Biotech Facts versus Organic Kills The battle over Proposition 37 in California that would require labeling of food products produced using biotechnology is going to be as ugly as the presidential campaign. Activists posted an advertisement comparing biotech to cigarettes, DDT and Agent Orange. Meanwhile, respondents to an anti-biotech piece in the Huffington Post responded by noting that there have been zero ill effects from the technology; by contrast organic products -- including spinach, berries, cheese, cashews, greens, raw milk and grape tomatoes -- have killed or sickened hundreds of people with salmonella, E. coli, listeria and campylobacter, thus raising the question about which products really need labeling. We'd also add: And...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
The Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri), also known as the Brooks Range marmot[3] or the Brower's marmot,[4] is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Once considered to be the same species as the hoary marmot, it is now known to be unique. Alaska marmots are found in the scree slopes of the...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.