Download or read book The Poisoning of Paradise written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail written by Jerome Lawrence and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-07-10 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A play dramatizing the philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, and his stand concerning civil disobedience. He refused to pay taxes owing to his disapproval of the Mexican War. For his act of protest he was sent to jail.
Download or read book Silent Winter written by Joanna Moore and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silent Winter is about the silent spread of toxic chemicals in our daily lives and their role in the growing prevalence of illnesses such as cancer, chronic fatigue, diabetes, asthma digestive issues, depression, dementia, and others. The scientific evidence about chronic illness and toxic chemicals is withheld from us through stunningly elaborate efforts so that business can continue as usual. Approximately 45% of the adult US population now has at least one chronic illness, and chronic illness is commonly caused by chronic exposure to toxic chemicals. We are often told that these diseases are a result of our lifestyle or our genes. We rarely hear that chronic illness is on the rise as a result of toxic chemicals in consumer products and throughout our environment. Industry does not want to change, so it is forcing us to change on an evolutionary level to deal with the onslaught of chemicals in our daily lives. When we cannot keep up and get ill, we are sold chemical solutions to make us feel better. But individuals and families dealing with chronic illness often know or suspect that toxic chemicals have played a role in the demise of their health. The author also shows how the problem is covered up at a societal level by obscuring what we know, and how discussion of possible solutions is silenced by manipulating the marketplace. Millions of human lives are being muted as a result of chronic illness. Finally, the author discusses our way out of this mess. In the 1962 book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson dedicated one short chapter to the anticipated human health impacts from toxic chemicals. That chapter seeded the present work, Silent Winter, which was written after sixty additional years of scientific research and widespread human exposure to a variety of toxic chemicals. In Our Stolen Future, 1996, Theo Colborn et al. warned of the potential dangers of hormone disrupting chemicals on human health. Nearly another 25 years have passed since that writing. Silent Winter reveals the observed impacts of these hormone disrupting chemicals on human health.
Download or read book Poisoning Paradise written by The Graf Boys and published by . This book was released on 2009* with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poisoning paradise takes you into the drop-zone of aerial 1080 operations, beneath the canopy, where the birds and animals live. For the first time supported by scientific evidence and indisputable footage, this film fully exposes the truth about a culture that is believed will eventually turn New Zealand into an international embarassment. --cover.
Download or read book Human and Other Animals written by Bob Carter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring animal rights and animal welfare; whether and under what circumstances animals are regarded as social actors with agency; media representations of human-animal relations; and the relation between animals and national identity.
Download or read book Military Geographies written by Rachel Woodward and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Geographies is about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism. A book about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism. Sets a new agenda for the study of military geography with its critical analysis of the ways in which military control over space is legitimized. Explores the ways in which militarism and military activities control development, the use of space and our understanding of place. Focuses on military lands, establishments and personnel in contemporary peacetime settings. Uses examples from Europe, North America and Australasia. Draws on original research into the mechanisms by which the British government manages the defence estate. Illustrated with maps, plans and other figures.
Download or read book The United States Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 2188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Season written by Mary-Jane Pearce and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sand surf, sun and peace-that was the dream when Sharm heads for Hong Kong. Instead she is consumed by a whole lot of heroin, the Canton club and a walk on the wild side. What should have been paradise turns to poison. What should have been friendship becomes a bittersweet twist of fate. "The vivid and psychedelic, innovative prose of this book has hit my brain again and again, like cocaine! The impact it makes is a really powerful and vivid read. Mary Pearce is a natural and powerful writer, and I have lived through every moment of the experience with her, through Hong Kong, Manila (the Island paradise), the Clubs, and the Gap. It is an absorbing account of drug addiction with lots of gripping impact." -Charles Muller, Diadem Books.
