Mark Schapiro
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 While the United States retreats, the EU's tougher approach to environmental protection is rippling into the supply chains of the global economy. "The ground is changing," commented Daryl Ditz of the Center for International Environmental Law, which works globally on behalf of environmental reform. "It's happening through all these micro-decisions made by companies in countries most Americans don't pay attention to.",z At the same time, new axis of power are emerging, independent of any of the superpowers. |
Ann N. Martin
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 At the present time 2,4,-D "is under special review by the environmental protection Agency in the United States because of concerns about chronic health and environmental effects."3 In addition to being a toxic threat to animals and humans, chemical fertilizers and pesticides on lawns weaken the grass and destroy the natural balance of microbes and beneficial insect predators, thus, in the end promoting weed and insect proliferation.
As an alternative, try an organic fertilizer, which slowly feeds your lawn and does not kill earthworms. |
James Howard Kunstler
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 A new environmental protection Agency rule issued in August 2003 is a revision of the 1977 "new source review" provision, allowing the nation's most polluting power plants to upgrade equipment without implementing new emission-control measures. Scientists and officials have criticized it as the biggest rollback in the history of the Clean Air Act. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 According to a study by the environmental protection Agency (EPA), 93% of autopsies conducted in 1982 indicated the presence of DDE. Organophosphates also seem to affect calcium metabolism. Agricultural workers exposed to OP pesticides have significantly decreased bone formation compared to healthy controls.4
North Americans accumulate harmful levels of dioxins in their bodies mostly through the ingestion of food. |
Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens
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 EPA (U.S. environmental protection Agency). 1989a. Ethylene bisdithiocarbamates; Notice of Preliminary Determination to Cancel Certain Registrations, Notice of Availability of Technical Support Document and Draft Notice of Intent to Cancel. Federal Register 54(243):52158-52185.
EPA (U.S. environmental protection Agency). 1989b. Preliminary Determination to Cancel Certain Daminozide Product Registrations; Availability of Technical Support Document and Draft Notice of Intent to Cancel. Federal Register 54(99):22558-22573.
EPA (U.S. environmental protection Agency). 1992. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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This evidence was detailed in 1990 by environmental protection Agency's Office of Criminal Investigation which charged Monsanto with a "long pattern of fraud" and with reporting "false information" to the Agency.
Fraudulent claims by Monsanto since 1985 that genetically engineered (rBGH) milk is indistinguishable from natural milk. These claims persist despite contrary evidence. Monsanto's reckless marketing in 1976 of plastic Coke bottles made from acrylonitrile, a chemical closely related to VC, prior to its testing for carcinogenicity and migration into the Coke. |
Alex Steffen
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 In a sea of books about making everyday choices that benefit the environment, almost none gives a scientifically grounded, realistic depiction of how much any one of those choices actually matters in the grand scheme of environmental protection and restoration, What's worse—paper or plastic? Does it even matter? If you eat meat every day but take the bus to work, are you doing better or worse than a vegetarian who drives solo?
According to the authors, "Not all consumption has an equal impact on the environment. |
| Sustainable Fisheries Certification mmmm Unlike the Department of Agriculture's Organic Standard label or the environmental protection Agency's Energy Star label [see Using Energy Efficiently, p. 166], a standard, overarching sustainable fisheries' certification has not yet been established for restaurants, retailers, and fishers. Right now, a proliferation of systems, protocols, and evaluation schemes, as well as conscientious distributors like EcoFish and CleanFish, are dedicated to identifying and supplying sustainable seafood. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Don't worry, we tested it on animals
Why do health authorities urge everyone to use sunscreen on their skin when the very chemicals used in sunscreen products would be a violation of environmental protection laws if dumped into any river?
Getting the public to swallow the fluoride lie
Speaking of dumping chemicals into rivers, why is fluoride -- a chemical byproduct of aluminum processing -- illegal to dump into rivers and streams unless it is first fed to the population via the water supply? |
Alex Steffen
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| In 2003, the environmental protection Agency presented DuPont with its annual Presidential Green Chemistry Award in recognition of its work in developing the PDO process.
