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Hemp for Alternative Energy and More
By 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... -
Chile earthquake: Troops sent in to deter looting and...By Escape The Illusion on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
Armed soldiers are patrolling the streets to help quell unrest and protect shops and banks as the death toll rises to 723 Armed troops yesterday patrolled the streets of Chile for the first time in more than two decades as widespread looting in the south led President Michelle Bachelet to order 10,0... -
Ultrasound Beams Could Destroy Stroke-Causing Blood C...By Escape The Illusion on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
Physicians usually rely on surgery or drugs to bust blood clots in the brain that might otherwise cause a stroke, but sound waves might provide a third noninvasive choice. U.S. researchers have begun testing an Israeli ultrasound device to see whether it may prove accurate enough to break up a clot ... -
Endangered Species on the Grill: The US’s Shock...By Escape The Illusion on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
Millions of fork-twirling gourmands — many of them in the U.S. — are eating endangered wildlife trafficked by international criminal networks. Can shellfish cry? Ask the 4,756 abalone bagged by smugglers and confiscated in a single recent raid on a house in Cape Town, South Africa. It... -
Why Has the FDA Allowed a Drug Marked ‘Not Safe...By Escape The Illusion on February 3, 2010 | No Comments
There’s a good chance you may be eating a livestock drug banned in 160 nations. Source: Alternet.org While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask why the FDA approved a livestock drug banned in 160 nations and resp... -
US Corporations, Private Mercenaries and the IMF Rush...By Escape The Illusion on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
Source: Alternet.org In the midst of a colossal human disaster, Washington is promoting unpopular economic policies and extending military and economic control over the Haitian people. US corporations, private mercenaries, Washington and the International Monetary Fund are using the crisis in Haiti ... -
The Year In Pot: Top 10 Events That Will Change the W...By Escape The Illusion on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
There has been a tidal shift in politics and on Marijuana laws in America, from Obama lightening up on pot prosecutions to the recognition of cancer prevention properties. #1 Obama Administration: Don’t Focus On Medical Marijuana Prosecutions United States Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issue... -
Pharmaceutical companies write their own drug informa...By Escape The Illusion on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
Two doctors from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice recently reported that many prescription drug labels do not contain accurate information about all side effects and the true severity of listed side effects, and they fail to mention that certain medicines are not truly...
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Dirt can be good for children, say scientistsBy Escape The Illusion on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
Children should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who have found being too clean can impair the skin’s ability to heal. Normal bacteria living on the skin trigger a pathway that helps prevent inflammation when we get hurt, the US team discovered. The bugs dampen down overactive ...
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A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed wi...By Escape The Illusion on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Tasers aren’t ‘non-lethal’; they’ve killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the taser’s shock, the risks could be very deadly. http://www.alternet.org/rights/142652/a_recipe_for_disaster%3A_school_cops_are_being_armed_with_50%2C000-volt_taser...
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