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Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power Mark Schapiro See book keywords and concepts

Another significant caveat by the Europeans was contained in an Environmental Liability Directive—which affirms the basic principle that those who cause environmental damage are obligated to pay to remediate that damage.16 For GMOs, this means that manufacturers can be held liable for future damages yet unseen from farmers' use of their high-technology seeds. Member states are required to include provisions in their national laws offering compensation, with funds generated by a "GMO tax," to farmers whose crops are "contaminated" by gene flow from GMOs.

The head of the country's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) estimates the economic losses from pollution and environmental damage amount to the equivalent of ten percent of the GDP every year.6 Nor is China's immense environmental degradation confined within its borders; pollution from Chinese industry sends soot east into Korea, north into Japan, and east across the Pacific to California. The gases it sends into the atmosphere are the second most significant contributor to global warming after the United States.

Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods Jeffrey M. Smith See book keywords and concepts

T 7C Thile the public was fed a steady barrage of V V revised, updated, and reworked regulatory guidelines, giving the appearance of rigorous scientific oversight, the insurance industry quietly let it be known that it would not insure the release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment against the possibility of catastrophic environmental damage." —Jeremy Rifkin, president, Foundation on Economic Trends Quotes from insurance spokespeople:1 ii ' I ^he worry is that GM could be like Thalidomide— JL only after some time would the full extent of the problems be seen.

The Secret History of the War on Cancer Devra Davis See book keywords and concepts

Hans Reiter, formally declared that the master race must remain free from environmental damage and from inferior genetic material carried by Gypsies, homosexuals, socialists, Jews and communists. Reiter's personal contribution to bringing about a stronger nation was to sterilize hundreds of those judged enfeebled, criminally insane, tubercular, alcoholic, drug addicted, or psychiatrically or politically undesirable. Germany did not adopt these broad eugenics policies based merely on the rantings of a solitary, insane, grief-maddened politician.

Instead it paid them for the costs of repairing environmental damage. On the Senate floor, Sen. Dan-forth urged that "we have no time to lose ... I believe the clear consensus is that we must clean up abandoned hazardous dump sites as soon as possible." Behind the scenes, a number of senators on both sides of the aisle had advised the incoming president's new staff that this law would be better than anything they might end up with later on.

Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron See book keywords and concepts

Skin likes making collagen, and will continue to do so at a healthy rate if it is protected from environmental damage (notably, sun exposure) and the resulting destructive inflammation it causes. Antioxidants assist in this process by helping reduce inflammation by reducing free-radical damage, and theteby stimulating collagen synthesis (Sources: Dermatologic Surgery, July 31, 2005, pages 814-817; Experimental Dermatology, June 2003, pages 2374-2384; and BMC Dermatology, September 28, 2004, page 13). But antioxidants do not work in the same manner as non-ablative and ablative lasers.

Despite the claims made for this product, Advanced Stop Signs Eye SPF 15 won't make an existing wrinkle revert back to smooth, unlined skin, but it absolutely can reduce the risk of future wrinkles (to some extent) and shield skin from further environmental damage. © $$$ All About Eyes ($27.50for 0.5 ounce) is one of Clinique's most popular items, and its silicone-based formula leaves skin very smooth and silky. It contains some outstanding ingredients to fortify skin and allow it to repair itself, but many of these are compromised by packaging that exposes them to light and air.

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

The Toxic Hit List drugs heavy elements and metals household chemicals and solvents infections herbicides and pesticides alcohol air pollution tobacco water pollution caffeine A great deal of environmental damage was done before we began monitoring and attempting to control pollution. But even though we acknowledged a growing problem, we have not yet found a way to eliminate the release of so many toxins. Current technology can only reduce them. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) periodically releases a report called the Toxics Release Inventory.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

For that reason, a 10 percent across-the-board reduction in Americans' consumption would not be the most effective way to reduce environmental damage." Using priority lists, graphs, and tables, the guide offers comprehensive, consumer-level advice for assessing the impacts of our consumption patterns. There's a lot of myth busting and eye opening, and although the book is somewhat dated, many of the points remain relevant and are different from what we normally hear.

Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power Mark Schapiro See book keywords and concepts

This, as Pollet and Long suggest, acts as a disincentive to abusive practices. Indeed, when the Sacramento Bee interviewed Randy Pollock, a lobbyist for the CTFA—whose biggest member is Procter & Gamble—he commented that the Safe Cosmetics Act was unnecessary because of the abundance of "trial attorneys." It was attorneys pursuing legal redress according to the laws of liability in the United States, he told the newspaper, which ensures that, "If there's really a danger of cosmetics, you're going to know fairly quickly.