Orange-rind Plastic
Cornell chemists have invented a plastic made from orange rinds and carbon dioxide (C02). The resulting polymer is similar to polystyrene—not usable for structural applications like polyvinyl chloride (PVC), but good for packaging and cloth fibers, similar to Nature Works PLA. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
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 FDA Office of Cosmetics and Colors (FDA 1995)
USA Weekend reported: "The environmental protection Agency (EPA) is increasing research of synthetic chemicals (pesticides, plastics, and industrial mutants) that may be juggling your hormone signals. After reviewing nearly 300 studies, the EPA concluded that ingredients in shampoos, dyes, and other everyday products may be playing havoc with hormones that control reproduction and development."
Chemicals from cosmetics enter our bodies in a number of ways. |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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 Cate Jenkins, of the Regulatory Development Branch of the environmental protection Agency (EPA), on "Criminal Investigation of Monsanto Corporation—Cover-up of Dioxin Contamination in Products—Falsification of Dioxin Health Studies," to John West and Kevin Guarino, Special Agent Office of Criminal Investigations, EPA.
As per our meeting yesterday, I am summarizing information available to me supporting allegations of a long pattern of fraud by Monsanto Corporation. The fraud concerns 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (dioxin) contamination of Monsanto's dioxin-exposed workers. |
Paula Begoun
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 Antioxidant benefits from plant extracts could help hair in terms of environmental protection, but again, these ingredients don't cling to hair very well and they don't remain stable when hair is being rinsed in the shower. For the most part, plant extracts have little benefit for hair. It is also important to remember that just because an ingredient comes from a plant doesn't automatically make it good for skin or for hair. There are plenty of natural ingredients that have the potential to irritate skin (Source: www.hairscientists.org/ article7.htm; and www.naturaldatabase.com). |
Alex Steffen
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| Most dry cleaners use a solvent called perchloroethylene, or perc; the process produces waste that the environmental protection Agency considers hazardous. Perc is toxic to plants, fish, and marine animals, and toxic to us in large doses. It can potentially contaminate drinking water if it's allowed to seep into the the ground. The substance can enter our bodies through contaminated air and water, and can be stored for prolonged periods of time in body fat, as well as in the plants and soil around our homes. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 The California environmental protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has established safe levels for nitrosamines ranging from 40 ng (billionths of a gram) per day for NDMA to 80 ug (millionths of a gram) per day for the relatively weak nitrosamine N-nitrosodiphenylamine. Environmental Scientist Mike Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., points out that a person who eats 100 grams of soy protein would exceed safe levels if NDMA is present in excess of 0.20 parts per billion in steam-treated soy flour or 0.36 parts per billion in soy protein isolate. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), environmental protection Agency (EPA), and other governmental regulatory agencies have become nothing more than the handmaidens of international corporations and worldwide financial conglomerates. A revolving-door policy exists that is designed to grease the palms of bureaucrats in charge of regulatory agencies, which then pass rules and regulations that favor profit-mongering conglomerates. In exchange, our bureaucratic heads are offered lucrative jobs or consulting fees. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Only recently has the environmental protection Agency (EPA) considered making it mandatory to test for MTBE in drinking water, but the likelihood is that it will not be until the year 2010 that the EPA will make a determination on the continued use of MTBE. juices, contains fluoride. It is easy to see how many Americans may be ingesting excessive amounts of this potentially toxic substance.
If your tap water contains fluoride, and you wish to remove it, you can use a reverse osmosis, distillation, or activated alumina filtration system to eliminate almost all of the fluoride from your water. |
| Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally within the earth's crust that has been classified by the environmental protection Agency (EPA) as a known carcinogen. Radon test kits are easy to find at hardware stores and are relatively inexpensive. If radon is found, sealing cracks and improving ventilation in the basement will usually improve the situation.
þ Because of potential low-level radiation leakage, avoid microwave ovens. Do not sit close to television sets—sit at least eight feet away. Also avoid x-rays. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For my part, I'm forming important alliances with other positive influencers and leaders in complementary fields like environmental protection, sustainable farming, animal welfare, self improvement and renewable energy. Together, we can help bring genuine solutions to the forefront and challenge the outmoded thinking of the current global power brokers, replacing it with community-minded, holistic solutions that recognize the interdependency of all living beings and systems on this planet.
All this isn't new-age hippie talk (not that there's anything wrong with that! |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| A group of seventy-five environmental protection Agency (EPA) experts ranked pesticide residues among the top three environmental cancer risks.
