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Post by moabiter on Jun 26, 2011 8:40:50 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Jun 28, 2011 15:10:58 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Jul 3, 2011 21:43:14 GMT -8
Plastic Found in Nine Percent of 'Garbage Patch' Fishes: Tens of Thousands of Tons of Debris Annually Ingested ScienceDaily (July 1, 2011) — The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630161837.htm
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Post by clone on Jul 28, 2011 8:07:24 GMT -8
Wednesday, 1 December, 1999, 19:04 GMT 'Trojan gene' could wipe out fish Just one genetically-modified (GM) fish could wipe out local populations of the species if released into the wild, biologists have warned. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/545504.stm
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Post by ratline on Aug 2, 2011 0:50:59 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Oct 19, 2011 4:32:52 GMT -8
Alaska vote: No to giant gold/copper mine October 18, 2011 Residents in a remote corner of Alaska near Bristol Bay have voted to try to block the siting of North America’s biggest open pit mine next door to the world’s most productive salmon fishery. In a state known for pro-growth politics, the Lake & Peninsula Borough voted 280-246 for a provision in law that would keep the borough from granting to projects that would have “significant adverse impact” on fisheries. Developers of the Pebble Mine, including the giant Anglo-American Corp. are mounting a court challenge against the borough’s vote. They have been joined by the Alaska attorney general. blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/10/18/alaska-vote-no-to-giant-goldcopper-mine/
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Post by 33b on Oct 19, 2011 4:39:56 GMT -8
*Top 25 Censored Stories of 2011* * 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 ... www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-us-department-of-defense-is-the-worst-polluter-on-the-planet/Shipbuilding contracts decision coming Last Updated: Oct 19, 2011 11:22 AM NT The Canadian government is buying more than 30 new ships for the navy and the coast guard, including frigates, supply ships, patrol boats and icebreakers. They will cover Canada's needs for the next three decades. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/10/18/pol-shipbuilding-contract-announcement-mackay.html
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Post by clone on Oct 25, 2011 11:22:50 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Dec 15, 2011 10:26:48 GMT -8
From the Wash to the Ocean Synthetic fabrics shed thousands of tiny bits of plastic that can end up in the oceans. Mon Oct 24, 2011 08:00 AM ET Scientists have found an unexpected source for the rising load of tiny plastic bits in the oceans: Washing machines. When you wash fleece jackets, polypro running shirts and other synthetic fabrics, a new study found, miniscule threads of plastic seep through filters and escape into the environment. Marine microplastics can penetrate the cells of even the tiniest organisms, raising all sorts of health concerns for both sea creatures and the people that eat them. And while washing machines are far from the only source of tiny plastic pieces in the oceans, the study suggests that there might be a need for a new generation of clothing made from natural fibers or synthetic versions that hold together for a longer time, said Mark Browne, an ecologist at University College Dublin. For now, textile companies are not required to test their products for durability or plastic-shedding potential... Studies of artificial joints and plastic-based drug delivery devices in people have shown that small pieces of plastic can infiltrate joints and even enter the circulatory systems. Experiments on mussels, among other animals, have shown similar effects in even these simple creatures. And when cells take up plastic, they seem to have trouble functioning as they should. To gauge the extent of the microplastic problem, Browne and colleagues collected and tested sediment samples from 18 shorelines on six continents. Microplastics were not just ubiquitous, the team reported in Environmental Science & Technology. Concentrations were also highest in the most densely populated countries. Places that produce the most waste, in other words, suffer the most from their waste. “The plastic you throw away,” Browne said, “could end up on your dinner plate.” THE DISCOVERNATOR: Amazing Facts Served Up HotInside the discharge from sewage treatment plants, the researchers then analyzed plastic particles to figure out where they were coming from. Results revealed polyester, acrylic and other plastics that looked just like the materials used in synthetic clothing. In a single wash cycle, follow-up experiments showed, a fleece garment could shed more than 1,900 fibers. “It seems obvious in hindsight that fibers are leaving clothes in washing machines and ending up in the waste stream, but it hadn’t been considered as a source up until this point,” said Kara Lavender Law, a research oceanographer at the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Mass. “This is eye opening.” news.discovery.com/earth/washing-machine-pollutes-111024.html
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Post by moabiter on Jan 14, 2012 10:40:34 GMT -8
Cruise Ship Lines Win 2011 "Dino of the Year" Anti-environmental Prize December 28, 2011 NABU President Olaf Tschimpke claims cruise ships emit particle pollution equivalent to 5 million cars driving the same distance as the cruise ship travels. NABU notes in particular that there is money for every sort of convenience and luxury for guests on board, but no investment has been made in switching cruise ships from heavy fuel oil or outfitting the ships with particle filters, to reduce the pollution emission rates. Also according to NABU, the 15 largest cruise ships emit as much sulfur dioxide pollution annually as all 760 million cars in the world.Cruise Ship Pollution in Norwegian FjordNABU's anti-award highlights not only the sulfurous emissions but the effects of particle pollution in the environments of natural beauty and species diversity visited by cruise ships. Black oil or diesel particle pollution falling on the white ice at the north and south poles in particular has been blamed for increasing the heat absorption from sunlight, contributing to the melting of glacial ice. Maybe eco-friendly cruising needs a second look. www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/cruise-ship-lines-win-2011-dino-year-anti-environmental-prize.html---------------------------------------- Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia: Search for missing 14 January 2012 Last updated at 12:43 ET Emergency teams in Italy are racing to rescue those missing after a cruise ship ran aground off the country's west coast with about 4,000 people on board. Coast guard vessels are combing the waters around the Costa Concordia, which is lying on its side. Divers are searching its submerged decks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16561904
