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start date July 20, 2011

Today's date  February 13, 2012

page 135

TOPIC:  BARREN LAND - POLLUTION - NO LIFE LEFT

Source: AAP

Hayden’s Note:

First, they take our Corn. Then our Soy. Now our Wheat. Please read the articles linked at the bottom for more information on the dangers of consuming GMO foods. There has been hard data showing sterility, genetic disruption, genetic mutation in offspring, liver damage, neurological problems, etc. Monsanto can very well be described as one of the most dangerous threats we face right now. Information and education about the dangers of genetically modified foods is the only answer. Consumer demand and action!

West Australian cereal breeder InterGrain Pty Ltd has partnered with global grains developer Monsanto to develop tougher, higher-yielding types of wheat.

Under the collaboration, Monsanto has taken a 19.9 per cent stake in InterGrain for an undisclosed sum.

If the collaboration is a success, it could lift that stake to 26 per cent over the next five years.

InterGrain chief executive Bryan Whan said Intergrain and Monsanto would exchange wheat germplasm – material used for breeding wheat before it is recognised as a commercial variety.

We’re always on the lookout for new germplasm internationally so we can bring in new disease resistances and be ahead of the game,” Mr Whan said.

“All of this is ultimately about giving benefits to Australian grain growers through better varieties.”

InterGrain said that in the short term it would gain access to Monsanto’s breeding technology tools and services for genotyping (the process of determining the genes) and marker development, which was expected to result in higher-yielding wheat.

In the longer term, InterGrain would gain access to Monsanto’s genetically modified wheats.

“Monsanto is a world leader in the identification and development of those traits that can be introduced into those wheats such as better yield genes, tolerance to drought, better disease resistances, better use of nutrients like fertilisers,” Mr Whan said.

“They’re the biotechnologies needed to be able to make improvement in addition to the traditional conventional approaches.”

InterGrain was established in 2007 by the West Australian government and the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

Development Corporation.

TressCox Lawyers partner Andrew Chalet, who advised InterGrain, said it was encouraging to see some private sector funding going into agricultural biotech research in Australia.

1. Bill Gates Foundation Buys 500,000 Shares of Biotech Terrorist Monsanto
2. Intelligence Agency buys stake in firm that monitors blogs, tweets, etc.
3. Russia Halts Wheat Exports – Update
4. How to Live on Wheat

Dangers of GMOs and High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)

In the 2010 growing season Monsanto plans to unleash its latest Frankenfood experiment on the American and Canadian public, a new version of mutated corn with eight abnormal gene traits (called Genuity SmartStax corn).

It should come as no surprise when a Monsanto product poisons the earth and our food. Our planet has never recovered from the forty-year Monsanto-led PCB contamination that was banned in the U.S. in 1977.

Monsanto is dusting off its wheat research and making a new effort to turn our wheat crop into one of its Frankenfoods – a serious cause for alarm for anyone who wants to eat normal food.

It remains a considerable challenge for the American public to find fresh food of adequate quality. We all know we should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, but many of them are contaminated with pesticides, fungicides, and insecticides. See which foods have the highest pesticide loads and are the most important to eat organic.

By now you have certainly seen the ads – take plant sterols and lower your cholesterol. These wild cholesterol-lowering claims, which the FDA is ignoring because Cargill is pushing them, are associated with various health risks. Studies show they may be quite dangerous for your heart.

I have repeatedly stated that high fructose corn syrup should be banned from the food supply. A new study confirms the diabolical nature of this substance to induce leptin resistance and consequent obesity – and future heart disease and diabetes. The study found that fructose consumption raised triglycerides in the blood, even though obesity and weight problems had not yet set in. This problem blocks leptin from getting into your brain, setting the stage for the first changes that lead to obesity. Then, when overeating occurred, the prior fructose consumption led directly to a handicapped metabolism and obesity.

It was a pivotal moment that only comes around once in a while, as those wearing their vested interests on their sleeves are put on the hot seat and have to make a very public decision. Such was the case last week at the yearly policy meeting of the American Medical Association when a resolution was on the table to require the labeling of high fructose corn syrup products with an obesity warning. Embarrassingly, the AMA voted in defense of high fructose corn syrup, making its entire organization look like a ship of fools.

We now know the real reason so many of our kids can’t finish high school. They have been fed too much high fructose corn syrup and they have become dumb. This is not a laughing matter. Coke and Pepsi are on the line for playing a significant role in wrecking the intelligence of several generations of children – as well as making them fat. Of course, birdbrains at the AMA want to give our kids statin drugs because they don’t have the guts to make a policy statement against high fructose corn syrup as a major cause of obesity.

FROM:  http://www.larryleptin.com/battles/gmo_food.htm

NEXT SECTION:   TOO MANY BEAUTIFUL AFGHANS, TOWELS, BLANKETS EEQUALS MATERIALISM

MATERIALISM  =COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE:

always it was the "He who dies with the most toys wins" philosophy. Either that or valuing things more than people.

Materialism can be bad, if it drives you to ignore the non-materials things that matter most. It can also be bad if, using Somethingironic's towel example, you have a perfectly useful towel but can't properly enjoy it for wanting a nicer towel.

AIR POLLUTION

Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment, into the atmosphere.

The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth's ecosystems.

Indoor air pollution and urban air quality are listed as two of the world's worst pollution problems in the 2008 Blacksmith Institute World's Worst Polluted Places report

Before flue-gas desulfurization was installed, the emissions from this power plant in New Mexico contained excessive amounts of sulfur dioxide.

Pollutants can be classified as primary or secondary. Usually, primary pollutants are directly emitted from a process, such as ash from a volcanic eruption, the carbon monoxide gas from a motor vehicle exhaust or sulfur dioxide released from factories. Secondary pollutants are not emitted directly. Rather, they form in the air when primary pollutants react or interact. An important example of a secondary pollutant is ground level ozone — one of the many secondary pollutants that make up photochemical smog. Some pollutants may be both primary and secondary: that is, they are both emitted directly and formed from other primary pollutants.

Major primary pollutants produced by human activity include:

• Sulphur oxides (SO_x) - especially sulfur dioxide, a chemical compound with the formula SO₂. SO₂ is produced by volcanoes and in various industrial processes. Since coal and petroleum often contain sulfur compounds, their combustion generates sulfur dioxide. Further oxidation of SO₂, usually in the presence of a catalyst such as NO₂, forms H₂SO₄, and thus acid rain.[2] This is one of the causes for concern over the environmental impact of the use of these fuels as power sourcesS.

   

   

  • Nitrogen oxides (NO_x) - especially nitrogen dioxide are emitted from high temperature combustion, and are also produced naturally during thunderstorms by electrical discharge. Can be seen as the brown haze dome above or plume downwind of cities. Nitrogen dioxide is the chemical compound with the formula NO₂. It is one of the several nitrogen oxides. This reddish-brown toxic gas has a characteristic sharp, biting odor. NO₂ is one of the most prominent air pollutants.
  • Carbon monoxide (CO)- is a colourless, odorless, non-irritating but very poisonous gas. It is a product by incomplete combustion of fuel such as natural gas, coal or wood. Vehicular exhaust is a major source of carbon monoxide.
  • Carbon dioxide (CO₂) - a colourless, odorless, non-toxic greenhouse gas also associated with ocean acidification, emitted from sources such as combustion, cement production, and respiration. It is otherwise recycled in the atmosphere in the carbon cycle.
  • Volatile organic compounds - VOCs are an important outdoor air pollutant. In this field they are often divided into the separate categories of methane (CH₄) and non-methane (NMVOCs). Methane is an extremely efficient greenhouse gas which contributes to enhanced global warming. Other hydrocarbon VOCs are also significant greenhouse gases via their role in creating ozone and in prolonging the life of methane in the atmosphere, although the effect varies depending on local air quality. Within the NMVOCs, the aromatic compounds benzene, toluene and xylene are suspected carcinogens and may lead to leukemia through prolonged exposure. 1,3-butadiene is another dangerous compound which is often associated with industrial uses.
  • Particulate matter - Particulates, alternatively referred to as particulate matter (PM) or fine particles, are tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in a gas. In contrast, aerosol refers to particles and the gas together. Sources of particulate matter can be man made or natural. Some particulates occur naturally, originating from volcanoes, dust storms, forest and grassland fires, living vegetation, and sea spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels in vehicles, power plants and various industrial processes also generate significant amounts of aerosols. Averaged over the globe, anthropogenic aerosols—those made by human activities—currently account for about 10 percent of the total amount of aerosols in our atmosphere. Increased levels of fine particles in the air are linked to health hazards such as heart disease,^[3] altered lung function and lung cancer.
  • Persistent free radicals connected to airborne fine particles could cause cardiopulmonary disease.^[4][5]
  • Toxic metals, such as lead, cadmium and copper.
  • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - harmful to the ozone layer emitted from products currently banned from use.
  • Ammonia (NH₃) - emitted from agricultural processes. Ammonia is a compound with the formula NH₃. It is normally encountered as a gas with a characteristic pungent odor. Ammonia contributes significantly to the nutritional needs of terrestrial organisms by serving as a precursor to foodstuffs and fertilizers. Ammonia, either directly or indirectly, is also a building block for the synthesis of many pharmaceuticals. Although in wide use, ammonia is both caustic and hazardous.
  • Odors — such as from garbage, sewage, and industrial processes
  • Radioactive pollutants - produced by nuclear explosions, nuclear events, war explosives, and natural processes such as the radioactive decay of radon.

  Secondary pollutants include:

  • Particulate matter formed from gaseous primary pollutants and compounds in photochemical smog. Smog is a kind of air pollution; the word "smog" is a portmanteau of smoke and fog. Classic smog results from large amounts of coal burning in an area caused by a mixture of smoke and sulfur dioxide. Modern smog does not usually come from coal but from vehicular and industrial emissions that are acted on in the atmosphere by ultraviolet light from the sun to form secondary pollutants that also combine with the primary emissions to form photochemical smog.
  • Ground level ozone (O₃) formed from NO_x and VOCs. Ozone (O₃) is a key constituent of the troposphere. It is also an important constituent of certain regions of the stratosphere commonly known as the Ozone layer. Photochemical and chemical reactions involving it drive many of the chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere by day and by night. At abnormally high concentrations brought about by human activities (largely the combustion of fossil fuel), it is a pollutant, and a constituent of smog.
  • Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) - similarly formed from NO_x and VOCs.

  Minor air pollutants include:

  • A large number of minor hazardous air pollutants. Some of these are regulated in USA under the Clean Air Act and in Europe under the Air Framework Directive.
  • A variety of persistent organic pollutants, which can attach to particulate matter.

  Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. Because of this, they have been observed to persist in the environment, to be capable of long-range transport, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue, biomagnify in food chains, and to have potential significant impacts on human health and the environment.

