Things are suddenly heating up again with Fukushima. As we reported yesterday, the southern wall of Fukushima reactor #4 apparently collapsed over the past few days, calling into question the structural integrity of the remainder of the containment building. The mainstream media has said absolutely nothing about this development, continuing its pattern of downplaying news [...]

The greedy corporate strategy of cutting corners to expand profits now means “injecting” toxic smoothing agents into everything from eye drops and yogurt to cosmetics and flu shots. And nothing is being done by the FDA or the CDC to stop it. Thanks to emulsifiers like sorbitol, soy lecithin, sodium caseinate, polysorbate 80, poloxamer 407, [...]

Structural peculiarities of clinoptilolite and heulandite are reviewed. Special attention is given to partial Si, Al ordering within the tetrahedral framework structure. There is strong evidence that the Si, Al ordering pattern depends on the size, charge, and placing of the original extra framework cations. Even if exchanged to  homoionic forms clinoptilolite and heulandite may display different properties depending [...]

Discharge of heavy­metal­containing wastewaters into receiving  water causes detrimental effects on human health and  the environment. Therefore, there is a need  to treat heavy­ metal­ containing  wastewaters before discharging them into the environment. Recently, natural zeolites have gained attention in wastewater treatment as appropriate materials for removing heavy ­metal ions due to their  unique physical and chemical properties, their [...]

As agriculturalists increase their efforts to expand crop and animal production, numerous mineral materials are receiving greater attention as soil amendments and as dietary supplements in animal husbandry. The zeolite group of minerals stands out among the rest, and its exciting bag of physical and chemical tricks promises to contribute to many areas of agriculture and aquaculture in the next [...]