by Chris Carrington | Feb 3, 2015
You have to ask why the United States still allows proven carcinogens to be added to our foods. Why they allow arsenic in chicken feed, and why it allows companies to lure in children with bright attractive packaging when they know those kids are going to be guzzling...
by Chris Carrington | Jan 23, 2015
Every day of our lives, we face choices. Decisions of varying degrees of importance blight or enhance our days depending on what those decisions are about. In the aftermath of any collapse or disaster, our decision-making processes are going to be tested to their...
by Chris Carrington | Jan 14, 2015
Although it’s not making the headlines as it was when the epidemic started, Ebola is still killing hundreds of people a week in Africa. With the death toll now heading towards 9,000, and with sporadic cases occurring elsewhere in the world, complacency could...
by Chris Carrington | Dec 15, 2014
As of December 14th, 2014 restaurants, fast food outlets and take away food services across Europe will be required by law to tell customers if their products contain one of 14 ingredients known to trigger allergic reactions. Under the new legislation (EU FIC Food...
by Chris Carrington | Dec 13, 2014
A Save the Children report (source) has ranked the Democratic Republic of congo as the worst place on Earth to give birth to and raise children. The charity compared the maternal and child health statistics for 176 countries across the globe. Shockingly the United...
by Chris Carrington | Dec 11, 2014
The BBC is reporting on a study by KPMG and Rand Europe that antibiotic resistant ‘superbugs’ will kill more people than cancer by 2050 unless a solution on eradicating them is found. From the BBC: In Europe and the United States, antimicrobial resistance...
by Chris Carrington | Dec 1, 2014
There are going to be some shocks in our family this Christmas. Most of the people that we buy gifts for are not getting one. We are not going all ‘Bah Humbug’ and doing a Scrooge, indeed quite the reverse, we have given Christmas much more thought this...
by Chris Carrington | Nov 17, 2014
A damning new report from U.S. scientists has said that premature babies are in danger from the very equipment meant to save them. High levels of a phthalate chemical called DEHP is present in much of the equipment used in special care baby units and pediatric...
by Chris Carrington | Nov 6, 2014
I have been taking stock of everything I own over the last few weeks. The stored food and water, the manual tools, screws and nails. I checked over the bicycles and the spare parts for them. I made notes as I went, small gaps and holes in my preps that could trip me...
by Chris Carrington | Nov 5, 2014
Photo: Raw cocoa pods Researchers at Columbia University Medical center have found that the flavenols, naturally occurring bio-actives found in cocoa can reverse age related memory loss in seniors. From Columbia University Medical Center: As people age, they...
by Chris Carrington | Oct 30, 2014
There are no laws in the United States that require chefs, restauranteurs, et al to state that the meat they serve is not reformed. Most people assume that they would know, that reformed meat is used in low-end cheaper products, but that’s simply not true....
by Chris Carrington | Oct 11, 2014
Airline workers at LaGuardia Airport in New York participate in a class on how to better protect themselves from infectious diseases including Ebola Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images The latest World Health Organization figures reveal that 4033 people have now died...
