Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  A leading environmental group, the environmental defense Fund (EDF), began to take on MMT as a major public policy issue. The group would have to be dealt with. Ethyl was prepared. A full-page advertisement in the New York Times in March 1996 opened its public relations blitzkrieg. "Ethyl Corporation wants to remove millions of pounds of smog-related pollutants per year from the environment," read the lead line, followed in the second line by "The environmental defense Fund prefers that we don't. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  Mackerel Low in Environmental Contaminants
One of the reasons the New York Times article was so excited about mackerel is that in addition to being delicious and extremely healthy, the Atlantic version is on the list of "Best Seafood Choices" on the Oceans Alive Web site (Oceans Alive is a division of the environmental defense Fund). Not only is mackerel high in omega-3 fatty acids, but it's also low in environmental contaminants. According to the Oceans Alive Web site (www.oceansalive. |
Devra Davis
See book keywords and concepts |  Ellen Silbergeld, the brilliant senior scientist at the environmental defense Fund who had already conducted breakthrough research on metals toxicology, and the irrepressible Frost joined forces to sue EPA to create ATSDR. Squeezed between usually opposing forces, EPA yielded in 1983.
It quickly became apparent why Frost had so enthusiastically championed the new agency. The first head of ATSDR, a physician who had conducted important work on lead toxicity in children, Vernon L. Houk, simply didn't believe that hazardous wastes caused any health problems except mental illness. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | Keep your eyes open for the reports of consumer advocate groups who often sound the alarm way in advance of government agencies (a good place to start is with the environmental defense Networks' Oceans Alive Web site, www.oceansalive.org). Read the thoughtful books by Dr. Marion Nestle, who tends to take a middle ground (Safe Food, Food Politics, What to Eat). Keep your fish consumption to the recommended levels.
And if you're so moved, get involved. Write to your congressperson. Elect people who want to clean up the environment and the food it produces. Join a consumer advocacy group. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
See book keywords and concepts |  If you want a funny-sounding example of an environmental defense turned environmental hazard, you need look no further than your nose. ACHOO syndrome—its full name is autosomal dominant compelling helioopthalmic outburst syndrome—is the name of a "disorder" that causes uncontrolled sneezing when someone is exposed to bright light, usually sunlight, after being in the dark. Well, way back when our ancestors spent more time in caves, this reflex helped them to clear out any molds or microbes that might have lodged in their noses or upper respiratory tract. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts |  The nonprofit environmental defense Organization has listed its "eco-worst" fish to eat: blue and striped marlin, swordfish, shark, Atlantic salmon, orange roughy, grouper, Chilean sea bass, and bluefin tuna. Choose smaller fish such as flounder, sole, pollock, and halibut instead. Consumer and public health groups indicate that virtually every can of tuna is contaminated to some degree, and fish-safety experts now think pregnant women should avoid canned tuna entirely because there's no way to know for sure which cans contain the least amount of mercury. |
Gabriel Cousens
See book keywords and concepts |  Sixty-five thousand of these chemicals are considered hazardous to our health. The environmental defense Council reports that more than four billion pounds of toxic chemical are released into the environment each year. Although there is not a lot of data available, it does suggest that the heavy metals, especially arsenic, mercury, cadmium and lead, interfere with the specific function of insulin and the insulin receptors. Others, like fluorine in our water and a variety of pesticides and herbicides, are metabolic poisons that may further derange the already deranged metabolism of diabetics. | | The environmental defense Council reports that more than four billion pounds of toxic chemicals are released into the environment each year, including seventy-two million pounds of known carcinogens. In addition, we live in a mental and emotional environment filled with messages of stress and death from the media, including news of constant wars and terrorism infecting the planet. The degenerate conditions, lifestyle, and diet that create diabetes emanate from these modern human-created realities, which, taken together, we are calling the Culture of Death. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Ethyl Corporation wants to remove millions of pounds of smog-related pollutants per year from the environment," read the lead line, followed in the second line by "The environmental defense Fund prefers that we don't. "118
While the first sentence was in bold type in the otiginal advertisement, the jab at the EDF below it was printed in a slightly smaller soothing italic typeface. The Ethyl advertising consultant may have chosen this latter print style to make the form seem less aggressive than the words themselves, subliminally suggesting a friendly social invitation, perhaps. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts | | For more information on fisheating safety, you may want to browse Environmental Defense's Web site and their "eco-best" and "eco-worst" fish at www.oceansalive.org.)
