
