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Post by dead bear on Oct 18, 2010 9:25:17 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Oct 25, 2010 0:50:52 GMT -8
Alaskan volcano helped B.C. sockeye bounce back, scientists suspect Last updated Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 1:14AM EDT Dr. Parsons (after whom the government’s annual Timothy R. Parsons Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of ocean sciences is named) believes this year’s amazing sockeye run is a one-off event, and that it would be wrong to take it as a sign the fish have bounced back. The sockeye boom of 2010, he said, looks like it was caused by a volcanic eruption in Alaska, in 2008. Relying on research done by Roberta Hamme, an assistant professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, Dr. Parsons speculates that the eruption of the Kasatochi volcano fertilized the sea, and stimulated the growth of the salmon, leading to higher survival rates. Ms. Hamme, in a paper published in the science journal, Geophysical Research Letters, reports that a shower of iron-rich ash fell on the Gulf of Alaska after the eruption. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/alaskan-volcano-helped-bc-sockeye-bounce-back-scientists-suspect/article1771042/
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Post by moabiter on Nov 3, 2010 7:13:30 GMT -8
Tagging solves part of sockeye mystery Last updated Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 9:38PM EDT When researchers fitted 200 young salmon with acoustic tags in the spring of 2007, they had no idea those fish would later help pinpoint the “crime scene” for one of the biggest environmental disasters ever to strike the West Coast. But as it turned out, the ground-breaking study, which tracked a small school of fish out to sea and two years later picked up a pair of survivors on the inbound journey, has provided a vital clue into what happened to nearly 10 million Fraser River sockeye salmon that vanished in 2009... www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/tagging-solves-part-of-sockeye-mystery/article1772014/
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Post by moabiter on Nov 3, 2010 7:15:28 GMT -8
Brain lesions linked to sharp drop in sockeye stocks Published Wednesday, Nov. 03, 2010 3:00AM EDT “The evidence of brain lesions is new and it will take some time to document the geographic extent and to understand a relationship (if any) between a disease agent and mortality,” states a Dec. 11, 2009, Memorandum for the Minister signed by deputy Minister Claire Dansereau. The document identifies “three high profile and/or likely causes” of the sockeye collapse, but focuses on the disease, promising to describe the other top suspects – sea lice from fish farms and a lack of food in the Pacific – in future briefings. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/brain-lesions-linked-to-sharp-drop-in-sockeye-stocks/article1783546/
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Post by clone on Nov 3, 2010 10:37:13 GMT -8
Curious (brain lesions & salmon). In the past bit, an 18 year old known to me died in her sleep, due to something like that (as far as I know), so I'm thinking that one over. My first impression was death by cell phone radiation. The other deaths of young people known to me over the past several years are by suicide.
It's very sad to have funerals at that age.
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Post by moabiter on Nov 11, 2010 7:38:43 GMT -8
THERE IS *A LOT* OF OCEAN DUMPING - VARIOUS MATERIAL FROM RADIOACTIVE, CHEMICAL ARMAMENTS, OFFSHORE OILFIELD DRILLING WASTES, TONS OF PHARMACEUTICALS... CRUISE SHIP TRASH & SEWAGE...SArmy admits secretly dumping 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents, 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, land mines, rockets and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste into the sea www.informationliberation.com/?id=22469A Survey of Offshore Oilfield Drilling Wastes and Disposal Techniques to Reduce the Ecological Impact of Sea Dumping - These cuttings piles smother seabed life and remain toxic for many years, mainly because of the hydrocarbons they contain. www.offshore-environment.com/drillcuttings.htmlIndia's Waterways A Toxic Stew of Pharmaceutical Chemicals Dumped from Big Pharma Factories - There's something else Big Pharma doesn't want you to know about its drug operations in India: Big Pharma's manufacturing facilities dump millions of doses of toxic pharmaceutical chemicals directly into India's waterways. www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_16616.cfmMarine Scientists Studying Great Pacific Garbage Patch earthfirst.com/tag/oceans/The Legality of Dumping of Nuclear Waste - The Cold War also left a nuclear legacy on the seafloor in the form of reactors and warheads, many of them from lost or scuttled submarines... Throughout the Cold War, both the Soviet and American militaries lost or intentionally sank nuclear weapons and reactors at sea. www.law.berkeley.edu/centers/ilr/ona/pages/dumping2.htmOcean Dumping - *HUMAN SEWAGE* The motivation for banning ocean dumping gained momentum when contaminated wastes from sewage-derived microorganisms were discovered at public beaches, shellfish beds were contaminated with toxic metals, and fish were infected by lesion-causing parasites. oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/background/dumping/dumping.htmlSANITATION, COASTAL [Accra] The surf zone turned this colour after one of the regular discharges of untreated nightsoil! duncanmarasanitation.blogspot.com/2009/06/ocean-dumping.htmlCruise Ship Dumping I remember taking a boat up the Amazon years ago, and I watched in horror as one of the boat's workers literally swept a week's worth of trash into the Amazon River. Everything went: bottles, condoms, batteries, food trash. www.gadling.com/2006/12/13/cruise-ship-dumping/Each cruise ship carries an average of 3,000 people and produces as much sewage and waste as a mid-sized city. www.kahea.org/cruiseships/Cruise ship waste: All ashore? The cruise ships that come to Seattle each summer bring something you don't find advertised in glossy brochures -- millions of gallons of human waste. www.seattlepi.com/local/303063_cruise09.htmlCruise on down to our dumping ground Vancouver has wooed the Mercury away from Seattle this year, becoming the 1,900-passenger ship's home port for the 2007 Alaska cruise season. www.straight.com/article-86446/cruise-on-down-to-our-dumping-ground Engine Fire Leaves 4,500 stranded on cruise ship November 10, 2010 - Carnival cruise ship Splendor sits adrift 260 kilometres south of San Diego this week. - Crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan load supplies for the Cruise ship Carnival Splendor. From some random newspaper.