  • Sources of air pollution refer to the various locations, activities or factors which are responsible for the releasing of pollutants into the atmosphere. These sources can be classified into two major categories which are:

    Anthropogenic sources (human activity) mostly related to burning different kinds of fuel

    • "Stationary Sources" include smoke stacks of power plants, manufacturing facilities (factories) and waste incinerators, as well as furnaces and other types of fuel-burning heating devices. In developing and poor countries, traditional biomass burning is the major source of air pollutants; traditional biomass includes wood, crop waste and dung.^[6][7]
    • "Mobile Sources" include motor vehicles, marine vessels, aircraft and the effect of sound etc.
    • Chemicals, dust and controlled burn practices in agriculture and forestry management. Controlled or prescribed burning is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. Controlled burning stimulates the germination of some desirable forest trees, thus renewing the forest.
    • Fumes from paint, hair spray, varnish, aerosol sprays and other solvents
    • Waste deposition in landfills, which generate methane. Methane is not toxic; however, it is highly flammable and may form explosive mixtures with air. Methane is also an asphyxiant and may displace oxygen in an enclosed space. Asphyxia or suffocation may result if the oxygen concentration is reduced to below 19.5% by displacement
    • Military, such as nuclear weapons, toxic gases, germ warfare and rocketry

    Natural sources

    • Dust from natural sources, usually large areas of land with little or no vegetation
    • Methane, emitted by the digestion of food by animals, for example cattle
    • Radon gas from radioactive decay within the Earth's crust. Radon is a colorless, odorless, naturally occurring, radioactive noble gas that is formed from the decay of radium. It is considered to be a health hazard. Radon gas from natural sources can accumulate in buildings, especially in confined areas such as the basement and it is the second most frequent cause of lung cancer, after cigarette smoking
    • Smoke and carbon monoxide from wildfires
    • Vegetation, in some regions, emits environmentally significant amounts of VOCs on warmer days. These VOCs react with primary anthropogenic pollutants—specifically, NO_x, SO₂, and anthropogenic organic carbon compounds—to produce a seasonal haze of secondary pollutants.^[8]
    • Volcanic activity, which produce sulfur, chlorine, and ash particulates

    Emission factors

    Main article: AP 42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors
    

    

    Industrial Air Pollution emissions

    Air pollutant emission factors are representative values that people attempt to relate the quantity of a pollutant released to the ambient air with an activity associated with the release of that pollutant. These factors are usually expressed as the weight of pollutant divided by a unit weight, volume, distance, or duration of the activity emitting the pollutant (e.g., kilograms of particulate emitted per megagram of coal burned). Such factors facilitate estimation of emissions from various sources of air pollution. In most cases, these factors are simply averages of all available data of acceptable quality, and are generally assumed to be representative of long-term averages.

    There are 12 compounds in the list of POPs. Dioxins and furans are two of them and are intentionally created by combustion of organics, like open burning of plastics. The POPs are also endocrine disruptor and can mutate the human genes.

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency has published a compilation of air pollutant emission factors for a multitude of industrial sources.^[9] The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and many other countries have published similar compilations, as well as the European Environment Agency.^{[10][11][12][13]}

    Indoor air quality (IAQ)

    Main article: Indoor air quality

    A lack of ventilation indoors concentrates air pollution where people often spend the majority of their time. Radon (Rn) gas, a carcinogen, is exuded from the Earth in certain locations and trapped inside houses. Building materials including carpeting and plywood emit formaldehyde (H₂CO) gas. Paint and solvents give off volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as they dry. Lead paint can degenerate into dust and be inhaled. Intentional air pollution is introduced with the use of air fresheners, incense, and other scented items. Controlled wood fires in stoves and fireplaces can add significant amounts of smoke particulates into the air, inside and out.^[14] Indoor pollution fatalities may be caused by using pesticides and other chemical sprays indoors without proper ventilation.

    Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and fatalities are often caused by faulty vents and chimneys, or by the burning of charcoal indoors. Chronic carbon monoxide poisoning can result even from poorly adjusted pilot lights. Traps are built into all domestic plumbing to keep sewer gas, hydrogen sulfide, out of interiors. Clothing emits tetrachloroethylene, or other dry cleaning fluids, for days after dry cleaning.

    Though its use has now been banned in many countries, the extensive use of asbestos in industrial and domestic environments in the past has left a potentially very dangerous material in many localities. Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory medical condition affecting the tissue of the lungs. It occurs after long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos from asbestos-containing materials in structures. Sufferers have severe dyspnea (shortness of breath) and are at an increased risk regarding several different types of lung cancer. As clear explanations are not always stressed in non-technical literature, care should be taken to distinguish between several forms of relevant diseases. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), these may defined as; asbestosis, lung cancer, and Peritoneal Mesothelioma (generally a very rare form of cancer, when more widespread it is almost always associated with prolonged exposure to asbestos).

    Biological sources of air pollution are also found indoors, as gases and airborne particulates. Pets produce dander, people produce dust from minute skin flakes and decomposed hair, dust mites in bedding, carpeting and furniture produce enzymes and micrometre-sized fecal droppings, inhabitants emit methane, mold forms in walls and generates mycotoxins and spores, air conditioning systems can incubate Legionnaires' disease and mold, and houseplants, soil and surrounding gardens can produce pollen, dust, and mold. Indoors, the lack of air circulation allows these airborne pollutants to accumulate more than they would otherwise occur in nature.

    Health effects

    Air pollution is a significant risk factor for multiple health conditions including respiratory infections, heart disease, and lung cancer, according to the WHO. The health effects caused by air pollution may include difficulty in breathing, wheezing, coughing and aggravation of existing respiratory and cardiac conditions. These effects can result in increased medication use, increased doctor or emergency room visits, more hospital admissions and premature death. The human health effects of poor air quality are far reaching, but principally affect the body's respiratory system and the cardiovascular system. Individual reactions to air pollutants depend on the type of pollutant a person is exposed to, the degree of exposure, the individual's health status and genetics.^{[citation needed]}

    The most common sources of air pollution include particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. Both indoor and outdoor air pollution have caused approximately 3.3 million deaths worldwide. Children aged less than five years that live in developing countries are the most vulnerable population in terms of total deaths attributable to indoor and outdoor air pollution.^[15]

    The World Health Organization states that 2.4 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution, with 1.5 million of these deaths attributable to indoor air pollution.^[16] "Epidemiological studies suggest that more than 500,000 Americans die each year from cardiopulmonary disease linked to breathing fine particle air pollution. . ."^[17] A study by the University of Birmingham has shown a strong correlation between pneumonia related deaths and air pollution from motor vehicles.^[18] Worldwide more deaths per year are linked to air pollution than to automobile accidents.^{[citation needed]} Published in 2005 suggests that 310,000 Europeans die from air pollution annually.^{[citation needed]} Causes of deaths include aggravated asthma, emphysema, lung and heart diseases, and respiratory allergies.^{[citation needed]} The US EPA estimates that a proposed set of changes in diesel engine technology (Tier 2) could result in 12,000 fewer premature mortalities, 15,000 fewer heart attacks, 6,000 fewer emergency room visits by children with asthma, and 8,900 fewer respiratory-related hospital admissions each year in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

    The worst short term civilian pollution crisis in India was the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.^[19] Leaked industrial vapours from the Union Carbide factory, belonging to Union Carbide, Inc., U.S.A., killed more than 25,000 people outright and injured anywhere from 150,000 to 600,000. The United Kingdom suffered its worst air pollution event when the December 4 Great Smog of 1952 formed over London. In six days more than 4,000 died, and 8,000 more died within the following months.^{[citation needed]} An accidental leak of anthrax spores from a biological warfare laboratory in the former USSR in 1979 near Sverdlovsk is believed to have been the cause of hundreds of civilian deaths.^{[citation needed]} The worst single incident of air pollution to occur in the United States of America occurred in Donora, Pennsylvania in late October, 1948, when 20 people died and over 7,000 were injured.^[20]

    A new economic study of the health impacts and associated costs of air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin and San Joaquin Valley of Southern California shows that more than 3800 people die prematurely (approximately 14 years earlier than normal) each year because air pollution levels violate federal standards. The number of annual premature deaths is considerably higher than the fatalities related to auto collisions in the same area, which average fewer than 2,000 per year.^[21]

    Diesel exhaust (DE) is a major contributor to combustion derived particulate matter air pollution. In several human experimental studies, using a well validated exposure chamber setup, DE has been linked to acute vascular dysfunction and increased thrombus formation.^[22][23] This serves as a plausible mechanistic link between the previously described association between particulate matter air pollution and increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

    Effects on cardiovascular health

    Air pollution is also emerging as a risk factor for stroke, particularly in developing countries where pollutant levels are highest.^[24] A recent study also found an association in women between air pollution and ischemia, but not hemorrhagic stroke.^[25] Air pollution has also been associated with increased incidence and mortality from coronary artery disease.^[26]

    Effects on cystic fibrosis

    Main article: Cystic fibrosis

    A study from around the years of 1999 to 2000, by the University of Washington, showed that patients near and around particulate matter air pollution had an increased risk of pulmonary exacerbations and decrease in lung function.^[27] Patients were examined before the study for amounts of specific pollutants like Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Burkholderia cenocepacia as well as their socioeconomic standing. Participants involved in the study were located in the United States in close proximity to an Environmental Protection Agency.^{[clarification needed]} During the time of the study 117 deaths were associated with air pollution. Many patients in the study lived in or near large metropolitan areas in order to be close to medical help. These same patients had higher level of pollutants found in their system because of more emissions in larger cities. As cystic fibrosis patients already suffer from decreased lung function, everyday pollutants such as smoke, emissions from automobiles, tobacco smoke and improper use of indoor heating devices could further compromise lung function.^[28]

    Effects on COPD and Asthma

    Main article: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.^[29]

    Researches have demonstrated increased risk of developing asthma ^[30] and COPD^[31] from increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution. Additionally, air pollution has been associated with increased hosptializations and mortality from asthma and COPD.^[32][33]

    A study conducted in 1960-1961 in the wake of the Great Smog of 1952 compared 293 London residents with 477 residents of Gloucester, Peterborough, and Norwich, three towns with low reported death rates from chronic bronchitis. All subjects were male postal truck drivers aged 40 to 59. Compared to the subjects from the outlying towns, the London subjects exhibited more severe respiratory symptoms (including cough, phlegm, and dyspnea), reduced lung function (FEV₁ and peak flow rate), and increased sputum production and purulence. The differences were more pronounced for subjects aged 50 to 59. The study controlled for age and smoking habits, so concluded that air pollution was the most likely cause of the observed differences.^[34]

    It is believed that much like cystic fibrosis, by living in a more urban environment serious health hazards become more apparent. Studies have shown that in urban areas patients suffer mucus hypersecretion, lower levels of lung function, and more self diagnosis of chronic bronchitis and emphysema.^[35]

    Possible links to cancer

    A large Danish epidemiological study found an increased risk of lung cancer for patients who lived in areas with high nitrogen oxide concentrations. In this study, the association was higher for non-smokers than smokers.^[36] There are also possible associations between air pollution and other forms of cancer, including cervical cancer and brain cancer.^[37]

    Effects on children

    Cities around the world with high exposure to air pollutants have the possibility of children living within them to develop asthma, pneumonia and other lower respiratory infections as well as a low initial birth rate. Protective measures to ensure the youths' health are being taken in cities such as New Delhi, India where buses now use compressed natural gas to help eliminate the “pea-soup” smog.^[38] Research by the World Health Organization shows there is the greatest concentration of particulate matter particles in countries with low economic world power and high poverty and population rates. Examples of these countries include Egypt, Sudan, Mongolia, and Indonesia. In the United States, the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970, however in 2002 at least 146 million Americans were living in non-attainment areas—regions in which the concentration of certain air pollutants exceeded federal standards.^[39] Those pollutants are known as the criteria pollutants, and include ozone, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead. Because children are outdoors more and have higher minute ventilation they are more susceptible to the dangers of air pollution.

    Health effects in relatively "clean" areas

    Even in the areas with relatively low levels of air pollution, public health effects can be significant and costly, since a large number of people breathe in such pollutants. A 2005 scientific study for the British Columbia Lung Association showed that a small improvement in air quality (1% reduction of ambient PM2.5 and ozone concentrations) would produce a $29 million in annual savings in the Metro Vancouver region in 2010.^[40] This finding is based on health valuation of lethal (death) and sub-lethal (illness) effects.

    Reduction efforts

    There are various air pollution control technologies and land use planning strategies available to reduce air pollution. At its most basic level land use planning is likely to involve zoning and transport infrastructure planning. In most developed countries, land use planning is an important part of social policy, ensuring that land is used efficiently for the benefit of the wider economy and population as well as to protect the environment.

