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80 per cent of Kenora residential school students had TB
In recent weeks archival documents have revealed nutritional, dental and medical experiments that took place at the school.
Now historical reports, just released by the federal government, show a disturbing rate of tuberculosis among the students.
A survey from 1946 shows that 100 of the 132 children at the Cecilia
Jeffery School suffered from the potentially fatal disease.
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80 per cent of Kenora residential school students had TB
In recent weeks archival documents have revealed nutritional, dental and medical experiments that took place at the school.
Now historical reports, just released by the federal government, show a disturbing rate of tuberculosis among the students.
A survey from 1946 shows that 100 of the 132 children at the Cecilia Jeffery School suffered from the potentially fatal disease.
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"Some
will debate whether the residential school policy was a policy of
assimilation or elimination, but I argue that it was both. The physical
abuse for practicing one's culture is a form of forced assimilation;
whereas the starvation, torture and medical experiments conducted on the
children which resulted in upwards of 40% of the children dying, is
elimination. Whether it is assimilation or elimination, all of the acts
fit under the definition of genocide as noted in the UN Convention
Against Genocide."
West Coast Native News shared a link.
Journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote a scathing piece in The Guardian in response to the questionable circumstances under which his partner David Miranda was detained ("under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act of 2000"*) at Heathrow airport by UK authorities. Greenwald says it was a failed attempt at intimidation in light of Greenwald's revelations regarding NSA spying leaks from Edward Snowden.
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a link.
Another
learning lesson brought to you by the folks in Texas and the dangers of
fracking. "Imagine If There Were A Town In The USA Where You Couldn't
Get Any Water. You Can Stop Imagining."
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Natural gas is claimed to promise cleaner, more efficient combustion than its petroleum-based
competition, but getting natural gas out of the ground through
hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can be far more environmentally menacing
than getting oil. Now…
.
.
The
Enbridge pipeline, converted from natural gas, would carry tar sands
crude like the Keystone XL but is expected to easily win regulatory
approval.
Bridge the Gulf shared a link.
While
Bentley touted Canada’s “leadership” in developing tar sands crude
resources, Underhill said the lesson to be learned from the Canadian
experience is that the extraction of tar sands oil has turned much of
the Alberta province “into a strip mined wasteland.” Shipping it through
the U.S. has turned America “into a leaky, explosive pipe and train
drainage for tar sands headed to Asia.”
Australian
Report on the Flora and Fauna and the Human Impact and Health
Catastrophe happening in our Gulf Region, RIGHT NOW!We already know the
Gulf of Mexico is a toxic soup and animals are dying in massive kill
offs.But this is happening to people too.This show will not be
broadcast here in the United States.
August 18, 2013: Reporter Michael Usher discussing the 'Crude Solution' story and the use of toxic dispersants in Australia.
Real Coastal Warriors shared a link.
From
the contamination of drinking water to the release of powerful
greenhouse gases, the list of dangers posed by fracking and natural gas
production seems to grow longer by the day. It has become increasingly
clear that fracking—which involves
pumping water, sand, and chemicals deep underground to create cracks in
shale formations and release the natural gas trapped inside—is unsafe,
unhealthy, and unsustainable. And as gas companies across the country
have ramped up their fracking efforts, the drilling technique has
started to exacerbate another serious concern: water scarcity.
The
train that derailed in Lawtell, Louisiana is leaking chemicals and at
least one of two cars carrying a hazardous chemical, vinyl chrloride, is
damaged.
A 1 mile radius evacuation is being enforced by St. Landry Sheriff Deputies and State Police. Evacuees can receive more information at The Delta Grand Theater, 120 S. Market Street, Opelousas. As of right now, approximately 50 homes have been evacuated.
More at http://www.katc.com/news/jindal-chemicals-leaking-from-lawtell-train-derailment/#_
A 1 mile radius evacuation is being enforced by St. Landry Sheriff Deputies and State Police. Evacuees can receive more information at The Delta Grand Theater, 120 S. Market Street, Opelousas. As of right now, approximately 50 homes have been evacuated.
More at http://www.katc.com/news/jindal-chemicals-leaking-from-lawtell-train-derailment/#_
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130807-fukushima-radioactive-water-leak/
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The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has failed in an effort
to control radioactive water leaking into the sea. What does it mean
for people and the environment in Japan, and across the Pacific Ocean?
Bridge the Gulf shared a link via Louisiana Bucket Brigade.
"I
worry that such paltry fines fail to discourage defendants from
destroying evidence. If the fines do not adequately deter companies,
they may begin routinely destroying unfavorable evidence as an
acceptable cost of doing business. The Deepwater
Horizon disaster killed 11 people and led to the massive oil spill that
"devastated our treasured shores.' ~ Senator John McCain, the ranking
Republican in the Senate's Permanent Committee on Investigations, in a
letter to Erick Holder, expressing concern about the size of the fine.
