September 12, once again, Cargill Incorporated issued a recall of ground turkey, from its Arkansas plant. It’s the same plant that saw one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history, just last month.
Something that most people in the United States don’t know, is that Cargill has been identified as one of the many […] Continue Reading…
The United Nations World Health Organization says 98 children have died, so far this year, due to a common hand/foot and mouth disease. 42,000 people have been infected.
Since 2008 the number of cases in Vietnam has been increasing. Vietnamese health officials are warning people to maintain cleanliness.
The disease is spread by sneezing, coughing and […] Continue Reading…
Cotter Corporation, managers of a uranium mill, want to stop testing a leaking radioactive pond because conditions are too dangerous for workers.
Not only is the pond leaking radiation, it’s leaking TCE’s (trichloroethene) and other contaminants. It could affect the community of Canon City.
The mill was built in 1958, to process uranium for weapons […] Continue Reading…
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos announced, on September 11, that a new property tax will be in place over the next two years.
The new property tax is supposed to make up for 2.6 billion dollars in lost tax revenues. Funny how politicians think that the answer to people not being able to pay […] Continue Reading…
September 11, VolksWagen claims Suzuki violated its contract by agreeing to purchase diesel engines from another car maker.
The two companies joined-up in December 2009, but their alliance stalled in July 2011 when Suzuki said VW does not see their partnership as equal.
VW says it will give Suzuki several weeks to return to […] Continue Reading…
Gakushuin University Professor Yasuyuki Muramatsu, says radioactive cesium on soil and fallen leaves in forests is easily absorbed by mushrooms and edible plants.
On 03 September 2011, wild mushrooms found in a forest in Fukushima Prefecture contained 28,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, far above the national safety limit. A wild boar was also […] Continue Reading…
“Outside Hong Kong and Shanghai, Australia is the most expensive real estate market in the world compared to income.”-Harry S. Dent Jr, economist
The housing market bubble is finally bursting in Australia, it’s being called an “economic tsunami” in Australian media.
One of the biggest Australian banks, Commonwealth Bank, has dropped its interest rates to try […] Continue Reading…
Hundreds of Druze residents, in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, were waiting for United Nations buses to take them to Syria, early on September 11.
The buses never showed up, and the Druze were told Israel denied their annual pilgrimage, because of security concerns. Now hundreds of Druze are protesting in the city Kuneitra.
The Druze […] Continue Reading…
“Each year, 9/11 reminds the Afghans of an event in which they had no role whatsoever. American colonialism has shed the blood of tens of thousands of miserable and innocent Afghans.”-Afghan insurgent statement
September 11, at least three U.S. troops have been wounded in attacks in western Afghanistan.
This follows a September 10 truck […] Continue Reading…
“Seventy-five percent of the dark things happening in the world economy are because of the eurozone.”-Timothy Geithner, U.S. Department of Treasury
September 9, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner blamed the European Union for U.S. economic failures!
Geithner made the comments at a G7 meeting in France. He says EU countries need to make even harsher cuts, […] Continue Reading…