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Oregon Prepares to Just Say NO! to GMO

GMOs have been injected into everything from baby formula to our dairy, and even our meat.

(NEWPORT, OR) - Health conscious Oregonians are mounting a campaign to demand that GMO foods be labeled as such. The group behind this effort has a web site http://oregonrighttoknow.org.

They have one month to gather enough signatures to place this issue on the state-side ballot in November.

Oregon Coast Aquarium Invites Divers to Dive with Sharks

If you've been waiting for a chance to swim with the sharks...here you go!

(NEWPORT, Ore.) - Passionate divers may join a pilot "guest dive" program at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

They will dive with Aquarium sharks and other fishes under the supervision of Aquarium dive guides, and explore the simulated shipwreck in the Halibut Flats exhibit, swim through the kelp and become a part of the Aquarium dive show as visitors in the tunnel watch them and take photos.

Vietnam, US Join Hands to Remove Dioxin at Da Nang Airport

After being decontaminated, the land will be returned to their original place to ensure integrity of the area.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - In a seminar yesterday, Vietnamese and US experts discussed the use of In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology in a US$43 million project to clean up dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport.

As part of the cooperative project between USAID and the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, the IPTD environmental pollution treatment system would be used to clean up the toxic substance.

Imprisoned Climate Activist Tom DeChristopher`s Appeal Hearing Thursday

Legal Defense Team to present appeal in front of 10th District Federal Court of Appeals.

(DENVER, CO) - On Thursday May 10, 2012 the Legal Defense Team representing imprisoned climate activist, Tim DeChristopher will present oral arguments before the 10th District Federal Court of Appeals.

DeChristopher is currently serving two years in federal prison for disrupting the December 2008 illegitimate sale of federal land in Southern Utah.

A Veteran`s Address to the Congress and Senate

“I ask you to pass legislation to help those who are sick and may become sick, due to horror of war.”

(MEDIA, PA) - If I were somehow able to address our Congress and Senate in assembly, I would have a few words to say:

“One of your jobs is to support the men and women who serve and those who have served.” “If not for our Armed Forces, would America be a free sovereign Nation today?”

Rehabilitation of Mangrove Forests Destroyed by Toxic Chemicals During War in South Vietnam

By Dr. Vo Quy, with the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES) Vietnam National University.

(HANOI, Viet Nam) - The war has ended for 38 years.

Although Vietnam has attained miraculous changes in many fields, the country remains blighted by toxin which are not only harmful to environment but also affect seriously health, causing many potential dangerous diseases which heredity factors.

Agent Orange Dump Site Is Oregon Desert`s Toxic Legacy

Back in '76, Oregon’s DEQ pushed 25-thousand crushed barrels of chemicals – the prime ingredients of Agent Orange – notorious for its use during the Vietnam War, into unlined trenches, then shoved dirt on top.

(PORTLAND, OR) - One of the most toxic dumps in Oregon remains in legal limbo.

A deal cut by the state with the company that owns the site has now been dropped. And the Department of Environmental Quality has no plans – or money – to clean it up.

Toxic Exposure of Marines, Murder and Government Cover-up

New book explores MCAS El Toro Superfund Site and related mysteries.

(SALEM) - A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals, published on Amazon's Kindle on May 4th, is the result of a three year investigation by Tim King and Robert O’Dowd of Salem-News.com.

The subject explores the environmental contamination at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California, and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Strong Words in Vietnam`s Letter Over Dow Chemical as Olympic Sponsor

Len Aldis calls letter "brilliant" and notes that the Vietnamese government calls Dow out for Agent Orange that caused many hundreds of thousands of people with deformities among the Vietnamese.

(LONDON / HANOI) - There is rarely 'good news' on the Agent Orange front, however today there is news that is promising.

Len Aldis, staunch advocate in the UK, sent a copy of a letter from Vietnam objecting to the inclusion of Dow Chemicals as an Olympic sponsor.

Blog, Blog, Blog Eat Blog

Are blogs online killing fields or internet wildernesses sprouting free speech?

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - What with all of the social media possibilities, it’s pretty much impossible to find anyone you know that doesn’t have and/or browse some type of online communication venue.

There are those who not only have their own interface (blog sites), ones they control, but post comments at the sites of others.