“Professor Michael Antoniou, head of the Gene Expression and Therapy Group at King’s College London, has studied for more than 35 years how genes function and how they are disrupted. His decades of rigorous independent research into the risks of GM foods and glyphosate-based herbicides have raised serious concerns about the safety of these technologies.” Read the complete … [Read more...] about Update on multiple dangers of GMO foods
Environment & Ecology
The Damage of False Solutions
The following is from the introduction to the October newsletter from SEHN [Science & environmental Health Network] Other content from the newsletter is linked below. It’s midnight and the doves are in tears.* In the introduction to the New York Times’ opinion series, At the Brink, which addresses the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable … [Read more...] about The Damage of False Solutions
Sustainable Food Systems – New Report
There are a number of excellent systems that encourage small farmers, organic agriculture, and systems that serve a specific region. Unlike industrial-scale farms and mono-cropping, regenerative organic agriculture produces healthy food, reduces toxic pollution of the air, soil and water; it also makes a major contribution to reducing global warming and climate … [Read more...] about Sustainable Food Systems – New Report
My Internship with the Alliance
Throughout my Spring Semester, I have been working closely with the team at Alliance for Sustainable Communities to publish Left Turn and Sustainable Lehigh Valley. Left Turn presents essays and articles by members of the Lehigh Valley focused on global capitalism, methods for sustainable development, and, in the most recent issue, the Israel-Palestine conflict. When I came … [Read more...] about My Internship with the Alliance
Environmental Education in Schools
By: Ericka Nimbley Throughout my high school experience, I had the privilege of being a part of the Academy of Environmental Science. Throughout my four years of high school, I was immersed in the field of environmental science and studies, which has played a leading role in the student that I am today. I have dedicated this blog post to lessons that can be applied to a … [Read more...] about Environmental Education in Schools
Plastic’s Impacts on Our Health
In March, a new study found that microplastics measurably increased people’s risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. With each new study published, plastics’ negative impacts on human health are becoming clearer and more widespread. So what does this mean for you? Please join Beyond Plastics and Dr. Phil Landrigan via Zoom on Thursday, May 2 from 7-8PM ET to discuss … [Read more...] about Plastic’s Impacts on Our Health
Sustainable Lehigh Valley 2024 is here!
The 2024 issue of Sustainable Lehigh Valley is available now! It is full of thought-provoking and enjoyable work — essays, art, poems, and stories — by Rebecca Canright, Dani Dollenger, David Fadem, Faramarz Farbod, Lillie Gensel, Samuel Griffith, Regine Henry, Gene Hunter, Hannah Kraybill-Greggo, Orly Kvitka, Ema Miele, Corena Munroe*, Felix Murch, Ericka Nimbley*, … [Read more...] about Sustainable Lehigh Valley 2024 is here!
PFAs in Synthetic Turf
Synthetic turf is used by many schools, colleges, and universities, despite the many known concerns about the health effects on the young people — including much higher risk of lymphoma. [see synthetic turf section on this website] How is it that schools always say the students come first, but are willing to put their future health at risk‽ By the way, well-managed organic … [Read more...] about PFAs in Synthetic Turf
The Little Things Count
To make any impact against climate change, you must hold the title of Ruler of the World, or so it feels. As an Environmental Studies major, I am repeatedly informed daily of the ongoing humanitarian issues exacerbated by climate change. I have yet to be informed of the solutions being implemented. It’s always by 2030 or by 2050, not now. I take courses on Environmental Policy, … [Read more...] about The Little Things Count
Links to Lake Hopatcong
I accredit my passion for the environment to New Jersey’s largest freshwater lake, Lake Hopatcong. Lake Hopat-what? That is the typical response I receive. Lake Hopatcong has given me a lot of firsts: my first job, my first catch, and my first - and more notably last - time jumping into a body of water where I can’t see the bottom. The lake has seen me at my worst and … [Read more...] about Links to Lake Hopatcong