When choosing other meats, such as flank steak, top sirloin, London broil, chicken, and turkey—all of which are great, lean sources of meat?remember to go for organically raised, pastured animals (those that eat grass, not grains) whenever possible. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | According to Oceans Alive, a division of the environmental defense Fund, fish high in omega-3 s that are caught or farmed in an ecologically sound manner and are low in contaminants include wild salmon from Alaska (fresh, frozen, and canned), Atlantic mackerel and herring, sardines, sablefish, anchovies, and farmed oysters.
White-fleshed fish, on the other hand, is lower in fat than any other source of animal protein. They're also loaded with vitamins and minerals and are incredibly low calorie. |
Peter Pringle
See book keywords and concepts |  In America, groups such as the Union of Concerned Scientists, environmental defense, and the antibiotech activist Jeremy Rifkin's Foundation on Economic Trends were putting up mostly responsible challenges to an industry that was behaving irresponsibly in not explaining the details of its new technology to a wary and suspicious public. For a while the future of genetically engineered foods looked uncertain in the developed nations, if for no other reason than that no one could quite see the benefit of the product to the consumer. |
Alex Steffen
See book keywords and concepts |  How much does it cost? Usually, green power costs slightly more than nonrenewable power costs. Your utility will either add a cent or two to the standard per-kilowatt-hour rate or will charge an additional flat monthly fee of five to ten dollars. However, in some places, state-sponsored incentives and subsidies mean that buying green is actually cheaper.
The Empire State Building as seen from New Jersey during the 2003 North American blackout. will help you evaluate the impact of all types of energy available to you.
How do I know that a green-power program or utility is legit? |
Peter Pringle
See book keywords and concepts | | Rebecca Goldburg of environmental defense.12 The biotech industry promised not to biopharm in major corn-producing states such as Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska, but grocery manufacturers wanted stricter assurances, especially after the summer of 2002, when their fears were realized.
The USDA found GM corn containing a pharmaceutical protein growing in two soybean plots in Iowa and Nebraska. The offending corn had grown from seeds left over from the test crop planted the year before by a Texas-based company, Prodigene. | | Rebecca Goldburg of environmental defense summed up the feeling of the green groups: "It appears that such questions will only be addressed if there is funding for research on Bt corn pollen and butterflies independent of the industry." Such funding would "also help to insulate researchers from the pressures of commercial interest."28 Opinions on the meeting were polarized. One researcher called it a "travesty"; another said press complaints about the industry spin were undeserved.
Obviously, the industry still had a fight on its hands. | | The more reflective of the green activist groups, such as the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and environmental defense, noted that Losey's results demonstrated how the government's insecticide regulatory department, the Environmental Protection Agency, had failed to address the real risks to the monarch—and other insects, for that matter—before allowing Bt corn into the environment. "One cannot help but wonder what other, perhaps less obvious, environmental impacts of genetically engineered crops have been missed by the EPA," said the UCS biotech director, Margaret Mellon. | | After the long review, Rebecca Goldburg, senior scientist with environmental defense, a New York-based green group, admitted that the FDA had "done a considerable review." But Goldburg was still concerned that the FDA was asking for a voluntary system, leaving it up to the companies to decide whether a new product needed review. There was no guarantee that companies developing future products would be equally responsible. Goldburg was not looking far into the future, she was staring at products waiting in the wings. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
See book keywords and concepts |  According to Becky Goldburg of the environmental defense Fund, "The articles all reported that the symposium would conclude that Bt corn pollen posed little risk to monarchs—even though the articles had been written before the meeting had taken place!!" After the symposium, another news conference was set up with many of the same scientists that were part of the earlier conference call. The press conference was jointly sponsored by the biotech industry and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and echoed the same conclusions. |
Marion Nestle
See book keywords and concepts |  Advocacy groups include environmental organizations (such as environmental defense, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Sierra Club) but also an extraordinary variety of less familiar organizations such as the International Center for Technology Assessment, the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the International Forum on Globalization, and the Rainforest Action Network. Countless local groups like NW Rage (Northwest Resistance against Genetic Engineering) educate members "to resist the intrusion of genetic engineering ... into our lives. |
John Robbins
See book keywords and concepts |  In recent years, impartial researchers and nonprofit environmental organizations like the Worldwatch Institute, EarthSave, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Audubon Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the environmental defense Fund, and the Sierra Club have sought to alert the public and elected officials to the toll modern meat production is taking on the environment.
