China suspends importation Australian beef – again!
Original story ABC News December 8 2020 China has suspended the importation of more Australian beef, this time from Meramist Pty Ltd, the sixth supplier to face such a move in a country that is…
Category Archives: Food
EPA Proposed New Emergency Limits For Radioactive Drinking Water
Original story Climate Progress June 10, 2016 New and higher radioactivity limits for drinking water tainted in the case of a nuclear emergency were put forward by the Environmental Protection Agency this week, a move…
Canning Basin in WA is being depleted too fast – NASA
Original story from www.news.com.au July 11, 2015 THE world is running out of water, with one state in Australia having their reserves depleted at an alarming rate. According to a NASA-led study, more than half…
An insult to the pacific – Arnie Gunderson
Original story from www.youtube.com July 9, 2015 Arnie Gunderson talks about the radiation problem still going on in the pacific ocean. Doesn’t look good. worth the watch. Click here to watch the video
Fukushima food could be arriving to Britain through loophole
Original story from The Independent April 14, 2015 Food produced around the Fukushima nuclear disaster site could be making its way on to British shelves because of loopholes in safety rules, The Independent can reveal.…
Frieze visitors queue up to risk ‘delicious’ yet possibly toxic radish broth
Originals story from The Independent October 17, 2014 Visitors to this year’s Frieze art fair have been won over by soup so delicious nobody seems to care that it is made from potentially radioactive radishes.…
What’s Beyond GMO Contamination ?
Original story from food and water watch, May 8, 2014 Felix is an organic farmer in Spain, the country that hosts 90 percent of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe. He grows grains, alfalfa and…
Lights out
I find it interesting that there is an event that represents the whole of the environment. In one day. Actually one night. That’s 12 hours. One day a year. Have a look. Lights out for…
International Court of Justice rules against Japanese whaling
Original story from www.abc.net.au The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Japan’s whaling program in the Antarctic is not for scientific purposes and has forbidden the granting of further whaling permits. The finding…
Odd shape floating in China's waters is actually a toxic waste spill
Original story from news.com.au 30 January, 2014 AT first glance, it could easily be mistaken for a giant sea monster or alien life form but the reality is far scarier. This toxic plume of wastewater,…
Steam over Fukushima as sign of catastrophe: 89 tons of deadly radioactive fuel could reach US in 2 days
Original story from The voice of Russia 1st January, 2014 Unexplained plumes of radioactive steam have been rising from Fukushima’s Reactor Building 3. TEPCO has confirmed the reports, adding that they were not clear on…
Dirty secrets of the food processing industry
Original story Written by Sally Falloon from Food Matters We have always processed our food; this is an activity that is uniquely human. We chop, soak, cook and ferment our food – as well as…
Seeds of death (Full video)
From youtube May 24, 2013 The leaders of Big Agriculture–Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta–are determined that world’s populations remain ignorant about the serious health and environmental risks of genetically modified crops and industrial agriculture. Deep layers of deception…
Kellogg’s: We don’t sell GM foods in India
Original story from The Hindu Business line October 9, 2013 NEW DELHI, OCT 9: Food products giant Kellogg’s today said it favours genetically modified food but the company does not use such items in breakfast…
Japanese fast-food chain to farm in Fukushima
Original story from Bangkok Post 1 October, 2013 Major Japanese fast-food chain Yoshinoya said Tuesday it would grow rice and vegetables in Fukushima prefecture, home to the nuclear plant that was crippled by a tsunami…
Fishing allowed again off Fukushima coasts
Original story from FIS Australia September 27, 2013 Trial fishing operations have been resumed by fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture, after being banned last month due to huge amounts of radioactive water leak from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear…
South Korea extends ban on Japanese fish imports
Original story from Australian network news September 7, 2013 South Korea has extended its ban on Japanese fisheries products over fears of contamination from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Consumption of fish products in South Korea…
Japan Fukushima plant's radioactive leak severity upgraded
Original story from CBC News, 28th August, 2013 Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday upgraded the rating of a leak of radiation-contaminated water from a tank at its tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant to a “serious incident” on an…
Farmageddon
From youtube 26th January, 2013 To watch the video click here Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing…
The 13 most dangerous additives to remove from your diet
I watched this video the other day on food additives. Even if you know about food additives (Unless in depth) I reccomend that you watch this video as it is very informative and a bit…
The Power of Plant Foods in Anti-Aging and Lifestyle Medicine
Original video from youtube June 7th, 2011 (58 mins) This lecture is about the types of raw food diets and whether they provide good nutrient and health – for and against. It includes things such…
Nutrition & Behaviour
From youtube, 9th March, 2012 This video is a very interesting lecture on the pit-falls and problems of eating modern day processed foods, including – How the nutrition, or lack of nutrition affects the brain and therefore,…
Stuck indoors, Fukushima children have highest obesity rates
Original story from The Asahi Shimbun, December 26, 2012 Children in Fukushima Prefecture have the highest obesity rates in Japan in seven age groups, education ministry statistics showed, a possible result of the restrictions on…
Foods that kill
Watched a great documentary video recently called “Foods that kill”. It’s about the foods that most people in the world eat and what the effects are on the internal organs of that particular person over…
Fukushima Daiichi status update…..
