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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an international organization within the United Nations system, just approved a large Fukushima discharge into the Pacific Ocean. The pending discharge, which includes over 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools of “treated” radioactive water, will be released from the infamous Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Chinese customs and food safety regulators […] ....
More than half of America’s beaches contain dangerous levels of sewage, according to a new report from Environment America, a Colorado-based environmental advocacy group. The report, titled “Safe for Swimming?” compiled testing data from 3,192 beaches across the coastlines of America. Based on the results, 55 percent of the beaches had unsafe levels of sewage in their […] ....
Former United States Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is asking legislators to take action against the chemical industry, which is spraying a highly toxic gender-bender crop chemical known as atrazine all over our food. Atrazine is dangerous in that it alters a person’s hormone profile. Studies show that frogs and other animals exposed to atrazine often turn […] ....
International energy firm Siemens Energy has experienced a significant setback, disclosing that up to 30 percent of its wind turbines could be malfunctioning. According to Siemens Gamesa CEO Jochen Eickholt, the company believes between 15 percent and 30 percent of its installed fleets are suffering from component failures – prompting Siemens Gamesa to retract its […] ....
The production of coconut milk, a trendy substitute for cow’s milk among vegans, isn’t exactly cruelty-free – as monkeys in Thailand are forced to harvest coconuts while in chains. According to the Sun, coconut farmers in Thailand are utilizing slave labor from monkeys. The primates are put in chains and forced to harvest hundreds of […] ....