Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
Southcentral Wisconsin, USA
2022-07-16 _F2A3506aaa
“Ignoring science, environmental protection and international law – G7 endorses Japan’s Fukushima water discharge plans”
[Read Greg Palast’s book “Vultures Picnic”. GE was responsible for the Fukushima nuclear disaster. You can also learn how the flooding of New Orleans was caused by Big Oil]
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“Last year, Amazon generated an estimated 709 million pounds of plastic packaging. A single ingested piece of plastic can kill marine life.”
“TELL AMAZON: LESS PLASTIC, PLEASE”
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“Butterflies emerged 85 million years ago when dinosaurs went extinct”
“Francisco Clasca
Two mistakes in a single sentence. Butterflies (Papilonoidea) started evolving into the six major extant families we see today over 110 My (Espeland et al., Current Biology 2018 DOI: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30094-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218300940%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
). And dinosaurs went extinct 67 My ago.”
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“Pollinator Friendly Landscaping
BUT if our neighbors spray pesticides and fog for mosquitoes they'll kill our dragonflies.
LINK TO MORE INFORMATION:”
Quote:
“Dragonflies are beneficial insects that have been around for more than 300 million years. Not only are they fun to watch, these fast-moving fliers eat annoying insects like mosquitoes and flies. Despite their fierce name, dragonflies do not sting or bite people.”
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And they work for free!
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“Ukraine War Is A Scam Admits Ex-French President”
“A couple of expert pranksters from Russia tricked former French President Francois Hollande into thinking one of them was former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and some decidedly interesting revelations came out of the conversation. Most notably, Hollande admitted that the 2014 Minsk Accords, which were supposed to end fighting in the Donbass region of Ukraine were all a sham, intended to hoodwink Russia and allow the Ukrainians to build up their military capabilities to ramp up the war later.
Jimmy and Americans' Comedian Kurt Metzger talk with CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin about these revelations, which come as no surprise to anyone who knows the recent history of Ukraine, but unfortunately that's not most Americans.”
“Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s (admitted) that the Minsk 1 and Minsk 2 peace protocols that sough to solve the problem of the Donbas region in Ukraine was not really meant for what it was supposedly intended to do: to have peace in that Russian-speaking populace.
It was actually intended to rearm Ukraine.” Business Mirror
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Today’s children will die from easy and the Rich’s Genocide by biosphere death. For that matter, many nonchildren will suffer the same fate in the couple decades to come.
“EPA’s proposed standards for soot pollution don’t go far enough in protecting our children and communities from avoidable harms. Tell EPA: finalize soot pollution standards that follow the science and protect our children.
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“Why you can eat the food in Italy that you can’t in eat in the U.S”
European Food Safety Authority has strict laws regulating the food in Europe.
Must practice food safety laws during the food production
Manufacturers are responsible for their products and are checked using “good manufacturing practices”
All products must be traceable
They check for: Hormones, chemical residues, bacterial/viral contamination, overall hygiene, labeling, proper refrigeration, animal/plant health requirements, animal welfare, fraud”
“Banned in Europe, but legal in the U.S.
PotassiumBromate
Titanium Dioxide
Brominated Vegetable Oil
Azodicarbonamide
Propylparaben
Olestra
Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA)
Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Color Dyes: Yellow No. 5, No. 6, Red No. 40
…and more
“Ever wonder why the foods you can’t have here don’t make you sick when you’re in some European countries? I’ve heard this numerous times and have also experienced this myself? The short answer is…they use A LOT less chemicals, preservatives, processed ingredients in their food.
The tend to be stricter than the US with farming practices when it comes to spraying pesticides, GMOs, additives, hormones, chemicals, etc. They also tend to eat local and seasonal in many places. Some of the harmful ingredients found in our processed food here are not found in their food, even if it’s the same brand. Have you be able to eat things you normally can’t here, while in Europe?”
European countries have banned many of the pesticides allowed in the U.S. and their food supply is not harmed by it. America just has corporations that make money from selling chemicals, all manner of chemicals – period. Whether we need them or not, whether they kill pollinators and make people sick or not.
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FlavCity: Dirty Dozen 2023
~More than 90 percent of samples of strawberries, apples, cherries, spinach, nectarines and grapes tested positive for residue of two or more pesticides.
~Kale, collard and mustard greens, as well as hot peppers and bell peppers, had the most pesticides detected of any crop – 1030 and 101 pesticides in total, respectively.
The 2023 Dirty Dozen
Of the 46 itmes included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides:
Strawberries, Spinach, Kale, collard and mustard greens, Peaches, Pears, Nectarines, Apples, Grapes, Bell and hot pepers, Cherries, Blueberries, Green beans
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