Well it’s not really looking all that good is it? Still going strong, radiation galore everywhere, no control, plenty of leaks…….man….. Watch the video here
In Containment 「格納容器の中」
camera: Ian Thomas Ash/ Koji Fujita 藤田 浩二 People in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima remember the victims of the tsunami fifteen months after the March 11 disaster. Ian then visits the former site of the…
Radioactive waste disposal outside Fukushima a vague vow
Original story from Japan Times Online July 20, 2012 The Environment Ministry plans to ensure radioactive waste from the meltdown disaster in Fukushima Prefecture will be disposed of outside the prefecture, but no location has…
Milk permeate – the unfiltered truth
From Foodwatch July 2012 What is permeate? Milk permeate is produced during a process called ultrafiltration. This process separates the lactose, vitamins and minerals from the milk protein. Permeate consists mainly of lactose (between 65% to 85%) and…
Fukushima Selling local FISH, Free Tea, & Reactor 4 Bulging Update 6/25/12
This video is from Youtube and is about fukushima and food being caught in that region. The first bit is about finances, but keep watching – It’s worth it…..Read below. Fish caught off of Fukushima…
Genetically Modified Food Issues documentary
These are some documentary videos on youtube about Genetically Modified Food Issues. Very interesting. Follow the links to view and for more information.
Random food checks in Japan – Is the food safe?
This guy William Milberry lives in Japan, and goes around to supermarkets to point out what food could be potentially unsafe – Worth a watch…..
The Medical Implications of Fukushima, Chernobyl and the Nuclear Age
Dr Helen Caldicott talks about the medical implications of Fukushima, Chernobyl and the nuclear age. She begins with Fukushima and the very high probability of more incidents involving high levels of radioactivity being released into…
Controversy over Japan food aid from tainted areas
Original story from RT 2nd April 2012 A year on from Fukushima, Japan is struggling to convince consumers that fish from contaminated areas is safe. With new limits imposed on radioactive substances in food, the…
Fukushima radiation so high – nothing can fix it
With the recent indication that fukushima nuclear reactor unit 2 has 31ft less water in the reactor pool than there should be, leaving 2ft in the bottom of the containment vessel, this leaves much thought…
Radiation levels higher than expected at Fukushima
This is a few snippets of japanese new stories about fukushima from youtube. I don’t think its real good……
Seniors urged to eat Fukushima rice to help farmers, protect young people
Original story The Japan Times. March 20th, 2012 A Tokyo senior is waging an individual effort to get elderly people to eat rice grown in Fukushima Prefecture to help local farmers struggling with rumors that…
Cesium found in plankton 600 km's from Fukushima nuclear plant
Original story by The Yomuri Shimbun TOKYO — Radioactive cesium believed to have been released during the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan following last year’s major earthquake has been found…
Fukushima Vicious World update 10 Dec 2011
Well, it’s been an interesting time with Fukushima……They still do not have anything near cold shutdown – With only 37 days to go until TEPCO’s proposed timeline. Still i have been busy like most people…
Dr. Helen Caldicott on Fukushima
October 28th 2011 Earth Focus: Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott discusses with Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson what the Fukushima disaster really means for the health and future of the people of…
Hold the cesium: Ways to reduce radiation in your diet
Original story by TOMOKO OTAKE Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011 Six months into the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No.1 power plant, this is a question many consumers have been asking — particularly those in eastern Japan who…
Radiation resistant rice???
From www.medindia.net Japanese scientists are attempting to breed a strain of rice, which is resistant to radioactive caesium, by testing over 100 varieties of the crop. Vast tracts of rice crops in northeast Japan would be destroyed in the upcoming harvest season…
Produce for sale at Fukushima
Original story from ABC August 23, 2011 The local government in Fukushima has enlisted the support of Japanese celebrities to sell its once sought-after produce near the stricken nuclear plant. And among the advertising themes being…
Gundersen Illustrates Fukishima Radiation Spreading World Wide
From Huntington news Monday, August 22, 2011 Newly released neutron data from three University of California San Diego scientists confirms Fairewinds’ April analysis that the nuclear core at Fukushima Daiichi turned on and off after…
Are worries over meat warranted?
Questions and Answers about meat safety From Japan online by By MINORU MATSUTANI About 1,500 cows that were fed hay containing radioactive cesium in excess of the government limit were found to have been shipped from…
Arnie Gundersen speaks on Fukushima July 19th 2011
By Arnie Gundersen July 19th 2011 While many radioactive cattle have been discovered large distances from Fukushima, what is more important is where their feed is coming from. “It’s not only about the radioactive cattle…
Japan Says Number of Cattle Fed With Radioactive Hay Has Doubled
By Pavel Alpeyev – Jul 21, 2011 3:33 PM CT Japan’s government said the number of cattle fed with hay contaminated by radiation has doubled, two days after shipments of beef from cows raised near the…
US push for meat additives labelling
Story by By Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington From: AP July 22nd, 2011 Americas agriculture department wants consumers to know when there’s less chicken in their chicken. A proposed rule aimed at food companies would require that poultry…
Japan bans Fukushima beef shipments over radiation
By Yuka Ito (AFP) – 19th July, 2011 TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday suspended cattle shipments from Fukushima prefecture on fears of radiation-tainted beef in the country’s meat distribution chain, four months after a nuclear…
Possible 142,378kg of caesium tainted beef in Japan?
