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In a study published in Nature Medicine, U.K. researchers linked growth hormone treatments to the development of Alzheimer’s. Dementia experts shared input on the findings.

Source: Alzheimer’s disease found to be transmitted through medical procedures decades ago, study finds

But in a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University College London (UCL) linked growth hormone treatments to the development of Alzheimer’s, according to a UCL press release.

The researchers studied patients who received a type of human growth hormone that was extracted from the pituitary glands of deceased people (c-hGH).

Wow does this sound like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?

Flying mammals are a boon to U.S. economy Those bats in the belfry are worth billions. By keeping insect pests in check, bats save U.S. farmers as much as $53 b

Source: Billion-dollar Bats

Do you think that the pesticide manufacturers look on that as a savings/profit to them? That 53 billion in savings to our farmers and us is estimated to be that amount because the chemical industry is calculated to be losing that amount of money to those damn bats. Farmers are saving money by _not having to spend on more pesticides_.

Do you really think that in the chemical company boardrooms they are trying to save bats?

Just say’n

Source: https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2024-01-western-honey-bee-food-intestinal.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17061351630754&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2024-01-western-honey-bee-food-intestinal.html

Bacteria have adapted to all terrestrial environments. Some have evolved to survive in the gut of animals, where they play an important role for their host; they provide energy by degrading indigestible food, they train and regulate the immune system, they protect against invasion by pathogenic bacteria, and they synthesize neuroactive molecules that regulate the behavior and cognition of their host.

These are great advantages for the host, but what advantages do the bacteria derive? Certainly, the host provides a comfortable home, but does the host also provide nutrients to native bacteria that enable them to colonize?

This is also my point when I posted 3 Reasons– No 4 Reasons– Why We’re Fatter Than 30 Years Ago

It costs us energy to keep our microbes happy! The more people that think about that everyday the healthier and happier they will be :-)

It is also a huge reason why some of the pesticides that are also known to be antibiotics are so dangerous for us and our endangered animals.

Be well my friends!

Center for Biological Diversity: Pesticide Use on Crops Grown in Refuges Spikes in California, Oregon, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland

Source: Analysis: 490,000 Pounds of Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on National Wildlife Refuges

Our wildlife refuges, our national parks, and in many cases even our food is being poisoned by Monsanto/Bayer, Dupont, and Dow chemical.

It really is time to say enough and to start doing three little things to change this.

What can anyone do about the pesticide use in our national parks.

Source: Study shows western honey bee synthesizes food for its intestinal bacteria

By measuring metabolites in the gut, the scientists discovered that the bee synthesizes multiple acids (citric acid, malic acid, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid, etc.) that are exported into the gut and were less abundant when S. alvi was present. These results led them to pose an unexpected hypothesis: Does the bee directly enable S. alvi to colonize its gut by furnishing the necessary nutrients?

Hea hea hea hea.
I love biology :-)

I had a very good friend of mine send me an email that questioned the expense of the animal crossing over the 101 freeway in Northern Los Angeles County. He reported that it would cost $85 million and that that was an excessive amount for the few mountain lions in the Santa Monica mountains. It was sort of a good point but then I started thinking about it and sent him this response back.

Ed my friend Wow! That seems excessive.
But we are not looking at an increase of the mountain lion numbers we are looking at minimally sustaining the ones we’ve got. So that is actually 20,000$ per lion in CA. Bet you that the vet bill for P22 was much higher than that.

California’s budget is $291 billion.
85 million of that is equivalent to
Someone making $291,000 a year and spending 85$ on something in their backyard.

I think we can afford the “$85” for the 4000 mountain lions.
If someone’s income was 291,000$ ca. $300,000 a year it would be roughly equivalent to one half a cent for every mountain lion.

And it’s not just the mountain lions it’s all the other aspects of the ecology too. I wonder how many cars get damaged hitting deer in that section? Maybe the insurance companies want this to decrease their accident damage costs. I just found https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/conflict-solutions-california-wildlife-and-drivers and I didn’t see any specific information on the 101 but if you look at the map it’s a hotspot for animal vehicle collisions. Hmmmmm maybe we’re saving money? I even tried to find the cost of trapping and subsequent veterinary procedures to P22 but couldn’t find anything but I would bet it was well over 20,000$

I don’t know that this overpass is the best way to benefit the lions, and I don’t know why the planners made this particular one on the 101 an overpass as opposed to an underpass like in Temecula. The animals don’t care what it looks like, just that they can get across. And I don’t know that it should have cost 85 million. And I think in some ways it’s a bottleneck for animals trying to cross. But in the big picture in my opinion I think that the mountain lions need our help. And if it costs a total of $85 out of 300,000 I’m fine with that. Be well my friend! And thank you for prodding my curiosity.

