Shocking Study Shows Fracking Is Depleting US Drinking Water Sources at a Catastrophic Rate
According to a study conducted at Duke University revealed that hydraulic fracking is having a catastrophic impact on water supplies throughout the US. The findings of the study suggest that fracking is using far much more water than before, and putting a huge dent in the amount of drinkable water available in water supplies. Hydraulic fracturing is a natural gas extraction method that has become extremely ...
Water Use for Fracking has Risen by up to 770 Percent Since 2011
The amount of water used per well for hydraulic fracturing surged by up to 770 percent between 2011 and 2016 in all major U.S. shale gas and oil production regions, a new Duke University study finds. The volume of brine-laden wastewater that fracked oil and gas wells generated during their first year of production also increased by up to 1440 percent during the same period, the ...
Study: Geoengineering Could Lead To Lower Crop Yields
A new study has determined that spraying the skies with chemicals to combat global warming will likely come with the unintended side-effect of reducing crop yields. Researchers with the University of California, Berkeley, have published a new study which calls into question the scientific efforts to block sunlight via climate engineering, also known as geoengineering. Geoengineering is the deliberate and large-scale manipulation of the weather and ...
Oxford-based Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Issues Report: HPV Vaccine Review Loaded With Omissions, Errors
(Infowars) In May 2018, Cochrane, the research organization that bills itself as the “international gold standard for high quality, trusted information,” released a flattering review of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. The Cochrane review methodology involves pulling together data from clinical trials and reviewing the assembled evidence in what is supposed to be a standardized, systematic and neutral manner. In June, we reported that Cochrane’s sources of funding—agencies and foundations that ...
Study: Threshold for Harmful Chemicals in Drinking Water Lower than Thought
A government study found that chemicals found in drinking water around the country could pose risks to human health at lower levels than the government currently recognizes, potentially opening the door for more states to begin cleaning up or regulating the chemical. The report by a branch of the Office of Health and Human Services examined a category of chemicals commonly called PFAS that have been ...
New Study Examines Impacts of Fracking on Water Supplies Worldwide
Using hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and natural gas from shale is a common technique used worldwide. Because the technique requires large amounts of water, however, it raises the question of whether it could lead to water shortages or competition with other water uses, especially agriculture. In a new paper in the American Geophysical Union journal Earth's Future, Lorenzo Rosa and his colleagues evaluated the impacts ...
The FDA Responds to FOIA Requests Regarding Glyphosate Residue Testing
The Food and Drug Administration has responded to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information regarding its efforts to start testing food samples for residues of glyphosate as well as some other herbicides, including 2,4-D. Many of those documents can be accessed below: FDA FOIA 2017-7005 FDA FOIA 2017-7005 part 2 FDA Final Responsive Records (2017-7005) Part 3 (Redacted) FDA FOIA 2017-7005 attachments CFSAN Responsive ...
EPA’s Scott Pruitt Attacked for Daring to Require Full Transparency of Scientific Evidence behind EPA Regulations
Some of the most expansive regulatory initiatives have been undertaken in the name of “secret science”: scientific research unavailable to the public the regulations inhibit. But Scott Pruitt has the so-called “Party of Science” livid and environmentalists scared stiff with plans to expose this “science” through more transparency, thus potentially ending the EPA’s reign on environmental tyranny. A proposed rule announced a week ago by Scott Pruitt the of ...
Shocking Study Shows Glyphosate Herbicides Contain Toxic Levels of Arsenic
A shocking new study published in Toxicology Reports has shown that the current regulatory assessments of the world’s most used herbicides are wrong, with ingredients such as arsenic being regularly found in Glyphosate based herbicides (such as Monsanto's Roundup) and other pesticides at toxic levels. Glyphosate’s toxicity is currently being debated at an international level by regulatory and health authorities, but other formulants in Glyphosate-based herbicides ...
Agent Orange still linked to Hormone Imbalances in Babies in Vietnam
(Science Daily) Exposure to Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War has been linked to increased levels of certain hormones in women and their breastfeeding children decades later, potentially putting them at higher risk of health problems, according to a new study in Science of the Total Environment. Previous research has shown a link between exposure to herbicides that contain chemicals called dioxins -- such as ...
