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12 Potent ANTICANCER agents found in edible plants

January 30, 2024 -

Hallmark features of cancer include the ability to evade apoptosis (programmed cell death), induce angiogenesis (the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow), replicate limitlessly, produce growth signals that are self-sufficient, be insensitive to anti-growth signals, invade nearby tissue and metastasize (spread to another part of the body).

Fortunately, studies show that naturally occurring bioactive compounds from plants, also known as phytochemicals, ...

Food Security: The best crops to grow in an edible garden

22 days ago -

Container gardens, grow bag gardens, hydroponic kits, pots on a windowsill and window boxes, vertical gardens and many other innovative and sustainable growing techniques are already being used by city dwellers who simply want to grow their food and get the healthiest, highest-quality crops possible because they know exactly how it was grown. They save plenty of money as well. (Related: Survival tips: How to keep food on the table during a GLOBAL FAMINE.)

Here are different ...

Food supply tips: How to forage for edible nuts for your survival stockpile

May 03, 2023 -

When SHTF, you can forage for different kinds of nuts to add to your food stockpile. Despite their small size, nuts are great superfoods because they are nutritious and delicious. Nuts are rich in antioxidants, dietary fiber, protein and other beneficial vitamins. They also have a long shelf life when properly stored. (h/t to FoodStorageMoms.com)

Below are some easy-to-find nuts you can forage for to secure your food supply.Acorns

Raw acorns are bitter because they ...

ANOTHER ONE? American Plant Food Corporation fertilizer plant in Texas BURNS to the ground

August 22, 2023 -

The American Plant Food Corporation in Bartlett, Tex., near Round Rock reportedly caught fire around 8:30 p.m. on August 20, which is when the Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department received a call to come put it out at 9901 North Highway 95.

According to Fire Chief Steven Wentrcek, crews arrived at the scene to find the facility "fully engulfed" in flames. The fire was so severe that the Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department sought help from numerous other departments in surrounding ...

China’s 4th-generation nuclear plant now FULLY OPERATIONAL

December 13, 2023 -

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) announced that the Shidao Bay NPP, commonly known as Shidaowan, is now online. The power plant uses a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), which completed a 168-hour continuous test prior to operations.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), innovative reactors such as the HTGR can generate up to 70 times more energy; enhance the sustainability of nuclear power; and contribute to reducing the volume, ...

Psychedelic plant compound ibogaine helping people overcome addition

May 14, 2023 -

Ibogaine, which comes from a powerful Gabonese plant, is a natural substance that people with drug addiction are turning to for help – but it is only legally available outside the U.S. in places like Mexico, where patients with opioid addiction, as one example, are finding relief.

Schedule I "drugs" like ibogaine are considered by the U.S. government to be substances with no recognized medical benefits that supposedly also come with a high risk of abuse. The reality, though, ...

UAW launches strike at Ford’s “highly profitable” Kentucky Truck Plant

October 22, 2023 -

The strike took effect at 6:30 p.m. (ET) on Oct. 11 at the truck plant that produces Ford Super Duty pickups. It also produces the automaker's Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. The facility, which is Ford's largest in terms of employment and revenue, employs 8,700 UAW members.

The strike at the plant marks a major escalation in the UAW's targeted strikes. Additionally, it indicates a shift in strategy in the union's expanded strikes. For previous work strikes, ...

Subsidized Quebec EV battery plant triggers concerns of potential environmental impacts

18 days ago -

The agency examines the risk of wetland destruction and fish habitat harm. Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s previous endorsement of the Northvolt plant as "the world’s cleanest," concerns have been raised about the potential environmental impacts of the planned Northvolt project.

In a Dec. 15 note, the DFO indicated that it was waiting for a formal application from Northvolt, a Swedish battery manufacturing giant, under the Fisheries Act. The department also revealed ...

Japan slated to release Fukushima nuclear power plant wastewater this month

August 10, 2023 -

Local newspapers reported that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet with cabinet members to decide on a specific time to discharge treated water after returning from a trilateral summit with the U.S. and South Korea on Aug. 18. Reports also revealed that Kishida will meet with representatives from the nation's fisheries association ahead of the release.

At a press conference on Aug. 7, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno announced that there's still no specific ...

Indigo plant compound found to be effective at fighting brain tumors

April 26, 2023 -

The substance is known as indirubin and it is naturally found in indigo plants. Researchers investigated it as a potential remedy for glioblastoma treatment using mice, discovering along the way that it likely also works in humans and could be turned into an official remedy for brain cancer.

