Big Food has Taken Over the USDA National Organic Program – Why I am no Longer Importing Certified Organic Food
https://healthimpactnews.com/2024/big-food-has-taken-over-the-usda-national-organic-program-why-i-am-no-longer-importing-certified-organic-food/
https://healthimpactnews.com/2024/big-food-has-taken-over-the-usda-national-organic-program-why-i-am-no-longer-importing-certified-organic-food/
Health Impact News
Big Food has Taken Over the USDA National Organic Program – Why I am no Longer Importing Certified Organic Food
Since the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) developed standards for organic foods to be certified as "organic" by the USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) in 2002, the quality of organic food sold in the U.S. has been rapidly declining, as the…
Good news for once.
I can say this is quite accurate (l live in PA). I have seen more bees (as well as wasps/hornets) than I have seen in many years, and a few that I don't recall ever seeing before. We used to have the so-called murder hornets here, and the first I saw one before they being reported in the news, maybe 2010. But haven't sen any for a few years now so I'm wondering if that had anything tot do with it as they eat other bees/wasps/hornets. Quite a brutal species, and while the media over hyped them, they are no joke. They will kill people, and have.
Volunteers record bee biodiversity and discover new species in Pennsylvania
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-volunteers-bee-biodiversity-species-pennsylvania.html
I can say this is quite accurate (l live in PA). I have seen more bees (as well as wasps/hornets) than I have seen in many years, and a few that I don't recall ever seeing before. We used to have the so-called murder hornets here, and the first I saw one before they being reported in the news, maybe 2010. But haven't sen any for a few years now so I'm wondering if that had anything tot do with it as they eat other bees/wasps/hornets. Quite a brutal species, and while the media over hyped them, they are no joke. They will kill people, and have.
Volunteers record bee biodiversity and discover new species in Pennsylvania
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-volunteers-bee-biodiversity-species-pennsylvania.html
phys.org
Volunteers record bee biodiversity and discover new species in Pennsylvania
Community scientists in Pennsylvania have reported multiple new species of bees never before found in the commonwealth through a monitoring program led by Penn State.
Of course it will.
Climate change will increase foodborne illness risk from raw produce, research suggests
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-climate-foodborne-illness-raw.html
Climate change will increase foodborne illness risk from raw produce, research suggests
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-climate-foodborne-illness-raw.html
phys.org
Climate change will increase foodborne illness risk from raw produce, research suggests
Climate change will increase the risk of foodborne illness from Salmonella enterica, according to a new study. The research appears in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
First enemy aircraft, then us. We can thank Trump for more surveillance and war capabilities.
Space Force aims to track enemy aircraft with satellites by 2030s
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/09/space-force-aims-track-enemy-aircraft-satellites-2030s/399292/
Space Force aims to track enemy aircraft with satellites by 2030s
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/09/space-force-aims-track-enemy-aircraft-satellites-2030s/399292/
Defense One
Space Force aims to track enemy aircraft with satellites by 2030s
Research underway to shift tracking of air and ground targets to more survivable orbiting assets.
Here we go again...
US announces steps to disrupt Russian election-influence campaign
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/09/us-says-russia-conducted-sustained-disinformation-campaign-sway-2024-election/399293/
US announces steps to disrupt Russian election-influence campaign
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/09/us-says-russia-conducted-sustained-disinformation-campaign-sway-2024-election/399293/
Defense One
US announces steps to disrupt Russian election-influence campaign
The effort includes sanctions, web-domain seizures, and today's indictments of two Russian state media employees.
The War on Food and the War on Humanity: Platforms of Control and the Unbreakable Spirit
https://off-guardian.org/2024/09/03/the-war-on-food-and-the-war-on-humanity-platforms-of-control-and-the-unbreakable-spirit/
https://off-guardian.org/2024/09/03/the-war-on-food-and-the-war-on-humanity-platforms-of-control-and-the-unbreakable-spirit/
OffGuardian
The War on Food and the War on Humanity: Platforms of Control and the Unbreakable Spirit
Max Weber (1864-1920) was a prominent German sociologist who developed influential theories on rationality and authority. He examined different types of rationality that underpinned systems of auth…
So…What’s the deal with Gaza’s polio vaccination campaign?
https://off-guardian.org/2024/09/04/so-whats-the-deal-with-gazas-polio-vaccination-campaign/
https://off-guardian.org/2024/09/04/so-whats-the-deal-with-gazas-polio-vaccination-campaign/
OffGuardian
So…What’s the deal with Gaza’s polio vaccination campaign?
