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Energizer batteries Exposed: NewsTarget Investigation Reveals Truth About "D" Rechargeable Batteries

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Competing rechargeable "D" batteries on the market deliver a much as 11,000mAh of power and are priced at only slightly more cost than the Energizer "D" battery (which costs approximately 400% more than Energizer's 2500mAH "AA" battery of the same capacity). Note from the editor: I believe these Energizer "D" rechargeable batteries are deceptively marketed and made to appear to be high-capacity batteries when, in reality, they are nothing more than common AA-capacity batteries inside.
But the prettty Energizer label reveals a startling secret inside these "D" batteries: Cheap plastic filler and a "crippled" low-capacity battery inside. It's like buying a Ford F350 truck with a V8 engine inside, then opening the hood and discovering a tiny 4-banger engine hidden inside a fake plastic V8 engine shell. Read my full report for details: http://www.newstarget.com/PhotoTour_Energizer_Batteries_1.
Energizer's intentional manufacture and marketing of a "crippled" D battery is hampering the ability of consumers to purchase reliable high-capacity rechargeable "D" batteries. By doing so, the Energizer company is, in my opinion, engaged in practices that are extremely unfriendly to both the environment and consumers. I believe the Energizer company has a responsibility to consumers to produce an honest line of rechargeable batteries that delivers the power density expected by consumers and implied by the battery's shape and size.

1001 Chemicals in Everyday Products

Grace Ross Lewis
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Synonyms: BARIUM HYPOSULFITE batteries__ Products and Uses: There are five main types: lead storage batteries for autos, motorcycles, lawnmowers, and so on; zinc chloride or zinc carbon batteries for calculators and clocks; alkaline batteries used in cameras and radios; nickle-cadmium rechargable batteries that can be used repeatedly; and button cell batteries used in watches and hearing aids. batteries are not energy efficient. Their manufacture requires 50 times more energy than they will produce.

How to better prepare yourself and your family against climate change, natural disasters and the post-oil economy (opinion)

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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We've also had these specifically manufactured with internal NiMH batteries instead of NiCad batteries, so these products have longer life and are safer for the environment. The battery capacity is higher on these than on any similar product you'll find anywhere. Most manufacturers just choose the cheapest, most toxic batteries they can find, because consumers usually don't know the difference. But we went out of our way to have these manufactured to be far safer for the environment while offering greatly improved battery life.

The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps

Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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Nickel: Dental crowns and root canals, hydrogenated oils, inexpensive jewelry, batteries, cigarette smoke, stainless steel ?Lead: Old paint, automobile exhaust, insecticides, bullets, pewter ware, some hair colorings, tap water, batteries, pottery glazes, candle wicks, stained glass ?Cadmium: Cigarettes, batteries, automobile exhaust, pink dyes used in dentures, welding fumes, ceramic glazes, many art supplies, Teflon, fungicides, plastic ?Copper: Some cooking utensils and plumbing, gold dental fillings and crowns, insecticides ?

Mike Adams launches eco-friendly LED lighting technology with 1000% improvement in energy efficiency

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Currently, Better Life Goods carries our EcoLEDs lighting products and superior quality NiMH rechargeable batteries that offer tremendous savings in both money and natural resources compared to throwaway alkaline batteries. We also carry a new, breakthrough NiMH battery charger with a super bright backlight display and the ability to refresh old NiMH batteries. As we add more products in the coming weeks, you'll see an assortment of unique solutions for green living, energy conservation, personal safety and much more.

NiMH battery charger showdown: Maha Energy MH-C9000 WizardOne vs. La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Complicating this whole thing is that bizarre limitation that if you select 100mA for a battery in slot 1, the BC-900 will not let you select a higher current for slot 2, so you have to plan the charging currents for your batteries in advance, then sort your batteries from highest to lowest charge currents, and insert them from left to right. Needless to say, this whole process is frustrating enough to make you want to throw the BC-900 against the wall and smash it into a thousand tiny pieces. It is by far the most frustrating piece of battery-related electronics I've ever owned.

How to better prepare yourself and your family against climate change, natural disasters and the post-oil economy (opinion)

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Flashlights that need batteries are also a terrible choice because few people bother to check the batteries, and they always seem to be dead right when you need them. The best choice is a dynamo-powered LED flashlight that allows you to generate light by simply turning the handle. One minute of winding the dynamo handle can provide up to 30 minutes of light with the LED flashlights we offer through www.BetterLifeGoods.com and we've put together an amazing 50% off discount package on dynamo LED lights, radios and combo tools (see below for discount link).