Toxic Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton See book keywords and concepts

Rather than being the result of ordinary wear and tear, as in osteoarthritis, these conditions wreak their damage through inflammation caused by an abnormally overheated natural defense system, which is thought to be triggered by environmental damage (see chapter 5). An understanding of why we develop these autoimmune disorders is vital if we are to have any chance of successfully dealing with them. Conventional medicine treats this problem, in effect, by trying to throw a bucket of cold water over the fight, to calm it down.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Decades of shortsighted farming practices have resulted in eroded soils and depleted aquifers. With environmental damage compounded by job loss and steady out-migration, America's heartland faces a bleak future agriculturally. But it's not too late to turn things around, and ideas abound—like the Buffalo Commons, a suite of ideas for ecological and social restoration of the Great Plains that's been circulating since the late 1980s and continues to carry revolutionary promise. The idea? Restore native grasslands of the Great Plains and bring back herds of buffalo.

In a short time, pur dependence on fossil fuels has become perilous to our existence on earth, not only because of the environmental damage wreaked while obtaining them, but because we simply don't have a lot left. Today, to make the objects we use in daily life, we employ tens of thousands of chemicals—many known to cause cancer and mutations—and vast rivers of raw materials and energy. Extracting those natural resources has torn up the planet, and industrial waste has polluted our air, water, and soil and is changing our climate. This way of working is drawing to an end.

Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me Paula Begoun See book keywords and concepts

As I explained earlier in this book, don't trust products that contain sunscreen to protect your hair from environmental damage. Feel free to overuse conditioner and keep it on the hair (but away from the scalp) for as long as possible. Silicone serums work beautifully to make hair feel silky-soft. Pomades and styling waxes can help ends look smooth. Sparse hair. Little can be done to handle sparse hair, at least when it comes to shampoos, conditioners, and styling products.

There is nothing in this product, or any hair-care product for that matter, that can repair environmental damage or protect your hair from further UV assaults. © $$$ Soleil Aqua Protective, Anti-Drying Treatment UV, Sea, Pool ($29 for 5 ounces) is a lightweight, spray-on conditioner that claims to use nanotechnology to penetrate the hair shaft and protect it from environmental assaults. That sounds great, but even if this product could penetrate the hair shaft, none of the ingredients in here are capable of protecting hair from sun, salt water, or chlorinated swimming pools.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

The organization's research is showing that the health costs, lost productivity, and environmental damage caused by the dumping practices in the South Bronx outweigh the economic benefits of running those dumping facilities. That's a message few expected but more and more are ready to hear: "Folks are understanding that there's such a thing as an urban environment.

Medical Herbalism: The Science Principles and Practices Of Herbal Medicine David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG See book keywords and concepts

The cost and impact of this "simple" ulcer treatment includes environmental damage and the support of a system that may well be at the center of much planetary dis-ease. Marshmallow and the Environment The dilemma over therapeutic choice raised by these ecological, economic, and political considerations might seem daunting. However, if herbal remedies are viewed in a similar framework, a very different picture emerges.

The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science Alexander Hellemans and Brian Bunch See book keywords and concepts

There has been more resistance to experiments in which genetically engineered bacteria are released in the environment, although a number of small-scale releases have so far not resulted in known environmental damage. In one area, the progress of genetic engineering has been frustratingly slow. From the beginning of the new technique, there has been hope that it could be used to cure human genetic diseases. So far, that has not proved possible. On the other hand, some of the techniques used in genetic engineering have made it possible to find genes that are markers for a number of diseases.

Earth Right H. Patricia Hynes See book keywords and concepts

All this has been developed without the government subsidies that nuclear power has enjoyed and the artificially low costs from which fossil fuels have benefited, because the tab for environmental damage they cause is picked up elsewhere. If renewable sources were used to their capability, U.S. C02 emissions would be reduced 2.8 percent by the year 2000. WHY NOT NUCLEAR POWER?_ Nuclear power lost its future in the United States after the near meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in early 1979.

Food Swings: Make the Life-Changing Connection Between the Foods You Eat and Your Emotional Health and Well-Being Barnet Meltzer, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Flavonoids are the plant pigments responsible for the fruits' coloration, and their chemistry protects them from environmental damage. Ingested, these flavonoids manifest into remarkable antioxidants. They protect against free radical damage and are anti-carcinogenic. Furthermore, the flavonoid content of berries prevents both the inflammation and degeneration of collagen and other connective tissues. By protecting small blood vessels and capillaries against leaking, berries act as an inter-cellular cement.