Bridge the Gulf shared a link.
“We
have already pushed for buyouts for affected residents and are
undertaking a thorough review of all of Texas Brine’s permits in our
state,” Jindal said.
“This suit is just the next step in making sure Texas Brine does the right thing and properly addresses the mess it’s caused.”
“This suit is just the next step in making sure Texas Brine does the right thing and properly addresses the mess it’s caused.”
Bridge the Gulf shared a link via Levees.Org.
It
shocked me that we have Governor Jindal, who talks about being a strong
advocate for wetland protection, attacking an agency who's trying to
get these wetlands restored,” said Darryl Malek-Wiley of the Sierra
Club. The group called on residents to sign a petition in support of the
lawsuit.
Video taken today above the Texas Brine Sinkhole near Bayou Corne, LA - by the Assumption Parish Police Jury
Bridge the Gulf shared a link.
"If
this 22-acre sinkhole was 30 miles from Boston it would be in the news
daily, the federal government would be involved. But you know, it's the
wetlands of Louisiana and few people care. Even the big time
environmental groups have ignored the significance of this sinkhole." ~
Russel Honoré, a retired army general who advocated for the people of
New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
One
year ago today Bayou Corne residents were evacuated from their homes
due to Texas Brine's sinkhole. Since that time the sinkhole has
continued to grow and today is over 24 acres.
Bridge the Gulf
Bayou
Corne, Louisiana - Gas bubbles up in the bayou near Texas Brine's
sinkhole. Many nearby residents have been evacuated from their homes
for more than a year and some fear it will never again be a safe place
to live.
Texas Brine is in the process of offering buy-outs to effected homeowners, but many feel they offers are not enough and don't adequately compensate them for the disaster.
Thank you to Dennis Landry for showing us the bubbling site and for showing us one of the most beautiful bayous in Louisiana.
Texas Brine is in the process of offering buy-outs to effected homeowners, but many feel they offers are not enough and don't adequately compensate them for the disaster.
Thank you to Dennis Landry for showing us the bubbling site and for showing us one of the most beautiful bayous in Louisiana.
John Wathen describes what he saw above the Moblie-area:
"We flew up 3 mile Creek to the ARC Saraland site. Here railroad cars are brought to load truck with oil reported to be tar sands oil. From the photos it was clear to see that there was already problems with the site...These tank trucks are leaking badly and appear to have been doing so for some time. The trucks can be seen in Google Earth as early as Jan. 2012...
....People living close to and impacted by this project are not being heard. Lands have been taken through good old boy politics and greedy oil mongers. That needs to be exposed and shown to the elected powers that have backed this play for profit. Any politician who supports such a recipe for disaster needs to be replaced at the next election. Any and all resources by local groups should be used to stop this before it is done. If such a pipeline is built, it certainly needs to take a different path considering the health and safety of ALL impacted residents.
There are simply too many unknowns and misinformation being released that say this is OK. I call on every group that has any environmental stake in this to examine it for what it's worth and denounce this as a bad idea."
To read John's entire post, which includes more photos and video, go to http://bpoilslick.blogspot.com/.
Photo by John Wathen, pilot Tom Hutchings
"We flew up 3 mile Creek to the ARC Saraland site. Here railroad cars are brought to load truck with oil reported to be tar sands oil. From the photos it was clear to see that there was already problems with the site...These tank trucks are leaking badly and appear to have been doing so for some time. The trucks can be seen in Google Earth as early as Jan. 2012...
....People living close to and impacted by this project are not being heard. Lands have been taken through good old boy politics and greedy oil mongers. That needs to be exposed and shown to the elected powers that have backed this play for profit. Any politician who supports such a recipe for disaster needs to be replaced at the next election. Any and all resources by local groups should be used to stop this before it is done. If such a pipeline is built, it certainly needs to take a different path considering the health and safety of ALL impacted residents.
There are simply too many unknowns and misinformation being released that say this is OK. I call on every group that has any environmental stake in this to examine it for what it's worth and denounce this as a bad idea."
To read John's entire post, which includes more photos and video, go to http://bpoilslick.blogspot.com/.
Photo by John Wathen, pilot Tom Hutchings
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CRITICAL
REPOST: Even the tiniest mistake during an operation to extract over
1,300 fuel rods at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan
could lead to a series of cascading failures with an apocalyptic
outcome, fallout researcher Christina Consolo told RT.
An
analysis of water, sediment and seafood samples taken in 2010 during
and after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has found higher
contamination levels in some cases than previous studies by federal
agencies did, casting doubt on some of the earlier sampling methods. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/earth/new-analysis-of-gulf-oil-spill.html?_r=1&
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CHEMICALS
used for cleaning up oil spills that have been linked to deaths in the
United States are still being stored in Gladstone - but the authority
assigned with managing it won't say where. It follows the use of the
agent Corexit 9527 in the emergency
response to the Shen Neng 1 oil spill in the Great Barrier Reef off
Gladstone in 2010. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has told
The Observer that 3000 litres of Corexit 9500A is part of a national
stockpile kept in Gladstone.