    Efforts to reduce pollution from mobile sources includes primary regulation (many developing countries have permissive regulations),^{[citation needed]} expanding regulation to new sources (such as cruise and transport ships, farm equipment, and small gas-powered equipment such as lawn trimmers, chainsaws, and snowmobiles), increased fuel efficiency (such as through the use of hybrid vehicles), conversion to cleaner fuels (such as bioethanol, biodiesel, or conversion to electric vehicles).

    Control devices

    The following items are commonly used as pollution control devices by industry or transportation devices. They can either destroy contaminants or remove them from an exhaust stream before it is emitted into the atmosphere.

    • Particulate control
      • Mechanical collectors (dust cyclones, multicyclones)
      • Electrostatic precipitators An electrostatic precipitator (ESP), or electrostatic air cleaner is a particulate collection device that removes particles from a flowing gas (such as air) using the force of an induced electrostatic charge. Electrostatic precipitators are highly efficient filtration devices that minimally impede the flow of gases through the device, and can easily remove fine particulate matter such as dust and smoke from the air stream.
      • Baghouses Designed to handle heavy dust loads, a dust collector consists of a blower, dust filter, a filter-cleaning system, and a dust receptacle or dust removal system (distinguished from air cleaners which utilize disposable filters to remove the dust).

    • • Particulate scrubbersWet scrubber is a form of pollution control technology. The term describes a variety of devices that use pollutants from a furnace flue gas or from other gas streams. In a wet scrubber, the polluted gas stream is brought into contact with the scrubbing liquid, by spraying it with the liquid, by forcing it through a pool of liquid, or by some other contact method, so as to remove the pollutants.

    • Scrubbers
      • Baffle spray scrubber
      • Cyclonic spray scrubber
      • Ejector venturi scrubber
      • Mechanically aided scrubber
      • Spray tower
      • Wet scrubber

    • NOx control
      • Low NOx burners
      • Selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
      • Selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR)
      • NOx scrubbers
      • Exhaust gas recirculation
      • Catalytic converter (also for VOC control)

    • VOC abatement
      • Adsorption systems, such as activated carbon
      • Flares
      • Thermal oxidizers
      • Catalytic converters
      • Biofilters
      • Absorption (scrubbing)
      • Cryogenic condensers
      • Vapor recovery systems

    • Acid Gas/SO₂ control
      • Wet scrubbers
      • Dry scrubbers
      • Flue-gas desulfurization

    • Mercury control
      • Sorbent Injection Technology
      • Electro-Catalytic Oxidation (ECO)
      • K-Fuel

    • Dioxin and furan control

    • Miscellaneous associated equipment
      • Source capturing systems
      • Continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS)

    Legal regulations

    

    Smog in Cairo

    In general, there are two types of air quality standards. The first class of standards (such as the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards and E.U. Air Quality Directive) set maximum atmospheric concentrations for specific pollutants. Environmental agencies enact regulations which are intended to result in attainment of these target levels. The second class (such as the North American Air Quality Index) take the form of a scale with various thresholds, which is used to communicate to the public the relative risk of outdoor activity. The scale may or may not distinguish between different pollutants.

    Canada

    In Canada air pollution and associated health risks are measured with the The Air Quality Health Index or (AQHI). It is a health protection tool used to make decisions to reduce short-term exposure to air pollution by adjusting activity levels during increased levels of air pollution.

    The Air Quality Health Index or "AQHI" is a federal program jointly coordinated by Health Canada and Environment Canada. However, the AQHI program would not be possible without the commitment and support of the provinces, municipalities and NGOs. From air quality monitoring to health risk communication and community engagement, local partners are responsible for the vast majority of work related to AQHI implementation. The AQHI provides a number from 1 to 10+ to indicate the level of health risk associated with local air quality. Occasionally, when the amount of air pollution is abnormally high, the number may exceed 10. The AQHI provides a local air quality current value as well as a local air quality maximums forecast for today, tonight and tomorrow and provides associated health advice.

    As it is now known that even low levels of air pollution can trigger discomfort for the sensitive population, the index has been developed as a continuum: The higher the number, the greater the health risk and need to take precautions. The index describes the level of health risk associated with this number as ‘low’, ‘moderate’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’, and suggests steps that can be taken to reduce exposure.

    ^[41]

    Health Risk	Air Quality Health Index	Health Messages
    		At Risk population	*General Population
    Low	1-3	Enjoy your usual outdoor activities.	Ideal air quality for outdoor activities
    Moderate	4-6	Consider reducing or rescheduling strenuous activities outdoors if you are experiencing symptoms.	No need to modify your usual outdoor activities unless you experience symptoms such as coughing and throat irritation.
    High	7-10	Reduce or reschedule strenuous activities outdoors. Children and the elderly should also take it easy.	Consider reducing or rescheduling strenuous activities outdoors if you experience symptoms such as coughing and throat irritation.
    Very high	Above 10	Avoid strenuous activities outdoors. Children and the elderly should also avoid outdoor physical exertion.	Reduce or reschedule strenuous activities outdoors, especially if you experience symptoms such as coughing and throat irritation.

    ^[42]

    It is measured based on the observed relationship of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO₂), ground-level Ozone (O₃) and particulate matter (PM_2.5) with mortality from an analysis of several Canadian cities. Significantly, all three of these pollutants can pose health risks, even at low levels of exposure, especially among those with pre-existing health problems.

    When developing the AQHI, Health Canada’s original analysis of health effects included five major air pollutants: particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), as well as sulfur dioxide (SO₂), and carbon monoxide (CO). The latter two pollutants provided little information in predicting health effects and were removed from the AQHI formulation.

    The AQHI does not measure the effects of odour, pollen, dust, heat or humidity.

    Cities

    

    

    Nitrogen dioxide concentrations as measured from satellite 2002-2004

    Air pollution is usually concentrated in densely populated metropolitan areas, especially in developing countries where environmental regulations are relatively lax or nonexistent^{[citation needed]}. However, even populated areas in developed countries attain unhealthy levels of pollution with Los Angeles and Rome^[43] being two good examples.

    NATA

    The National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) is EPA's ongoing comprehensive evaluation of air toxics in the U.S. EPA developed the NATA as a state-of-the-science screening tool for State/Local/Tribal Agencies to prioritize pollutants, emission sources and locations of interest for further study in order to gain a better understanding of risks. NATA assessments do not incorporate refined information about emission sources, but rather, use general information about sources to develop estimates of risks which are more likely to overestimate impacts than underestimate them. NATA provides estimates of the risk of cancer and other serious health effects from breathing (inhaling) air toxics in order to inform both national and more localized efforts to identify and prioritize air toxics, emission source types and locations which are of greatest potential concern in terms of contributing to population risk. This in turn helps air pollution experts focus limited analytical resources on areas and or populations where the potential for health risks are highest. Assessments include estimates of cancer and non-cancer health effects based on chronic exposure from outdoor sources, including assessments of non-cancer health effects for Diesel Particulate Matter (PM). Assessments provide a snapshot of the outdoor air quality and the risks to human health that would result if air toxic emissions levels remained unchanged.^[44]

    Governing Urban Air Pollution – a regional example (London)

    In Europe, Council Directive 96/62/EC on ambient air quality assessment and management provides a common strategy against which member states can “set objectives for ambient air quality in order to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects on human health and the environment . . . and improve air quality where it is unsatisfactory”.^[45]

    On 25 July 2008 in the case Dieter Janecek v Freistaat Bayern CURIA, the European Court of Justice ruled that under this directive^[45] citizens have the right to require national authorities to implement a short term action plan that aims to maintain or achieve compliance to air quality limit values.^[46]

    This important case law appears to confirm the role of the EC as centralised regulator to European nation-states as regards air pollution control. It places a supranational legal obligation on the UK to protect its citizens from dangerous levels of air pollution, furthermore superseding national interests with those of the citizen.

    In 2010, the European Commission (EC) threatened the UK with legal action against the successive breaching of PM10 limit values.^[47] The UK government has identified that if fines are imposed, they could cost the nation upwards of £300 million per year.^[48]

    In March 2011, the City of London remains the only UK region in breach of the EC’s limit values, and has been given 3 months to implement an emergency action plan aimed at meeting the EU Air Quality Directive.^[49] The City of London has dangerous levels of PM10 concentrations, estimated to cause 3000 deaths per year within the city.^[50] As well as the threat of EU fines, in 2010 it was threatened with legal action for scrapping the western congestion charge zone, which is claimed to have led to an increase in air pollution levels.^[51]

    In response to these charges, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has criticised the current need for European cities to communicate with Europe through their nation state’s central government, arguing that in future “A great city like London” should be permitted to bypass its government and deal directly with the European Commission regarding its air quality action plan.^[49]

    In part, this is an attempt to divert blame away from the Mayors office, but it can also be interpreted as recognition that cities can transcend the traditional national government organisational hierarchy and develop solutions to air pollution using global governance networks, for example through transnational relations. Transnational relations include but are not exclusive to national governments and intergovernmental organisations ^[52] allowing sub-national actors including cities and regions to partake in air pollution control as independent actors.

    Particularly promising at present are global city partnerships.^[53] These can be built into networks, for example the C40 network, of which London is a member. The C40 is a public ‘non-state’ network of the world’s leading cities that aims to curb their greenhouse emissions.^[53] The C40 has been identified as ‘governance from the middle’ and is an alternative to intergovernmental policy.^[54] It has the potential to improve urban air quality as participating cities “exchange information, learn from best practices and consequently mitigate carbon dioxide emissions independently from national government decisions”.^[53] A criticism of the C40 network is that its exclusive nature limits influence to participating cities and risks drawing resources away from less powerful city and regional actors.

    Carbon dioxide emissions

    Most Polluted World Cities by PM[55]
    Particulate matter, μg/m³ (2004)	City
    168	Cairo, Egypt
    150	Delhi, India
    128	Kolkata, India (Calcutta)
    125	Tianjin, China
    123	Chongqing, China
    109	Kanpur, India
    109	Lucknow, India
    104	Jakarta, Indonesia
    101	Shenyang, China

    Total CO₂ emissions

    Main article: List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions

    Countries with the highest CO2 emissions
    Country	Carbon dioxide emissions per year (106 Tons) (2006)	Percentage of global total	Avg. emission per Km2 of its land (Tons)
    China	6,103	21.5%	636
    United States	5,752	20.2%	597
    Russia	1,564	5.5%	91
    India	1,510	5.3%	459
    Japan	1,293	4.6%	3421
    Germany	805	2.8%	2254
    United Kingdom	568	2.0%	2338
    Canada	544	1.9%	54
    South Korea	475	1.7%	4758
    Italy	474	1.7%	1573

    
    

    Per capita CO₂ emissions^[56]

    Main article: List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita

    Countries with the highest per capita CO2 emissions
    Country	Carbon dioxide emissions per year (Tons per person) (2006)
    Qatar	56.2
    United Arab Emirates	32.8
    Kuwait	31.2
    Bahrain	28.8
    Trinidad and Tobago	25.3
    Luxembourg	24.5
    Netherlands Antilles	22.8
    Aruba	22.3
    United States	19
    Australia	18.1

    
    

    Atmospheric dispersion

    Main article: Atmospheric dispersion modeling

    The basic technology for analyzing air pollution is through the use of a variety of mathematical models for predicting the transport of air pollutants in the lower atmosphere. The principal methodologies are:

    • Point source dispersion, used for industrial sources.
    • Line source dispersion, used for airport and roadway air dispersion modeling
    • Area source dispersion, used for forest fires or duststorms
    • Photochemical models, used to analyze reactive pollutants that form smog
    

    

    Visualization of a buoyant Gaussian air pollution dispersion plume as used in many atmospheric dispersion models

    The point source problem is the best understood, since it involves simpler mathematics and has been studied for a long period of time, dating back to about the year 1900. It uses a Gaussian dispersion model for buoyant pollution plumes to forecast the air pollution isopleths, with consideration given to wind velocity, stack height, emission rate and stability class (a measure of atmospheric turbulence).^[57][58] This model has been extensively validated and calibrated with experimental data for all sorts of atmospheric conditions.

