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NYT: Harvey swept hazardous Mercury ashore. The mystery: its source.

NYT: Harvey swept hazardous Mercury ashore. The mystery: its source.

Posted by | Sep 8, 2017 | ,

Mr. Bobby Griffin, who lives east of Houston, was surveying the damage done to his property but Hurricane Harvey on Tuesday when he happened to look down and see “a spray of silvery dots”1 in the wet sand that was sticking to his toes as he walked barefoot. You see, Griffin’s riverfront property is only a few hundred yards from the San Jacinto Waste Pits. RELATED ARTICLE: WeatherWar101 posts new analysis video of Hurricane Harvey, appearing to show artificial augmentation of the storm’s intensity and movements The waste pits, which have been designated as a Superfund site and are...

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8 people hospitalized in Wacker chemical explosion

8 people hospitalized in Wacker chemical explosion

Posted by | Sep 8, 2017 | ,

Bradley County Schools are closed today after a second explosion at a Wacker, Tennessee chemical plant, last night. So far, eight people have been admitted to the emergency room due to minor irritations from the incident, including one firefighter who responded and was taken to the hospital for “heat exhaustion.” This is the second time in one week the Wacker Chemical plant has experienced an incident. 1 RELATED ARTICLE: Explosion at Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in France, Some Injures Reported Bradley County EMA says that shifting wind near the plant could cause problems for residents living up to 1.5 miles south of...

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How to stop sugar cravings for good

How to stop sugar cravings for good

Posted by | Sep 8, 2017 | , ,

Have you ever noticed how when you’re short on sleep, stressed-out, or exhausted, you tend to crave carbs? Especially the crappy, nutrient-free variety that, under normal circumstances, you could easily resist? RELATED ARTICLE: The Case Against Sugar: New Book Reveals the Details of How the World Got Addicted to Sugar Turns out that when it comes to cravings, your gut plays a far bigger role than previously thought and sheer willpower will not be enough to defeat them. So, how to loosen their steely grip and slay cravings for good? Here’s where to start: Caving Into Cravings Isn’t A...

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ABC: Facebook sold over $100k of ads to fake Russian FB accounts

ABC: Facebook sold over $100k of ads to fake Russian FB accounts

Posted by | Sep 8, 2017 |

On Wednesday, Facebook finally disclosed what they had known for awhile: Russia “interfered” in the 2016 election via more than $100,000 worth of ads. Divisive in nature, they were all about “hot-button issues” and purchased by a Russian company linked to the Kremlin. (A Time magazine article from May of this year first questioned whether or not Russia had placed Facebook ads but this was Facebook’s first acknowledgment.) RELATED ARTICLE: Facebook Shareholders Want To Remove Mark Zuckerberg As Board Chairman “Most of the 3,000 ads did not refer to particular candidates but instead focused on divisive social issues such...

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Bumping by airlines drops to record low

Bumping by airlines drops to record low

Posted by | Sep 7, 2017 |

Thanks to all the attention from social media about passengers getting removed from flights due to overbooking, the number of people getting bumped has hit an all time low. (I guess public shaming does work!) In fact, in the second quarter, 12 of the nation’s largest airlines only bumped 44 out of every million passengers. Last year that number was 62 out of every million (for the same time period). RELATED ARTICLE: Canada Makes it Illegal to Remove Passengers from Overbooked Planes “Airlines have long sold more seats on flights than are actually available, in order to account for...

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