Month: February 2018
-
You Are 99 Percent Bacteria, Stop Fighting It and Start Feeding It
99 percent of the genetic material in our bodies is bacterial. Change the bacteria and you change the whole person, scientists are discovering. Whether by dietary changes, probiotic pills or even fecal transplants, changing our gut bacteria can reverse autism, depression and obesity and cure all kinds of disease, says Rob Knight, founder of the […]
-
Coconut Rose Water Kefir Has More Probiotics than Kombucha, and It’s Easier to Make
Water kefir has twice as many strains of beneficial bacteria as kombucha and takes as little as 24 hours to brew
-
Amazon Ramps Up Sweatshop Conditions in Warehouses with Tracking Bracelets, While Whole Foods Workers Revolt Under the Behemoth’s New Reign
Conditions in Amazon’s warehouses have been called “worse than Walmart” and are about to get even worse with wristbands that track workers’ every move and nudge their hands in the right direction when they make a mistake.
-
Tattoos Embed Carcinogenic Heavy Metals into Your Lymph Nodes
Almost half of tattoo inks contain “unsafe levels” of heavy metals and other carcinogens, according to the European Commission. A recent study found these toxins travel from our skin to our lymph nodes. Safer options are available. Forty-three percent of the 358 tatoo inks analyzed by the European Union’s Joint Research Centre last year contained […]
-
Fracking Wastes 5 Million Gallons of Water Per Well, Study Finds
In the middle of a global water crisis, we are permanently contaminating 5 million gallons each time we frack a well. The water is so toxic after it gets injected deep underground afterward, where it causes earthquakes. Hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas has raised serious concerns about water quality, but a new study […]
-
Farmer Rescues a Rare Icelandic Sea Eagle, Likely the Oldest Eagle in the World
The white-tailed sea eagle is one of the oldest, if not the oldest eagle in the world, and a member of an endangered species An Icelandic farmer noticed an eagle struggling to fly on a riverbank near his farm Saturday. When he realized it was injured he threw his jacket over it and captured it, […]
-
The New Antibacterial Soaps are More Toxic than the Ones the FDA Banned, New Study Warns
The FDA banned most of the chemicals found in antibacterial soaps last year, but the new chemicals companies are replacing them with are even more toxic, a new study warns The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned 19 chemicals found in antibacterial soaps last September, acknowledging they’ve caused more harm than good over the last […]