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The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith See book keywords and concepts

As you can imagine, damage to the reproductive health of vulnerable fish populations may result in detrimental consequences to local fisheries and aquatic ecosystems; in addition, there is concern that people could become further exposed to hormone-disrupting chemicals by eating contaminated fish. So it's not just mercury that we need to concern ourselves with when it comes to seafood. It's important to understand that hormones aren't just about those related to sex like estrogen and progesterone. A vast array of hormones control much of our bodily systems—from conception to death.

The greenwashing of toxic consumer products Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Unfortunately, the second ingredient in fabric softeners is "fragrance," and the fragrance chemicals are so highly toxic that they cause cancer in humans and are extremely destructive to aquatic ecosystems downstream. Merely drying your clothes with common dryer sheets, then washing them the next time you do laundry unleashes a chemical tidal wave of toxicity that is shockingly harmful to the environment. But that doesn't stop these companies from positioning their fabric softener sheets as being green, does it?

Half a million loads of laundry will now be chemical free thanks to availability of eco-friendly "soap nuts" laundry detergent Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Even worse, these poisons are washed down stream with every load of laundry, where they ultimately poison aquatic ecosystems and contribute to the toxicity of our rivers and oceans. There are over 150 "dead zones" in the oceans of the world today where fish cannot live, and nearly all of them have formed where runoff from man-made chemicals meets ocean waters. While these dead zones are primarily blamed on agricultural runoff, I have no doubt that toxic chemical waste from U.S. households is a strong contributing factor.

Consumer alert: Popular air fresheners found to contain toxic chemical Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Our aim is to eliminate chemicals in 500,000 loads of laundry in the next 90 days, protecting consumers from cancer and protecting the environment from the downstream toxicity caused by the use of commercial laundry detergents (which are dangerous to aquatic ecosystems). The bottom line to all this is that corporations are selling consumers a cocktail of toxic chemicals found in tens of thousands of different products, none of which are effectively regulated by any government agency.

What's in an apple? Buying organic, healthful produce becomes increasingly complicated Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The existence of that apple is based on numerous inputs that may be highly detrimental to the health of the planet as a whole: The burning of fossil fuels for farming and transportation, the use of chemical pesticides that wash downstream and poison aquatic ecosystems, the use of artificial fertilizers that lack real soil nutrition, the destruction of microbial life in agricultural soils, the loss of biodiversity and the subsequent decline in wildlife populations, and so on.

Review: The Future of Food, a must-see documentary that exposes the biotech threat to life on our planet Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Those synthetic chemicals wash right off the farms and into the aquatic ecosystems (rivers, wetlands, oceans) where they are creating "dead zones" that can't even support aquatic life. It's all being done for the sake of the almighty dollar. Corporations (and the governments they control) are sacrificing the very future of human civilization in order to boost next quarter's profits.

Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

Don Webb, former hog producer)5' When large amounts of animal manure pollute waterways, the result is severe oxygen depletion in these aquatic ecosystems. Fish suffocate when there is prolonged oxygen depletion, or starve when their prey (smaller fish) are suffocated. As a result of animal waste pollution, there is now, in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana, a "dead zone" of nearly 7,000 square miles that can no longer support most aquatic life.52 And this kind of thing is happening everywhere. . .

National Cattlemen's Beef Association49 "Dairies are the single largest source of water pollution____Our volunteers frequently encounter massive discharges of dairy waste that literally cauterize waterways and kill fish____We're in the process of losing one of the most marvelous and diverse aquatic ecosystems in the world." —Deltakeeper, an environmental group that monitors California's waterways50 A cultural shift toward a plant-based diet would mean far fewer animals in factory farms and feedlots, far less manure produced, and far cleaner water.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Both land and aquatic ecosystems would be affected as well. Of over two hundred plants studied, mostly crops, 70 percent were found to be sensitive to ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet radiation can also penetrate up to sixty feet or more into the sea. Studies show that phytoplankton, one-celled microscopic organisms that float on the ocean's surface and on which the entire marine food chain depends, decrease their productivity by about 35 percent with a 25 percent reduction in ozone.

Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide Arthur C. Upton, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Fish and seafood, which live either part or all of their lives in natural aquatic ecosystems, are particularly susceptible and vulnerable to environmental contaminants. Older, larger inland freshwater bottom-feeding fish, such as carp, spend considerable time in unclean waters and, therefore, are among the most polluted varieties. Predator fish, such as bluefish, accumulate toxins. Bivalves, such as oysters and clams, that live in polluted beds filter the same filthy water over and over.

Earth Right H. Patricia Hynes See book keywords and concepts

The consequences of doing nothing to halt and reverse this trend threaten terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and human health. Destruction of the ozone layer is also interrelated with other global ecocrises. The same chemicals that react with and deplete atmospheric ozone have strong heat-absorbing properties. Released to the atmosphere as gases, they are a significant contributor to the greenhouse effect and global warming, accounting for 15 to 20 percent of the projected warming. Second, depletion of the ozone layer can exacerbate local air pollution.

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