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The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline, and oil creates a huge surplus of carbon dioxide. forest fires and volcanic eruptions are other global sources of immense carbon dioxide release into the atmosphere. The huge beef cattle feed lots in ranching areas release excess amounts of methane into the atmosphere from animal waste. The massive vegetation on the land and in the oceans would tend to consume much of the carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas. But the precise ratio of trees-to-carbon dioxide has been dangerously altered by commercial foresting without replanting.

Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins Sandra Ingerman See book keywords and concepts

When the forest fires were out of control in Brazil, the Yanomani Indians called in the wind to blow the smoke away and then called in the rain. The Yanomani, accustomed to the humid depths of a green forest, were terrified. "We couldn't see the fire, only the smoke," Davi Yanomani recalled. "We couldn't see the sun. We couldn't hunt. We were surrounded. We were afraid." Since they had never seen such smoke, the tribe members had no special ceremony to make the fire go away. So they improvised. They used rituals usually performed to heal the sick.

Beating Cancer with Nutrition Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS See book keywords and concepts

So free radicals cannot be eliminated in the human body, but must be controlled or they turn into "forest fires" that devastate the cells. A strategic blend of antioxidants can provide broad spectrum protection against damage from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, protecting the immune cells from their own poisons, and improving vigor in the cancer patient undergoing treatment.

Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human: A Comparison of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Substances Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens See book keywords and concepts

They can be endogenously produced, or enter food through environmental contamination from both natural (e.g., forest fires) and anthropogenic sources (IARC 1983). The potential for high exposures to benzo(a)-pyrene, one of the most potent carcinogenic PAHs, is greatest with consumption of charred meats, smoked fish, vegetable oils, tea, roasted coffee, and some fruits and vegetables. The formation of heterocyclic amines during the cooking of pro-teinaceous foods was discussed earlier. Data are limited concerning the intake of these substances. Layton et al.

1001 Chemicals in Everyday Products Grace Ross Lewis See book keywords and concepts

Used for vegetation coating to retard forest fires; also it is added to matches and candles to prevent afterglow and smoking. It is in ammoniated dentifrices and also in fertilizers. Precautions: Harmless when used for intended purposes. Synonyms: DIAMMONIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE ? DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE ? DAP amyl acetate _ Products and Uses: A solvent in nail lacquers, polish remover, and leather polish. A perfume odorant, and artificial fruit flavoring, as well as use in manufacturing of plastics and inks and antibiotics. Precautions: Human systemic effects by breathing. Mildly toxic.

Hormone Deception D. Lindsey Berkson See book keywords and concepts

More than 95 percent of all dioxins originate from human industrial activity; less than 1 percent stems from natural sources such as forest fires and volcanoes. Most dioxin is emitted through the air and then deposited on grass and trees and consumed by cows and other animals, or it is deposited in lakes and streams and ingested by fish. All these compounds are insoluble in water, love fatty substances, and are resilient against degradation, so they accumulate in the food chain. Ninety-five percent of our personal exposure is through meat, fish, and dairy products.

Living Downstream Sandra Steingraber See book keywords and concepts

Absence of new seedlings was correlated with high population levels of deer—but also with low frequency of forest fires and high populations of hazel shrubs. Which, if any, was the root cause of the problem and which were the con-founders? Or, if fire, hazel, and deer all conspired to contribute to the demise of the pines, how exactly did they do so? Once I had established the pattern, I needed to design experiments that would uncover causal mechanisms. I found this work very exciting.

A few are formed during volcanic eruptions and forest fires and some by living organisms such as marine algae. For the most part, however, chlorine and carbon move in separate spheres in the natural world—and in the bodies of humans and other mammals. To force the two together, elemental chlorine gas is required. Although it holds a rightful place in the periodic table of elements, pure chlorine is a human invention. It can be produced by passing electricity through salt water in a procedure that was first undertaken on an industrial scale in 1893.

Compared to incineration of synthetic materials, forest fires produce trivial amounts—and these traces may represent the release of dioxin molecules from soil and vegetation contaminated by previous aerial deposits rather than de novo synthesis. Sediment cores show no extensive contamination with dioxins until the 1920s and 1930s, corresponding to the advent of organo-chlorine production. People living in industrialized nations have higher dioxin body burdens than those living in unindustrialized areas.

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

Gorbachev's announcement of Soviet troop reductions 10. forest fires in Yellowstone and other national parks. THE TOP TEN CENSORED STORIES OF 1988 —And What Has Happened to Them Since 1. George Bush's Dirty Big Secrets 1988 SYNOPSIS: Richard H. Meeker, president of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and publisher of Willamette Week, in Portland, Oregon, charges that if the average American voter had been reading the alternative press' coverage of Election '88, George Bush would not have been elected president.

Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices John Heinerman See book keywords and concepts

Throughout the West, sagebrush is used to revegetate land stripped bare from overgrazing by cattle and sheep, forest fires, road construction, and mining. At least 22 animals eat sagebrush; these include everything from pronghorn antelope and mule deer to jack rabbits and gophers. I recall E. Durant McArthur, formerly a plant geneticist at the U.S. Forest Service Shrub Sciences Lab in Provo, Utah, telling me way back in 1981: "'Sagebrush and the West were inseparable; in fact, sagebrush characterizes the whole West.

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