Factories and power plants have started using coal again, despite the fact that it can emit particles that contribute to lung and heart diseases and also emits greenhouse gases. One reason is the upcoming oil shortage, but another is homeland security. Coal is mined right here in the U.S. and does not have to be imported from hostile Middle Eastern countries.
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U.S. scientists say there could be a “serious risk to human health,” after they’ve discovered that major food crops are being widely contaminated by DNA from GM crops that are engineered to produce chemicals and drugs. Microbiologist Margaret Mellon, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, says, “If genes find their way from pharm crops to ordinary corn, they or their products could wind up in drug-laced corn flakes.”
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If you buy Coca-Cola’s Dasani brand bottled water in London, you’re drinking water from the city’s public supply?the same water you can get out of a faucet for free.
Trevor Datson writes that this is true of many other bottled waters as well. Canadean, an independent beverage research company, discovered that two out of every five bottles of water sold worldwide don’t originate naturally from a spring. Most of the supermarket label bottled water is just local tap water, although it may be filtered and purified more.
The truth about Dasani was discovered when a complaint was made to the British Food Standards Agency about the use of the word “pure” in its advertising, saying this implies that London’s tap water is “impure.”
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There are covert reports coming from intelligence agencies that the U.S. either knows where Osama bin-Laden is hiding or has already captured him. A new report says he’s surrounded by bodyguards who have been ordered to kill him before he’s apprehended. He has also strapped bombs to his body, so he can commit suicide rather than be captured.
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