The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), a California trade association, wants you to have less information about pesticide residues on the fruits and vegetables you buy. That’s not too surprising; since the Alliance represents more than 50 large produce growers and marketers and the suppliers who sell them pesticides and fertilizer.

Source: Taxpayers Funding Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is sending the Alliance $180,000 in federal funds to finance its plan to combat pesticide industry critics

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Source: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/emailarchive/viewemail.php?email=Wolverines%20need%20full%20protection2024-01-12T130429Z.html

Wolverines are an awesome part of our environment. They 100% need our help and protection. The national park service should not be bending and breaking their own pesticide use regulations and The fish and wildlife service should not be breaking their rules! Funny how both of these Federal entities end in “service”. Chuckling.

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(KTLA) — California’s mountain lion population is far smaller than previously thought, according to researchers. The California Mountain Lion Project found that there are between 3,200 …

Source: California mountain lion population far smaller than previously thought, study finds: LAT

Tiffany Yap, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, noted in a statement that “these low numbers highlight that pumas are more vulnerable than ever because of habitat loss and fragmentation.”

“These majestic cats are in desperate need of permanent protections and more wildlife crossings to connect what’s remaining of their home turf,” Yap said. “Without these actions, that 3,000 number will quickly dwindle.”

An underpass near the city of Temecula to allow crossing under the 15 freeway is the result of a two-year legal battle by Endangered Habitats League and the Center for Biological Diversity.  Let’s all applaud this critical wildlife corridor for local mountain lions and other wildlife.

Summary OTNP jan2024
Good morning! 🥀😊 Many of us know that pesticides are a huge problem for us, but it’s harder for people to connect that to our endangered species. Our endangered animals cannot choose to eat organic. When they are sick or get cancer, they cannot go to the hospital or even a veterinarian. Our endangered species cannot get the latest treatment for autism or Parkinson’s. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23402800/ They cannot have doctors fix their birth defects. They cannot get something as simple as an aspirin, let alone more serious pain medication. They just have to suffer.

I do not believe the vast majority of our National Environmental groups are doing an adequate job. Our endangered animals cannot hire their own lawyers to sue Monsanto or request public documents. They cannot then publish those documents so that we all are kept abreast of the toxicity issues.

I believe that indiscriminate and inappropriate pesticide use is one of the greatest dangers to our endangered species today. I have struggled to get _any_ information from our national park service (nps) about the widespread use of pesticides in highly sensitive areas. Extreme amounts of pesticides that are not even approved for organic use are used in already damaged and highly sensitive “natural” areas.

Our Toxic national parks (OTNP) are spraying tons, literally many hundreds if not thousands of _tons_ of pesticides _in_ our national parks and surrounding designated wilderness areas.

_We Are Saving The Wrong Bees_
https://youtu.be/l6K8x_8YXlM?si=lX_k4-lr-ErKPgk7 Is an awesome and fun talk! 10 seconds in I’m yelling “that is not a bee that is not a bee that is a fly”. …. Oh …. OK 😃. At another point he comments about the damage pesticides are doing to our native bees and what we can do! It really is a _great_ TED talk about many of the ways our native bees are important. You should come back and listen to it!

And yet, in the data below the integrated pest management for the national parks approved _10 tons_ of monarch killing, native bee killing, frog killing, bat killing pesticides in a single permit. www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/sloppy-almost-criminally-poor-approval-of-pesticide-use-by-our-national-parks/ I guess I understand a little of why the nps is now trying to hide it so much.🥴

I have spent 40+ years working with non-toxic aquatic environments. I have a lot of experience and interest in decreasing the use of pesticides. But I think that the first requirement is to get a full and honest review and accounting of chemical and non-chemical methods being used in the parks. www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/our-toxic-national-parks/

The nps is hiding the fact that they are still using glyphosate(Roundup). They are hiding the amounts of pesticides they are approving. They are hiding the specific types of pesticides approved. And they are hiding the approval process. www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/our-toxic-national-parks-otnp-communication-summary/

Why? All they now say to me with is “file a FOIA request.” I have filed a FOIA. I have no intention of filing additional FOOAs. If online reports are true the nps is just sitting on them, _1,500_ of them! The FOIA law actually does not in any way require _me_ to file one to get the public information literally sitting on their desks. The FOIA law does however, _require_ government agencies to have already _publicly_ published _online_ the exact information I am requesting. Yes we all know that the government chooses which laws they are going to follow — this is ongoing under both our national political parties. It is also ongoing under “the watchful eye” of most of our “environmental groups” as well.

So is trying to reduce the pesticide use in our parks pointless? No! I believe it is _not_ pointless! Please just try three little _easy_ things! 😀 If you think about it carefully, it may be more important for 20 people to do these three little things then for them all to recycle for an entire year!

www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/what-can-anyone-do-about-the-pesticide-use-in-our-national-parks/

Just three things! Try it, you’ll like it!😃

Bob

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