    The roadway air dispersion model was developed starting in the late 1950s and early 1960s in response to requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the U.S. Department of Transportation (then known as the Federal Highway Administration) to understand impacts of proposed new highways upon air quality, especially in urban areas. Several research groups were active in this model development, among which were: the Environmental Research and Technology (ERT) group in Lexington, Massachusetts, the ESL Inc. group in Sunnyvale and California, California Air Resources Board group in Sacramento, California. The research of the ESL group received a boost with a contract award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to validate a line source model using sulfur hexafluoride as a tracer gas. This program was successful in validating the line source model developed by ESL inc. Some of the earliest uses of the model were in court cases involving highway air pollution, the Arlington, Virginia portion of Interstate 66 and the New Jersey Turnpike widening project through East Brunswick, New Jersey.

    Area source models were developed in 1971 through 1974 by the ERT and ESL groups, but addressed a smaller fraction of total air pollution emissions, so that their use and need was not as widespread as the line source model, which enjoyed hundreds of different applications as early as the 1970s. Similarly photochemical models were developed primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, but their use was more specialized and for regional needs, such as understanding smog formation in Los Angeles, California.

    Environmental impacts of greenhouse gas pollutants

    Main articles: Ocean acidification and Greenhouse effect

    The greenhouse effect is a phenomenon whereby greenhouse gases create a condition in the upper atmosphere causing a trapping of heat and leading to increased surface and lower tropospheric temperatures. Carbon dioxide emissions from combustion of fossil fuels are a source of greenhouse gas emissions.

    Other greenhouse gases include methane, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and ozone.

    This effect has been understood by scientists for about a century, and technological advancements during this period have helped increase the breadth and depth of data relating to the phenomenon. Currently, scientists are studying the role of changes in composition of greenhouse gases from natural and anthropogenic sources for the effect on climate change.

    A number of studies have also investigated the potential for long-term rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide to cause increases in the acidity of ocean waters and the possible effects of this on marine ecosystems.

    See also

    Acid rain Air Hygiene Foundation Air pollutant concentrations Air Quality Index Air Quality Health Index Air stagnation AP 42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution Asian brown cloud Atmospheric chemistry Atmospheric dispersion modeling Beehive burner Best Available Control Technology Bibliography of atmospheric dispersion modeling Building biology List of atmospheric dispersion models Critical load Emission standard Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database Environmental agreement

    Flue-gas desulfurization Flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion Global Atmosphere Watch Global dimming Global warming Greenhouse effect Health Effects Institute (HEI) Indicator value International Agency for Research on Cancer Kyoto Protocol Light water reactor sustainability List of smogs by death toll Lowest Achievable Emissions Rate NASA Clean Air Study Particulate Polluter pays principle Smog and Haze Stench Tire fire Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

    Global warming portal Environment portal Book: Pollution Wikipedia books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print.

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  Chemtrails And Aluminum
  Harm Heart, Lungs And Plants
  By Ted Twietmeyer
  1-13-6
  
  

  Chemtrails which are known to contain heavy metals such as barium oxide and aluminum oxide, are known to be a bigger problem than once thought. Others have researched chemtrails at great length, but may not have known about the negative effects on ecology, the environment and human beings which have recently been discovered. This essay is meant to create awareness, not panic. Have you ever been standing at a gas station pump, waiting for your vehicle to fill up out in the country in what you thought was clean, fresh air? Did you also notice the top surface of the pump housing may have been covered with rough grey dust? Much of that material can be from chemtrail fallout from aluminum and barium oxide. What goes up, must come down. And all of us are breathing it. Sickness almost always visits communities within a 1-3 days after the spraying has taken place. Headaches, coughs that won't go away, sore throats and head and upper chest congestion are not uncommon. Your body does not want this metal embedding itself in your respiratory tract. It becomes an irritant. Recent research shows that aluminum oxide which is a heavy metal, can do far more damage to human beings than once thought. The metal can also affect plants, and is far more insidious than once thought. EFFECTS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE ON HEART AND LUNGS A paper written by Wardle, Lee, Akester and Braithwaite at Thiokol Corp. warns of hazards from aluminum oxide nanoparticles. In their paper they express concern that epidemiological studies suggest an association between inhaled ambient particulate material and adverse cardiopulmonary (heart and lungs) effects. The mechanisms related to this toxicity are still unclear. Their paper shows methods to control ultra-fine particles, to limit inhaled nanoparticles in humans.[1] EFFECTS OF ALUMINUM ON ECOLOGY Is the government silent about the negative effects of aluminum? From the EPA website we read the following about acid effects and aluminum. The 22 page paper contains numerous references to scientific papers which are available at the EPA website: "Acid deposition can occur in the wet or dry form and can adversely affect aquatic resources through the acidification of water bodies and watersheds. Acidification of aquatic ecosystems is of primary concern because of the adverse effects of low pH and associated high aluminum concentrations on fish and other aquatic organisms." "Aluminum which can be toxic to organisms, is soluble at low pH and is leached from watershed soils by acidic deposition. Acidification may affect fish in several ways. The direct physiological effects of low pH and high aluminum include increased fish mortality, decreased growth, and decreased reproductive potential. The mechanism of toxicity involves impaired ion regulation at the gill. Population losses occur frequently because of recruitment failure, specifically due to increased mortality of early life stages. Changes at other trophic levels may affect fish populations by altering food availability." "By combining information on relevant water chemistry parameters (pH, aluminum, calcium), fish toxicity models, and historical and current distributions of fish populations in the lakes and streams included dominant source of acidity in 100 percent of the acidic lakes studied. This is in stark contrast to the West region, where none of the acidic lakes studied were dominated by acid deposition (notably, the sample size of lakes for this region was small to begin with). For acidic streams, the Mid-Atlantic Highland region contains the greatest proportion of streams whose acidic inputs are dominated by acid deposition (56 percent). This contrasts with acidic streams of Florida, where the vast majority (79 percent) are acidic primarily due to organic acids, rather than acid deposition. By combining information on relevant water chemistry parameters (pH, aluminum, calcium), fish toxicity models, and historical and current distributions of fish populations in the lakes and streams included in the National Surface Water Survey (NSWS), NAPAP investigators estimated the proportion of water bodies with water chemistry conditions that are unsuitable for survival of various fish species."[2] TRANSLATION: Aluminum causes problems with fish by interfering with the ability of gills to take oxygen from water. The aluminum works with acidic water to create a toxic environment for wildlife in lakes and streams. Aluminum is connected with ecological damage. And since it's a heavy metal And who is spraying the aluminum oxide everywhere at high altitude? The government themselves. This is clearly another case of the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing...or perhaps it may not want to. Other household products contain aluminum oxide such as sandpaper and other abrasives. Billions of nanoparticles are likely to be released when using sandpaper, which until now has been thought to be almost harmless. The problem would be worse when an electric sander is in use. Most people have been wearing a mask when sanding to avoid inhaling wood dust. Now we can see that the wood dust may be the least of our problems. And when sanding is done, there are countless particles of aluminum dust suspended in the air for hours, and all around the area on surfaces where sanding was taking place. Consider how the metal impairs ion regulation in the gills of fish - what harm will aluminum dust do deep in our lungs where there is also a thin blood-oxygen membrane? EFFECTS ON PLANT GROWTH Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have demonstrated that plants can be harmed by nanoparticles. Professor Daniel Watts (a toxicology expert) and a post-doc Ling Yang performed research, and reported that aluminum oxide nanoparticles in ground water inhibited the growth of corn, cucumbers, cabbage, carrots and soybeans. Watts warned that care must taken to prevent dispersion into the air, where they will be carried by rain into groundwater systems and stunt plant growth. Silicon dioxide (otherwise known as sand) had no effect on plant health. According to Watts, "There was an assumption that nanoparticles had no effects on plants. But we have shown that seedlings can interact with nanoparticles such as aluminum oxide., and that they can have a harmful effect on seedlings and perhaps stunt the growth of plants." Watts and his post-doc grew seedlings in Petri dishes, using water with aluminum oxide nanoparticles. After just seven days the effects of stunted growth were measurable. [3] Could aluminum also affect human fetus development via the bloodstream? We do not yet have conclusive data on this. But nanoparticles are used for scratch resistance coatings and sunscreen lotions. Ironically, the Aluminum oxide is also used as environmental catalysts used for remediating polluted soil. Exhaust systems, chimneys or smoke stacks can mix with rainwater and snow to gradually and irreversible pollute groundwater and soil. [3] Oppenheimer wrote a paper many years ago how barium oxide and aluminum oxide could be dispersed at very high altitude to reflect the sun's heat back into space, would stay suspended for some period of time. But what if he was wrong? What if chemtrail spraying is the real source of the "greenhouse effect?" Is it merely a coincidence that since this aggressive world-wide spraying program began, that the poles are melting and winters are growing warmer than ever before? Perhaps the true objective all along was to warm up the earth, and not cool it. Ted Twietmeyer www.data4science.net NOTE: Typos inside quoted remarks have been left unchanged, and are also present in the original document. REFERENCES [1] Heart and lung risk factors (cardiopulmonary) See *AA1.2 on this webpage: http://lucy.mrs.org/meetings/fall2003/program/AbstractBookAA.pdf [2] http://www.epa.gov/air/sect812/appen_e.pdf [3] Electronic Engineering Times December 5, 2005 Issue

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  • Artificial clouds made by humans may become so common they change the Earth's climate. The long thin cloud streaks that dominate the above satellite photograph of Georgia are contrails, cirrus clouds created by airplanes. The exhaust of an airplane engine can create a contrail by saturating the surrounding air with extra moisture. The wings of a plane can similarly create contrails by dropping the temperature and causing small ice-crystals to form. Contrails have become more than an oddity - they may be significantly increasing the cloudiness of Earth, reflecting sunlight back into space by day, and heat radiation back to Earth even at night. The effect on climate is a topic of much research. You can help NASA measure the actual abundance of contrails by participating in a contrail counting exercise that runs over the next two days.

    "Chemtrails were developed by Edward Teller and are basically the seeding of thousands of tons of microparticles of aluminum on the upper atmosphere to try to increase the albedo of the planet, the reflectivity of the planet, because of global warming. Now, gold microparticles, real gold, were used once in a similar situation on another planet, but I guess they had lots of gold, and we used aluminum instead. Global warming is partly because of the greenhouse effect, and that certainly makes things worse, but most of it is because of increased solar activity. Solar activity is the real problem."

    FROM: http://ufoexperiences.blogspot.com/2006/10/interview-with-henry-deacon.html

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    Fungi from the Crypt

    Award-winning journalist Will Thomas has reported that lab analysis showed spray samples contained over 360 different varieties of mold and fungi in addition to gene-splicing markers and extremely thin, red human blood cells.6 The chemtrail samples also contained a new breed of designer chemicals about which little is known in the public domain but which appear to be very dangerous, plus aluminum particulates approximately 1 micron in diameter. Chemtrail particles are carried by air currents, spreading a fine dust of pathogenic materials throughout the environment. The dust is nearly impossible to avoid since people can ingest it simply by breathing, eating and drinking. It is logical to assume that those who have initiated this spraying program are well aware of its inescapable properties. What is more disturbing is the ease with which a more deadly substance could be substituted for the current chemtrail mix. Should this happen, it seems likely that the chemtrail program could exterminate all above-ground human populations in North America in approximately one week.

