Monday, June 16, 2014

GreenEarthMeds News and Reviews: Irrefutable proof we are all being sprayed with po...

GreenEarthMeds News and Reviews: Irrefutable proof we are all being sprayed with po...:                                                                                                       America is being doused every minute ...

Irrefutable proof we are all being sprayed with poison: 571 tons of toxic lead 'chemtrailed' into America's skies every year!

lead                                                                                                       America is being doused every minute of every day with the toxic heavy metal lead as it is burned in "avgas" -- aviation gas, the fuel that powers most piston-driven aircraft (i.e. anything with a propeller). A grand total of 571 tons of lead are dumped each year into the air over our heads from aircraft alone, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (1)

According to a scientific paper titled, "Lead and Halogen Contamination from Aviation Fuel Additives at Brackett Airfield," (2) X-Ray Fluorescence instrumentation was used to analyze lead, chlorine and bromine content in avgas liquids. The tests showed avgas contains the following:

Lead: 48 ppm
Bromine: 42.6 ppm
Chlorine: 605.2 ppm

Lead is a highly toxic heavy metals that causes bone diseases, brain damage and cancer. Chlorine is a highly-reactive chemical with powerful oxidative properties. The fact that both are being sprayed daily into the air above America is inexcusable.

964 tons of lead released into the air (from all sources)

How much lead is being "chemtrailed" across America due to aviation fuel? According to General Aviation News (3), about 681,000 gallons of avgas were burned each day in 2013.

Avgas weighs approximately 6 lbs per gallon, meaning over 4 million pounds of avgas is burned each day, or over 1.8 million kg of avgas.

If lead is 48 ppm in avgas, that means each kg of avgas contains 48 mg of lead. Multiplied by the 1.8 million kg of avgas burned each day, this means avgas fuel is emitting 86.4 kg of lead PER DAY in the skies over our heads. Over a year, that's 31,536 kg of lead dumped directly into our air, and that lead falls onto our farming soils, forests, lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, children's playgrounds, cattle ranches, and so on.

The National Emissions Inventory says that lead emissions are even higher than what I've calculated here. "Piston-engine aircraft are the chief source of lead emissions in the United States, emitting 57% of the 964 tons of lead put into the air in 2008, according to the most recent figures from the National Emissions Inventory," reports the NIH. (4)

Small aircraft pilots dismiss the problem

Some pilots seem inclined to dismiss this problem entirely. "I'm hooked on lead. Maybe not in the way a junkie is addicted to drugs, but hooked nonetheless," writes Air & Space Magazine columnist David Freed, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist. (5) "The tetraethyl lead added to aviation fuel helps keep the engine of my four-seat, 48-year-old Piper Cherokee running smoothly. And that keeps me happy."

He goes on to lament the idea that cleaner lead-free fuels might make him unable to afford to fly: "We live in dread of fuel costs continuing to rise and of FAA airworthiness directives, which often require us to pay for expensive, usually safety-related modifications. Will a government-mandated switch to unleaded fuel ultimately break the bank, leaving us little recourse but to quit flying and sell our airplanes...?"

Later in his article, he does acknowledge that lead is a public health hazard, but he explains that his airplane contributes virtually nothing to the problem: "But is the exhaust from my airplane's 180-horsepower engine really that significant a national health threat...?" he asks. He's right that his one airplane isn't much of a factor in all this, but in a collective sense, if you combine all the piston-driven aircraft flown by pilots like Freed, it becomes a huge issue nationwide. Avgas emissions are the number one source of lead emissions into the skies of America.

(David Freed, by the way, is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Cordell Logan aviation mystery novels. He's a great writer and obviously a thoughtful, intelligent person... almost certainly a likeable guy and a valuable contributor to society in many ways as an investigative journalist. For example, he authored an 8,600-word expose in The Atlantic which detailed how "the FBI pursued the wrong suspect in a string of anthrax murders following 9/11." Obviously, this is the kind of investigative journalist we like to support in the mainstream media -- people who ask real questions and search for truth. So to be clear, I'm not attacking him in a personal sense over his article; I only hope he reconsiders the importance of the aviation industry getting the lead out of its fuels and thereby out of our skies. We need thoughtful, intelligent people on the leading edge of this issue if we ever hope to have lead-free avgas become a reality.)

As the following EPA chart shows, avgas is the No. 1 source of lead emissions, followed by "industry" in the No. 2 spot, then coal-fired power plants third ("electric generation").



By the way, where does all this lead end up? Much of it appears in the food supply, of course, because plants absorb lead from soils and grazing animals eat and concentrate toxins from plants. This is why heavy metals are often higher in milk or meat than in raw grass. It's also part of the reason why I keep finding lead in so many foods when I run atomic spectroscopy tests in my ICP-MS laboratory. Click here to see lead results on cacao, grasses, pet treats, protein products and more.

If I ever happen to fly airplanes, you can bet I'll find a way to burn unleaded gasoline. I'm not going to streak across the sky dumping toxic heavy metals into the atmosphere, especially since part of my current mission is to explore ways that society can develop cleaner food with lower heavy metals. Even better, I would hope to one day see a huge breakthrough in battery power density that could result in, believe it or not, electric airplanes. (Yes, it seems impossible today because it would require at least a 1000-fold increase in battery power density. But humans are really good at achieving remarkable breakthroughs, so I'm going to remain optimistic on this point and hope the scientists can find a far better way to store power than today's current old-school chemical batteries.)

