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03/29/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Alaska’s permafrost holds the world’s largest deposit of mercury; concern growing over potential dangers such as contamination of food supply, water

Mercury is found all over the world — in the soil, water, and air. Very rarely do we associate mercury with ice. Yet, as researchers have discovered, that’s what we have to worry about the most. After all, the world’s largest mercury deposit is present in the Northern Hemisphere’s permafrost. Between 2004 and 2012, the […]

09/06/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Feds claim that thousands of tons of hazardous waste have been illegally dumped in Missouri

For almost four years, a building located in an eastern Missouri floodplain has served as the illegal dump site for thirteen million pounds of hazardous waste. This shocking information was revealed in federal and state documents, reported STLToday.com. The publication added that one federal indictment filed at St. Louis was against companies based in Missouri […]

05/03/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Gardasil strikes again: HPV vaccine is to blame for daughter’s paralysis, warns mother

After suffering an allergic reaction to the controversial human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Mia Blesky was left paralyzed from the neck down. Once a straight-A student and aspiring pop star who sang and danced, she’s now being home-schooled and given singing lessons at her bedside. The doctors say that it’s all in her head but her mother, […]

04/27/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

California cities are among the most polluted in America

Be careful where you breathe in California; several cities in this state have the worst air pollution in America. In their annual “State of the Air” report, the American Lung Association revealed that the city of Bakersfield, Calif., had the worst spikes of short-term air pollution. The city also ranked among the worst in terms […]

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