Colony Collapse Disorder and more...
I was alarmed to learn that honeybees are disappearing. The phenomenon has been labeled Colony Collapse Disorder. It started late last year with beekeepers finding hives without adult bees. It seems to have spread throughout North America and is now being seen in Europe. [Read more...]
...Public health officials tell us that we're in the clutches of an obesity and diabetes epidemic. An ideology has developed around this issue, too, that focuses on bad diets and lack of exercise, framed as lifestyle choices or less charitably as gluttony and sloth. However, a recent study points to exposure to persistent organic pollutants, such pesticides, as substantially increasing the risk of insulin resistance, obesity, and diabetes. Hardly a lifestyle choice... [Read more...]
http://www.yourownhealthandfitness.org/blogs/2007/06/12/colony-collapse-disorder/
Added on June 13, 2007 by RachelCarson100
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