101 Things You Don't Know About Science And No One Else Does Either James Trefil See book keywords and concepts

The Malthusians (who tend to be environmental scientists) have modernized their arguments somewhat and now argue that environmental damage to soils and croplands will prevent the increases in food production we've seen over the past decades. They argue that most good cropland is already under cultivation and that erosion is destroying much of what's left, especially in the third world. In their 1990 edition of The Population Explosion, Paul and Anne Ehrlich state: "Human numbers are on a collision course with massive famine....

The Politics of Cancer Revisited Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Industry must keep records of significant adverse health effects caused by any chemical for thirty years and of environmental damage for five years. • Chemicals produced in small quantities for research and development will be exempted from pre-market notification. So also will be small businesses, i.e., those with fewer than thirty employees at any one time.* • Pesticides, tobacco, drugs, cosmetics, food additives, and nuclear materials are exempt from the law, since they are covered by other regulations.

The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant Rowan Robinson See book keywords and concepts

The main reason that fossil fuels seem to have a price advantage is that the cost of repairing the environmental damage is ignored. Why? Because the petrochemical energy producers know that it is cost-prohibitive to clean up after themselves, and their government allies simply let them off the hook. Similarly, the cost of military defense of oil fields is left out of the equation. At the same time, these companies get large tax breaks in the form of oil-depletion allowances on private holdings and subsidized access to publicly owned energy reserves.

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

Such an agricultural system, the report concluded, may offer effective solutions to the environmental damage and nonsustainable aspects of conventional farming practices. Box 17.10 MORE PRUDENT FOOD SAFETY SUGGESTIONS To minimize your risk of illness, consider the following suggestions. • Check and adhere to "sell by" dates on milk, eggs, and other perishables. • If hamburger or chicken has an odd or noticeable odor, return it to the store. • Buy perishables last, including meat, chicken, and eggs, so they don't warm up in your shopping cart, the parking lot, and your car.

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

We will minimize and strive to eliminate the release of any pollutant that may cause environmental damage to the air, water, or earth or its inhabitants. • Sustainable use of natural resources. We will make sustainable use of renewable natural resources, such as water, soils, and forests. • Reduction and disposal of waste. We will minimize creation of waste. We will dispose of all wastes safely and responsibly. • Wise use of energy. We will make every effort to use environmentally safe and sustainable energy resources. • Risk reduction.

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

With the cattle off the land, photovoltaic modules and windmills could generate enormous amounts of energy without polluting or causing environmental damage. Other areas could grow grasses that could be harvested as "biomass" fuels, providing a far less polluting source of energy than fossil fuels. And much of it could simply be left alone, providing habitat for wildlife and gracing our world with wilderness. A shift toward a plant-based lifestyle would mean that the vast prairies of the West could gradually return to health.

Breast Cancer? Breath Health! The Wise Woman Way Susun S. Weed See book keywords and concepts

They protect DNA from environmental damage. They prevent the activation of oncogenes. They nourish anti-cancer enzymes in the digestive tract and strengthen the immune system cells which search out and eliminate cancer cells.25 If cancer has already begun to grow, phytochemicals can disrupt the processes necessary for the growth and spread of the tumor. They block metastasis by checking the growth of blood vessels to the tumor. Some foods can even reverse damage to the DNA and turn oncogenes off.68 Here's the rub: It doesn't work as well if it isn't organic.9

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

ACID RAIN Acid rain (which actually includes acid snow, fog, and dew) is also causing widespread environmental damage. Acid rain occurs when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide gases, which are emitted when fossil fuels are burned by factories and motor vehicles, undergo a chemical transformation in the atmosphere. Atmospheric reactions between formaldehyde and various hydrocarbons also seem to play a part in producing acid rain.

Earth Right H. Patricia Hynes See book keywords and concepts

For example, a bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), kills mosquito larvae with minimal environmental damage. The Massachusetts Middlesex Mosquito Control District uses "Open Marsh Water Management" to minimize pools of stagnant salt water, the breeding site for the salt marsh mosquito. This principle can be applied at home. Empty water from old flower pots, old tires, children's toys, cans or bottles, water cans, or buckets—all potential breeding grounds of mosquitos.

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

So great is the ecological destruction caused by fish farming, particularly of shrimp, that a 2000 report published in the New Internationalist compared the environmental damage caused by fish farming to that caused by replacing tropical rainforests with cattle ranches.84 The point, of course, is to produce more food for people to eat. But intensive shrimp and prawn industries typically locate in areas that have traditionally grown rice—the primary staple for most of the world's people. With every new shrimp pond, rice paddies are lost, and with them, food for local people.

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