Worst flooding in decades hit China, worst in 120 years for Russia’s Far East [video included]
The Watchers
August 21, 2013
Unusually heavy rainfall occurred near the Amur river which marks the dividing line between China and Russia from the end of July to mid-August 2013. Starting on August 10, 2013, areas of northeastern China began to experience flooding.
From August 15 to 17, heavy rainfall worsened the problem, causing the worst flooding in the region in more than a decade. Nankouqian Township, one of the hardest-hit areas, saw 44.9 centimeters (17.7 in) of rain, half the average annual total, on August 16 alone. By August 18, water levels at 61 reservoirs surpassed the “danger” level. Parts of Liaoning province saw an incredible 40cm in just 24 hours, according to China’s provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters. Fushun city in the Liaoning province was especially hard hit as rainstorms caused several rivers in the city to overflow.
Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation
by Terry Wilson
Canadian Awareness Network
August 22, 2013
By: Douglas Main
livescience.com
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that water fluoridation in the country must end by 2014, according to news reports. This landmark decision goes even further than legislation by the health minister Yael German earlier in the year that would have ended mandatory fluoridation nationwide, reports the Irish publication Hot Press.
Israel is one of the few countries that widely fluoridates, besides the United States, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. Fluoridation, the addition of fluoride to public drinking water supplies to reduce cavities, is the subject of intense controversy, especially outside of the United States. But opposition to the practice, on the grounds that fluoride has adverse effects on the thyroid, brain and bones, and is an unethical form of mass-medication, appears to be growing.
Israel’s decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
A translation of the ruling can be found HERE.
livescience.com
This is a huge victory in the fluoride debate. In recent years we have witnessed countless cities and municipalities end the practice of water fluoridation. But we have not seen a whole country (who was on the verge of making it mandatory) completely outlaw it.
Please share this information with your elected officials. City Councillors, mayors, MPP’s, MP’s, all of them!
Local Official in Canada: Test fish for Fukushima contamination — “It’s a very, very important issue and quite frightening” — Concern over radioactive pollution growing
image source – http://DDees.com
enenews.com
August 22, 2013
Title: Nuclear meltdown’s effect on B.C. fish unclear – Opinion
Source: Times Colonist (Victoria, B.C.; Canada.com network)
Author: Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Date: August 21, 2013
Nuclear meltdown’s effect on B.C. fish unclear
Concern is growing that radioactive water from a damaged nuclear plant in Japan could affect fish in B.C.
Karla Robison, Ucluelet’s manager of environmental and emergency services, wants Ucluelet council to ask senior levels of government to support a study of chemicals in fish.
“We could work with local folks who are out fishing to get tissue samples and make sure there are no problems with the fish,” said Robison […] “It’s a very, very important issue and quite frightening,” she said. […]
[hat tip: WhatReallyHappened]
VIDEO — Inland Sea: Aerial video of floods swamping Russia’s Far East
RT
August 22, 2013
Russia’s Far East, which spreads across 2,000 kilometers from west to east, has been hit hard by the seemingly endless inundation. A dam was recently destroyed by raging flood waters, sinking 60 homes. Local settlements and villages can now be crossed only by boat. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/0nun96
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VIDEO — True story about a man who’s been saving hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and Big Macs from McDonalds for over 18 years… and they look EXACTLY the same!
YouTube — Len Foley
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VIDEO — Spectacular footage after tropical storm hits Taiwan
AFP
August 22, 2013
Spectacular footage as the Shimen dam releases flood waters after Taiwan is hit by Tropical Storm Trami. Duration: 00:47
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