And it isn't only environmentalists. There are members of the animal industry, too, who see the price our fragile planet is paying for the growth of modern factory farms and feedlots. Peter R. |
Linda Mason Hunter
See book keywords and concepts |  Shortly after EPA testing in 1987, the environmental defense Fund released a study linking elevated cancer death rates in New Orleans with the presence of organic chemicals in the city's drinking water.
¦ In San Francisco, asbestos in the water is sometimes found at more than 100 times the acceptable level.
¦ Tucson, Arizona, one of the cleanest, most picturesque cities in the Southwest, has hardly any heavy industry, vet 3 years ago it was discovered that residents in one area of the city had been drinking water with dangerously high levels of trichloroethylene (TCE). |
Earth RightH. Patricia Hynes
See book keywords and concepts | | In itself, this vital sector warrants immediate action. The environmental defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council recommend three crucial initiatives that should be taken to help protect U.S. agriculture from dislocation that could come with a warming trend. They are: (1) reforestation on marginal croplands; (2) soil and water conservation; and (3) plant research and planning. The recommendations are discussed in some detail in the studies listed in the Resources section. |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Following protest by the environmental defense Fund, Monsanto initially agreed to limit somewhat the scope of its campaign. One sixty-second national television spot features a speaker identified as an agricultural chemist drinking from a glass of water and asserting the dependence of the modern farmer on chemicals such as di-hydrogen oxide — water. He then goes on to discuss the herbicide Vegadex,* explaining that while one would never drink this, it benefits crop growth in several ways. The screen flashes images of weeds being killed and healthy crops growing. |
John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
See book keywords and concepts |  Bruce Harrison points to the marriage between McDonald's restaurants and the environmental defense Fund (EDF). After the Citizens Clearinghouse on Hazardous Waste organized a national grassroots campaign against McDonald's use of plastic foam containers, EDF Executive Director Fred Krupp barged in, negotiated a highly-publicized settlement, and began an ongoing "partnership" with the fast-food behemoth. Krupp gained a "victory" which the EDF highlights prominently in its fundraising activities. | | Propaganda Review that corporate sponsors of the World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, environmental defense Fund, Audubon Society and National Wildlife Federation also funded about one-quarter of the 37 organizations described in the Greenpeace Guide to Anti-Environmental Organizations}5 Frank Boren, former president of the Nature Conservancy and a board member of ARCO Petroleum, advocates corporate cooptation of mainstream environmental organizations. | | Sarah Clark, formerly of the environmental defense Fund, claims that sludge farming "is the best means of returning to the soil nutrients and organic matter that were originally removed. It is recycling a resource just as recycling newspapers or bottles is. If the right safeguards are taken, it can be environmentally protective and even beneficial."29
Unfortunately, "the right safeguards" are not being taken. Joseph Zinobile, a risk management consultant with the Pennsylvania-based Waste Risk Education Fund agrees that "human waste residue can be applied to land in a safe manner. |
Leo Galland
See book keywords and concepts |  Lead can also enter food from ceramic ware, and is most likely to be leached out by acidic foods like tomato sauce and applesauce. The environmental defense Fund has tested the lead content of bowls and dishes and offers a consumer guide. They can be reached at (202) 387-3500.
9. Check Your Home Office
With more people working from home, the use of computers, copiers, fax machines, and printers in houses and apartments will continue to dramatically increase. All these office machines, including laser printers, emit VOCs during their operation. |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | In April, 1977, following a petition from the environmental defense Fund, the Commission banned the use of Tris as a flame retardant on children's sleepwear. While a court ruled against this action on procedural grounds, the Commission, however, proceeded against Tris garments in individual enforcement actions, and a federal appeals court has sustained this approach in an October, 1978, decision. | | On April 14,1977, the environmental defense Fund petitioned EPA to list benzene as a "hazardous air pollutant" under section 112 of the Clean Air Act. EPA did so on June 7, 1977, and recommended that industrial emissions of benzene be reduced to the "lowest possible level." This action required the agency to develop appropriate standards and abatement programs within a subsequent ninety-day period.
EPA, meanwhile, was preparing the scientific basis for its proposed action. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Bethany Arglsle
*Sources include the environmental defense Fund and the book Save Our Planet (New York: Dell Publishing, 1990), especially "Can You Believe It>" on page 119.
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The use of certain chemicals has been a great boon to the technological age; it has also been a great detriment to the ecology and health of Earth and her people. Chemistry has changed the balance of life. I am a naturalist at heart and appreciate the beauty and purity of nature more than almost anything else. |
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