    Medical doctors often misdiagnose fungal conditions because they are taught that fungi cannot live in the blood stream (become systemic), nor can the resolution of the microscopes (1,000 x magnification) commonly used by doctors reveal the presence of fungi in blood samples. However, there is a microscope (8,000 to 15,000 x magnification) that can, and does, reveal fungus in the blood. This microscope has a camera that can record the enlarged images on video, providing irrefutable documentation. The inventor of this microscope, Dr. Robert Bradford of American Biologics, was actually run out of the United States for his efforts to help mankind and now has an office in Tijuana, Mexico. Doctors possessing these super-microscopes are intensely "regulated" by the federal government, which closely monitors their research. Under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules, patients cannot be shown images or test results from the microscope. Research is also subject to inspection at any time of the day or night, and the FDA charges the targeted researchers $250 each time they show up.

    Designer Fungus and Cancer

    Dr. Marijah McCain, founder of the Herbal Healer Academy in Mountain View, Arkansas, has conducted extensive studies with her $40,000 super-microscope. In one study she discovered and documented a contagious leukemia virus. In another study, testing thirty patients, Dr. McCain found that eighty-three percent had systemic fungus in the blood. Her research also shows a direct link between the presence of fungus in the blood and the spread of cancer.7 Dr. McCain said, "Every single patient that I have seen that is terminal with cancer has the most incredible fungus overgrowth in the blood stream. Cancer is a slow-moving growth of mutating cells. The (allopathic) doctors will tell you it's fast moving and it's going to kill you very quickly. What can kill you is the fungus because the fungus moves very quickly and it's caused directly by the use of the chemotherapy. I have documented this in every instance."

    What Dr. McCain is saying is that fungus/yeast is a plant and the growth of plants is accelerated by some chemicals and by radiation. She has also discovered that many cases of arthritis are not arthritis, but systemic fungus/yeast in the blood that clogs the arteries, causing them to swell.

    Dr. McCain has been relentlessly hounded by the FDA. There is evidence that FDA activities are covertly directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) using executives from top-secret contractors like Monsanto Corporation who are appointed to high FDA policy-making positions despite obvious conflict of interest.8 Dr. McCain has also had numerous attempts on her life. In one case, a high-powered rifle fired through the walls of her home. In another case, an unmarked helicopter sprayed her with poison. (In 1997, an unmarked, white helicopter sprayed me with an unknown substance while hovering about sixty feet above my home in Los Angeles for approximately five minutes.) The Herbal Healer Academy offers a substantial catalog of moderately priced, high-quality herbal remedies, including a four-herb tea that has been proven to cure cancer in extensive medical trials in Canada. Contact the Herbal Healer at 870 269-4177 or go to www.herbalhealer.com.

    Microbiologist Mortality Goes Up

    Interestingly, there now appears to be a global assassination program of the world's top microbiologists. Since 9-11-01, fifteen leading microbiologists have met untimely ends due to everything from gunshots to baseball bats to falling off bridges. Many of these men were considered the world's leading experts in infectious disease. See www.copvcia.com for more details.

  • Barium Found in Chemtrails

    A Mr. Clifford Carnicom has cultured chemtrail spray samples in New Mexico and proven that barium is present.10 His test procedures and results are posted at www.carnicom.com. Barium suppresses human T-cell production, making the human body very susceptible to infectious agents. Barium also has electromagnetic properties and may be both amplifying and more evenly dispersing pulsed-energy waves first uncovered by a deceased University of Chapel Hill professor, Dr. David Fraser, in 1975. These waves are now most likely blanketing all cities and towns in North America for the purpose of mood and mind control. Carnicom has also confirmed the existence of the pulsed energy in every location he has tested and has created a method by which it can be measured and recorded that is posted on his website, www.carnicom.com.

    Pulsed-energy mind-control technology for mass populations was first tested on Medford, Oregon, making it the suicide capital of the nation overnight in the mid-seventies. See my article, "The Secret War Against Medford, Oregon."

    The Spider's Web

    Carnicom also received two similar spray samples picked up by separate eyewitnesses wanting to know what the strange weblike material was. One of the samples was fifty feet long by a half-inch wide. A small portion was sent to a laboratory for detailed analysis, whereupon two PhD's steadfastly maintained that the material was either silk or wool fibers. However, these men abruptly broke off all communication once their conclusion was challenged by simple, ordinary facts.

    Human hair ranges from 60 to 100 microns thick. Wool fibers are 15 to 25 microns thick. Asbestos fibers are 2 to 3 microns thick. But the extremely adhesive, weblike fibers were essentially invisible to the human eye, measuring 0.2 to 0.3 microns in diameter. Under microscopic analysis they appeared wavy and of a synthetic nature. "Sufficiently unique to warrant further investigation," said Carnicom.

    EPA Says "Drop Dead."

    A sample was then sent to Carol M. Browner at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by certified mail.3 The EPA has since refused to acknowledge possession of the sample and has issued a statement saying they are "unaware" of any program to distribute materials over the population of the United States through the use of aircraft.

    Doctors Become Alarmed

    Eight doctors have come together to start the Morgellons Research Foundation, a grassroots organization, dedicated to finding the cause of an increasingly prevalent skin disease of unknown origin. Their website, www.morgellons.org, is a treasure-trove of medical documentation that includes photographs of the microfibers. The disease consists of skin lesions that contain "fiber-like objects as well as clear filament-like objects of unknown origin." "We are attempting to isolate this organism and determine how it is able to cause the intense itching, stinging and disfiguring skin lesions which are the main sy mptoms of this disease."

    At the moment, the doctors say most reports are coming from California, Texas and Florida. "The working hypothesis of this foundation is that an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease), may alter the individual's immune system and allow this unknown organism to become an opportunistic co-infection."11 So far, ninety-five percent of those afflicted with this skin disease who were tested for Bb have tested positive.

    The fibers have been analyzed by FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) and are composed of cellulose. A mystery fungus is also thought to play a role in the disease.

    Because the symptoms and physical findings are so unusual, most physicians just assume the patient is misinterpreting their condition. Many adults complaining of a hardening or thickening of the skin, hair loss, lymphedema, skin lesions, profound fatigue and joint pain, are receiving a diagnosis of Delusional Parasitosis. The Morgellons doctors added that, "Objects described as granules are often found associated with (the) skin lesions as well. Several people have had lymph nodes surgically removed due to obstruction." You can contact the doctors at Morgellons@aol.com or fax them at (760) 457-3441.

    The Coming Global Desert?

    If in an environment of 30% humidity you have what appears to be a cloud forming, it is logical to allow for the possibility of a foreign material or aerosol that is gathering what little moisture is available into that cloud formation. In this regard, Carnicom has developed a hypothesis that correlates well with the known facts. Since it is impossible for clouds to form under relative humidity conditions below 70% without the introduction of an aerosol of fine particles, then such particles must be present. Logically, these particles should contain nuclei with a water-loving nature, such as salt.. Carnicom concludes that barium salts are the answer. When barium carbonate is burned it forms barium oxide. Among other properties it possesses, barium oxide absorbs moisture, absorbs CO2 and induces respiratory distress.

    It appears that the chemtrail aerosol is designed to function like a net, capturing moisture in the atmosphere on a planetary level, and then redirecting that moisture into space. Says Carnicom, "There is a case developing that moisture is actually being drawn out of the sky by this material and that the rainfall patterns are being altered."

    It seems to work like this: Chemtrail clouds draw moisture and carbon dioxide out of the surrounding air and the atmosphere gets dryer and thinner. As long as the chemtrail clouds are still present, they reflect the sun's heat back into space, making the reduction of sun-shielding atmosphere less noticeable. But as soon as the spraying stops over a given region for a number of days, the land and air become extremely dry and overheated. This occurred over Montana, Washington and British Columbia during the summer of 2003, causing massive forest fires. In British Columbia, the Nelson Daily News reported the driest conditions in fifty years. Anyone paying attention to the sky saw heavy spraying throughout the year over these forested regions, but by the end of July all spraying stopped.

  • Interesting international chemtrail information from European Source]

    10/14/2003

    From: "World-Action" <michael@world-action.co.uk>

    Subject: FW: Chemtrails of the World, by Mark Metcalf.

    Chemtrails

    The following excerpts are from the new wall calendar/picture book, Chemtrails of the World, by Mark Metcalf.

    Initially, the chemtrail program manifested in a variety of ways. In some isolated cases, observers reported seeing clearly marked US military jet fighters flying at tree-top height dropping a spray that killed animals and sickened people. Some cases occurred in parts of Washington state near the Canadian border. But the overwhelming majority of sightings consisted of rows of clouds being emitted from white jets flying at high altitude. Where do these white jets come from and who is directing the chemtrail spraying program? It turns out that the United States Air Force has a fleet of approximately 550 KC-135 tanker jets many of which have been painted white to resemble civilian airliners.2 Air Force documents refer to the long white plumes of these aircraft as "aerial obscuration," ostensibly because the long trails can spread out over a period of hours to form an overcast sky.3 These artificial overcasts often have subtle parallel lines or striations running through them. When looking at the sun through these thin wispy clouds one can often observe a subtle, chemical, multi-colored halo, with colors similar to gasoline on water. The effect is more pronounced when viewed through polarized sunglasses. The jets can also be seen marking a large chemtrail "X" in the sky, indicating that satellites are directing jet flight paths and tracking the movement of the artificial clouds.

    Enter the Black Lines

    Chemtrails contain many exotic mysteries. For example, I have noticed on numerous occasions that the KC-135's appear to be following a faint black line in the sky. At first I thought it was an optical illusion, but I later realized it must be real. In scanning the Internet I found that many others were also seeing the lines coincide with chemtrail spraying.4 One man from Sweden wrote, "On the day that this picture was taken (of the chemtrails), I found

    a strange dark shadow in front of the plane. First I thought that this was some kind of optical illusion. The aircraft followed the dark shadow-line in a perfect way, when it all of a sudden made a turn and moved away from it. I realized that this was some kind of line that the plane followed and not at all an illusion created by the plane." In another case, a woman driving from Des Moines to Shenandoah, Iowa, said, "I saw a black line extend out from a plane I was watching. The subsequent chemtrail followed the black line exactly."

    The most interesting report came from someone in the air. "I was flying to San Francisco from London Heathrow and we were over Greenland at the time when I looked out of the window and noticed a thick translucent black band in the sky. I stared at it for a while unable to work out what I was looking at. It was probably about a mile away from the plane and stretched as far as you could see in a perfectly straight line in both directions. Suddenly a black object appeared in the middle of the (black line) corridor and stopped, turned slightly towards the plane and then did the strangest thing: it elongated to about 10 times the original size until it was what I can only describe as a stretched-out triangleŠ then instantly accelerated away at a phenomenal speed down the (black line) corridor.

    "My two colleagues also witnessed this and were just as puzzled and amazed. Shortly after, just into Canada we noticed a very, very long perfectly straight road through literally nowhere just going on for miles. Suddenly we passed a huge pentagon-shaped complex that this road led to with nothing else around. Just this place with buildings and hangars and a runway absolutely in the middle of nowhere."

    One Country Tries to Stop the Spraying

    Before the publication of this book, chemtrail spraying had been reported in a number of other countries including England and Spain, both of which are closely allied with the US military. On April 28, 1997, Cuba filed a complaint before the United Nations General Assembly charging the U.S. was spraying biological warfare agents over Cuban soil.5 While Cuba has been unable to have the matter investigated by the UN, the US has also been unable to have the matter dropped.

