The Amazing charity: water, in Photos

by Patric Juillet

Last year I wrote a little noticed diary about a man who is bringing clean, potable water to thousands of folks in parts of the world where it's badly needed. Read about Scott Harrison's charity: water. I posted it on New Year's Eve and that might explain the slow traffic.

                                                 

This story is personal to me as one of my uncles lived in the Central African Republic, in Bangui, where he was stationed in the fifties and sixties to teach farming. As a kid I remember watching in awe the grainy B&W films he used to send to us twice a year.

Despite the economic downturn, charity: water has managed to perform miracles for the Bayaka in the Central African Republic.

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Fracked: Barnett Shale drilling chemicals found in blood and organs

by TXsharon

Bob and Lisa were told by their doctor to move out of their home withing 48 hours because it was too dangerous for them to stay after they were diagnosed with drilling chemicals in their blood and organs.

Flight for survival
Toxic emissions force family to leave home
By Brandon Evans

Lisa was treated by eight different doctors over the course of a year. A source of the sickness was never determined. In June 2009, after exhausting everything he knew medically, her internal specialist suggested that something in the environment might be causing her various ailments.

In early fall 2009, she visited an environmental doctor who confirmed the presence of neurotoxins in her blood that matched chemicals used in natural gas production.

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See below for a list of the chemicals found in Lisa's blood and in her lungs:

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Bioaccumulation: the gift that keeps on giving

by mwmwm

Bioaccumulation.

It's what's for dinner.

And lunch, and breakfast. Its danger depends a bit on whether you're flora or fauna, insect or mammal, baby or oldster -- and, of course, what you've accumulated.

But it's dangerous, and on the rise.

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Gulf Recovery: Dispatches, Day #2

by Project Gulf Impact

Yesterday we spent the day indoors (thankfully) at Louisiana State University interviewing professors from schools across campus. We spoke with experts that represented a range of disciplines, from toxicology to ichthyology. Despite their diverse set of backgrounds, we heard one message loud and clear: our future is uncertain. The need for funding for rigorous research, for both today and years to come, is crucial. As we continue to fight traditional media's assertion that the oil is gone, the situation in the Gulf grows more dire.

When asked what message the scientists and professors wished to convey to the world, they unanimously answered: “the oil spill is not over.”

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Gulf Recovery: Who Cares About Health Effects?

by mogmaar

This diary is part of the 3 day Gulf Recover blogothon.  Thanks to all participants!  Enjoy!

BP has given $1.3 million to candidates and members of congress since 1999.  That's not even that much, compared to the $3.9 million that Exxon has given, or the whopping $4.4 million that Koch has given in that time. (Check the amazing dirtyenergymoney.com that launched yesterday for more juicy details.)

These are direct contributions, not including money funneled into 501c3 'educational' efforts or to libertarian think tanks.  That's before Citizens United opened up the gates.  This is normal operating procedure in Washington, and what does it buy the oil companies?

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