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Mainstream Media keeps al-Qaeda Myth Alive

“Who’s going to object to referring to the Sunni insurgency in post-war Iraq as yet another attack by al-Qaeda?”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - While surfing the morning news, Most people would indifferently glance at this headline “Al-Qaida in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts” but would fail to grasp the real story behind it.

But then, how could they not when the story is presented to them with such a deceiving title to begin with.

Special interview with KLEFF 2010 Winner for Best International Film (`Agent Orange` 30 Years Later`), John Trinh

From our friends with the Agent Orange Action Council.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - EcoKnights recently caught up with the 2010 KLEFF winner for the Best International Film, Vietnamese-born American John Trinh; he shares his first experience at the his winning film “Agent Orange: 30 Years Later” and his future plans in the world of film making.

The `gift` that continues to cause destruction - Christmas in Vietnam, 2011

Friends, I would like to ask you on reading this letter that perhaps you may wish to add your comments and write a letter to the office of Monsanto

(LONDON) - While in Ho Chi Minh City on 12th December I decided to deliver by hand a letter to the office of Monsanto. On arrival was told that the director was away on business out of the country, this was the same excuse given a few years earlier.

However I explained to the young Vietnamese lady my disappointment and asked that I would like to have a reply.

Forced Human Experimentation Arranged by Bush`s Pandemic Laws

The laws remove the most fundamental of rights to life and liberty.

(CHICAGO) - The Bill of Rights Defense Committee is circulating a petition to attorney general today to demand accountability for human experimentation programs based on revelations by Physicians for Human Rights.

Since the dawn of medical practice, no maxim has attained greater consensus than the commitment to “do no harm.”

Tell the EPA to Ban Glyphosate

Click "Take Action" to send a letter to the EPA that contains links to scientific research that is leading experts to believe glyphosate is even more dangerous than DDT.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The EPA is currently conducting a "Registration Review" of glyphosate. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the herbicide RoundUp. RoundUp is owned by Monsanto, recently named the worst company in the world by the Natural Society.

The EPA will be gathering data on glyphosate through the summer of 2012 and making a final decision no earlier than 2015.

Hanford Commercial Nuclear Reactor Cited for Safety Violations

It appears that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) failed to disclose safety violations and inspection report during a public comment period and hid the report in the holiday shuffle.

(HANFORD, Wash.) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced yesterday that it issued safety violations for five events this spring and summer at the Northwest’s sole commercial nuclear reactor, located on the Hanford Nuclear eservation.

The incidents included loss of over four thousand gallons of reactor coolant and water twice in four months, and the insertion of reactor control rods when operators believed they were withdrawing the rods.

Do Not Give Fluoridated Water to Babies or Pregnant Mothers

There is still not one single prospective double blinded randomized controlled trial of fluoridation.

(WILSONVILLE, Ore.) - If you are upset with the lack of SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) oversight of Bernie Madoff, then fluoridation will break your heart.

The incompetent oversight of Health and Human Services, CDC, EPA, and FDA CDER dwarfs the Madoff scandal.
Those who have blind trust in all government regulators need not read further.

Wartime airbase dioxin to be cleaned up

“All of the dioxin contaminated spots in Viet Nam have been left for too long and there are no reasons for us to wait longer” - Associate Professor Le Ke Son

(BINH DINH, Vietnam) - A ground-breaking ceremony was held at Phu Cat airbase yesterday morning for a 5,400 cubic metre landfill site which will be used to isolate dioxin.

Phu Cat airbase was used to launch herbicide spraying missions during the American War, making it one of three contaminated hotspots along with the airports at Bien Hoa and Da Nang.

Is Fluoridation Safe?

About 70 percent of community water systems in the U.S. are treated with fluoride.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Fluoride is the name given to a group of compounds that are composed of the naturally occurring element fluorine and one or more other elements.

Animal Diseases: Time to Expose Really Dangerous Corporate Lies

The diseases scares are lies with tremendous consequences for farmers, for food, for animal diversity, for control of and harm to populations through vaccines.

(PHILADELPHIA) - The Food Modernization and Safety Act empowers DoD and Department of Homeland Security to mass slaughter animals here in the event of an animal disease outbreak.

No need for the disease to be dangerous, or even exist. A declaration by the CDC is enough for military to roll out and begin killing.