    The official US responses are interesting. In one incident, the State Department admitted an S2R crop-dusting plane operated by the state department overflew Cuba, but said it "emitted only smoke." Washington Times 8/26/97

    In another incident, "a Cuban pilot reported seeing the release of unknown substances, in the form of a white or greyish mist on 10/21/96." (On 12/18/96, the first signs of thrips plague appeared in Matanzas province.) The official US response was that the US pilot had, during his flight, seen a Cuban commercial airplane flying below, and as he was not certain of having been seen, "following caution and safety procedures," and with the purpose of securing a positive visual contact, the pilot used the "smoke generator" of his aircraft, in order to "indicate its location," adding that "the smoke vanished and no fluid was poured from the airplane." However, the US SAR aircraft, register N3093M is officially used by the State Department against drug trafficking, to destroy crops. The aircraft utilizes two sprinkling systems: one for the use of aerosols and liquid particles and another for dropping solid particles. The SAR aircraft is not known to carry a smoke generator.

    The Cuban government has also filed a protest with the UN regarding the United States' refusal to adopt a draft protocol prohibiting plans and production of biological weapons for 30 years. In addition, on May 31, 1999, a lawsuit for $181 billion in wrongful death and personal injury was filed in Havana Provincial Civil Court in which the US was accused of genocide.

    But the bio-attack on Cuba has been unrelenting. In 2002, a Canadian tourist reported seeing what he assumed were regular rocket flights - possibly to avoid anti-aircraft fire - that penetrate Cuban airspace and leave long plumes of smoky white material. Cuban health officials were quoted as saying that the government is quietly working to control the spread of the biological agents from the US aerosol campaign.

  • CONNECTION BETWEEN CHEMTRAILS AND MORGELLON'S DISEASE

  • Chemtrail Polymers Linked to Morgellons Disease

    Posted by Brian AndrewsChemtrail Health Impacts, Featured, MorgellonsFriday, January 14th, 2011

  • Source: energeticbalancing.us; Article by Amy Worthington, GlobalResearch

    YOU ARE NOW BREATHING ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, NANO-PARTICULATES OF ALUMINUM AND BARIUM AND CATIONIC POLYMER FIBERS WITH UNIDENTIFIED BIOACTIVE MATERIAL: “We the people have not been warned, advised or consulted but are certainly vulnerable to the outcomes.” Lightwatcher.com “Biologic components have been reported in airborne samples that include: modified molds, desiccated red blood cells and exotic strains of bacteria”

    Additionally, award winning investigative reporter, Will Thomas, has reported findings of over 300 types of virally mutated fungi in the chemtrail fall out. The Idaho Observer has reported findings of 26 metals including barium, aluminum and uranium, a variety of infectious pathogens and chemicals and drugs including 2 sedatives in chemtrail fallout, 6 bacteria, including anthrax and pneumonia, 9 chemicals including acetylcholine chloride, 26 heavy metals including arsenic, gold, lead,mercury, silver, uranium and zinc, 4 molds and fungi, 7 viruses, 2 cancers, 2 vaccines. Dr.R. Michael Castle reports the finding of cationic polymer fibers. Others have reported findings of tiny parasitic nematode eggs of some type encased in the fibers.

    Researcher Clifford Carnicom has reported finding chemtrails fibers that are an exact match with the bizarre fibers found in those suffering from Morgellons Disease. Welcome to the brave new world of toxic barium skies, weather control, mind control and population control through the use of chemtrails modulated with electromagnetic frequencies generated by HAARP.

    Our health is under attack as evidenced by the skyrocketing rates of chemtrail induced lung cancer, asthma and pulmonary/respiratory problems as well as the emergence of a new plague, Morgellons Disease, an infection with a new and unknown pathogen that is seriously disabling and disfiguring. Over 12,000 families in the U.S. are now infected with Morgellons.

    Our skies are increasingly hazed over with fake barium/ aluminum particulate, ethylene dibromide chemtrail clouds. Whether in the atmosphere or in the Ocean this added particulate matter is a hazard to the health of every living thing on this planet. There is a main-stream media blackout on this subject so the only way to get the word out is by word of mouth. People are already dying because of the chemtrails. Life expectancy is down. This situation presents an immediate and serious threat to you, your family and loved ones. We must join together to stop this insane program of chemtrail spraying now. Please do what you can to help.

    MORGELLONS & CHEMTRAILS

    One aspect of the chemtrail story is becoming more and more a story about the spread of Morgellons Disease. The bizarre, unique fibers that have been found in the bodies of the Morgellons infected have been matched to fibers found in the chemtrail fallout and in rain drops. This suggests that anybody who breathes the air may have been exposed to this disease. Researcher Clifford Carnicom has recently reported that blood abnormalities that he associates with chemtrail infection are being found in just about everyone he is testing whether or not they show the visible signs of having a Morgellons infection. “Polymer chemist Dr. R. Michael Castle has studied atmospheric polymers for years. He has found that some of them contain bioactive materials, which can cause “serious skin lesions and diseases when absorbed into the skin.” He has identified microscopic polymers comprised of genetically-engineered fungal forms mutated with viruses. He says that trillions of fusarium (fungus)/virus mutated spores), which secrete a powerful mico-toxin, are part of the air we breathe.”
    -Amy Worthington GlobalResearch.com

    SELF REPLICATING NANO MACHINES HAVE BEEN FOUND “RUNNING WILD” IN THE BODIES OF MORGELLONS INFECTED INDIVIDUALS

    Morgellons researchers Dr Hildegaard Stanninger and Dr Karjoom have announced the finding of self replicating nano machines “running wild” in the bodies of Morgellons victims.

    MORGELLONS PATHOGENS FOUND IN RAINWATER?
    More stunning evidence of a Chemtrail/Morgellons connection (see photo #18); Recent microscopic examination of rainwater by researcher, Lisa Jones has revealed contamination with pathogens that have strong similarities to the Morgellons pathogen. This raindrop image shows a fiber-like lattice with a lighter colored tube that appears to contain baby Morgellons pathogens. The “thornes” on the lattice appear to be designed to cause the organism to stick and catch on skin and clothing. The unnatural looking orangish-pink glow in certain areas of this tube look just like the unnatural appearing orange-pink glowing points that show up on many of the Morgellons organisms. Chemtrail dispersion of Morgellons would be an obvious explanation as to why this stuff is showing up in rainwater.

    CHEMTRAIL POLYMERS LINKED TO MORGELLONS?

    “Polymer chemist Dr. R. Michael Castle has studied atmospheric polymers for years. He has found that some of them contain bioactive materials, which can cause “serious skin lesions and diseases when absorbed into the skin.” He has identified microscopic polymers comprised of genetically-engineered fungal forms mutated with viruses. He says that trillions of fusarium (fungus)/virus mutated spores), which secrete a powerful mico-toxin, are part of the air we breathe.”

    Morgellons/Chemtrail Syndrome Elements

    › Metals - scientifically confirmed› Biological/Mycoplasma – bacteria, virus, fungus-bacteria / fungus / mycoplasma scientifically confirmed

    › “Fibers” / Pseudo-life / altered parasites - confirmed (debate as to nature)

    › Polymer / fiber-optic material - scientifically confirmed

    › Frequencies entering body through atmospheric manipulation - confirmed

    › Calcium particulates - confirmed

    › Magnesium particulates - confirmed

    Dismantling the Complex

    A. Metals: Aluminum, barium, titanium, possible others

    The best, most effective way to remove heavy metals from the body on a daily basis is DIATOMACEOUS EARTH OR CLAY. A research doctor found the purest, food grade source called “Fossil Flour” at Permaguard.com. It costs pennies a day and has no known contraindications if taken in distilled water, on an EMPTY stomach. Most people seem to do well with about one-tablespoon per day. The clay is rich in silica which assists many body functions. It should be stored in glass, or paper, not plastic. The research doctor found most of the diatomaceous earth compromised with metals and other toxins, even ones sold in the health stores. This source comes from the bottom of a deep lake in Utah and seems to have been protected from environmental pollution.

    Please note that this research doctor spent years and did hundreds of hair and blood tests to confirm that metals were, in fact, being removed from the body with this clay.

    B. Biological Components

    It is my belief that others before me (Rife, Beauchamp, Nassans, etc.) were right about the nature of the organisms we call bacteria, virus, and fungus. These scientists believed in the pleo-morphic nature of these beings…that a bacteria could change or “morph” into a virus or fungus and even into a tiny “seedling” that could hide from therapy and re-emerge at a later time.

    Whether thus is true or not, there are a few natural medicines that address all three and we have seen success with treating Morgellons Syndrome / Chemtrail illness. Mycoplasma seems to respond especially well to the colloidal silver treatments.

    1. Colloidal Silver: Used internally and topically seems to have excellent results. Also very effective as a nasal spray. Most people use pro-biotics with colloidal as it may diminish the “good” bacteria in the colon.

    2. Miracle II Soap (plain without moisturizer); excellent bath soak, shampoo, and whole body wash. (miracle2.net or distributor – at this time Kathy Zozula in Penn. Is my choice 412-558-0438.)

    3. Miracle II Neutralizer: a clear liquid, kept in the refrigerator, taken daily. They recommend 7-drops per day, but some people benefit from more. Some people also spray their faces, inhale it in the sinuses, and spray it on their hair. It seems to “neutralize” some of the pathogens…molds and mildew crash instantly. I am told that it also creates an alkaline environment in the body.

    4. Deep Health by Herbs, Etc.: this extract contains many herbs designed to boost the immune system. Some of the herbs have traditionally been used to kill bacteria and virus, as well as fungus.

    5. Yeast Re-Leaf by Herbs, Etc.: this extract has many herbs, including Pau D’ Arco, that have traditionally been used to kill fungus.

    6. Diet is critical as well: foods should be organic, local, and grown in a greenhouse if possible (our earth is absorbing all of the toxins coming down from the sky…it’s in the food.) If meat is eaten, organic, free-range is best. Distilled water for internal use as well as cooking. Microwaves should be avoided. Untreated, organic fats only. Many of the “organic” food companies, (Knudsen, Horizon, Cascadian Farms, Glen Muir, etc.,) have been bought out by big food companies. An “organic” label may be misleading. Organic Valley and a few others are still owned by folks trying to bring us clean, healthy food. This group is dwindling, so growing our own food in greenhouses, etc., is a good plan.

    7. A high potency, liquid iodine taken daily seems to be very beneficial in controlling the fungus. Eating good amounts of organic coconut oil seems to very beneficial as well.

    8. Cleansing the organs (liver, colon, kidneys, bladder, lungs, etc.) is very beneficial. Dr. Hulda Clark has a number of good formulas as do many in the natural medicine world. Find the ones that you can do comfortably.

    9. As always, exercise will assist the body in detoxifying and rebuilding. Choose a form that you enjoy. As morbid matter from dead pathogens build up in the lymph glands, movement is important to flush these out of the system. There is no “pump” for the lymphatic system like the heart (blood) so movement is important.

    10. There are many herbs with anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal prosperities: garlic, all of the “Italian” spices, turmeric, ginger root, onion, Chinese mushrooms (Reishi, Maitake, Shitake, etc.) Pau D’Arco, chili peppers, and many more that we can incorporate into our diets. Do some research and find the foods and herbs that you will enjoy and eat. Sugars feed fungus and should be avoided as well as all refined, denatured, altered foods. We also want to eat pro-biotic foods like Kefir, yogurt, etc.

    11. Soaking feet in a Miracle II soap dilution has been extremely effective in killing fungus on the feet. Hand soaks for fingernail fungus works as well.

    3. Polymer / Fiber optic Material

    This component of Morgellons syndrome is perhaps the most difficult to address. It seems to incorporate into the hair, skin, eyes, (see pupils with a black light) as well as other organs in the body. It may be used as a “coating” or external membrane by the “fibers” or altered parasites. I have not found anyone, to date, that has the true answer as to its purpose (many speculate about mind/body control, etc.) or an effective therapy for “flushing” it from the system. However, there is some evidence that the following therapies do encourage it to leave the body.

    1. When using the organic grape swish in the mouth (discussed later), this polymer comes out of the mouth with the “fibers.”

