California
05/25/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Organic fertilizer blend effective at lowering cadmium levels in soil
The presence of cadmium (Cd) in the fertile soil of California is bad news for growers and consumers alike. When large amounts of the heavy metal are absorbed by leafy vegetables, the crop becomes dangerous to humans. Researchers therefore came up with an organic fertilizer that can reduce Cd levels in soils and vegetables, according to an […]
05/17/2018
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By Vicki Batts
An appeals court says CA can list the herbicide glyphosate as a carcinogen
After much fanfare, a state appeals court has ruled that California can list glyphosate as a carcinogen — and that the state’s ban on discharging the herbicide into public waterways stands, too. Despite Monsanto’s best efforts to keep the toxicity of their product under wraps, the ruling in California is undoubtedly a small victory for […]
04/26/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
California is worried about coffee – and browned foods – as new law requires cancer warnings based on “murky” science
Californians may soon be seeing a cancer warning on their coffee cup whenever they order the brew. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle has just proposed that coffee should come with a warning about the popular drink’s supposed “dangers to health“. The proposed ruling zeroes in on the carcinogen acrylamide, which is found in […]
04/23/2018
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By Edsel Cook
USDA scientists are reusing discarded almond shells and hulls to create renewable products, from biodegradable plastics to biofuel
California-based researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are proud to present a plethora of renewable products from the discarded shells and hulls of almonds. According to an article by FastCompany, they’ve created bio-fuel, biodegradable plastic additives, and healthy almond sugar. The researchers are looking for ways to use the billions of pounds of organic […]
02/15/2018
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By David Williams
California’s Central Valley food production found responsible for shocking amount of air pollution
A new study that was conducted by researchers from the University of California, Davis recently concluded that a large part of the nitrogen oxide pollution found in California comes from a rather unexpected source: Heavy fertilizer use in the California Central Valley region, which is said to be the source of more than half of […]
10/10/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Monsanto continues to look for a way around California’s labeling of glyphosate as a probable carcinogen … but there is NO “safe level” of exposure
In a press release that quickly created shock waves throughout the agricultural community, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced in March 2015 that the herbicide glyphosate – the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer – was “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Their conclusions were based on both human and […]
07/17/2017
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By Robert Jonathan
California’s declaration means Neil deGrasse Tyson is now pushing a deadly herbicide POISON that kills people
California’s far-left government is running the once prosperous Golden State into the ground, but it showed some semblance of reason by declaring that glyphosate — the toxic chemical found in Monsanto’s prize weed killer, Roundup — is a chemical known to be cancer causing. Under the state’s Office of Environmental Hazard Assessment ruling, California retailers must include […]
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