Two weeks ago, the first case of polio was detected in Gaza for 25 years, leaving a ten month-old child partially paralyzed and forcing decisive action from the World Health Organization. Doctors w…
Quick Take: Elon Musk vs Brazil more fake “free speech” theatre
https://off-guardian.org/2024/09/03/quick-take-elon-musk-vs-brazil-more-fake-free-speech-theatre/
https://off-guardian.org/2024/09/03/quick-take-elon-musk-vs-brazil-more-fake-free-speech-theatre/
OffGuardian
Quick Take: Elon Musk vs Brazil more fake “free speech” theatre
Recently we were asked on Twitter to comment on the Elon Musk/Brazil situation. At the time we didn’t really see the point, coming so hot on the heels of our previous piece on the current …
Those who rightfully fear total control from governments will condescendingly tell people that “It’s Bitcoin or CBDC!” and if that doesn’t get enough fear they’ll sometimes chime in with “stay poor!”. By presenting the sum total of digital resistance to tyranny as a binary choice between “buy or die” one totally downplays the more critical fights. No cryptocurrency can itself re-balance control over digital infrastructure from the bottom-up. By shaming those not taking on a particular digital asset, they’re ultimately participating in furthering along the digitization of society along their financial interests.
https://open.substack.com/pub/libresolutionsnetwork/p/the-cyber-rebellion-wont-be-tokenized
Libre Solutions Network
The Cyber Rebellion Won't Be Tokenized
A rallying cry for true digital resistance
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad (Psychotic) World!
https://www.garydbarnett.com/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-psychotic-world/
Yes, it is a mad world, and the evidence of this insanity is overwhelming. The most obvious idiocy of course surrounds this bogus ‘election’ cycle, and the political scum who make up the evil and chosen moronic contestants. It is a game show after all. The hosts, contestants, and the mob of followers of this political game show, act in quite the same manner as those on Family Feud. The hosts (ruling class representatives) take charge with extreme rhetoric, propaganda, and feigned ‘charisma,’ while the contestants (presidential candidates) jump up and down making bogus promises while pretending to be ecstatically over-joyed at every moment prompted by their hosts, and all the mob of followers (voting audience and viewers) clap and scream in support of all the stupidity. This is of course, all fake, but then that is appropriate in both cases; game shows and stupid political life on a stage of props.
Trump, Vance, Harris, and Walz are nothing but hideous political puppets intentionally put in place to give the collective dolts of society another reason to hate each other enough so that the circus goes on, this regardless of the asinine fraud that it is. This is of course a deliberate scheme set up by the real ruling power, which are the banking, corporate, and billionaire classes who actually have total power and control over this entire system; meaning they have full control of all those who participate in this political scam. These four pieces of garbage could easily be replaced by Donald Duck, (pun intended) Daisy Duck, and Chip ‘n’ Dale, all advised by Pinocchio, and this ‘citizenry’ would scarcely know the difference.
https://www.garydbarnett.com/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-psychotic-world/
garydbarnett.com
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad (Psychotic) World! - garydbarnett.com
By: Gary D. Barnett “What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin Maybe it is time to actually look around at the world you live in, and take stock of the... Continue Reading…
Rise of the Cyber Resistance
https://libresolutionsnetwork.substack.com/p/rise-of-the-cyber-resistance
https://libresolutionsnetwork.substack.com/p/rise-of-the-cyber-resistance
The Hidden Risks of Internet of Bodies (IoB): Cybersecurity in Healthcare Devices
https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/security-essentials/the-hidden-risks-of-internet-of-bodies-iob-cybersecurity-in-healthcare-devices
https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/security-essentials/the-hidden-risks-of-internet-of-bodies-iob-cybersecurity-in-healthcare-devices
LevelBlue
The Hidden Risks of Internet of Bodies (IoB): Cybersecurity in Healthcare Devices
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. LevelBlue does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The Internet of Bodies, or IoB, represents a groundbreaking shift…
Blame Trump for October 7. Mike Whitney
https://www.globalresearch.ca/blame-trump-october-7/5866959
The person who is most responsible for the attacks on October 7 is Donald Trump. It was Trump who launched the so-called Middle East Peace Plan that allowed for the “unilateral annexation of the Jordan River valley and existing settlements” in the West Bank.
