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Organic Bytes: E.Coli, Nanotech, Product Plunder, & More... * ALERT: E.COLI -- GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
* ALERT: TINY TOXINS--NANO, NANO EVERYWHERE
* TIP OF THE WEEK: CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH ECO-LABLES YOU CAN TRUST?
* PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: THE TRUTH ABOUT SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS
* HEALTH TIDBIT OF THE WEEK: SWEETENED COFFEE CAN MAKE YOU FAT
* FAST FOOD CHAINS GOING ORGANIC
* WHO CARES WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM?
* BEN AND JERRY'S GET EGGED
* BE AN OCA STATE NEWS SCOUT...
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 6:59pm PDT
E.COLI / SPINACH ISSUE CONTINUES AS FDA LOOKS FOR THE SOURCE The spinach and E.coli issue continues to dominate the news as Food and Drug Administration investigators try to pinpoint the source. On the FDA advisory to consumers about eating fresh spinach either in bulk or bagged form, retailers pulled the product from their shelves and shippers stopped sending the product to market....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 4:07pm PDT
Buffalo Field Campaign update from the field, 9/21/06 
Our thoughts are with the bull buffalo that were imprisoned in the Duck Creek capture facility last night, after having been captured at 1:50 yesterday afternoon. As I write, frozen rain is falling on the West Yellowstone area, and buffalo are on their way to slaughter....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 1:40pm PDT
Where the Terrorists Come From 
Let's be careful about calling people
terrorists, but the people who are
strapping on bombs and walking into
a situation where they can murder
several dozen civilians can, I believe,
be considered terrorists and not
military personnel....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2006 11:55am PDT
Toxic substances in laptops: Greenpeace study exposes HP's lie A Greenpeace study has
revealed the
presence of toxic substances in well-known brand laptops, with HP and
Apple
having the highest contamination levels....
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 12:38am PDT
Tell USDA NOT to Approve Illegal GE Rice! The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has initiated fast-track market approval of an illegal, genetically-engineered (GE) rice variety that has contaminated long-grain rice throughout the South, throwing rice markets into turmoil and causing potential harm to consumers and the environment. The variety, known as LL601, was developed by Bayer CropScience. Bayer field-tested LL601 from 1998-2001, but for unknown reasons never applied to USDA for market approval....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 11:23am PDT
Anti-Capitalist Ecology versus ''Neo-Primitivist'' BULL An Anti-capitalist/ Eco-Socialist reply to Ted Kassinsky and the religion of ''neo-primitivism''....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 8:59am PDT
Someone Has To: Tell Paris No! 
Demand Paris Hilton Stop Collecting Illegal Wildlife
Free Baby Luv, The Captive Rainforest Kinkajou!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:31pm PDT
New Yorkers Tell Federal Officials To Stop Ignoring 9/11's Health Effects Hundreds of residents gathered last night at New York's St. Paul's Chapel - across the street from the former World Trade Center site -- to demand the federal government stop ignoring the health effects from 9/11. We hear some of their voices....
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 8:20am PDT
BTL:Vermont Global-Warming March Demands Federal Legislative Action Interview with Bill McKibben, author & environmentalist, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 5:59am PDT
Potential NSA wiretaps in Oregon 'Green Scare' case? 
Prosecutors in the Oregon 'Green Scare' case are stalling in their response to motions filed by defense counsel regarding whether there are potential NSA or FISA wiretaps used in the state’s prosecution of defendants Daniel McGowan, Jonathan Paul, Nathan Block and Joyanna Zacher. A hearing before the judge is set for October 31st but the question remains, what is the prosecution hiding and what does the government fear is in those potential wiretaps?...
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 11:40am PDT
Turtle Tumult -- Nicaraguans Seek To Kick Out Environmental Group When a U.S. environmental group tried to get Nicaraguans to stop eating sea turtle soup, things went OK at first. But now local activists, fed up with what they call a lack of communication, are trying to end the conservation program. Shana White is on the staff of Silicon Valley De-Bug....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 4:58pm PDT
Peacetalks: Leila Salazar, Resisting Chevron in the Ecuadorian Rainforest (audio/mpeg 25.6MB) Interview with Leila Salazar of Amazon Watch about some positive developments in a class action lawsuit brought by 30,000 indigenous and farming community residents of the Ecuadorian rainforest against Chevron....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 7:34am PDT
Study: 70 Percent of 9/11 Responders Suffer Lung Ailments A major new study of 9/11 health affects finds that nearly seven out of every ten first responders at Ground Zero suffer from chronic lung ailments. For the past five years city, state and federal officials have downplayed the health dangers of the toxic dust that was released when the World Trade Center collapsed. We speak with co-author of the Mount Sinai study....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 7:30am PDT
FMA on CKUT: Canadians Give GOP Re-election Campaign $450M Boost (audio/mpeg 27.8MB) Elliott Feldman joins the "Friday Morning After" on CKUT Radio to discuss Bush's $450 Million Slush Fund from the softwood lumber deal. (30:30)...
Posted: Wed, Sep 6, 2006 1:33pm PDT
PoP dEFECT RADIO: LIVE Vol1 (audio/mpeg 26.5MB) All Live Music Antiflag, Rage Against the Machine, Flogging Molly, Against Me! and More.......
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 2:37pm PDT
Staining the Land Forever - NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF & Half of America even angrier at govt + - Kristof: Stained Land - The Bush administration has made a systematic effort to increase the private exploitation of federal lands
- Plus: Half of America angrier at government than ever before and more...
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 9:15am PDT
Lead into Gold via Unleaded Right-Foot UNLEADED RIGHT-FOOT is a new message out from the Drive 55 Conservation Project, and a bumper sticker is now available to put other drivers on notice that they are behind a conservation minded driver....
Posted: Fri, Sep 1, 2006 8:10am PDT
Earth Matters - KPFA Flashpoints - Lebanese Oil Spill Constitutes Irsraeli War Crime (audio/mpeg 14.2MB) Interview with Rick Steiner, professor at the University of Alaska and member of the IUCN's Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social policy. Mr. Steiner has worked on environmental assessment of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska since 1989 and is considered an expert in the field. He was in Lebanon for the past two weeks at the request of the Lebanese Environment Ministry, assessing the damage caused by the massive oil spill in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. IDF missile strikes on ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 5:04pm PDT
Exciting News and Updates from the Student/Farmworker Alliance! Thousands of students are returning to campuses across the country and crafting their organizing plans for the year. This fall and beyond, the stakes are high in the struggle for fair food as McDonald's continues its attempts to undermine the CIW's movement for decent wages and dignified working conditions in Florida's fields......
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 2:11pm PDT
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