John Whitaker, executive director of Midwest Food Bank, carries a case of water that was donated to Flint residents on January 27. CREDIT: AP Photo/Darron Cummings The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget decided to haul water coolers into the Flint state building in January of 2015 out of concern over the city’s water quality, […]
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Michigan Officials Quietly Gave Bottled Water To State Employees Months Before Flint Residents
UN Human Rights Envoy To Palestinian Territories Resigns
The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories, submitted his resignation to the president of the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing Israel’s refusal to grant him access to the West Bank and Gaza. The Indonesian diplomat Makarim Wibisono said: “unfortunately, my efforts to help improve the lives of Palestinian victims […]
SWIFT sanctions to be removed in coming days
TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Deputy oil minister has announced that Iran will be put back on Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system in the next few days. “Provided that the US will remain fully committed to JCPOA, the SWIFT will be restored offering the opportunity for economic growth,” noted Mansour Moazemi. Pointing […]
Lake Urmia showing signs of recovery
Iran’s largest inland body of water is showing signs of recovery following recent measures taken by the Urmia Lake Restoration Project. Good rainfall combined with the opening of Boukan Dam and the merger of Zarrinehroud and Siminehroud rivers, whose waters were directed toward Lake Urmia, seem to have set the imperiled lake on path to […]
Video: Instability in Southern Europe. Post Election Political Crisis in Portugal, Rising Euroscepticism
On November 10, an alliance of left parties forced to resign Portugal’s center-right minority government by a vote of no confidence. This is a next stage of the crisis created by conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva. He gave the opportunity to form a government to the coalition headed by Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s […]
Hormone Disrupting Chemical Banned in EU Found in 50 Top US Snacks
While the US Food and Drug Administration declares this synthetic food additive is “generally recognized as safe, or GRAS,” the European Union’s food regulators outlawed it ever since scientists found it lowered sperm counts in rats. If lowered sperm count and reduced fertility through hormonal disruption isn’t exactly what you signed up for every […]
French weatherman Verdier ‘sacked’ for writing skeptic climate change book ahead of UN summit
Philippe Verdier, arguably France’s most popular weatherman, is the author of the book ‘Climat Investigation’ (Climate Investigation), in which he accuses state-funded climate change scientists of having been “manipulated” and “politicized.” He goes on to accuse the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of publishing deliberately misleading data. Verdier also says that global warming could […]
U.S. Can’t Track Tons of Weapons-Grade Uranium, Plutonium
Noah ShachtmanWired Sept 18, 2011 President Obama has repeatedly said his top counterterrorism goal is to prevent terrorists from acquiring the building blocks to make nuclear or “dirty” bombs. In April of 2009, Obama announced a new international effort to “secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years.” Since then, the Department […]
GE uranium enrichment plans raise fears: report
AFP August 22, 2011 US conglomerate General Electric is seeking permission to build a $1 billion plant for uranium enrichment by laser, a process which has raised proliferation fears, The New York Times said Sunday. A d v e r t i s e m e n t After testing the enrichment process for […]
“Depleted” Uranium & Induced Radioactivity
M1M2 Abrams Battle Tank is equipped with DU armor and carries 120mm rounds by Elaine Hunter Lest anyone jump to the conclusion that this article is about my opinion, let’s start out with the military definition: ”Induced radiation: (DOD, NATO) Radiation produced as a result of exposure to radioactive materials, particularly the capture of […]