(Natural News) Did you know that the nation’s largest producer of repurposed toilet waste, aka “biosolids,” is owned by an investment group that also maintains a “formal corporate partnership” with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), one of the world’s largest, nonprofit environmental advocacy groups? Synagro, which is described by SourceWatch as “the largest processor of […]

(Natural News) Corruption within the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now so prolific that many are calling for new legislation in the form of a “Clean Soil Act” to address the many loopholes that allow big industry to pollute our soils. But would more regulations actually fix the problem? According to Focus for […]

(Natural News) We now know that salt isn’t quite the enemy it has been made out to be when it comes to your blood pressure, but it could be having another negative impact on your health as a new study shows that 90 percent of the table salt used around the world contains tiny pieces […]

(Natural News) Bees might not be a priority for you, but did you know that without these small pollinators, you wouldn’t be able to enjoy various crops like fruits and nuts? Honey bee colonies in the U.S. are dying off because of various factors like disease, parasites, pesticides, and poor nutrition. When bees die off, beekeepers […]

(Natural News) The problem of plastic pollution in the oceans is no longer a myth, but a reality that is getting increasingly harder to ignore — especially now that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said that the amount of plastics in the ocean will outweigh the amount of fish in the foreseeable future. In a […]

(Natural News) A study published in Scientific Reports showed that sea salt samples contain trace amounts of microplastics. Experts define microplastics as plastic particles smaller than five millimeters. According to experts, microplastics come from a variety of sources such as industrial waste, personal care products, and plastic litter. As part of the study, a team of aquatic toxicologists […]

(Natural News) Organic food has been touted as being good for the body and the environment. One ecological economist has done the legwork and found this to be true. For chickens, at least. Nathan Pelletier, a sustainability consultant affiliated with the University of British Columbia, put forth a new study claiming that chickens given vegan […]

(Natural News) More than 200 local residents living in Pennsylvania’s Slate Belt showed up to a recent public hearing to oppose the proposed construction of a massive “biosolids” plant in their community, citing concerns about the safety of what the plant intends to produce: dried sewage sludge. Reports indicate that Synagro, a major North American […]

(Natural News) When Al Gore told a German audience in 2008 that the ice cap on the North Pole would be gone in five years, many people were alarmed. It’s something he had been saying for years, and he somehow had enough credibility that lots of people took his words at face value. If he […]

(Natural News) A new study has just confirmed that using wastewater to water crops is a major threat to public health. Now, there are even more questions about the safety of using biosolids, or biosludge, which comes from wastewater, to fertilize soil and crops here in the United States. The re-purposing of human waste for […]