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Tagged With: Petitions

Int’l Petition: Stand with Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi

  Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s movement for democracy in Burma is hanging in the balance this week, with the regime threatening a brutal response to her call to free political prisoners. Activists have appealed to the world for help, saying international pressure is crucial to tipping the balance. Let’s stand with Suu Kyi and … Continue reading »

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Tell EPA to ban bee-killing pesticides

An EPA memo pretty much says it all: Clothianidin’s major risk concern is to nontarget insects (that is, honey bees). Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is both persistent and systemic. Acute toxicity studies to honey bees show that clothianidin is highly toxic on both a contact and an oral basis. … information from standard … Continue reading »

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Soviet Russia, U.S. Government and Our Food

Remember how Gorbachev had this huge birthmark on his forehead? I remember visiting Soviet Russia during that era (1989) and seeing government propaganda posters in which the birthmark had simply been erased. Long before Photoshop, the Soviets had a long history of literally erasing people from history, one picture at a time. I remember thinking … Continue reading »

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