Lead author Sean Lawler, an associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown University, revealed that indirubin targets "a number of important hallmarks of the disease....

Plant-based fast foods NO HEALTHIER than their regular counterparts, study reveals

January 15, 2024 -

According to a paper published in the journal Nutrition, there were "no clear health benefits of ordering plant-based servings instead of meat options."

The team of researchers from the Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS) in Poland collected more than 2,400 meal records from 50 fast food chains in five countries – Poland, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. They collected specific information on allergens, calorie count, fiber, macronutrients ...

The nice spice: Try allspice, a natural source of beneficial plant compounds

November 20, 2023 -

Allspice has a unique flavor profile that is often described as a blend of up to four different spices, hence the name. The spice is also used in folk medicine due to its potential health benefits.

Allspice, also called Jamaican pepper, newspice or pimienta, is the dried, unripe berries of Pimenta dioica, a plant that belongs to the Myrtaceae family. It’s native to Jamaica, the tropical forests of South and Central America, and Southern Mexico, but it’s also commercially ...

Expert: RADIOACTIVE WATER from Fukushima nuclear power plant could cause ANIMAL MUTATIONS

August 30, 2023 -

The warning came amid Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida approving a proposal by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to release treated and diluted wastewater from the plant. TEPCO pushed through with the discharge of radioactive water from the plant on Aug. 24, unloading it in the Pacific Ocean.

But Dr. Timothy Mousseau of the University of South Carolina (USC) has expressed worry. According to the professor at USC's Biological Sciences Department, the Fukushima ...

Russia is planning a NUCLEAR ATTACK at Zaporizhzhia power plant, Zelensky claims

June 29, 2023 -

"Intelligence services have received information that Russia is considering the scenario of a terrorist act in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – a terrorist act with the release of radiation," the Ukrainian leader wrote on social media. "They have prepared everything for this. Unfortunately, I have had to remind (people) more than once that radiation knows no state borders. Who it will hit is determined only by the direction of the wind."

The ZNPS, Europe's biggest nuclear ...

World’s largest artificial meat plant is about to be constructed in Spain

June 16, 2023 -

In a press release, JBS confirmed that Bio Tech Foods will conduct “research on cell lines, cultured media and biomaterials for their correct bioprocessing to enable the production of cultivated meat.” The cultivated meat is referred to as “investMEAT.” JBS says the new line “will allow a highly efficient cultivated meat production line, which will solve the challenges of current technology linked to scalability.”New meat factory to pump out more than 4,000 metric tons of ...

Russia shuts down Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant amid threat of Ukrainian attack

May 11, 2023 -

ZNPP Director Yuri Chernichuk said Friday, May 5, that six reactor blocks were shut down and undergoing maintenance "in accordance with all necessary regulations, with strict control of radiation safety standards."

"We understand that this is a manipulation. Therefore, the nuclear reactors have now been powered down. The fifth reactor is on hot standby. We do not understand what this monkey with a grenade can perform, so we have powered down the reactors," Balitsky told ...

Study finds MICROPLASTICS in almost 90% of protein sources, including plant-based ones

January 17, 2024 -

A group of researchers from the U.S. and Canada disclosed this alarming finding in a paper published Jan. 8 in Environmental Pollution. According to the study authors from the University of Toronto (UToronto) in Canada and the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, American adults could be consuming up to an estimated 3.8 million microplastics annually from protein sources.

The researchers examined 16 commonly-consumed protein products in the U.S. for microplastic ...

Pfizer vaccine manufacturing plant spills more than 1,000 gallons of harmful METHYLENE CHLORIDE chemical

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Pfizer's facility in Kalamazoo reportedly spilled an estimated 1,057 gallons of methylene chloride within the processing area of the manufacturing facility, FOX 17 reported. The discharged colorless liquid was placed into a dedicated drain that runs to the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP) for treatment. The KWRP is designed and permitted to treat a maximum of 291 gallons of methylene chloride daily, roughly a quarter of the amount of methylene chloride that spilled.

According ...

Another blow to the food supply: Explosion and subsequent fire devastate Texas chicken plant

February 02, 2024 -

My San Antonio News (MySA News) reported that Feather Crest Farms, located outside the city of College Station, was damaged by an explosion on Jan. 29. The fire was reported around 5 p.m. of Jan. 29, with flames engulfing two buildings. Firefighters were still at the scene the following day trying to fight the fire that happened post-explosion, said the Bryan Fire Department.

"Numerous fire departments and firefighters, along with other emergency personnel, are on the ...