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Sitting in Starbucks, eating GMOs

The vast majority of the country believes people have a right to know what is in their food and that GMOs must be labeled.

(NEW YORK ) - Across the country rage is growing about GMOs and their being unleashed one after another on the country.

Unraveling the Mysteries Behind Visible Stars

Several prominent scientists have written that I am on the right track and to keep them informed...

(SAN DIEGO) - The two photos in my last article, "Astronomy Picture of the Day" and the "Fountains of Enceladus" are very important for this reason: If there were that many particles in our atmosphere, it would be difficult to see the stars at night.

Reefer Madness: the Worst Form of Chronic Paranoia

Prosecuting attorneys, judges, juries; seem to feel that severely punishing Marijuana users is a sort of game.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - As a physician, I never knew until fairly recently that Reefer Madness and subsequent paranoia were both contagious and very long lasting.

The diatribe about the horrific dangers of Marijuana by Harry Anslinger and the Hearst newspapers of the late 1930’s has lasted to this day...

First-of-Its Kind Mobile Sensor Technology Revolutionizes Road Maintenance Industry

Industry Leader Vaisala Launches Cross-Country Tour.

(SALEM) - For the first time, road maintenance departments now have the ability to access weather data from their entire networks of roads with mobile sensor technology developed by Vaisala, a global leader in environmental management.

To coincide with the announcement of its Condition Patrol technology, the company is launching Vaisala Across America, a cross-country tour to start February 1 from the company’s U.S. headquarters in Louisville, Colo.

Veterans File for Class Certification in Chemical, Biological Weapon Case

Defendants have refused to collect information regarding patterns of disease amongst the exposed veterans.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A petition has been filed for class certification in a more than two-year battle with the U.S. military over secret testing of chemical and biological weapons on its own soldiers.

The suit seeks to overturn the so-called Feres doctrine, a 1950 Supreme Court decision that prevents military veterans from filing claims against the federal government.

The Human Toll from India`s Uranium

Researchers believe radiation is behind the human and environmental catastrophe.

(CHENNAI, India) - Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand, is the chief source of Uranium in India, providing fuel for the nuclear reactors.

However, the uranium comes at a colossal human cost.

PTSD, Marijuana and the Atlantic Magazine

“... Leveque estimates he signed 1,000 permits for PTSD, and said he did so with a clear conscience.” - The Atlantic

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Every once in a while a major world class magazine will produce a story on this subject.

The Atlantic hits the nail right on the head with, The Case for Treating PTSD in Veterans with Medical Marijuana by Martin Mulcahey.

Immigrant Denied Kidney Transplant

Jesus Navarro’s wife wants to donate her kidney to him, but the hospital won’t let her -- Jesus could die.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Jesus Navarro could die without a kidney transplant. His wife is a match, and he has health insurance.

But because Jesus is undocumented, a state medical center is refusing to perform surgery, essentially leaving Jesus to die.

Our Earthly Connection to the Sun

It is important to understand the fickle and selective method nature uses to create electromagnetic field currents and static electricity.

(SAN DIEGO) - I received a link from a member of the Planck Foundation on Dec. 30, 2011 regarding “Magnetic Portals Connect Earth to the Sun”.

Medical Marijuana: What is the Dose?

A lethal dose has never happened, ever.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - This question has popped up a million times since the discovery of THC in about 1926 by Dr. Fieser at Harvard.

It was thought at that time that THC was THE substance which caused all of the effects of the drug.