Tag Archives: poison water
UK sprays aerial poison on forest
Birds, bats and rare insects were affected by UK Forestry Commission aerial sprays to kill a moth larvae. It was the first aerial spraying of its kind in the UK and was considered more effective than ground treatments as the caterpillars are attracted to leaves at the top of the trees, the Forestry Commission said. […]
Two countries left for Coca-Cola and capitalism to conquer
Coca-Cola has opened a bottling plant in Burma – the first time it has had a production facility there for more than 60 years. The world’s largest soft-drink maker is one of the first US firms to invest in Burma following Washington’s decision to suspend sanctions against the country. There are now only two countries where […]
Portland votes no again on water fluoridation
Despite the recommendation of “public health experts”, voters in Portland, Ore., defeated a measure on Tuesday to add fluoride to the water supply by a 60-to-40 percent margin. The result marks the fourth time since 1956 that Portland has rejected fluoridation efforts, and means the city will continue to be the largest metropolitan area in […]
Secret fracking fluids in groundwater
The Obama administration on Thursday issued a new set of proposed rules governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands, moving further to address industry concerns. The new rule allows oil companies to keep some components of their drilling fluids secret and will allow them to run well integrity tests on one representative […]
Polluted drinking water attributed to fracking
Residents of a western Pennsylvania community, The Woodlands, say the water was spoiled by drilling deep underground for natural gas. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/03/10/us/ap-us-gas-drilling-water-contamination.html?ref=us In late 2011, the drinking water for about a dozen residents in the Woodlands, a rural community about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, began to change. At first, the families blamed gas drilling, or […]
Dirty Babylon 