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03/24/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Scientists shocked to discover how many people are dying from Volkswagen’s toxic emissions every year

A new study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, has examined the impact of toxic emissions from the 2.6 million vehicles produced by Volkswagen in Germany. Scientists looked at the risk of premature death directly linked to the pollutants released into the air by these […]

03/12/2017 / By Tracey Watson

This supermarket is using food waste to power its delivery trucks

U.K. supermarket giant Waitrose has been walking the walk when it comes to environmental issues for at least the past five years. In that time, it stopped sending waste to landfills, started selling “ugly,” less than perfect-looking produce, and began turning any food that could not be donated into electricity. That’s already a pretty impressive […]

03/06/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Researchers: 9% of the world’s food supply is thrown away or left to spoil

Unemployment and rising food costs have resulted in about a billion people around the world going to bed hungry every day – that’s nearly one in seven people who is officially starving. This problem is only likely to worsen, since the global population is growing at an unprecedented rate, and the United Nations Department of […]

02/28/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Floating farm of the future to produce 20 tons of vegetables a day

There is a massive problem threatening mankind’s future: The Earth’s population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, and our food supply is simply not keeping pace. The total number of people on the planet is expected to reach 8.3 billion by 2030, and by 2050, demand for food will likely have increased by 70 percent. […]

02/16/2017 / By Tracey Watson

CDC is a vaccine company, owns 56 vaccines – a grave conflict of interest

Two recent events have forced a glaring spotlight on the $30 billion a year vaccine industry: First, President Donald Trump announced a plan to establish a commission chaired by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) to investigate vaccine safety and scientific integrity. The second, again featuring RFK, is when he and actor Robert De Niro announced […]

02/14/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Fukushima radiation so high a robot would be destroyed in two hours

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, first commissioned in 1971, was one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world, until it sustained massive damage when Japan was hit first by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and then a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2011. Close to 16,000 people died in the disaster, with […]

02/11/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Thousands of dead bees wash up on Florida beach

A strange new phenomenon has been taking place on the beaches of Naples, Florida, where since February 7, beach goers have been astounded to find thousands of dead or dying bees along the shoreline. A bee expert told NBC affiliate, WBBH-TV, that it is incredibly unusual to have bees washing up on the beach. He offered […]

02/07/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Fast food packaging is making unhealthy food even more dangerous due to fluorinated compounds

Though it is true that more and more people are becoming aware of the negative impact that eating junk food can have on their health, there is a danger associated with eating these foods that most people are blissfully unaware of: The packaging around that junk food is potentially even more dangerous than what it’s […]

02/04/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Could magical mushrooms contain the cure for depression?

Mental health issues, and depression in particular, have risen to alarming proportions in recent years. The CDC reports that at any given time, 7.6 percent of people in the U.S. over the age of 12 are afflicted with this condition. As the CDC further notes, depression is associated with an increased risk of death from […]

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