State & Lake

I’ve heard many stories of young people going up into the mountains, or nearby Cobb Estate, for revelry and fun.  Often, they will create little bonfires for warmth and storytelling.  Unfortunately, if young people are not taught how to properly start and extinguish a fire — provided it is allowed in the area — accidents [...]

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That little headline got my attention a while back and now it and the attached image are following me.  No, I’m not being paranoid.
Every now and then I do a search for all things Lupus and lately an article on toxins in our environment has been popping up on a number of health sites.  [...]

When I moved out here to Altadena, I was warned against drinking the water.  A little research and I discovered JPL and Lincoln Water were in the middle of a superfund cleanup.  According to an article I found from the Pasadena Weekly — I believe it’s been archived now but I found a replacement — [...]

Well, while I was updating my last blog post the earth shook and my house took a ride.  I lost no electricity, my landline is back on but cell service — or at least AT&T — is down.
According to USGS, the earthquake was centered near Chino Hills, CA - 3 km (2 miles) [...]

Freshly caught salmon lie on the deck of Stan Zuray’s boat as it makes its way to the Zuray fish camp, about an hour’s boat ride up the Yukon River from Tanana. Zuray and his wife maintain the fish camp during part of the year to stock up for the winter.
For a long time I [...]

Scientists said materials in the processed sludge would bind to lead, preventing it from being absorbed into children’s bodies. Critics worry about potential dangers of the practice. (Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press / June 6, 2007)
You know, our government really makes me wanna scratch my head til my scalp is raw.  I have to [...]

I could go on and on with my thoughts on the vast right wing (or left wing) conspiracy to pollute our environment in an attempt to ensure no one lives long enough to collect social security, but I will not.  I could also entertain you with my thoughts on big business and the pursuit of [...]

What’s in your environment can cause life altering or life threatening illnesses.  I have written about or linked to several such instances where environmental hazards have caused cancer, lupus or other autoimmune diseases.   Such is the case in the Brooklyn/Queens area.
In 1950, authorities in the area saw the first inkling of a [...]

HTML clipboardThough this would be considered “old news”, it is pertinent in that there appears to be more and more of these being discovered across the country. I posted another article pointing towards a lupus cluster in New Mexico, today I discovered this one.The article is from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) website [...]