Carey Wedler

Monsanto PCBs May Leave Orca Pod ‘Doomed to Extinction’

The Guardian reported last Tuesday that Lulu, the full-grown whale who died, “was a member of the UK’s last resident pod and a postmortem also showed she had never produced a calf. The pollutants, called PCBs, are known to cause infertility and these latest findings add to strong evidence that the pod is doomed to […]

Carey Wedler
By Carey Wedler

The Guardian reported last Tuesday that Lulu, the full-grown whale who died, “was a member of the UK’s last resident pod and a postmortem also showed she had never produced a calf. The pollutants, called PCBs, are known to cause infertility and these latest findings add to strong evidence that the pod is doomed to extinction.” The levels of

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Congress Agrees To Give Jeff Sessions $0 To Wage War On Medical Marijuana

Considering Congress also bears responsibility for decades of the failed war on drugs, it is telling that in recent years, those same lawmakers have appeared to soften their stalwart approach.

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By Carey Wedler
A bag of medical marijuana

The war on drugs is such an abysmal failure that even the lawmakers who have funded it for decades are drawing a line in the sand. Multiple bills in Congress have cropped up in recent months aiming to protect medical marijuana and reschedule cannabis, if not legalize it altogether. The most recent development comes in the form of Congress’

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Internet Trolls Show Ridiculous Nature Of Trump’s New Illegal Alien Hotline

Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not find the troll calls amusing.

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By Carey Wedler
Trump Kat

President Trump keeps getting trolled. Shortly after he was elected and began signing executive orders, the internet had a field day with an image of the president holding a folder containing blank pages. Trolls photoshopped text into the blank pages in the photograph, mocking the newly-inaugurated head of state. Trump has also been prodded

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New Data Reveals Opioid Deaths Are Being Underreported

As awareness of the epidemic continues to grow, further hazards of the pharmaceutical class of drugs are being revealed — including potentially higher numbers of deaths caused by their use.

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By Carey Wedler
Medication pills prescription opiates painkiller

America’s ongoing opioid crisis is no secret. With thousands dying from prescription painkiller overdoses each year — nearly as many as traffic deaths — even the U.S. government has been forced to take action. As awareness of the epidemic continues to grow, further hazards of the pharmaceutical class of drugs are being revealed — including

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Canada Moves To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

If the law is passed, it will undoubtedly cut into crime rates in Canada, where tens of thousands of marijuana users are still arrested for possession every year.

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By Carey Wedler
Neil Closner, MedReleaf, chief executive officer poses for photographs at the growing facility in Markham, Ontario

Canada officially moved to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday when the government introduced legislation allowing the possession of small amounts of cannabis. The new law also sets regulations for the sale, growth, and purchase of the plant. USA Today reports: “Canada’s federal government set the age at 18, but is allowing each of the

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Toxic Chemical Spill 100 Yards From Lake Michigan Closes Beaches

The United States Steel company reported the leak occurred on Tuesday due to equipment failure at its Portage, Indiana.

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By Carey Wedler
An aerial view of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Portage, Indiana. U.S. Steel's facility can be seen in the upper left corner adjacent to the tributary to Lake Michigan. (Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore/Flickr)

Multiple Indiana beaches have been shut down following a spill of wastewater containing hexavalent chromium, a highly toxic chemical linked to cancer. The United States Steel company reported the leak occurred on Tuesday due to equipment failure at its Portage, Indiana plant, a lapse that “resulted in a chemical leak into the waterway that forced

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800 Families File Lawsuit Against Saudi Arabia Over 9/11

Until late last year, families of 9/11 victims were unable to sue foreign countries over their potential involvement in the attacks.

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By Carey Wedler
King Salman, the current ruler of Saudi Arabia, poses with former U.S. president George W. Bush. (AP Photo)

New York, NY — Eight-hundred families of 9/11 victims and 1,500 first responders, along with others who suffered as a result of the attacks, have filed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia over its alleged complicity in the 2001 terror attacks, according to an exclusive report by local New York outlet Pix 11. The legal document, filed in a federal

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