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Top Three Seal Hunt Myths
Here are the top three myths told by Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) about the commercial seal hunt:
Myth #1: The seal hunt is humane.
Myth #2: The seal hunt is sustainable.
Myth #3: The seal hunt is closely monitored and well managed.
Greenhouse Gas and Global Warming
Things are not always as they seem! Scratch beyond the surface and the truth is always different.
The concentrations of the atmospheric greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor - are undergoing net increases even though the concentration of water vapor is somewhat occasionally tempered as a result of rainfalls. Moreover, any interactivity-impact [...]
Step Away From the Trees
Native Forest Council and our 2,000 national members know that public land logging provides short-term financial benefits for industry at the expense of economic and ecological benefits for the rest of the citizenry; it is therefore in the American taxpayers’ best interest to terminate the Federal Timber Sale program. Recreation’s economic benefits alone are worth [...]
Stop Whole Foods Greenwashing
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Apr 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Environmental Affairs Council, acting on behalf of the public interest, filed an action today with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC: 27.74, +0.01, +0.03%) urging the Commission to investigate Whole Foods environmental marketing claims surrounding its paper grocery bags.
“Whole Foods Market, Inc. is up to its old [...]
Beauty Brand Tainted by US Animal Testing
Cosmetics on sale in high-street shops were tested on animals years after the practice was banned in the UK.
Several popular beauty products contain an ingredient tested on live pregnant rats and their foetuses in the US.
The ingredient is contained in Olay Regenerist Night moisturiser and Olay Regenerist Eye Derma-Pod, both of which are sold in [...]
Do Hamburgers Cause Crime?
Most of us who eat meat regularly would still rather not kill an animal with our own hands. So we have, for generations, delegated that work to others.
Jennifer Dillard, at Georgetown Law, authored a new paper looking at what that delegation costs the workers of industrial slaughterhouses. She argues that prolonged work on a kill [...]
Animal testing does no good in search for AIDS cure
The failure of Merck’s V520 HIV vaccine highlights a serious problem in HIV/AIDS scientists’ heavy reliance on animal testing. According to the National Institutes of Health, all of the more than 80 vaccines for HIV/AIDS developed using animals and brought to human trials have failed. V520 is only the most recent in this string [...]