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Tag Archives: health
Look Before you Eat
Preface. This post is a book review of Be Wilson’s Swindled. From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee – The Dark History of the Food Cheats. Wilson explains why cheating has always gone on and always will, especially in societies with … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Health What to do, Peak Food
Tagged food, health
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Toxic chemicals threaten health, reproduction, cause cancer, diabetes
Preface. This post could have thousands more entries, but devoting energyskeptic to the tens of thousands of chemicals that are legally polluting our environment would be a full-time job. However scary the transition from fossils back to wood world may … Continue reading
Posted in Chemicals
Tagged bisphenol A, BPA, CFC, chemicals, EDC, endocrine disrupting chemicals, health, phthalates, pollution, reproduction
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We’re Running out of Antibiotics
Preface. A collection of articles I’ve run across about potential antibiotic shortages some day. By no means definitive, and maybe the Scientists Will Come Up With Something. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on … Continue reading
Climate change effects on conflict, social unrest, health, mass migration, food, and national security
[ Since oil shortages from exponential decline rates of conventional oil will affect every aspect of civilization from farming to electricity to supply chains far harder and sooner than sea-level rise and other climate change problems, think “energy shortage” whenever … Continue reading
Posted in Caused by Scarce Resources, Climate Change, Planetary Boundaries
Tagged climate change, drought, health, war, wildfire
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