Just as it was Trump who decided to move the US embassy to Jerusalem which effectively recognized the city as Israel’s capital. “Then on March 25, 2019”—according to veteran journalist Joe Lauria—“Trump recognized Israel’s illegal 1981 annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights” in violation of UN Resolution 242. Even Israel’s most ardent supporters, like the New York Times, were aghast at the sheer magnitude of Trump’s giveaway...
https://www.globalresearch.ca/blame-trump-october-7/5866959
A multi-year heavy metal analysis of 72 dark chocolate and cocoa products in the USA
Introduction:
Contamination of cocoa containing products, such as dark chocolate, with heavy metals including lead, cadmium and arsenic has been reported in the US. However, a formal exploration into the significance of this contamination, nor multi-year trends in the degree or scope remain unresolved.
Methods:
From 2014 to 2022, 72 consumer cocoa-containing products were purchased and analyzed for heavy metal contamination with lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and arsenic (As) in 4 distinct cohorts (2014, 2016, 2019, 2022). The thresholds used to assess heavy metal contamination were set to Prop 65 maximum allowable dose levels (MADLs) of 0.5 mcg/day, 4.1 mcg/day, 10 mcg/day for Pb, Cd, and As, respectively.
Results and discussion:
Our analysis reports that 43, 35, and 0% of the products tested exceed Prop 65 MADLs for heavy metal concentrations, respectively, of Pb, Cd, and As, while 97.2% (70 of 72) fall below US FDA IRL limits established for Pb. Median concentrations of each metal tested were lower than even the conservative Prop 65 MADLs, indicating a potentially large effect of product outliers. This indicates that heavy metal contamination—in more than half of products tested—may not pose any appreciable risk for the average person when consumed as a single serving; however, consuming some of the products tested, or more than one serving per day in combination with non-cocoa derived sources heavy metals, may add up to exposure that would exceed the Prop 65 MADLs. Notably, “organic” products were significantly more likely to demonstrate higher levels of both Cd and Pb.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1366231/full
Introduction:
Contamination of cocoa containing products, such as dark chocolate, with heavy metals including lead, cadmium and arsenic has been reported in the US. However, a formal exploration into the significance of this contamination, nor multi-year trends in the degree or scope remain unresolved.
Methods:
From 2014 to 2022, 72 consumer cocoa-containing products were purchased and analyzed for heavy metal contamination with lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and arsenic (As) in 4 distinct cohorts (2014, 2016, 2019, 2022). The thresholds used to assess heavy metal contamination were set to Prop 65 maximum allowable dose levels (MADLs) of 0.5 mcg/day, 4.1 mcg/day, 10 mcg/day for Pb, Cd, and As, respectively.
Results and discussion:
Our analysis reports that 43, 35, and 0% of the products tested exceed Prop 65 MADLs for heavy metal concentrations, respectively, of Pb, Cd, and As, while 97.2% (70 of 72) fall below US FDA IRL limits established for Pb. Median concentrations of each metal tested were lower than even the conservative Prop 65 MADLs, indicating a potentially large effect of product outliers. This indicates that heavy metal contamination—in more than half of products tested—may not pose any appreciable risk for the average person when consumed as a single serving; however, consuming some of the products tested, or more than one serving per day in combination with non-cocoa derived sources heavy metals, may add up to exposure that would exceed the Prop 65 MADLs. Notably, “organic” products were significantly more likely to demonstrate higher levels of both Cd and Pb.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1366231/full
Frontiers
Frontiers | A multi-year heavy metal analysis of 72 dark chocolate and cocoa products in the USA
From 2014-2022, 72 consumer cocoa-containing products were purchased and analyzed for heavy metal contamination with lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and arsenic (As...
