(Organic Slant) Washing or peeling fruits and vegetables before you eat them won’t protect you from systemic pesticides. Systemic pesticides are in the plant, not on it. When we make the plant itself poisonous to predators, one has to wonder what (or who) else it’s poisoning. In conventional food production systems, not all pesticides remain […]
Fukushima plant leaking radioactive water
(Organic Slant) The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) detected the leak earlier in the week, when radiation levels spiked in water samples collected in between the inner linings of the […]
Oregon to ban GM salmon and mandate GMO labeling
(Organic Slant) The state of Oregon recently introduced a trio of legislative bills that would require all genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) be properly labeled, as well as prohibit the import and sale of GM salmon, the first transgenic animal to ever be preliminarily approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for human consumption. H.B. 2175, whose […]
Midway Documentary: Paradise And The Pacific Garbage Patch
Midway is a visually stunning documentary project from Chris Jordan that reflects on the immense environmental impact of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — a mammoth collection of waste located in the Pacific Ocean. The MIDWAY film project is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on […]
The Vanishing of the Bees – Documentary
Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every […]
Summer Of Radiation 2011
On March 11, 2011, we as humans have been presented with an unprecedented catastrophe never seen before in human history. The worlds worst nuclear accident occured at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. A 9.0 earthquake occured at 14:46 JST on Friday March 2011, with the epicenter near the island of Honshu. It […]