    2. Drinking organic grape juice and organic red wine also seems to encourage the plastic out of the system. Some people report that drinking carbonated mineral water helps as well.

    3. Steaming the lungs with tea tree oil (discussed later) is helpful. Also, smoking pure, unaltered tobacco (American Indian) is reported to help people cough it up.

    4. Apple cider vinegar (organic only) diluted in distilled water is a good flushing agent for toxins.

    5. Steaming in a shower (use a good filter) helps many people to cough it up and blow it out.

    6. Miracle II soap seems to help break it down and draw it out, especially in a hot bath soak.

    7. It seems very true that the “plastic” incorporates into the fungal network. Some suggest the fungus uses it as food, but this is unknown. It is true that when the fungus is “crashed,” the polymer is released and leaves the body through the respiratory system, eliminatory system, and soles of the feet.

    4. Fibers/Parasites/Altered Life Forms

    There are many theories and much speculation about what the “fibers” coming from Morgellons sores really are. Some say GMO cotton, others a nano-type creation, others a living parasite. I have seen many of them under the microscope and thousands from my own body. Much of their nature is still a mystery to me, but with the help of some brilliant scientists and personal observations, I have some theories about their nature:

    1. They seem to have a low level intelligence

    2. They are highly magnetic

    3. They are attracted to grape, either in grape juice or red wine (organic-not so much with conventional as the grape has been denatured and weakened.)

    4. They “herd”, meaning they follow movement of “leaders.” They will move towards or away from something they either are attracted to (grape) or

    something they don’t like (red laser light).

    5. They have different “ends.” Some are hooked in nature, others are a bulb and some are straight.

    6. They carry pathogens internally

    7. They have a thick, tough outer shell that appears to be a fiber-optic/polymer material that is highly florescent.

    8. Some will quietly exit the body and “become” hair-like, while others create sores and cause sharp, intense pain.

    9. They seem to be able to “morph” into many forms…leaves, bugs, gold, silver, and others that will leave the human body in a very visible manner. They seem to communicate with other life forms as well, like bugs, and can influence behaviors. This is perhaps the strangest and most baffling aspect of their “nature.”

    Reports are constantly growing in numbers and scope. How and why they “morph” into other forms is still unknown to me. It seems that people who reach the stage where these phenomena occur are the most ill from Morgellons. Ironically, or maybe not, it takes a very strong immune system and spirit to “expel” these unnatural pathogens. Using the Miracle II soap and Neutralizer to clean their clothes, homes and belongings has proven very helpful. Also, following the other protocols (clay, diet, herbs, colloidal silver, etc.) has greatly reduced these symptoms.

    The fibers also seem attracted to water and long soaks have proven helpful.

    Many people report these “fibers” will leave their bodies in a bath. Some research scientists believe the “fiber” is an altered form of a parasite called a nematode in the phylum of Aschelminthes (note: after the early 1900’s, most, if not all, of the information about Aschelminthes was either altered or eradicated all together. What is available today is either misleading or vague). Because these are water dwelling creatures, it would make sense that they would be attracted to water. However, it is generally agreed that is this “fiber” is a nematode; it has been altered and is a pseudo-life form.

    Another interesting observation…when I pluck them from my forearms and place them in a dish, they will stand either straight up or at a sharp angle pointing up. After about 2-3 weeks they will lie down. It could be their magnetic quality responding to frequencies in the air, or it could be their natural way of “holding on” to a rock or plant (nematodes do this) waiting for another host (see full report on attracting and extracting the “fibers” from my forearms at the end of this paper as there may be clues to the scientific community about their nature that I have missed).

    One of the therapies that enables people to “off-load” these “fibers” is vigorously swishing their mouths with organic grape juice (Knudsen’s Just Concord seems to be the most productive). The juice should be poured into a separate glass, then a small mouthful is swished for approximately 10-15 seconds. The person then spits into a white sink or bowl to see the results. To date, of the many hundreds of people who have done this therapy, I have not found one that doesn’t produce these “fibers” (except people with dentures…the exit pathways are sealed off). This process is done at least 7-10 times for best results. Some people have reported doing this therapy 30-50 times in a session. However, it has been my experience that if you “off-load” too many, too quickly teeth, caps, crowns, etc., can become compromised. After the therapy, the mouth and tongue are washed clean. If a tooth is tender, etc., a soaking with colloidal silver is often helpful. It is also helpful to drink organic grape juice and organic red wine as they seem to follow the grape, in a heard manner, out of the system.

    A brilliant chemical engineer brought this next therapy to me. It is early yet in body testing, but it does seem to help knock the fibers down. Dr. John Milewski discovered by placing water on magnetic sand for three days, the water itself would become magnetized. He gave it to plants and they thrived. In fact, they went beyond thriving to become very large and healthy. I have observed this with all of my 40+ plans. The chemical engineer thinks it “flips the poles” on the pseudo-life forms and renders them impotent. It may be they are attracted to it and flush from the body much like grape. I have noticed that if I swish my mouth with the magnetic water (Ormus) before I use the grape juice therapy, there is an increase in the amount leaving my mouth. Hopefully, in time, we’ll have some concrete answers to its action.

    Interestingly, I saw an ad recently for a “natural toilet bowl cleaner.” The ad says the capsule you drop in the toilet tank contains “hydro-mineral magnets” and will kill bacteria, fungus, and mildew.

    The magnetite sand is currently available from: Greg Crocco in New Mexico: (cell 505-452-7144; home: 505-897-0828). You can review Dr. John Milewski’s findings on the Internet.

    At the very least, it seems to be a very potent detoxifying agent as urine and fecal output increases with its use.

    Dr. Hulda Clark has written many books and in all of them she cites parasites and pollutants as the primary cause of all diseases. Since there is a good chance that at least part of the “fiber” may be a parasite, it makes sense to follow her anti-parasite protocol. I believe the two most valuable aspects are the 17-day herbal cleanse and the “zapper.” The herbal formula uses three herbs that are powerful and have been used traditionally to clear parasites. Her formulas and dosages are very specific and should be followed carefully. The “zapper” is a frequency device designed to kill the parasites. It is important that you read her book (The Cure For All Diseases) to understand what you are doing and why.

    Even if the “fibers” are not in the parasite family, it would certainly assist the body to rid it of any existing parasites. As Dr. Clark explains, parasites cause many illnesses and deplete the body of its natural healing energy.

    RESPIRATORY CONCERNS

    Although not specific to Morgellons sufferers, respiratory concerns are important when trying to heal the body. Oxygen is imperative for healing to take place. We are operating on a very low level because of the displacement in our air supply. It should be remembered that all of the fine particles being dispersed into our air supply daily (heavy metals, fibers, pathogens, etc.) displace oxygen.

    It was recently reported that, surprisingly, 70-80-per-cent of the new lung cancer patients had never smoked. Not surprising.

    I was recently told that the metals (aluminum, barium, etc.) have a sword like shape so they can puncture the lungs more easily to enter the blood stream. It should also be remembered that barium is a cough suppressant. People should be coughing constantly with all of the toxins coming in, but few are.

    There are some good, natural therapies to assist the lungs in detoxifying, repairing, and rebuilding.

    If you can, wear a mask when you are outdoors. I know it looks funny and may be uncomfortable, but there is no better way to keep all of the particulates out of the lungs.

    All of the respiratory system works best when moist. Lungs need moisture to expel unwanted matter. Steaming in the shower (use a good water filter) and using a vaporizer at night during sleep helps many, especially in dry climates.

    You can steam with herbs: tea tree oil is good. A few drops in a mug, some boiling distilled water and deep inhales and sniffs. Throw the liquid down the drain when all the steam is gone. NEVER drink it. Salt is another, excellent lung tonic and steaming agent. The salt should be sea salt or “real” salt. Salt miners have very few respiratory infections because of the salt they inhale.

    Some people smoke pure, unaltered Native American tobacco. I am told it helps to block the particles by forming mucous which can then be coughed out. Although this controversial, I believe it helps.

    Note: the brand called American Spirit is now owned by Phillip Morris.

    Taking vitamin C is reported to help the lungs to heal as well.

    ADDITIONAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

    1. The more I use the iodine (liquid form), the more results I see with controlling and crashing the fungal network. I also see an increase in the polymer / plastic material leaving my system. I am using a brand by TPCS called Iosol. I found it in the local health store. I use it with distilled water.

    2. It is true that calcium is good for us, however, too much in the blood stream can cause very dangerous health problems, particularly in the cardio-vascular system. A natural way to moderate calcium in the system is to intake phosphorous (mineral or carbonated water) as calcium and phosphorous share the same absorption site in the colon. You would want to check your calcium levels with your practitioner to find out what your current levels are before assuming you have too much or too little.

    3. Magnesium is needed for many bodily functions. But, when you combine magnesium with aluminum (a physicist told me this) you can get blood clots or thick, sticky blood at the very least. Some good, natural blood thinners include ginger root, cayenne pepper, and ginko balboa. It is very important not to introduce these herbs into your system if you are already on a blood thinner. Your blood may become too thin and you could suffer” bleed outs.”

    ATTRACTING AND EXTRACTING “FIBERS” FROM ARMS

    If you have read Clifford Carnicom’s work on Morgellons and I suggest you do (Carnicom.com) they you know I am the subject that provided samples of scar tissue with fibers from my back. The fibers emerged the way most do in “Morgellons”, in a painful, bee-sting way, culminating in large sores with a volcanic look. Some healed in a matter of weeks, whereas others remained opened sores for months and, in a few cases, years.

    The problem for me was that I wanted to study them in a whole state. The fibers were often imbedded in scar tissue, or attached to it, and were always mangled.

    I called on my “Reluctant Shaman” to find a way to attract these “things” to my forearms where I could study them with my own eyes. I wanted them whole, “living”, and available. He devised a poultice that did just that. I will not share the ingredients because the process took months and was incredibly painful.

    When they began to emerge, they were very dark and large. It was easy to see them without magnification. I plucked about 40-50 and gave them to Mr. Carnicom for observation. He was very interested to see that they were standing up in the collection bowl as mentioned earlier in this paper.

    He looked at them under a high powered microscope and confirmed to me that these were the same “fibers” we were seeing in tissue samples, blood samples, and mouth samples.

    After a few months, I noticed that the “fibers” were smaller and harder to see. Again I asked my “Reluctant Shaman” for a solution and he suggested a large magnifying glass (3X) with a light. This worked well and I was able to find the smaller ones easily and pluck them. They behaved in the same manner as the larger ones, but with the extra magnification I could see that their “tails” were different. Some had distinct hooks, others "bulbs” and some were straight. I call them “tails” because this part of them was the last to emerge.

    Again, I produced approximately 40-50 per day from each arm. The process became a little more difficult because some would get trapped under the skin and I would have to ease the tops out with a needle to pluck them. Until this point, they came out with very little disruption on the skin. Now that they were being compromised in some way, I began to get some small sores. However, these were never of the proportions found on my back where they spontaneously emerged. At one point, I shaved a small portion of my arm to see the results. Unfortunately, it causes a very itchy rash that lasted for months. I suspect I broke them open and released some kind of “payload.”

    I also began to notice a new layer of skin emerging that was “plastic” and very florescent. It seemed to me that they lived in the plastic material and may have used it to form their outer shell. At a later date, I was able to observe under a microscope a very fiber optic outer casing on one of them that had been torn in the removal process.

    Another important observation: all of my extraction tools, which are stainless steel, began to show signs of magnetic attraction. The needle would cling to the tweezers, etc. The fibers also began to cling to the metals and it became hard to collect them. I then began to put them in a small glass of grain alcohol to get them off the tweezers.

