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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009People out there are ramping up the lies about human caused global warming. The industries that would be most affected by the recent legislation proposed by the Obama administration are trying to scare and deceive the American public and are actively funding anti-global warming nonsense. One of the leaders in the science-based truth bearers is […]
General News From the World of Science
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Today’s blog is just a gathering of things I’ve learned recently while perusing the numerous journals I subscribe to. A recent issue of The Lancet published a study that says that if your BMI (body mass index) is 30-35 which is the definition of moderate obesity, you can expect to have 2-4 years cut off of […]
Correlation & Causation – Genetics versus Epigenetics/Metabolomics
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009People ask me why I am not all that excited about genetic testing. I think the following explanation from Dr. H. Frederik Nijhout, Department of Biology, Duke University puts it my thoughts together perfectly. He talks about genes and what they really do and how our behavior and environment are as important, if not more […]
The Tide Is Turning – Hotel Chains Going Green
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009The green revolution was always in my opinion, a movement that was going to gain momentum not just because it was the right thing to do but because it was also the smart economic way to go. This article is another example of how businesses are realizing that greening themselves is economically beneficial. In today’s […]
Icecap.us, Just Who Are These Global Warming Denialists
Monday, April 13th, 2009I just love it when people tell me that global warming is a sham and point to groups of so-called scientists to back up their claims such as the bunch from icecap.us. Being the eternal skeptic myself, I decided to find out who the people are at icecap so I looked over the list of adviser’s and […]
Eat Local, Eat Better
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Eating locally is known to be better for our environment as well as our health and the local economy. The problem is finding those local co-ops, farmers markets and other resources. Well, look no further than the website Local Harvest. Here, you just type your city or zipcode into the search box and out comes […]
A Green Site
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Yahoo, has a nice little site dedicated to promoting a greener environment. Try going to it to learn what you can do to improve our world. One article I likedwas about water filters. It states that if a person were to get 8 glasses of water a day via bottled water, it would cost $1,400 […]
Pesticides in Your Fruit and Vegetables – When to Buy Organic
Thursday, March 12th, 2009As anyone who has ever been to one of my lectures can tell you, one of my favorite websites is the one for the Environmental Working Group. Well they just upped their usefullness by posting a listing of the fruits and vegetables with the highest and lowest levels of pesticides. If you print out the […]
Organic and Locally Grown Food May Not be Humanities Answer
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Mother Jones is one of those cutting edge journalism magazines that uncovers truths in the world that are not so apparent. In a brilliantly written article by Paul Roberts, he makes the case that buying organic and locally grown foods while noble ideas, may not fix the food problems our world has. One quote from […]
List of Problem Foods
Friday, January 23rd, 2009What foods are high in PCBs, hormones, and pesticides? Here is a link to a sitethat lists the 10 worst foods. As with any list of this kind, you need to weigh the risks and make your own decisions. Still the advice about avoiding non-organic strawberries (I don’t believe the stuff about feeding them NutraSweet […]
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