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The National Environmental Management Authority (Nema), Public Health Ministry and Kenya Wildlife Service are investigating the deaths of fish in Mara River. Conservationists suspect the deaths that started last week might have been caused by agro chemicals from farms, that drain into the river. Hoteliers in Masai Mara Game Reserve are now expressing fear that the chemicals might kill animals that depend on the river.
Originally posted by Stewie
reply to post by Human_Alien
Something else to consider.
Farming has largely become controlled by mega corporations that you can count on one hand. Because these mega corporations are allowed to operate outside of the law (in a very practical sense), there is very little oversight into their practices. The nature of the corporations is to cut costs, and the mega corp. (Monsanto comes to mind) have shown little regard for preserving the natural world in their quest for larger and larger profits. So, if they have developed a cheaper pesticide that just happens to be extremely toxic outside of the scope for which it was designed? Oh well.
Increasingly, we are at their mercy because we have nothing left of government oversight in the public interest. Many scientists are on the payroll of big corp., whether it be agriculture, pharmaceuticals, geoengineering, climatology, whatever.
Good news is home gardens are going to explode in popularity. But will the air be fit to breathe and the water be fit to drink?
Originally posted by slugger9787
reply to post by Human_Alien
Can you give me the name and qualifications
of the person or persons who counted the 5 million animals?
How long did it take them to count them,
and how did they make sure they did not
count the same animal twice?
How long did it take to count them, did they stay in a
local hotel for the week they were counting.
The highest I ever counted to, one number at a time, was 1000.
But home gardens have to be seeded with Monsanto seeds, right? It's a against the law for farmers to hoard their own seeds now!!!
Seed companies like Burpee are about to go extinct
Originally posted by Stewie
reply to post by Human_Alien
I don't use Monsanto or any hybrid seed. I use mostly heirloom seed, and I save seed from my vegetables. No one is going to come tell me what I can plant.
That is a big problem with people. We can't do this, we can't do that, it is illegal.
F*ck them.
Originally posted by Stewie
reply to post by Human_Alien
I don't use Monsanto or any hybrid seed. I use mostly heirloom seed, and I save seed from my vegetables. No one is going to come tell me what I can plant.
That is a big problem with people. We can't do this, we can't do that, it is illegal.
F*ck them.
(my emphasis)
He urged the Government to rein in farmers along the river who use potent chemicals and claimed that despite several complaints to Nema no action has been taken.
The sudden change of weather that resulted into heavy mist covering the water surface, inhibiting fish and other animals that depend on the river from breathing might have been the cause of the deaths,” said Tambushi. He did not rule out poisonous agro chemicals from farms, which depended on Mara River for irrigation.
If it had been anyone else, I'd have simply passed the thread by, but seeing as you are very keen to post disinfo on this site (and seem to genuinely enjoy creating fear in the gulliable...), I feel obliged to post.