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So I just read this post titled: "Texting Has The Same Effect As An Orgasm, That’s Why You’re Addicted" via Elite Daily Well first off I must say that comparing texting to an orgasm seems a bit extreme!? But I can only speak for myself, lol. What I can agree with in this Elite Daily post is the fact that... yes, one can become addicted to texting. There are times that I find myself attached to my iPhone throughout the day because I am literally "holding" a conversation with someone or some group chat.  Whether it be with a loved one or friend, the excitement associated with texting can satisfy some strange unfamiliar "need/want".  For me a lot of the time it is just the fact that I can get an instant response from another person without having to verbally communicate or completely stop what I am doing.  I find that the origins of these "needs/wants" can be out of boredom or serve an actual purpose. I also think that texting c...

via OpedNews We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster must be focussed on the fuel pool at Fukushima Unit 4. Fukushima’s owner, Tokyo Electric (Tepco), says that within as few as 60 days it may begin trying to remove more than 1300 spent fuel rods from a badly damaged pool perched 100 feet in the air. The pool rests on a badly damaged building that is tilting, sinking and could easily come down in the next earthquake, if not on its own. Some 400 tons of fuel in that pool could spew out more than 15,000 times as much radiation as was released at Hiroshima. The one thing certain about this crisis is that Tepco does not have the scientific, engineering or financial resources to handle it. Nor does the Japanese government. The situation demands a coordinated worldwide effort of the best scientists and engineers our species can muster. ...

Japan formally raises Fukushima water leak  to  INES Level 3 incident via  REUTERS/Tokyo Electric Power Co. The upgrade by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) raises the rating of what was Japan's first warning on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) since the three reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima plant in March 2011, which were triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Those meltdowns were classified as Level 7, the highest INES rating. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, said last week that 300 metric tons (330.69 tons) of highly radioactive water leaked from a storage tank at the facility. The utility still does not know how long the water may have been leaking and said it was possible the contaminated water may have reached the Pacific Ocean.

via Google So the Naked Juice company owned by Pepsi admits that their juices are not 100% natural. Hmm does not surprise me much, I mean come on the company is owned by Pepsi.  But hopefully this will push Pepsi towards making a true natural juice.  "PepsiCo Inc. says it will NO longer label its Naked juices as being "all natural" after a lawsuit complained that the drinks contain ingredients that don't fit that bill. The company, based in Purchase, N.Y., is also paying $9 million to settle the lawsuit. PepsiCo did not respond when asked whether those synthetic fibers are in fact included in the juices. The company's statement said it will drop the use of the word "natural" until there is more regulatory guidance around the world.  The case highlights the confusion around the use of the word "natural" in in the industry. The Food and Drug Administration doesn't currently have a definition for what constitutes a n...

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www.ewg.org/foodnews/list.php Dr. Chensheng (Alex) Lu, Associate Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology at the Harvard School of Public Health, explains why reducing pesticides in your diet is critical to reducing the toxic effects of pesticide exposure for you and your family.