Well. I can’t say in other posts I didn’t warn you, but FFS this is getting ridiculous. Cows eating hay, straw rice and grass from around the Fukushima area and outside the 20km zone, have…
Caesium in more fukushima cattle
By KOSAKU NARIOKA TOKYO—Local officials in Fukushima said on Monday that 411 more cattle potentially contaminated with radioactive caesium have been shipped around Japan, a development sure to fuel food-safety fears. The prefectural government said the…
Japanese residents plea for help
Fukushima residents are only being evacuated now on a case by case basis – if their house is sufficiently radioactive, they can recieve government support in their evacuation. If not, they are on their own.…
What is groundwater?
Posted in the information section. Original page from wikipedia Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable…
Fukushima to decontaminate entire city
The Yomiuri Shimbun 14th July, 2011 The Fukushima municipal government likely will decontaminate the city’s entire area in response to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to city government…
Radioactive beef already sold & eaten
Japan times online – Tuesday, July 12, 2011 The meat of six cows shipped from a Fukushima Prefecture farm at the heart of growing concerns over radioactive beef has been distributed to at least nine…
How caesium is ingested
From wikipedia the free dictionary Gastrointestinal absorption from food or water is the principal source of internally deposited cesium in the general population. Essentially all cesium that is ingested is absorbed into the bloodstream through the intestines.…
Caesium found in Japanese cattle
TOKYO – The Tokyo metropolitan government said Saturday that elevated levels of radioactive caesium were detected in a herd of cattle from Fukushima prefecture, marking the first time that radiation has been found in domestic…
Nuclear crisis hits Fukushima cherry farmers
From The daily yomiuri online 4th July 2011 Written by Tatsuya Nozaki, Shinya Kannari and Akihiro Kitaide / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Fukushima – As the shipping of brand cherries produced in open fields in Fukushima…
Japanese Green Tea Industry Faces Crisis
Posted on 3rd July 2011 on jotzoom.com The Japanese green tea industry and hundreds of green tea growers around Japan are facing a crisis. Japan’sgovernment has banned green tea leaves from four different prefectures from being sold. However, green tea leaves tested…
Ban on Japan food products lifted
Story from MBPC By ELLALYN B. DE VERA July 3rd 2011, 8:00pm Manila, Philippines – Barely two months after issuing a ban on the importation of plants, fruits, and vegetables from Japan due to radiation safety…
Radiation Expert Predicts More Threats ahead for Japan
Asia News – July 2nd 2011. By Yuka Hayashi TOKYO—A former nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan blasted the government’s handling of the crisis, and predicted more revelations of radiation threats to the…
Iodine 131
Posted on the information page. Iodine-131 (131I), also called radioiodine (though many other radioactive isotopes of this element are known), is an important radioisotope of iodine. It has a radioactive decay half life of about eight days. Its…
Thirteen natural remedies for radiation exposure
Author: Dr. Edward Group @ 3:34 pm – http://www.globalhealingcenter.com Harmful Effects of Radiation Exposure There are multiple harmful effects of radiation, and sadly many of them go unnoticed in the body for some time. Low level…
Radiation in Our Food
By Chris Kilham Published June 30, 2011 | FoxNews.com Though the horrendous tsunami that hit Japan on March 12, 2011 seems like old news in the midst of today’s headlines, the crippled nuclear power plants at…
Sunflowers to clean radioactive soil in Japan. Really? NO!!
Story by APF June 24th 2011 TOKYO — Campaigners in Japan are asking people to grow sunflowers, said to help decontaminate radioactive soil, in response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster that followed March’s massive quake…
Unsafe at Any Dose – Dr Helen Caldicott
Original post by Dr. Helen Caldicott May 1st 2011 Click here for the video Six weeks ago, when I first heard about the reactor damage at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, I knew the…
Fall out – 60 minutes Australia report on Fukushima
Story by 60 Minutes Australia June 19, 2011 The crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is still leaking. And judging from the experience at Chernobyl, recovery won’t be measured in years. More like centuries. Watch the video…
Fukushima: It's much worse than you think
Dahr Jamail Last Modified: 16 Jun 2011 12:50 Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind,” Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, told Al Jazeera. Japan’s 9.0 earthquake on March…
Fukushima farmer kills self over Nuclear plant
The Yomiuri Shimbun – June 15th 2011 Fukushima – A cattle farmer in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, who hanged himself left an apparent suicide message that read, “I wish there wasn’t a nuclear plant [in this…
Fukushima and the world
This is pretty scary…….Fukushimas radioactive plumes. Click here to view the video Please pass this on to anyone you can.