Lead was removed from automobile gasoline by the EPA

As you explore all this, keep in mind that lead used to be added to regular gasoline for many decades. Lead helped engines run better and improved gas mileage. But it also resulted in millions of pounds of lead being dumped directly into the environment, increasing lead contamination of soils and causing people to inhale lead with every breath.

Children's IQs in America noticeably dropped during those "lead years," and IQs were restored to higher levels once lead was removed from gasoline. Today, it is illegal to add lead to gasoline and burn it in vehicles.

But it's perfectly legal to burn lead in aviation fuel. "Avgas is one of the few fuels in the United States that still contain lead, leaving it the single largest source of lead emissions in the country," reports the National Institutes of Health (4). "Concern over the health effects of lead has sparked a contentious effort to finally get the lead out of avgas -- something the aviation and petroleum industries have been attempting for more than two decades, to no avail."

The NIH goes on to describe the harmful effects of lead:

Lead is a well-documented neurotoxicant that is particularly harmful to children, who are typically exposed when they ingest or inhale lead-containing dust in the home. In recent years, serious harm to cognitive and behavioral functions including intelligence, attention, and motor skills has been demonstrated in children with much less lead in their blood than previously thought to cause harm, and it is now understood there is no safe level of lead exposure.

When will we decide to stop poisoning ourselves?

What's clear in all this is that as long as we keep burning lead in avgas, we're going to keep suffering the health effects on the ground. In an age where the academic achievements of American children are routinely overshadowed by children in India, China or Korea, the continued dumping of IQ-damaging lead into our atmosphere seems absurd. What you dump into the sky falls onto the soils and eventually makes its way into the food supply, too, so burning lead in airplanes sooner or later results is all of us eating lead on our dinner plates.

How big of a problem is this in the really big picture? Arguably it's not the most urgent problem we face. Even I would argue that our nation's power grid vulnerability to high-altitude EMP weapons is a far greater threat to us all (especially with North Korea playing around with long-range ballistic missiles carrying with nuclear weapons).

In an era when war seems to be breaking out in the Middle East, and the global banking system seems forever on the verge of collapse, it's difficult for society to focus on the more subtle (but chronic) long-term problems like lead in avgas. But this is a problem that can be solved with a phased switchover to mogas (unleaded fuel). All that's required is some leadership by the FAA and EPA working together to clean up our aviation industry and get the lead out of our skies. As Always Stay Informed!

Monday, June 9, 2014

GreenEarthMeds News and Reviews: Weight Loss Programs: Reviewed!

GreenEarthMeds News and Reviews: Weight Loss Programs: Reviewed!:    Weight Watchers                                               Best weight loss program Pros Effective in clinical studies ...

Weight Loss Programs: Reviewed!

Weight Watchers  

Weight Watchers                                              

Best weight loss program

Pros
  • Effective in clinical studies
  • Many support options
  • Flexible plans
  • Whole-foods focus
Cons
  • Costs can add up
  • Requires dedicated food tracking                                                                                    

    Bottom line

    Easily outshining the competition, Weight Watchers promotes a sensible diet, exercise, group support and a positive attitude that has been proven effective in a variety of scientific studies. There are no off-limit foods, and the program can be customized for those with special dietary needs. In-person, group meetings are the plan's cornerstone, but there are online "meetings" and support options, as well as food and activity-tracking programs.

    Performance

    Top-shelf performance. Weight Watchers encourages weight loss with a sensible diet of healthy, whole foods, plus exercise and a positive attitude. It earns top marks from researchers and experts for nutrition because there are no forbidden foods. You track your calorie intake via a point system that is currently known as PointsPlus. Your ideal daily caloric intake is determined by your gender, age, height and weight. Weight Watchers has been evaluated in a number of clinical studies, with researchers concluding over and over that it's effective for both weight loss and long-term weight control.

    Key features

    Group support is key. Weight Watcher's flagship feature has always been group meetings, which experts say are key to sticking to a long-term eating plan. Traditionally, they are physical meetings where people weigh in, share tips and stories, and provide general support and encouragement. For those who can't make a meeting, there is a full range of online services, including support groups, recipes, tips and tracking software. There are even mobile apps available. Exercise is also encouraged on Weight Watchers and you can earn extra food points through exercise, something that earns high praise from experts on obesity and weight loss.

    Ease of use

    Eat what you want, just not too much. Eating on Weight Watchers requires budgeting food points throughout the day. Points values are assigned to a food based upon a formula that includes fat, sugar, protein and carbohydrate count; in other words, they do the math. You can eat unlimited amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables. There are points for specific categories, such as dairy, to help you balance your nutrients, as well as flexible points for treats or for that second helping. There are many cookbooks available that have recipes with pre-calculated points. Weight Watchers easily accommodates people with special dietary needs, including vegetarians and the gluten-adverse.

    Lifestyle factors

    Support comes at a cost. There is a $20 to $30 registration fee to join Weight Watchers, depending upon the program you choose. An online-only membership is about $5 per week; meetings will cost you about $15 per week. The monthly pass at $42.95 per month waives the registration fee and gives you unlimited meetings and eTools. While it does cost money, experts and consumer-reviewers agree that compared to diet plans that require prepackaged meals, it's much less expensive and you get a lot for your money. Also for Direct Access to Products&Services like this Visit our Trusted Partners at   http://ebuys-onlineproducts-services.weebly.com