Category: This Weeks News
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Professor Isaacson’s Views on Water Fluoridation & Association With Down’s Syndrome.
CREDIT TO DECLAN WAUGH, ENVIONMENTAL SCIENTIST THANKS TO PROF. ROBERT ISAACSON, PhD. Professor of Neurobehavioral Science at the State University of New York in Binghamton. Intro to Prof Isaacson His research interests are in behavioral neuroscience, particularly the study of recovery from brain damage, functions of the limbic system, mechanisms responsible for neuronal cell death,…
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Why I Am Voting “No” to Measure F
OPINION PIECE BY MATT BIER I’m sorry but I strongly disagree with Supervisor Roger Gitlin and Aaron Funk. Here is why I am voting “NO” on Measure “F.” No new taxes- PERIOD. Our Government already taxes us enough. This tax is a Band-Aid for what the real underlying problems are for this State and our…
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BREAKING NEWS: LA City Council Moves Towards GMO Ordinance Ban
BY DONNA WESTFALL In a 13-1 vote, the Los Angeles city council has decided to move forward and draft an ordinance prohibiting the sale and planting of genetically modified seeds, as well as the sale of genetically modified fruit trees and plants in Los Angeles. When I approached Crescent City Councilman Rich Enea, and Del…
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
In today’s press release out of Sacramento, Gov. Brown announced the following appointment: Clark Ducart, 53, of Crescent City, has been appointed warden at Pelican Bay State Prison, where he has been acting warden since 2014 and has served in several positions since 1989, including chief deputy warden, correctional administrator, correctional captain, staff services manager,…
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Social Security To Increase 1.7% In January
BY DONNA WESTFALL More than one-fifth of the US population receives Social Security benefits. That includes seniors, disabled, Federal retirees and more. The annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) increased and that’s the reason for increasing monthly benefits by about $20 a month. Gee, let’s see… did gas prices decrease? In some areas of the…
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The Remarkable Olfactory Ensheathing Cells Transplant
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO BBC NEWS HEALTH Olfactory ensheating cells (OEC’s) are specialist cells that form part of the sense of smell. These olfactory bulbs are found in the brain. In today’s news you can view a video by the BBC News Health – Medical section- showing 40 year old Polish man, Darek Fidyka,…
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Neil Young Opposes GMO Cotton
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO “EAT LOCAL GROWN” AND MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO Can you pronounce any of these: acephate, dichloropropene, diuron, fluometuron, pendimethalin, tribufos, and trifluralin? Do you even know what they are? The are pesticides used on cotton. The United States EPA considers 7 of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton as “possible,…
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Ebola On Your Mind?
Credit to Centers for Disease Control Currently over 4500 deaths due to Ebola, mostly in Africa. Two vaccines are to be tested starting in January 2015. Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Ebola is a rare and…
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GMO Labeling, Torpedoed By Monsanto Once Again
BY DONNA WESTFALL Received a message this morning from the Oregon YES on Measure 92 folks that Monsanto poured in another $2.5 million to their campaign to stop GMO labeling on products. This brings their total to $4 million. That’s a lot of moola. Granted, not everyone knows what GMO stands for. It stands for genetically…
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UP AND COMING ELECTION REGARDING MEASURES
OPINION PIECE BY LINDA SUTTER MEASURE 45 HEALTHCARE INSURANCE RATE CHANGES; INITIATIVE STATUE Initiative would explicitly prohibit the use of a person’s prior insurance coverage or a person’s credit history as a criterion for determining an insurance rate or for determining eligibility for an insurance policy. In order to fund the added costs required to…