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The War on Water Is a Very Real Crisis

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Mountain★Republic

One of the hidden costs of industrial agriculture is its intensive water usage. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), about 80 percent of U.S. consumptive water (and more than 90 percent in many Western states) is used for…

Tagged with: agriculture, crops and orchards, farms and farming, fresh water, groundwater aquifers, groundwater depletion, irrigation technology, war on water, water crisis, water storage, water supply, water usage
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Trump Effect: Lawmakers Now Fixing California’s Government-Fueled Water Crisis

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Mountain★Republic

California’s water resources have been wasted by environmental totalitarians for years California’s politicians and pundits have been busily speculating on what effect a Donald Trump presidency could have on a state that rejected him overwhelmingly. Well, we saw the first…

Tagged with: agriculture, california water, california water crisis, california water deal, controlling california's water, donald trump, environmentalists, farmers, farms and farming, government control, trump effect, water deal, water rights, water supply
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Why Can’t the EPA and the WHO Agree on Glyphosate?

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Mountain★Republic

The Environmental Protection Agency is not protecting us from these potential dangers Dr. Edward Group | Natural Society The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to review each registered pesticide every 15 years.[1] Under this standard, a toxic herbicide…

Tagged with: agriculture, biotech, cancer, cancer causing chemicals, environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, farms and farming, food and water safety, glyphosate, glyphosate carcinogenic, glyphosate causes cancer, glyphosate exposure, glyphosate health concerns, herbicide safety, herbicides, herbicides and pesticides, human health, monsanto, popular weedkillers, roundup, threat to life, toxic chemicals, truth about glyphosate, weed control, weed killer, weedkiller, WHO, world health organization
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Citizens of Hawaii Beat Monsanto Lobbyists Against ‘Right to Spray’ Pesticides Bill

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Mountain★Republic

A Breath of Fresh Air Christina Sarich | Natural Society Residents of the Hawaiian Islands just breathed a sigh of relief – literally, as the deadline passed for Hawaii’s House Judiciary Committee to hear House Bill 849, relating to Right…

Tagged with: agriculture, BASF, big ag, cancer causing chemicals, carcinogenic pesticides, dow, environment, farms and farming, GM crops, hawaii, hawaii house bill 849, hawaii versus monsanto, hawaii's right to farm act, hawaiian islands, herbicides and pesticides, industrial agriculture, known carcinogens, monsanto, pesticide corporations, pesticide safety, pesticide spraying, pesticides, right to farm, right to spray pesticides bill, syngenta, truth about monsanto
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WHO’s New Q & A on Glyphosate Confirms Toxicity of Round Up

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Mountain★Republic

Will the EU agencies listen? Christina Sarich | Natural Society The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published a clear question and answer form on the toxicity of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide concoction, Round Up. It…

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Pesticides as Bad for Kids’ Lungs as Cigarettes, Says New Study

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Mountain★Republic

Farm Children in Danger Even When Not in the Fields Christina Sarich | Natural Society No one would hand a five-year-old a package of Marlboro Red cigarettes and tell her to smoke up! But that’s what exposing our children to…

Tagged with: agriculture, cancer causing chemicals, children's health, cigarettes, environment, farm kid's health, farm worker's health, farms and farming, herbicides and pesticides, human health, pesticide exposure, pesticide health concerns, pesticide safety, pesticide use, pesticides, pesticides and lung damage, pesticides hurt children, secondhand cigarette smoke, toxic chemicals, toxic pollution, truth about pesticides
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Glyphosate, Most Widely Used Weed Killer, Still Isn’t Killing Weeds

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Mountain★Republic

But It Hurts People, Animals, and the Environment Christina Sarich | Natural Society Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide, Roundup, is “the most widely applied pesticide worldwide.” Yet farmers report that glyphosate is failing to control weeds – so…