sustainability

Landmark lawsuit claims Monsanto hid cancer danger of weedkiller for decades | Business | The Guardian: There is lots of mounting evidence against Roundup, and/or the use of genetically modified crops. The research seems to be evenly split between the research paid for by Monsanto ( directly or indirectly ) and the more independent research that points to issues. The evidence is pretty clear, however, of the negative impact of prolonged glyphosate use on the…

Swarms of Octopus Are Taking Over the Oceans: That is interesting. I had not heard Octopuses (octopi) were the “weeds” of the oceans. But it is interesting to find larger animals that can be a litmus test of the ocean environment. Oceans are not sucking up CO2 at the same rate as they used to. Acidification is moving up quickly. Reefs are under massive threat. Weeds are mother natures way of getting something growing in…

Okay, we all know how biomagnification works. Pollutants including heavy metals such as mercury are absorbed at the bottom of the food chain, and then they are amplified all the way to the top of the food chain. at the top of the chain are such animals as sharks at sea and lions on land. In terms of mercury biomagnification (wikipedia) works like this. Organisms absorb mercury very efficiently, but it takes far longer to…