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Post by clone on Dec 18, 2010 6:27:01 GMT -8
Army admits secretly dumping 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents, 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, land mines, rockets and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste into the sea www.informationliberation.com/?id=22469 US Department of Defense is the Worst Polluter on the Planet *Top 25 Censored Stories of 2011* The US military is responsible for the most egregious and widespread pollution of the planet, yet this information and accompanying documentation goes almost entirely unreported. In spite of the evidence, the environmental impact of the US military goes largely unaddressed by environmental organizations and was not the focus of any discussions or proposed restrictions at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. This impact includes uninhibited use of fossil fuels, massive creation of greenhouse gases, and extensive release of radioactive and chemical contaminants into the air, water, and soil. * Pentagon is the largest institutional user of petroleum products and energy * Official accounts put US military usage at 320,000 barrels of oil a day, that does not include fuel consumed by contractors, in leased or private facilities, or in the production of weapons * US military is a major contributor of carbon dioxide * Iraq war was responsible for at least 141 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) from March 2003 through December 2007 * US Congress passed an explicit provision guaranteeing the US military exemption from any energy reduction or measurement * An executive order signed by President Barack Obama calls for other federal agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 * Department of Defense is the largest polluter in the world, producing more hazardous waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined * Depleted uranium, petroleum, oil, pesticides, defoliant agents such as Agent Orange, and lead, along with vast amounts of radiation from weaponry produced, tested, and used, are just some of the pollutants with which the US military is contaminating the environment * United States is planning an enormous $15 billion military buildup on the Pacific island of Guam * Between 1946 and 1958, the US dropped more than sixty nuclear weapons on the people of the Marshall Islands * a new five-year strategic plan by the US Navy outlines the militarization of the Arctic * 53.3 percent of our tax money is still being funneled to the US military * manipulated into supporting wars and how those wars are killing our ecosystem * Guam remains under the purview of the Office of Insular Affairs in the US Department of the Interior * These developments will mean, among other things, the clearing of whole limestone forests and the desecration of burial sites some 3,500 years old; the restricting of access to areas rich in plants necessary for indigenous medicinal practice; the denying of access to places of worship and traditional fishing grounds; the destroying of seventy acres of thriving coral reef, which currently serve as critical habitat for several endangered species; and the over-tapping of Guam’s water system to include the drilling of twenty-two additional wells * sharpest debate in Guam has been the Department of Defense’s announcement that it will, if needed, forcibly condemn an additional 2,200 acres of land in Guam to support the construction of new military facilities * Upon review of the DEIS, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated it “insufficient” and “environmentally unsatisfactory,” giving it the lowest possible rating for a DEIS www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-us-department-of-defense-is-the-worst-polluter-on-the-planet/
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Post by not me on Dec 18, 2010 9:40:43 GMT -8
^ which is why I wouldn't want to see a "security perimeter" with these morons. ^
oops, homicidal morons.