This
segment originally aired on the August 18th, 2013 episode of Ring of
Fire on Free Speech TV. The corporate-controlled media has let BP off
the hook, not just for their crimes in the Gulf of Mexico, but for their
crimes all over the country. But we
aren’t willing to give the company a free pass for killing Americans and
destroying the environment. Ring of Fire guest host Farron Cousins from
The Trial Lawyer Magazine speaks with investigative journalist Rick
Outzen about the criminal history of BP.
Ed
Chesney, PhD., Associate Professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium (LUMCON), specializes in understanding the recruitment of
fish, or which eggs and larvae grow to become adults and why. In a
series of lab experiments, he and
co-principal investigator Ralph Portier of Louisiana State University
will attempt to determine the effects of sublethal exposure to oil and
related chemicals, that is, not enough to kill, but enough to do
indeterminate damage, on these four species in their larval stages to
see if and how it inhibits their development.
"The main thing we know about the early life history stages of larvae is that once they begin to feed, that’s all they do. That’s their primary focus in life because they have to grow as quickly as possible in order to survive that early, highly vulnerable stage. So if they’re exposed to a toxicant during that time and it reduces their ability to swim or forage, there will eventually be consequences for that. These experiments are designed to try to look at those effects and determine what they might be." — Ed Chesney, LUMCON
Fish eggs are relatively resistant to oil exposure. That all changes once they hatch. Larval fish populations and the estuaries they live in are incredibly sensitive to any sudden change. Working in the lab at LUMCON, Chesney and Portier plan to create environmental scenarios that mimic the range of chemical exposures larvae might encounter throughout the area affected by a large spill including at the outskirts where oil exposures might be too low to directly kill them. They will observe in the laboratory behaviors of the larval fish and crabs exposed to these conditions: Are they swimming normally? Are they foraging at a rate necessary for survival? Are they able to swim to the surface to swallow air bubbles to help them maintain buoyancy? Has predatory behavior been altered in any way?
They will also look at how oil dispersants affects the oil’s toxicity. The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling estimates that responders sprayed over 1.8 million gallons of the dispersant Corexit 9500A into the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Additionally, many square miles of oil on the surface of the GOM was set on fire for quick disposal. Thus the team will log the effects of dispersants and ash on the young animals as well.
http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/the-tiniest-survivors/
"The main thing we know about the early life history stages of larvae is that once they begin to feed, that’s all they do. That’s their primary focus in life because they have to grow as quickly as possible in order to survive that early, highly vulnerable stage. So if they’re exposed to a toxicant during that time and it reduces their ability to swim or forage, there will eventually be consequences for that. These experiments are designed to try to look at those effects and determine what they might be." — Ed Chesney, LUMCON
Fish eggs are relatively resistant to oil exposure. That all changes once they hatch. Larval fish populations and the estuaries they live in are incredibly sensitive to any sudden change. Working in the lab at LUMCON, Chesney and Portier plan to create environmental scenarios that mimic the range of chemical exposures larvae might encounter throughout the area affected by a large spill including at the outskirts where oil exposures might be too low to directly kill them. They will observe in the laboratory behaviors of the larval fish and crabs exposed to these conditions: Are they swimming normally? Are they foraging at a rate necessary for survival? Are they able to swim to the surface to swallow air bubbles to help them maintain buoyancy? Has predatory behavior been altered in any way?
They will also look at how oil dispersants affects the oil’s toxicity. The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling estimates that responders sprayed over 1.8 million gallons of the dispersant Corexit 9500A into the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Additionally, many square miles of oil on the surface of the GOM was set on fire for quick disposal. Thus the team will log the effects of dispersants and ash on the young animals as well.
http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/the-tiniest-survivors/
AUGUST
19, 2013 - Like other studies after the spill, the new analysis,
published last week in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, found that
components of oil were distributed along the Gulf Coast as far west as
Galveston, Tex. — about 300 miles from the well site — and southeast to the Florida Keys.
But the study found higher levels of many oil-related compounds than earlier studies by NOAA scientists and others, particularly in seawater and sediment. The compounds studied included polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, some of which are classified as probably carcinogenic, and volatile organic compounds, which can affect the immune and nervous systems.
“When the numbers first started coming in, I thought these looked awfully high,” Dr. Sammarco said, referring to the data he analyzed, which came from samples that he and other researchers had collected. Then he looked at the NOAA data. “Their numbers were very low,” he said, “I thought what is going on here? It didn’t make sense.”
