Eco-Crazed? 10 Odd Green Ideas
Strangeness abounds this Halloween season. In the fields of green, ideas are sprouting up in all directions. We all want to do our part for the environment, but how far should we go?
Blisstree.com recently highlighted a Time Magazine article that compiled one of the oddest green lists I’ve ever seen.
In the Halloween spirit, I was ready for a good laugh, but some of these eco- ideas are
Chocolate could contain pesticides
While the topic of pesticide use in cocoa plant management may be upsetting because of the popularity of chocolate, it is definitely a worthy subject — especially if consumers are unaware they are ingesting trace amounts of chemicals while consuming chocolate.
A study that sampled various conventional chocolate products found tiny amounts of lindane. (Samantha Maddell has an in depth article about pesticide use in cocoa
GMO salmon frankenfish and screamer disease
A genetically-modified AquAdvantage salmon, top,
next to a control salmon of the same age.
(Photo: AP)
On September 19, 2010, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee considered the approval of the first transgenic farm animal for human consumption, the AquAdvantage Salmon. Genetically engineered for rapid growth with two stretches of foreign DNA, a growth hormone gene with an antifreeze protein promoter, these Atlantic salmon “frankenfish” hold
