Tag Archives: health

Sugar and Big Food

Posted on July 26, 2021 by borderslynn

I found this definition of Sugar here: Sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in many foods. The body mostly uses carbohydrates as an energy source. Food producers also add sugar to many products, which can lead a person’s blood … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged big food, body fuel, carbohydrates, climate change, Covid, diabetes, health, inactivity, insulin, junk food, kiribati, Pacific Islanders, Sugar, tobacco substitute, ultra processed foods | Leave a comment

Quartz and Solar Panels

Posted on May 16, 2021 by borderslynn

‘Clean Energy’, ‘Renewables’, ‘Alternative Energy’……….We can save the Planet! Well, can we do so without savaging the Planet and harming our health? Before we even attempt to create technologies to provide such solutions, we need to lay out the evidence … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged cancer, carcinogens, dust, environment concerns, greenwashing, health, new technology, planet harm, quartz mining, silicosis, solar panels, wildlife survival | 1 Comment

Will we be Fishless?: Part IX

Posted on March 12, 2021 by borderslynn

The problem of responsibly disposing of PCBs has been with us for over a century, since Monsanto first developed them. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are industrial products or chemicals. learn that definition and don’t forget what is poisoning this Planet and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged anthropogenic harm, environmental harm, extinction, food chain, health, historic contaminants, marine life, ocean health, oceans, PCBs, pollution, polychlorinated biphenyls, recycling, sharks, whales | 1 Comment

Will we be Fishless?: VI

Posted on March 7, 2021 by borderslynn

How Fish are Exposed to Pesticides Fish and aquatic animals are exposed to pesticides in three primary ways (1) dermally, direct absorption through the skin by swimming in pesticide-contaminated waters, (2) breathing, by direct uptake of pesticides through the gills … Continue reading →

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Meat Processing Plants: Covid 19

Posted on June 23, 2020 by borderslynn

As we all now know, if we didn’t before, meat is processed by workers who are forced to operate in close proximity. As a result many have succumbed to Covid 19. “Latino communities and all communities of color in the … Continue reading →

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How we can remain healthy since we first shed our fur coats

Posted on February 15, 2018 by borderslynn

Africa would appear to have the longest record of human habitation in the world. The first hominins are likely to have emerged 6-7 million years ago, and among the earliest anatomically modern human skulls were discovered at Omo Kibish, south … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, athlete, chimpanzee, China, folate, genetics, health, hominids shed fur, hunter and gatherer, magnesium, runner, UV rays, vit D | Leave a comment