    Later, a third generation began to appear. These were (still are) extremely fine and difficult to collect. I am using a 30X jeweler’s loop to see them (this too has become highly magnetized). These tiny fibers look and respond exactly like the earlier, larger ones. They can produce small sores, but aren’t as painful. I can wear clothing over them without discomfort which I couldn’t do with the larger ones.

    Are they reproducing? Are they the same thing, only in different sizes? Are they a partially living being?

    I will say, when they are extracted they will produce a “snake-like” movement. This could be a plastic / polymer response to stretching and rebounding, or it could be some form of life responding to being squeezed and pulled from its “host”. Questions to be answered.

    These fibers will “grow” at a fast rate, sometimes ¼ inch overnight. Some, if left alone, will continue to grow and become like hair. They will even change color to appear like other hair on the arms. Mine is blonde and these dark fibers will become blonde hair, leaving a dark root. When these “hairs” are plucked, they look and behave exactly like the short, dark fibers (hooks, bulbs, straight / snake-like movement). You can tell very easily if you have plucked a real hair or one of these. These slide out, whereas real hair gives a little, painful pinch when plucked (women know this).

    RESPIRATORY CONCERNS

    Although not specific to Morgellons sufferers, respiratory concerns are important when trying to heal the body. Oxygen is imperative for healing to take place. We are operating on a very low level because of the displacement in our air supply. It should be remembered that all of the fine particles being dispersed into our air supply daily (heavy metals, fibers, pathogens, etc.) displace oxygen.

    It was recently reported that, surprisingly, 70-80-per-cent of the new lung cancer patients had never smoked. Not surprising.

    I was recently told that the metals (aluminum, barium, etc.) have a sword like shape so they can puncture the lungs more easily to enter the blood stream. It should also be remembered that barium is a cough suppressant. People should be coughing constantly with all of the toxins coming in, but few are.

    There are some good, natural therapies to assist the lungs in detoxifying, repairing, and rebuilding.

    If you can, wear a mask when you are outdoors. I know it looks funny and may be uncomfortable, but there is no better way to keep all of the particulates out of the lungs.

    All of the respiratory system works best when moist. Lungs need moisture to expel unwanted matter. Steaming in the shower (use a good water filter) and using a vaporizer at night during sleep helps many, especially in dry climates.

    You can steam with herbs: tea tree oil is good. A few drops in a mug, some boiling distilled water and deep inhales and sniffs. Throw the liquid down the drain when all the steam is gone. NEVER drink it. Salt is another, excellent lung tonic and steaming agent. The salt should be sea salt or “real” salt. Salt miners have very few respiratory infections because of the salt they inhale.

    Some people smoke pure, unaltered Native American tobacco. I am told it helps to block the particles by forming mucous which can then be coughed out. Although this controversial, I believe it helps.

    Note: the brand called American Spirit is now owned by Phillip Morris.

    Taking vitamin C is reported to help the lungs to heal as well.

    ADDITIONAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

    1. The more I use the iodine (liquid form), the more results I see with controlling and crashing the fungal network. I also see an increase in the polymer / plastic material leaving my system. I am using a brand by TPCS called Iosol. I found it in the local health store. I use it with distilled water.

    2. It is true that calcium is good for us, however, too much in the blood stream can cause very dangerous health problems, particularly in the cardio-vascular system. A natural way to moderate calcium in the system is to intake phosphorous (mineral or carbonated water) as calcium and phosphorous share the same absorption site in the colon. You would want to check your calcium levels with your practitioner to find out what your current levels are before assuming you have too much or too little.

    3. Magnesium is needed for many bodily functions. But, when you combine magnesium with aluminum (a physicist told me this) you can get blood clots or thick, sticky blood at the very least. Some good, natural blood thinners include ginger root, cayenne pepper, and ginko balboa. It is very important not to introduce these herbs into your system if you are already on a blood thinner. Your blood may become too thin and you could suffer” bleed outs.”

    ATTRACTING AND EXTRACTING “FIBERS” FROM ARMS

    If you have read Clifford Carnicom’s work on Morgellons and I suggest you do (Carnicom.com) they you know I am the subject that provided samples of scar tissue with fibers from my back. The fibers emerged the way most do in “Morgellons”, in a painful, bee-sting way, culminating in large sores with a volcanic look. Some healed in a matter of weeks, whereas others remained opened sores for months and, in a few cases, years.

    The problem for me was that I wanted to study them in a whole state. The fibers were often imbedded in scar tissue, or attached to it, and were always mangled.

    I called on my “Reluctant Shaman” to find a way to attract these “things” to my forearms where I could study them with my own eyes. I wanted them whole, “living”, and available. He devised a poultice that did just that. I will not share the ingredients because the process took months and was incredibly painful.

    When they began to emerge, they were very dark and large. It was easy to see them without magnification. I plucked about 40-50 and gave them to Mr. Carnicom for observation. He was very interested to see that they were standing up in the collection bowl as mentioned earlier in this paper.

    He looked at them under a high powered microscope and confirmed to me that these were the same “fibers” we were seeing in tissue samples, blood samples, and mouth samples.

    After a few months, I noticed that the “fibers” were smaller and harder to see. Again I asked my “Reluctant Shaman” for a solution and he suggested a large magnifying glass (3X) with a light. This worked well and I was able to find the smaller ones easily and pluck them. They behaved in the same manner as the larger ones, but with the extra magnification I could see that their “tails” were different. Some had distinct hooks, others "bulbs” and some were straight. I call them “tails” because this part of them was the last to emerge.

    Again, I produced approximately 40-50 per day from each arm. The process became a little more difficult because some would get trapped under the skin and I would have to ease the tops out with a needle to pluck them. Until this point, they came out with very little disruption on the skin. Now that they were being compromised in some way, I began to get some small sores. However, these were never of the proportions found on my back where they spontaneously emerged. At one point, I shaved a small portion of my arm to see the results. Unfortunately, it causes a very itchy rash that lasted for months. I suspect I broke them open and released some kind of “payload.”

    I also began to notice a new layer of skin emerging that was “plastic” and very florescent. It seemed to me that they lived in the plastic material and may have used it to form their outer shell. At a later date, I was able to observe under a microscope a very fiber optic outer casing on one of them that had been torn in the removal process.

    Another important observation: all of my extraction tools, which are stainless steel, began to show signs of magnetic attraction. The needle would cling to the tweezers, etc. The fibers also began to cling to the metals and it became hard to collect them. I then began to put them in a small glass of grain alcohol to get them off the tweezers.

  • FROM: 

    All of the respiratory system works best when moist. Lungs need moisture to expel unwanted matter. Steaming in the shower (use a good water filter) and using a vaporizer at night during sleep helps many, especially in dry climates.

    You can steam with herbs: tea tree oil is good. A few drops in a mug, some boiling distilled water and deep inhales and sniffs. Throw the liquid down the drain when all the steam is gone. NEVER drink it. Salt is another, excellent lung tonic and steaming agent. The salt should be sea salt or “real” salt. Salt miners have very few respiratory infections because of the salt they inhale.

    Some people smoke pure, unaltered Native American tobacco. I am told it helps to block the particles by forming mucous which can then be coughed out. Although this controversial, I believe it helps.

    Note: the brand called American Spirit is now owned by Phillip Morris.

    Taking vitamin C is reported to help the lungs to heal as well.

    1. The more I use the iodine (liquid form), the more results I see with controlling and crashing the fungal network. I also see an increase in the polymer / plastic material leaving my system. I am using a brand by TPCS called Iosol. I found it in the local health store. I use it with distilled water.

    2. It is true that calcium is good for us, however, too much in the blood stream can cause very dangerous health problems, particularly in the cardio-vascular system. A natural way to moderate calcium in the system is to intake phosphorous (mineral or carbonated water) as calcium and phosphorous share the same absorption site in the colon. You would want to check your calcium levels with your practitioner to find out what your current levels are before assuming you have too much or too little.

    3. Magnesium is needed for many bodily functions. But, when you combine magnesium with aluminum (a physicist told me this) you can get blood clots or thick, sticky blood at the very least. Some good, natural blood thinners include ginger root, cayenne pepper, and ginko balboa. It is very important not to introduce these herbs into your system if you are already on a blood thinner. Your blood may become too thin and you could suffer” bleed outs.”

    ATTRACTING AND EXTRACTING “FIBERS” FROM ARMS

    If you have read Clifford Carnicom’s work on Morgellons and I suggest you do (Carnicom.com) they you know I am the subject that provided samples of scar tissue with fibers from my back. The fibers emerged the way most do in “Morgellons”, in a painful, bee-sting way, culminating in large sores with a volcanic look. Some healed in a matter of weeks, whereas others remained opened sores for months and, in a few cases, years.

    The problem for me was that I wanted to study them in a whole state. The fibers were often imbedded in scar tissue, or attached to it, and were always mangled.

    I called on my “Reluctant Shaman” to find a way to attract these “things” to my forearms where I could study them with my own eyes. I wanted them whole, “living”, and available. He devised a poultice that did just that. I will not share the ingredients because the process took months and was incredibly painful.

    When they began to emerge, they were very dark and large. It was easy to see them without magnification. I plucked about 40-50 and gave them to Mr. Carnicom for observation. He was very interested to see that they were standing up in the collection bowl as mentioned earlier in this paper.

    He looked at them under a high powered microscope and confirmed to me that these were the same “fibers” we were seeing in tissue samples, blood samples, and mouth samples.

    After a few months, I noticed that the “fibers” were smaller and harder to see. Again I asked my “Reluctant Shaman” for a solution and he suggested a large magnifying glass (3X) with a light. This worked well and I was able to find the smaller ones easily and pluck them. They behaved in the same manner as the larger ones, but with the extra magnification I could see that their “tails” were different. Some had distinct hooks, others "bulbs” and some were straight. I call them “tails” because this part of them was the last to emerge.

    Again, I produced approximately 40-50 per day from each arm. The process became a little more difficult because some would get trapped under the skin and I would have to ease the tops out with a needle to pluck them. Until this point, they came out with very little disruption on the skin. Now that they were being compromised in some way, I began to get some small sores. However, these were never of the proportions found on my back where they spontaneously emerged. At one point, I shaved a small portion of my arm to see the results. Unfortunately, it causes a very itchy rash that lasted for months. I suspect I broke them open and released some kind of “payload.”

    I also began to notice a new layer of skin emerging that was “plastic” and very florescent. It seemed to me that they lived in the plastic material and may have used it to form their outer shell. At a later date, I was able to observe under a microscope a very fiber optic outer casing on one of them that had been torn in the removal process.

    Another important observation: all of my extraction tools, which are stainless steel, began to show signs of magnetic attraction. The needle would cling to the tweezers, etc. The fibers also began to cling to the metals and it became hard to collect them. I then began to put them in a small glass of grain alcohol to get them off the tweezers.

    Later, a third generation began to appear. These were (still are) extremely fine and difficult to collect. I am using a 30X jeweler’s loop to see them (this too has become highly magnetized). These tiny fibers look and respond exactly like the earlier, larger ones. They can produce small sores, but aren’t as painful. I can wear clothing over them without discomfort which I couldn’t do with the larger ones.

    Are they reproducing? Are they the same thing, only in different sizes? Are they a partially living being?

    I will say, when they are extracted they will produce a “snake-like” movement. This could be a plastic / polymer response to stretching and rebounding, or it could be some form of life responding to being squeezed and pulled from its “host”. Questions to be answered.

    These fibers will “grow” at a fast rate, sometimes ¼ inch overnight. Some, if left alone, will continue to grow and become like hair. They will even change color to appear like other hair on the arms. Mine is blonde and these dark fibers will become blonde hair, leaving a dark root. When these “hairs” are plucked, they look and behave exactly like the short, dark fibers (hooks, bulbs, straight / snake-like movement). You can tell very easily if you have plucked a real hair or one of these. These slide out, whereas real hair gives a little, painful pinch when plucked (women know this).

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