Download or read book Poisoned Paradise written by Mark K. Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Fight written by Mckay Jenkins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are GMOs really that bad? A prominent environmental journalist takes a fresh look at what they actually mean for our food system and for us. In the past two decades, GMOs have come to dominate the American diet. Advocates hail them as the future of food, an enhanced method of crop breeding that can help feed an ever-increasing global population and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. Critics, meanwhile, call for their banishment, insisting GMOs were designed by overeager scientists and greedy corporations to bolster an industrial food system that forces us to rely on cheap, unhealthy, processed food so they can turn an easy profit. In response, health-conscious brands such as Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods have started boasting that they are “GMO-free,” and companies like Monsanto have become villains in the eyes of average consumers. Where can we turn for the truth? Are GMOs an astounding scientific breakthrough destined to end world hunger? Or are they simply a way for giant companies to control a problematic food system? Environmental writer McKay Jenkins traveled across the country to answer these questions and discovered that the GMO controversy is more complicated than meets the eye. He interviewed dozens of people on all sides of the debate—scientists hoping to engineer new crops that could provide nutrients to people in the developing world, Hawaiian papaya farmers who credit GMOs with saving their livelihoods, and local farmers in Maryland who are redefining what it means to be “sustainable.” The result is a comprehensive, nuanced examination of the state of our food system and a much-needed guide for consumers to help them make more informed choices about what to eat for their next meal.
Download or read book Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow written by Michiko Ishimure and published by U of M Center for Japanese Studies. This book was released on 2003 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving account of Minamata disease victims' struggle for recognition and support in the years after mercury pollution was discovered in a group of fishing villages
Download or read book The Veil of Eden written by Frank Knight and published by Oneiron Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Veil of Eden is Frank Knight's first book of The Between the Gates of Paradise series.Look around and get to know the gear - and humanity's replacements.Someday soon the most advanced species on Earth will evolve again - but this time, Nature will not be the only catalyst.Meet the Sith family: they have been reclusive outcasts since their ancestors' name became synonymous with elves almost two thousand years ago. The Sith have always had unusual maladies, but then again, progenitors of new species (or special progenitors) usually do have unstable genes.And now that the last Homo sapiens sapiens of the Sith has died, his children have a new plan for humanity.Becoming an outdated model is not a comforting thought for any of us, however, being a Sith is not always fun either.Are you ready to see through The Veil? This is a Hard Fiction novel (with elements of SciFi and Fantasy) which reveals a dissonant chord within our own humanity and dissolves paradigms of literature.
Download or read book The Poisoned Paradise written by Robert William Service and published by London : E. Benn. This book was released on 1931 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Whitewash written by Carey Gillam and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, First Place (2017) "Reads like a mystery novel as Gillam skillfully uncovers Monsanto's secretive strategies."--Erin Brockovich "A damning picture...Gillam expertly covers a contentious front." --Publishers Weekly "A must-read." --Booklist "Hard-hitting, eye-opening narrative." --Kirkus In Whitewash, veteran journalist Carey Gillam uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture. Gillam explores the global debate over the safety of a herbicide so pervasive that it is found in our cereals, snacks, and even in our urine. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is sold as safe enough to drink, but Gillam's research shows that message has been carefully crafted to conceal a host of dangers. Whitewash is more than an exposé about the hazards of one chemical. It's a story of power, politics, and the deadly consequences of putting corporate interests ahead of public safety.
Download or read book The Poisoned Paradise written by Robert William Service and published by London : T.F. Unwin. This book was released on 1922 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book We Rise written by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenge the status quo, change the face of activism, and confront climate change head on with the ultimate blueprint for taking action. Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful new voice on the front lines of a global youth-led movement. He and his group the Earth Guardians believe that today’s youth will play an important role in shaping our future. They know that the choices made right now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and people--young and old--are asking themselves what they can do to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. We Rise tells these stories and addresses the solutions. Beginning with the empowering story of the Earth Guardians and how Xiuhtezcatl has become a voice for his generation, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides step-by-step information on how to start and join solution-oriented movements. With conversations between Xiuhtezcatl and well-known activists, revolutionaries, and celebrities, practical advice for living a more sustainable lifestyle, and ideas and tools for building resilient communities, We Rise is an action guide on how to face the biggest problems of today, including climate change, fossil fuel extraction, and industrial agriculture. If you are interested in creating real and tangible change, We Rise will give you the inspiration and information you need to do your part in making the world a better place and leave you asking, what kind of legacy do I want to leave?
