Category Archives: Health

Health, Man and Nature

Not so Inert Round-up

“…. in the new study, scientists found that Roundup’s inert ingredients amplified the toxic effect on human cells—even at concentrations much more diluted than those used on farms and lawns.

One specific inert ingredient, polyethoxylated tallowamine, or POEA, was more deadly to human embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells than the herbicide itself – a finding the researchers call “astonishing.”

Health, Man and Nature

Diesel Water Fit to Drink?

“Oil and gas companies acknowledged using diesel fuel in their fracking fluids, but they rejected the House Democrats’ assertion that it was illegal. They said that the E.P.A. had never properly developed rules and procedures to regulate the use of diesel in fracking, despite a clear grant of authority from Congress over the issue. “

Health, Man and Nature

Shellapples?

Apples coated with what?
Shellacpples?
Found a bag of apples at Windmill Farms (our local health food market) which possessed some interesting information regarding its contents:
Shellaples?
These apples have taken a shellacking.
Remembering that shellac was produced from the lac beetle
Ground up insects coating your apple
Ground up insects coating your apple
I asked the store manager what the best way to remove this coating was prior to eating. He hadn’t see the notice before, didn’t know how to remove the coating, and brought the produce manager over. He didn’t know either but suggested hot water.

You would think that the people who are selling apples coated with wax made from ground up beetles would know how to remove the compound. Looks like they don’t.
Health

Smart Meters and Health

Notice the language of the text in the screen capture from San Diego Gas and Electric’s smartmeter.faq below:

Click here to read the response on San Diego Gas & Electric website.

They have this question posted half-way down the page.

You would think that a “Public Utility” they would be able to clearly and definitively tell the public whom they serve, whether or not the millions of new hardware devices they are installing in our homes and communities represent a health hazard or not.

Instead of a simple “YES” or “NO” answer, SDG&E’s position reads just like that of the tobacco company’s in the early days of questioning links between cancer and their products.

Clicking on the image below brings you to an a collection of cigarette advertising which is worth reviewing.

Cigarette advertising from the 1960s
Nose, Throat, and Accessory Organs not Adversely Affected by Smoking Chesterfields