Q The risk of prostate cancer for men who have undergone vasectomies may be as much as three times greater than that of men who have not had vasectomies. Q Urinating frequently may reduce your risk of bladder cancer by releasing dangerous substances from the body. Q High-voltage power lines have been under study as a possible contributor to cancer. |
Alex Steffen
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| Department of Energy and the environmental protection Agency maintain online databases of green-power suppliers by state, as well as suppliers who offer green tags. Comparable resources can be found in Europe.
How much should I buy? Buy the maximum percentage you can afford. The bigger the demand, the greater the amount of power the utility company will draw from a renewable source.
Are some green-power products better than others? Yes. All renewable resources have some impact on the environment, but to varying degrees. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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| This is one hundred times the dose considered safe by the Federal environmental protection Guidelines for infants! Worse yet, some infants will receive doses even higher; because thimerosal tends to settle in the vial. If it is not shaken up before being drawn, the first dose will contain low concentrations of mercury and the last dose will contain enormously high concentrations. If your baby is the unlucky one that gets the last dose, serious brain injury can result. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 No candidate who won ran on a platform of fiscal sanity, disease prevention, and serious reforms in energy, education, campaign finance and environmental protection. (If I'm wrong about that statement, and there actually was such a sane candidate, they're clearly the rare exception.) Democrats mostly won on a national knee-jerk reaction to the behavior of the Republicans. The consensus seemed to be, "Anybody is better than the Republicans," and many people just voted for Democrats without knowing anything about the candidates' positions on important issues. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE (LPE)
The environmental protection Agency (EPA) has approved lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE), another phosphatidyl substance commercially extracted from soybeans, for use as a fruit rip-ener and shelf-life extender. The produce industry now uses LPE— once called cephalin—to treat grapes, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, apples, tomatoes and cut flowers.
When applied to fruits that are nearly ripe—going into puberty, so to speak—LPE promotes ripening. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Environmental Protection Agency, "Adverse effects of pesticide exposure range from mild symptoms of dizziness and nausea to serious, long-term neurological, developmental and reproductive disorders. Americans use more than a billion pounds of pesticides each year to combat pests on farm crops, in homes, places of business, schools, parks, hospitals, and other public places. For the first time, the EPA is calling for hundreds of additional studies on pesticides to better understand their effects on children specifically (developmental neurotoxicity, acute and subchronic neurotoxicity). |
Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens
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| EPA (U.S. environmental protection Agency). 1986b. Guidelines for the Health Risk Assessment for Chemical Mixtures. Federal Register 51(185):34014-34025.
EPA (U.S. environmental protection Agency). 1989a. Ethylene bisdithiocarbamates; Notice of Preliminary Determination to Cancel Certain Registrations, Notice of Availability of Technical Support Document and Draft Notice of Intent to Cancel. Federal Register 54(243):52158-52185.
EPA (U.S. environmental protection Agency). 1989b. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 However, the companies using it are going to say that the study was flawed, and the amount that is used is so minimal that it is well within the safety levels established by the environmental protection Agency.
They may claim some other silly nonsense, too, but the truth is this ingredient has no place in or around the human body. Only fools coat their body with products containing triclosan. Unfortunately, most people are fooled by this chemical, and they don't understand its real dangers. Personally, I don't need to wash my mouth out with something that is going to create chloroform. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You vote for the model of environmental protection that is practiced by these organizations. You affect each and every one of these things just by making a simple purchase decision.
You see, the world becomes what you consume. If you look at it collectively, the products that each of us purchases and consumes amount to the corporate world we have created. It's as if the consumers have created all of this because they have been blind to the effects of what they are doing. The mistake consumers make is that most of them shop based on price. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 According to environmental protection standards, they have to dispose of these chemicals in an environmentally sound way. That can mean trapping them in absorbent materials designed to render the chemicals inert and then disposing of those materials in a landfill. But more often than not, because of the increased expense involved in such endeavors, many film processing companies just pour the chemicals down the drain.
Don't believe me? Just ask anyone who has worked in a film processing company. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 The Mysterious Changing Hot Potato
The FDA isn't the only government agency that regulates or promotes GM food. The environmental protection Agency (EPA) also plays a role, as was illustrated in an October, 1998 article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. The article describes Monsanto's "New Leaf potato, which creates its own Bt pesticide, and reveals how the EPA and FDA juggle its regulation to satisfy industry desires. The author of the article, Michael Pollan, "was mystified by the fact that the Bt toxin was not being treated as a 'food additive' subject to labeling. |
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