NiMH battery charger showdown: Maha Energy MH-C9000 WizardOne vs. La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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If offers multiple safety features such as temperature sending, polarity detection and a way to determine if batteries are defective. Four independent channels allow you to charge batteries separately, and an LCD display shows you the status of each battery. The features of the BC-900 sound very strong on paper, but in actually using the product, I found it to be extremely confusing, difficult to use and finicky. The display has no backlight, making it quite difficult to read, and the control buttons don't respond in a timely manner.

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown

David Steinman
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It's as simple as adding more batteries and a plug to hybrids such as the Prius." The plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are superhybrids with larger batteries. "This gives drivers the ability to run entirely on electric power at highway speeds for 20-plus miles. For long trips, the battery never runs down."29 In New York City, the big question, however, is how much legroom commuters expect from their taxis. Environmentalists in New York City were keenly interested in seeing some of the taxi fleet converted to hybrids.

How to better prepare yourself and your family against climate change, natural disasters and the post-oil economy (opinion)

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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By turning the dynamo handle for one minute, you can generate up to 30 minutes of radio listening time. No batteries are required, and the units are so small and portable that you can slip them into your pocket or store them in the glove box of your car. The best dynamo devices can also charge your cell phone. This lets you make outbound emergency calls when needed, even if your batteries are empty. When the electricity is out, it's crucial to have a reliable way to make a cell phone call.

BetterLifeGoods.com introduces a travel safety tool with LED light, radio, cell phone charger, seatbelt cutter, glass break and more

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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A charge of approximately 200mA (milliamps) will flow into the batteries. Please note that this is only a makeshift battery charging solution. You'd have to crank the dynamo handle like this for one hour to charge a pair of typical rechargeable AA batteries to only 10% of their capacity. But in a pinch, it's a workable makeshift solution. Seatbelt cutter safety: The seatbelt cutter blade is recessed in the plastic housing in a way that keeps it safely out of reach of hands or fingers, yet keeps it instantly ready to slice through a seatbelt (or any similar strap).

Battery display devices mistaken for terrorist bombs

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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They had wires and batteries. Oh yeah, and they were advertising the cartoon character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Scary, huh? Thanks to over five years of fear mongering by the Bush Administration and Fox News, Americans believe they live in a country under siege by terrorists who use size "D" batteries to plant advertising displays of mass destruction in large U.S. cities. The same devices were also planted in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Seattle and even Atlanta, but for some reason, only the people in Boston were stupid enough to mistake them for bombs.

Product review: The MH-C9000 WizardOne NiMH battery charger from Powerex

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Throway batteries are bad for the environment. If you care about saving money, or protecting the planet, or conserving natural resources, NiMH rechargeable batteries are clearly the only way to go. Even if you're not concerned about the environment, throwing money away is still a bad decision for financial reasons. Why spend two bucks on a fully-charged battery when you could spend two cents?

Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You

Andreas Moritz
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But when the body is exposed to too much stimulation and is unable to rebalance itself, its "batteries" can no longer fully be recharged. With "flat batteries," the physical engine is unable to rid itself of all the metabolic and cellular waste generated minute by minute, day after day, and year after year. As a result, much of the waste and its resulting toxins spread throughout the body. Wherever they occur in extremely high concentrations, they provoke a toxicity crisis. Such a crisis indicates that the body's resistance to disease (immunity) has dropped to a level of low efficiency.

The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps

Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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Lead: Old paint, automobile exhaust, insecticides, bullets, pewter ware, some hair colorings, tap water, batteries, pottery glazes, candle wicks, stained glass ?Cadmium: Cigarettes, batteries, automobile exhaust, pink dyes used in dentures, welding fumes, ceramic glazes, many art supplies, Teflon, fungicides, plastic ?Copper: Some cooking utensils and plumbing, gold dental fillings and crowns, insecticides ?Aluminum: Some drugs (including antacids), most baking powders, some cooking utensils, antiperspirants, cosmetics, foil, acid rain ?

