Articles by M.Thornley:Guerilla gardeners sow seed bombs worldwide(NaturalNews) Where blighted or abandoned land sits idle in vacant lots or on street meridians, under park benches or in the bare areas under trees, look for a latter day Johnny Appleseed to take aim. Under the radar of city planners and police, they...
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Seed hunters make mad dash to save the food crops of humanity(NaturalNews) In the face of today`s burgeoning loss of seed diversity, the need for a doubling in food production in the next fifty years and the threatened spread of deadly food fungus has instigated seed hunters to scour world markets in a desperate...
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Frightening report warns of eminent ocean life collapse(NaturalNews) World ecologists, toxicologists and fisheries scientists participating in a workshop staged by the International Programme on the State of the Oceans, IPSO, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, at Oxford University,...
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Running makes students better scholars(NaturalNews) Starting a running club in which students were rewarded for laps did much more than improve fitness at Orchard Grove Elementary School, Frederick, MD. The school discovered that discipline problems dwindled and test scores rose.
As reported...
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Remembered Wellness - The Placebo Effect tested(NaturalNews) As explained by Ronda Bresnick Hauss in a recent article in the Hill Rag, advanced technology such as PET scans and MRIs allow researchers to examine the brain. While using the mind to heal the body was often discredited or disregarded...
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Transplanted giant tortoises revive ecosystem in Mauritius(NaturalNews) Ile aux Aigrettes, an island off the coast of Mauritius, was once a species haven. Giant tortoises weighing up to six hundred pounds helped propagate the island`s ebony trees by eating its fruit and dispersing the seeds. But once this delicate...
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What honey bees really do for us(NaturalNews) What does a bee-less world look like? Einstein is supposed to have said humanity would have four years once the bees were gone. What would those four years be like?
Leaving aside factors like agricultural collapse in favor of the personal,...
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Playgrounds for seniors go worldwide(NaturalNews) Last spring the UK made news by opening the first senior playground in London's Hyde Park. The new Hyde Park playground has six pieces of equipment including a stationary bicycle, a cross-trainer and a sit-up bench. Since then new playgrounds...
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BPA Found on Cash Register and ATM Receipts(NaturalNews) Chemist John Warner learned about thermal- and pressure-sensitive papers while working for Polaroid years ago. A powdery coating that contains BPA, a dye and a solvent is laid onto one side of the paper. Then heat or pressure is applied...
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Herbal Butterfly Weed Nourishes Monarchs and Humans(NaturalNews) Butterfly weed waves its brilliant orange crowns on country and urban sites June to September. It sends up stalks one to three feet high. This unassuming plant has an impressive list of credentials, and a unique link to the Monarch butterfly.
Fluttering...
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Our Noise could be Killing Our Marine Life(NaturalNews) Noise on the oceans has increased considerably since the 1960s. A 2006 study at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, showed that our underwater world has become a much noisier place than it once...
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Forest Bathing: Enjoy the Astounding Benefits of Being Outdoors(NaturalNews) Soon doctors may advise their patients, ``Take a walk in the woods!`` And patients may use outdoor clinics to get check-ups, a service now available in Japan. Research into the benefits of a walk in the woods has convinced the Japanese...
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New Personal Care Product for South African Women Damages Liver(NaturalNews) Recently, a new vaginal gel has been hailed as a `breakthrough` and a `lifesaver.` The gel contains a drug previously given to AIDS patients in tablet form. In a randomized controlled trial the gel showed success at blocking HIV infection....
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Russian Seed Bank Fights Demolition(NaturalNews) A Russian seed bank housing more than 5,000 rare fruits and plants may be demolished to make room for homes. Rights to the federally-owned 70 plus hectare estate were granted to a government housing development agency, the Russian Housing...
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Humane Society Leads Broad Livestock Welfare Reforms(NaturalNews) In an article dated June 30, 2010, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) reported that major farm animal welfare reforms were being enacted in Ohio. An agreement with the Ohio Livestock Standards Care Board, the Legislature and...
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US Turns Down Offers of Assistance with Oil Spill(NaturalNews) The US has received offers of assistance with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from as many as 13 countries. Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, the...
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Less Health Care Results in Better Health(NaturalNews) In recent studies, less health care is often better than more. Much of the debate about the overuse of medical services has focused on cost. There is fear that cutting costs would lead to a reduction in care. But in reality reducing medical...
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Mad Cow Disease in the USA: Understand Prions, Part II(NaturalNews) Prions have been known by many scientists for many years. They are believed to cause disease by triggering an immune response when they enter an animal or human body.
In 1997, Stanley Prusiner, MD, won the Nobel Prize for his discovery...
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Airplane Contrails Contribute to Global Warming(NaturalNews) The trail of vapor that marks the flight of a jet aircraft across the sky is known as a contrail. Contrails form when hot humid air from jet exhaust mixes with environmental air and low temperature (like the 'cloud' formed when someone...
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Mad Cow Disease in USA: Profits Take Priority, Part I(NaturalNews) On March 10, 2010, seventy-six organizations representing millions of Americans sent a letter to the USDA asking for greater protection against cows with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease entering the US from Canada. This...
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Eat and Juice to Keep Alzheimer's Away(NaturalNews) A 10-year study named the Kame Project found Alzheimer's risk 76 percent lower among those who drank juices more than three times a week. As reported by Susan Sharma, MD, in "Fruit Lowers Risk," April 27-May 3, 2008, in Dementia Weekly,...
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Third Hand Smoke Poses a New Hazard(NaturalNews) Cigarette smoke contains up to 4,000 chemicals and many carcinogens, heavy metals, radioactive materials and contaminants, such as benzene, butane and hydrogen cyanide. People think if they don't smoke when others are around or if they...
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Overweight Emergency Recruits Threaten Public Safety(NaturalNews) A study published in the online journal Obesity, March 19, found that 75 percent of young recruits for fire and ambulance service in Massachusetts were overweight or obese. The study was conducted by researchers from Boston University School...
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