Pork Farmers and Environmentalists Irked By New EPA Emissions RuleLivestock producers required to reveal emissions. A new regulation has gone into effect in the United States that requires livestock operations to report estimated emissions of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide to state and local authorities. This Environmental Protection Agency ruling resulted in part from the harmful effects to human health noted from these gases, which are emitted as a byproduct of certain livestock raising situations.
US Environmental Protection Agency, we are grateful for this measure to safeguard public health. Our prayers that all people soon turn to the meat-free diet for a safer and cleaner environment for all.
During the Climate Change International Conference on July 26, 2008 in California, USA Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke via videoconference about the dangerous health risks of gases emitted by the animal farming industry.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Just the hydrogen sulfide alone can cause irritation of different body organs: eyes, nose, throat, bronchial constriction, spontaneous abortion, impaired bodily functions, headaches, dizziness, vomiting, coughing, difficult breathing, eye damage, shock, coma, and death, etc. If concentrated dose is high enough like, for example, 1,000 parts per million, ppm, then even one single inhalation, cause immediately breathing stop and collapse.
So there were some reports about animal farms in Minnesota which produce also hydrogen sulfide that causes people in the vicinity to vomit so much that they had to flee their own homes. And another incident in North Carolina, in which residents from 26 counties are forced to stay indoor as the air quality so was poor and filled with pollutant, including highly toxic gas, hydrogen sulfide, from animals. I’m sure these are not the single incidents concerning hydrogen sulfide produced by livestock raising.
New Organic Agriculture Web Site Features Land-grant University ResearchWebsite provides information on organic farming. In the United States, a website has been launched by the US Cooperative Extension System to provide information about the ever-changing landscape of organic farming, which is also the fastest growing area of US agriculture. With information ranging from scientific data to expert answers provided for individual questions, the website can be accessed at www.extension.org/organic production.
Many thanks, US Cooperative Extension System, for this timely and useful initiative to support and spread organic growing methods in the US. We look forward to seeing naturally grown food becoming ever more popular as it boosts our health along with restoring the environment.
Accessible luxury, built with a conscienceUS apartment building offers green living. A non-profit developer in the state of Virginia, Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing, has constructed Parc Rosslyn, a 15-storey building with 238 apartments. The appealing structure offers a combination of affordability and eco-friendliness through the use of recycled and green building materials, energy-efficient appliances, a rooftop covered by vegetation along with a rainwater collector and discounted parking for hybrid vehicles, with animal companions also welcome.
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing, we laud your thoughtful development that brings together affordable comfort and sustainability. We can’t wait to see more living spaces like this that share the benefits of green housing with people throughout the world.
First carbon-free polar station opens in AntarcticaSustainable research station in Antarctica. Belgium has opened the “Princess Elisabeth,” a polar base that will be used to study climate change and is the first of its kind to run entirely on solar and wind energy. Designed by Belgian explorer Alain Hubert, eight wind turbines and 400 square meters of solar panels provide the octagonal, spaceship-like base with hot water and electricity.
Kudos Belgium for this premiere sustainable polar base! May your green accomplishments in such an extreme region be an inspiration for similar developments in all corners of the world.
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