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Post by morgellons on Mar 4, 2012 19:48:16 GMT -8
Interesting? From the Wash to the Ocean Synthetic fabrics shed thousands of tiny bits of plastic that can end up in the oceans. Mon Oct 24, 2011 08:00 AM ET Marine microplastics can penetrate the cells of even the tiniest organisms, raising all sorts of health concerns for both sea creatures and the people that eat them. news.discovery.com/earth/washing-machine-pollutes-111024.html 27 January 2012 Accumulating 'microplastic' threat to shores Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned. Researchers traced the "microplastic" back to synthetic clothes, which released up to 1,900 tiny fibres per garment every time they were washed. Earlier research showed plastic smaller than 1mm were being eaten by animals and getting into the food chain. The findings appeared in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Concentrations of microplastic were greatest near coastal urban areas, the study showedwww.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16709045 www.natural-health-information-centre.com/morgellons-disease.html
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Post by GE on Apr 7, 2012 7:10:57 GMT -8
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Post by clone on May 8, 2012 14:09:50 GMT -8
Marine Pests Interactive Map: Managing ballast water to stop new pests arriving in Australia www.marinepests.gov.au/pest_outbreaks/interactive_map__________________ Science News Study: More plastic in ocean than thought Published: April 25, 2012 at 9:28 PM Pieces of plastic debris found in the oceans are smaller than many people think. Most are measured in millimeters. SEATTLE, April 25 (UPI) -- Research on how much plastic litters the oceans may vastly underestimate the true amount because it only looks at the surface, a U.S. researcher says. University of Washington oceanographer Giora Proskurowski said he was on a research cruise in the Pacific Ocean and noticed the water surface was littered with tiny bits of plastic -- until the wind suddenly picked up and the plastic "disappeared." Taking water samples from 16 feet he discovered the wind was pushing the lightweight plastic particles below the surface. The finding suggests data collected from just the surface of the water commonly underestimates the total amount of plastic in the water by an average factor of 2.5, a university release reported Wednesday. "That really puts a lot of error into the compilation of the data set," Proskurowski said. more: www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/04/25/Study-More-plastic-in-ocean-than-thought/UPI-29071335403717/
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Post by clone on May 19, 2012 21:23:24 GMT -8
B.C. salmon farm: virus forces cull of half million fish Published On Sat May 19 2012 VANCOUVER—Atlantic salmon farms around Vancouver Island have begun testing and formed a special outbreak management team after a virus outbreak at one farm led to a site quarantine and the cull of more than half a million fish. The farm most seriously affected by the virus is one run by Mainstream Canada, which confirmed tests conducted earlier this week showed the presence of infectious hematopoietic necrosis at its site on the Island’s west coast, located at Dixon Bay, north of Tofino, B.C. A second farm announced Friday afternoon that the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has identified a “low positive result” for the same virus in coho salmon samples on a Sunshine Coast farm. Grieg Seafood said further tests will be conducted next week. www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1181364--b-c-salmon-farm-virus-forces-cull-of-half-million-fish
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Post by fishy on May 25, 2012 13:33:33 GMT -8
B.C. law to ban information on farm outbreaks Overrides Freedom of Information law, carries stiff penalty By Ethan Baron, The Province May 22, 2012 B.C.'s Liberal government is poised to further choke off the flow of public information, this time with respect to disease outbreaks. The Animal Health Act, expected to be passed into law by month's end, expressly over-rides B.C.'s Freedom of Information Act, duct-taping shut the mouths of any citizens - or journalists - who would publicly identify the location of an outbreak of agriculture-related disease such as the deadly bird flu.... The Animal Health Act would override another provincial law, the Offence Act. While the Offence Act caps punishment at a $2,000 fine and six months in jail for offences not drawing higher penalties in other legislation, the Animal Health Act says that section of the Offence Act doesn't apply, and lays out a punishment regime with penal-ties reaching to $75,000 fines and two years in prison. The offence of failing to keep information confidential falls among the violations drawing the highest penalties. www.theprovince.com/news/information+farm+outbreaks/6657194/story.html_______________________ 05/22/2012 IHN infected farm salmon transported through Alberni Inlet - one of the last farm-free migration routes left I wanted to know what Mainstream is doing with their virus infected salmon so we tracked the boat electronically from the area near the infected farm at Dixon Bay where the boat was seen loading yesterday morning. There was no containment around the boat, so if a pipe connection fails all the young salmon coming out of the rivers right now will be bathed in the virus. The Mainstream crew were hostile. However, after I told them several times that blood water was dripping from the hoses as the trucks pulled away, they used the caps and sealed them. alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/05/ihn-infected-farm-salmon-transported-through-alberni-inlet-one-of-the-last-farm-free-migration-route.html
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