Trump Claims He Was Sent by God to Save the World (With Abortion, Gay Sex, Weed, Endless War)
https://www.unz.com/aanglin/trump-claims-he-was-sent-by-god-to-save-the-world-with-abortion-gay-sex-weed-endless-war/
https://www.unz.com/aanglin/trump-claims-he-was-sent-by-god-to-save-the-world-with-abortion-gay-sex-weed-endless-war/
The Unz Review
Trump Claims He was Sent by God to Save the World (With Abortion, Gay Sex, Weed, Endless War)
https://twitter.com/xxx/status/1830397877421568033 As we march towards the ultimate pointless showdown this coming November, election news continues to get more retarded. Donald Trump is a maniacal abortion obsessive and a homosexual supporter who recently…
Find a place in Nature where you can easily spend at least a few minutes, ideally 30, every day. It may be at the base of a favorite tree, in your garden, at a nearby park…anywhere where you can comfortably sit, relax, and focus on a plant or animal each and every day for at least a year. See it through all the seasons, at different times of day, in all types of weather. As you begin, take a few deep and conscious breaths. This helps to bring your awareness...
https://derekt.substack.com/p/lets-go-wild-af6
Let's Go Wild
Let's Go Wild
#67 25 August 2024 Being natural
The Fallacy of ‘Local Control’
https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/the-fallacy-of-local-control
as the fascist, anti-science #COVIDHoax showed, some of the worst behavior in the U.S. came from state, county and municipal — local! — officials and enforcers, rather than from the national level. And they often encouraged your family, friends, and community members to help violate you through “snitch lines” and other intrusive tactics.
Coercive civil authority is inherently, intrinsically evil. The core problem is with this type of social order, regardless of the degree of size and scope. Locating the core problem of evil in the size/scope is a glaring fallacy!
https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/the-fallacy-of-local-control
Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen
The Fallacy of ‘Local Control’
Warnings from the Beatles, the Austrian School, Ayn Rand, & the Gospels
Thousands of Anti-Israel Protesters March Through New York Waving Hamas and Hezbollah Flags
https://www.unz.com/aanglin/thousands-of-anti-israel-protesters-march-through-new-york-waving-hamas-and-hezbollah-flags/
https://www.unz.com/aanglin/thousands-of-anti-israel-protesters-march-through-new-york-waving-hamas-and-hezbollah-flags/
The Unz Review
Thousands of Anti-Israel Protesters March Through New York Waving Hamas and Hezbollah Flags
https://twitter.com/xxx/status/1830688463236006067 These people don’t know Jews are the chosen ones. They don’t know about the persecution. They don’t know about the Germans, who used to throw three Jew babies in the air at the same time and shoot them all…
Telegram and Crypto Wars
https://www.unz.com/article/telegram-and-crypto-wars/
https://www.unz.com/article/telegram-and-crypto-wars/
The Unz Review
Telegram and Crypto Wars
https://jiggerwit.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/durov-telegram.jpg=Pavel Durov Crypto Wars April has been a terrible – a truly awful – month for internet security. For starters, 533 million phone numbers of Facebook accounts have been leaked online.…
What Hamas Hoped to Achieve on October 7
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/what-hamas-hoped-to-achieve-on-october-7/
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/what-hamas-hoped-to-achieve-on-october-7/
The Unz Review
What Hamas Hoped to Achieve on October 7
Imagine if Israel had taken a more restrained and reasonable approach to October 7. Imagine if their focus had been on rescuing the hostages and bringing the perpetrators to justice instead of reducing the Gaza Strip to rubble creating an unprecedented humanitarian…
Called this one. From a 'mainstream' source. I'm quite shocked to see this actually admitted to.
https://theconversation.com/how-did-polio-reemerge-in-gaza-after-a-quarter-of-a-century-qanda-with-a-virologist-238015
The sequences of the polioviruses detected in Gaza in July 2024 suggest that these viruses may be related to a strain circulating in Egypt, with the virus potentially being introduced to Gaza as early as September 2023.
This is probably due to the nature of the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), which contains a weakened live poliovirus that can be shed by vaccinated people. This suggests the virus may have been introduced by someone travelling to the region.
https://theconversation.com/how-did-polio-reemerge-in-gaza-after-a-quarter-of-a-century-qanda-with-a-virologist-238015
The Conversation
How did polio reemerge in Gaza after a quarter of a century? Q&A with a virologist
A poliovirus experts explains the ins and outs of the vaccination campaign in Gaza.