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Outrage in San Francisco: City Gives Residents ‘...
By Escape The Illusion on March 6, 2010 | No Comments
The city’s actions are a wake-up call that the entire nation regularly consumes foods grown on fields fertilized with sludge. When San Francisco, one of the greenest cities in America, offered its residents free compost, many were excited to take it. After all, purchasing enough compost for ev... -
Hemp for Alternative Energy and MoreBy Escape The Illusion on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
Fuel: * Farming 6% of the continental U.S. acreage with biomass crops would provide all of America’s energy needs. 1 * Hemp is Earth’s number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in four months. 1 * Biomass can be converted to methane, methanol, o... -
Re-Awaken the AwakeningBy Escape The Illusion on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
A great video that brings a gentle reminder of all that we are, all that we can be. ... -
Tobacco plants tapped to grow solar cellsBy Escape The Illusion on February 4, 2010 | No Comments
Engineered virus injected in plants can produce alternative energy. Tobacco plants could help wean the world from fossil fuels, according to scientists from the University of California, Berkeley. In a paper in the journal ACS Nano Letters, Matt Francis and his colleagues used tobacco plants, infect... -
Shrimp’s Dirty SecretsBy Escape The Illusion on January 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
Why America’s Favorite Seafood Is a Health and Environmental Nightmare.The environmental impact of shrimp can be horrific. But most Americans don’t know where their shrimp comes from or what’s in it. Americans love their shrimp. It’s the most popular seafood in the country, ... -
Earth’s Oceans: Our Largest Plastic LandfillsBy Escape The Illusion on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
Travel through any city, or inhabited rural area, in just about any country. There’s one thing, above all, that you’ll be sure to find: garbage. We are an incredibly untidy species. Garbage disposal is a problem everywhere in our Insta-Life society. There are things we simply can’t throw away ... -
Software models aid gene expression toxin studyBy Escape The Illusion on December 7, 2009 | No Comments
Digital 3D models of the workings of genes are helping unpick the process of aging and how toxins poison the body. Scientists are using the technique to give a fuller picture of which genes respond to toxins and how poisons corrupt the biochemistry of worms. The software speeds up a process which us...
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Who’s Really Behind Organic Food Brands Like Am...By Escape The Illusion on November 2, 2009 | No Comments
Over the past decade many small organic food brands have been snapped up by giant corporations. Clearly, this can be bad for standards and quality. http://www.alternet.org/story/143647/who%27s_really_behind_organic_food_brands_like_amy%27s_and_odwalla?page=entire ...
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Unnatural Selection
By Alkom on September 9, 2009 | 3 Comments
This explosive exposé reveals what the biotech industry doesn’t want you to know – how industry manipulation and political collusion, not sound science, allow dangerous genetically engineered food into your daily diet. Company research is rigged, alarming evidence of health dangers is c...
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