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Post by clone on Jan 15, 2011 20:26:35 GMT -8
Gene-flaw, virus could be killing Pacific salmon Jan 13, Biology/Plants & Animals Massive die-offs among Canada's wild sockeye salmon could be due to a genetic flaw that causes immune weakness and could make viruses lethal, researchers said Thursday. Between 40 and 95 percent of the adult sockeye population has died in recent years, delivering a serious blow to the one billion dollar fishing industry in British Columbia and causing concern that some stocks may go extinct. So researchers examined the genomic profiles of salmon that survived the trip and compared them to fish that died before managing to reach their spawning ground and mate, said the findings published in the journal Science. They found that the dead fish shared "a key genetic signature that indicates they are suffering from metabolic and immune-related stress," said the study. pda.physorg.com/news/2011-01-gene-flaw-virus-pacific-salmon.html
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Post by clone on Jan 15, 2011 20:33:44 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Jan 16, 2011 10:07:32 GMT -8
Just last week, California State Assembly member Jared Huffman introduced a landmard Assembly Bill (AB 88) which would require all future GE salmon sold in California to contain clear and prominent labeling. An act relating to food labeling. legislative counsel’s digest AB 88, as introduced, Huffman. Food labeling: genetically engineered food. The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale, any food that is misbranded. Food is misbranded if its labeling does not conform to specified federal labeling requirements regarding nutrition, nutrient content or health claims, and food allergens. Violation of this law is misdemeanor.www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_88_bill_20110106_introduced.pdfGiant salmon will be first GM animal available for eating - BST 27 Jun 2010 AquaBounty, the Massachusetts company behind the GM salmon, say the fish will be sterile and therefore poses no risk to the wild. www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/7857310/Giant-salmon-will-be-first-GM-animal-available-for-eating.htmlSee also: Fighting world hunger with a Super Potato? www.pyrelog.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=monsantogmo&action=display&thread=333Monsanto, GMOs, agribusiness www.pyrelog.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=monsantogmoEnviropigs - www.pyrelog.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=monsantogmo&action=display&thread=445
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Post by clone on Feb 7, 2011 19:52:36 GMT -8
B.C. salmon deaths may be linked to virus Last Updated: Thursday, January 13, 2011 | 3:57 PM ET The data collected by a team led by Kristina Miller, a researcher with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, suggest a virus may infect the fish while they are at sea, before they enter the river, and persists as they migrate to their spawning areas.www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/01/13/sockeye-salmon-deaths-virus.html'Dead fish swimming' virus may be hurting Pacific salmon Postmedia News January 13, 2011 The compromised salmon that appeared to have a viral infection at sea — a phenomenon co-author Scott Hinch at the University of British Columbia describes as "dead fish swimming" — were 13.5 times more likely to die before spawning than healthy fish... The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, does not identify a microbial culprit, but suggests the virus may be associated with leukemia and lymphoma...
Federal scientist Kristina Miller, who was unavailable for interviews before deadline, led the four-year-long study. The sleuthing operation involving 15 researchers who took tissue samples in 2006 of adult salmon, many of them still hundreds of kilometres out at sea, and then tracked the fate of more than 150 fish as they headed for and then up the Fraser. www.leaderpost.com/health/Dead+fish+swimming+virus+hurting+Pacific+salmon/4104876/story.htmlThe scientist who led the 4-year study was unavailable? Hmmm -
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Post by clone10 on May 5, 2011 7:26:40 GMT -8
Giant Squid Killed by Sound? "We now have proof" sonar blasts can harm squid, expert says. Published May 3, 2011 When giant squid were found dead off Spain about a decade ago, scientists suspected that powerful sound pulses from ships had harmed the animals. Now the evidence may be in. A new study says low-frequency sounds from human activities can affect squid and other cephalopods, not just whales and other marine mammals, which have long been thought to be vulnerable to such pulses. (See " U.S. Navy Sonar May Harm Killer Whales, Expert Says (Mar 31, 2004.") The finding suggests noise pollution in the ocean is having a much broader effect on marine life than previously thought, said study leader Michel André, a marine bioacoustician at Barcelona's Technical University of Catalonia. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110503-giant-squid-octopus-sonar-acoustic-tests-science-whales-sound/
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Post by moran alert on Jun 2, 2011 22:01:02 GMT -8
^ which is why I wouldn't want to see a "security perimeter" with these morons. ^ oops, homicidal morons. Canada considering international bases: MacKay Last Updated: Jun 2, 2011 7:31 PM ET Minister of Defence Peter MacKay delivers a speech at CANSEC 2011, Defence and Security Trade Show, in Ottawa on Thursday. MacKay confirmed the Canadian Forces are considering establishing new bases around the world. "The focus of the planning, let's be clear, sweet jesus not again and still, is our capability for expeditionary participation in international missions.... We are big players in NATO. We're a country that has become a go-to nation in response to situations like what we're seeing in Libya, what we saw in Haiti... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/02/pol-military-bases.htmlI smell Schreiber.
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Post by clone on Jun 21, 2011 0:05:57 GMT -8
Voices for Wild Salmon: Played for Fools June 18th, 2011 I went out to Echo Bay a few days ago and examined a bucket of herring caught near the Burdwood salmon farm. One fifth of these herring were bleeding at the base of their fins. There is not one lab in Canada that will take a viral sample from me, because they are afraid of losing work with government and industry and the last samples I shipped to Washington State were left to rot, so there is nothing I can do to figure this out. dissidentvoice.org/2011/06/voices-for-wild-salmon-played-for-fools/
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