Interviews on AB 1322, October 2023

  1. Los Angeles Times – New law will ban rat poison that was harmful to wildlife
  2.  KNBC4 Los Angeles – California expands moratorium on rat poison

Just say NO to Rat Poison!!!

Sixth Mass Extinction - 2 CNN Stories

  1. The Extinction Crisis is Far Worse Than You Think
  2. Massive Insect Decline Could Have Catastrophic Environmental Impact

Pesticide Industry Influence on Regulations

  1. How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America
  2. Monsanto Fund Donates $20,000 for Molokai Watershed Protection
  3. Weed Whackers – Monsanto, glyphosate, and the war on invasive species
  4. ‘The system was broken’: How The Nature Conservancy prospered but ran aground
  5. Corporate Science & Spin 
  6. ‘It’s an abomination’: battle brewing over proposed US laws to protect pesticide companies

Questionable Animal Breeding Practices

Goat mistreated on supposedly humane farm.

Dominion – Documentary on the cruelty of animal farming.

Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind’s dominion over the animal kingdom. While mainly focusing on animals used for food, it also explores other ways animals are exploited and abused by humans, including clothing, entertainment and research.

Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Sia, Sadie Sink and Kat Von D, and co-produced by Earthlings creator Shaun Monson. Filmed in Australia.

NPR Story on The Microbes Within

This is a great narrated animation from the National Public Radio website. It’s called  Exploring the Invisible Universe That Lives on Us and in Us. Find out what we are REALLY made of.

BBC - Microbe World

Click here to listen – www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007753d
Fascinating BBC podcast –
“We have more microbes in our bodies than we have human cells. We fear them as the cause of disease, yet are reliant on them for processes as diverse as water purification, pharmaceuticals, bread-making and brewing. In the future, we may look to them to save the planet from environmental hazards as scientists exploit their ability to clean up pollution. For microbes are the great recyclers on the earth, processing everything – plants, animals and us. Without microbes life would grind to a halt”

Poisons In Make-Up

Why you should switch to make-up with natural ingredients, see –
How to Make DIY Natural Make-Up and Why You Should Make the Switch

Hazardous Chemicals in Products

Please watch this video, and then check here to see a list of hazardous chemicals in common products.

DDT

The indiscriminate broadcasting of DDT was deemed safe and reliable by the pest control industry.
 

1946: “DDT Let’s Put It Everywhere”
When this poison was finally banned the “reliable” chemical company producing it dumped over 100 tons of DDT in the ocean off the coast of Palos Verdes, resulting in poisoning the ocean life. It still remains at the bottom of the sea today continuing it’s poisonous reach.

Shark found with poisonous DDT levels

Click: Los Angeles Times - "Los Angeles Coast was Once a DDT Dumping Ground"

DDT Found in 67% of tea from India, plus other toxic pesticides!

Click here for the Greenpeace Press Release

August 11th, 2014, Mumbai:
“Greenpeace India called on the tea industry to save Indian tea from pesticides while launching their report today. The study exposes the presence of pesticides, considered highly and moderately hazardous by the World Health Organization, in leading national and international tea brands. The report also reveals the presence of other pesticides which have not been approved for use on tea crops in India …”

“A large number of the samples tested positive for a cocktail of toxic pesticides. DDT was present in almost 67% of the tea samples even though it is no longer registered for use in agriculture in India …”

Opioids in Seafood

From BBC News, Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle’s Puget Sound

Plastics in Seafood

From BBC News, 60% of Hong Kong fish at the market contain plastic bits.
Hong Kong’s fish are eating plastic – and people could be too

Viruses and Pesticides in Farmed Fish

Piscine reovirus (PRV) in farmed salmon – Creative Chinook sick

Famed Norwegian Salmon – World’s most toxic food

Check to see the surprising amount of sugar is in your food!

How to convert grams of sugars into teaspoons

Newspaper articles and other stories of interest