Digital cameras are good for the environment

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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One final thought: I do realize there's a potential negative impact to the environment related to the use of batteries in digital cameras. But most such batteries are rechargeable, so we're not talking about consumers chucking alkaline batteries into the landfill every week. There's also the question of the environmental impact of manufacturing digital cameras. I'm sure that's not inconsequential, but it's probably similar to the impact of manufacturing film cameras anyway.

The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology

Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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Hearts that are marginally oxygen-starved (chronic hypoxia) have batteries that are being drained of power. They may (or may not) have enough energy to fuel basic cellular functions, but there are no energy reserves to tap, and unforeseen demands for additional energy cannot be met. Any additional stress placed on the heart puts it at considerable risk. Totally ischemic or severely hypoxic hearts, with minimal oxygen and energy, have inefficient batteries to fuel cellular functions.
Normal, healthy hearts have full batteries. There's enough energy to fully power all the cellular mechanisms with a reserve remaining to handle unforeseen stress. Hearts that are marginally oxygen-starved (chronic hypoxia) have batteries that are being drained of power. They may (or may not) have enough energy to fuel basic cellular functions, but there are no energy reserves to tap, and unforeseen demands for additional energy cannot be met. Any additional stress placed on the heart puts it at considerable risk.

How to better prepare yourself and your family against climate change, natural disasters and the post-oil economy (opinion)

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Flashlights that need batteries are also a terrible choice because few people bother to check the batteries, and they always seem to be dead right when you need them. The best choice is a dynamo-powered LED flashlight that allows you to generate light by simply turning the handle. One minute of winding the dynamo handle can provide up to 30 minutes of light with the LED flashlights we offer through www.BetterLifeGoods.com and we've put together an amazing 50% off discount package on dynamo LED lights, radios and combo tools (see below for discount link).

Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You

Andreas Moritz
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With "flat batteries," the physical engine is unable to rid itself of all the metabolic and cellular waste generated minute by minute, day after day, and year after year. As a result, much of the waste and its resulting toxins spread throughout the body. Wherever they occur in extremely high concentrations, they provoke a toxicity crisis. Such a crisis indicates that the body's resistance to disease (immunity) has dropped to a level of low efficiency. When the body is forced to hold on to too many toxins, it is also more prone to infection.

BetterLifeGoods.com introduces a travel safety tool with LED light, radio, cell phone charger, seatbelt cutter, glass break and more

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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One minute of steady cranking provides many minutes of operation (depending on which function being used), so even if you have no batteries and the device has been in storage for years, you can always pick it up, crank the dynamo handle, and get usable power. Magnetic base: Its base is made with an embedded magnet that can be used to help secure the tool to any storage area with a magnetic floor or wall (such as a car trunk). This helps you find the tool when you really need it, and it prevents it from sliding around your vehicle when you're driving.
It's not as bright as a high-end flashlight, but it's always available because you can power it by cranking the dynamo handle. No batteries? No problem! Seatbelt cutter: The thought of being trapped in a car by your own seatbelt is terrifying. Seatbelt cutting tools are routinely used by paramedics and fire department personnel to cut people out of their seatbelts following a car accident. Now you can have your own personal seatbelt cutter.
LED flashlight, cell phone charger, AM/FM radio, seatbelt cutter, glass break tool, hazard light and siren in a compact, hand-held product that operates on either batteries or dynamo (a winding handle that generates electricity as you rotate it). It's a practical, compact consumer tool that can provide light when you have no electricity, free you from a car accident, tune in emergency radio stations during a storm, charge a cell phone so you can call 911, or even help you defend yourself against an aggressor.
The internal battery capacity was increased to 1200mAh per battery, providing 2400mAh total (because it contains 2 batteries). We also included five different cell phone connectors for the cell phone charger function, but the truth is that cell phone companies keep changing all their connectors, so there's no guarantee that these connectors are going to fit your phone. (They probably fit 90% of the phones on the market, but certainly not 100%.

Big Tobacco joins breast cancer industry to launch new pink ribbon cigarettes (parody)

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The pink ribbon cigarettes join numerous other cancer-causing products in the marketplace already sporting pink ribbon symbols, including batteries made with toxic heavy metals and popular skin care products laced with cancer-causing petrochemicals. Pink ribbons are also found on cancer-promoting nail polish and cosmetics containing parabens and other chemicals. Pink ribbon SlimSmokes will be sold at selected retailers, including Bad Breath and Beyond, a popular retailer of toxic home care products for consumers.

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