Dr. Sammarco said that a particular sampling method used in some earlier studies might have led to lower readings. That method uses a device called a Niskin bottle, which takes a sample from a specific point in the water. Because of the widespread use of dispersants during the spill — which raised separate concerns about toxicity — the oil, broken into droplets, may have remained in patches in the water rather than dispersing uniformly.
“Sampling a patchy environment, you may not necessarily hit the patches,” he said.
The plastic that the bottles are made from also attracts oily compounds, potentially removing them from any water sample and leading to lower readings of contaminants, Dr. Sammarco said.
Riki Ott, an independent marine toxicologist who has studied effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska as well as the BP spill, said she was “totally shocked” when she read the high numbers in Dr. Sammarco’s study.
“To see NOAA doing this, that’s inexcusable,” Dr. Ott said, referring to the use of Niskin bottles. “It has been known since Exxon Valdez that this spotty sampling does not work.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/earth/new-analysis-of-gulf-oil-spill.html?_r=2&
But the study found higher levels of many oil-related compounds than earlier studies by NOAA scientists and others, particularly in seawater and sediment. The compounds studied included polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, some of which are classified as probably carcinogenic, and volatile organic compounds, which can affect the immune and nervous systems.
“When the numbers first started coming in, I thought these looked awfully high,” Dr. Sammarco said, referring to the data he analyzed, which came from samples that he and other researchers had collected. Then he looked at the NOAA data. “Their numbers were very low,” he said, “I thought what is going on here? It didn’t make sense.”
Dr. Sammarco said that a particular sampling method used in some earlier studies might have led to lower readings. That method uses a device called a Niskin bottle, which takes a sample from a specific point in the water. Because of the widespread use of dispersants during the spill — which raised separate concerns about toxicity — the oil, broken into droplets, may have remained in patches in the water rather than dispersing uniformly.
“Sampling a patchy environment, you may not necessarily hit the patches,” he said.
The plastic that the bottles are made from also attracts oily compounds, potentially removing them from any water sample and leading to lower readings of contaminants, Dr. Sammarco said.
Riki Ott, an independent marine toxicologist who has studied effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska as well as the BP spill, said she was “totally shocked” when she read the high numbers in Dr. Sammarco’s study.
“To see NOAA doing this, that’s inexcusable,” Dr. Ott said, referring to the use of Niskin bottles. “It has been known since Exxon Valdez that this spotty sampling does not work.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/earth/new-analysis-of-gulf-oil-spill.html?_r=2&
eal Coastal Warriors
AUGUST
19, 2013: But the study found higher levels of many oil-related
compounds than earlier studies by NOAA scientists and others,
particularly in seawater and sediment. The compounds studied included
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, some
of which are classified as probably carcinogenic, and volatile organic
compounds, which can affect the immune and nervous systems.
“When the numbers first started coming in, I thought these looked awfully high,” Dr. Sammarco said, referring to the data he analyzed, which came from samples that he and other researchers had collected. Then he looked at the NOAA data. “Their numbers were very low,” he said, “I thought what is going on here? It didn’t make sense.”
Dr. Sammarco said that a particular sampling method used in some earlier studies might have led to lower readings. That method uses a device called a Niskin bottle, which takes a sample from a specific point in the water. Because of the widespread use of dispersants during the spill — which raised separate concerns about toxicity — the oil, broken into droplets, may have remained in patches in the water rather than dispersing uniformly.
“Sampling a patchy environment, you may not necessarily hit the patches,” he said.
The plastic that the bottles are made from also attracts oily compounds, potentially removing them from any water sample and leading to lower readings of contaminants, Dr. Sammarco said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/earth/new-analysis-of-gulf-oil-spill.html?_r=2&
“When the numbers first started coming in, I thought these looked awfully high,” Dr. Sammarco said, referring to the data he analyzed, which came from samples that he and other researchers had collected. Then he looked at the NOAA data. “Their numbers were very low,” he said, “I thought what is going on here? It didn’t make sense.”
Dr. Sammarco said that a particular sampling method used in some earlier studies might have led to lower readings. That method uses a device called a Niskin bottle, which takes a sample from a specific point in the water. Because of the widespread use of dispersants during the spill — which raised separate concerns about toxicity — the oil, broken into droplets, may have remained in patches in the water rather than dispersing uniformly.
“Sampling a patchy environment, you may not necessarily hit the patches,” he said.
The plastic that the bottles are made from also attracts oily compounds, potentially removing them from any water sample and leading to lower readings of contaminants, Dr. Sammarco said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/earth/new-analysis-of-gulf-oil-spill.html?_r=2&
Scientists
from Louisiana State University, University of California-Davis, and
Clemson University, studying Deepwater Horizon impacts on killifish from
oiled Louisiana estuaries, found that adult fish exhibited genetic
responses that indic...See More
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