Agent Blue Agent Blue affects plants by causing them to dry out. As rice is highly dependent on water to live, using Agent Blue on these paddies can destroy an entire field and leave it unsuitable for further planting. This is why Agent Blue was also used where food was not a factor, but foliage was. The Vietcong had an advantage while fighting in Vietnam because they were used to the abundance of plant life on the battlefield. Approximately 19.6 million gallons of Agent Blue were used in Vietnam during the war, destroying 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) of crops.[1][not in citation given][3][not in citation given] From 1965 on the Ansul Chemical Company delivered the herbicide Phytar 560 with the 26.4% sodium cacodylate and 4.7% cacodylic acid in water.[4] Today, large quantities of the chemical named Agent Blue are still used on lawns and crops throughout the USA. [this quote needs a citation]
Google American multinational technology company Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Together they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Google's other ventures outside of Internet services and consumer electronics include quantum computing (Sycamore), self-driving cars (Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car Project), smart cities (Sidewalk Labs), and transformer models (Google Deepmind).[17] Google and YouTube are the two most visited websites worldwide followed by Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter). History Early years Growth Initial public offering By 2011, Google was handling approximately 3 billion searches per day. Software
Genetically modified food controversies The genetically modified foods controversy is a dispute over the use of foods and other goods derived from genetically modified crops instead of conventional crops, and other uses of genetic engineering in food production. The dispute involves consumers, biotechnology companies, governmental regulators, non-governmental organizations, and scientists. The key areas of controversy related to GMO food are whether such food should be labeled, the role of government regulators, the objectivity of scientific research and publication, the effect of genetically modified crops on health and the environment, the effect on pesticide resistance, the impact of such crops for farmers, and the role of the crops in feeding the world population. Public perception[edit] Social science surveys have documented that individuals are more risk averse about food than institutions. Religious groups have raised concerns over whether genetically modified food will remain kosher or halal. Reviews and polls[edit]
RAND Corporation RAND has approximately 1,700 employees and three principal American locations: Santa Monica, California (headquarters); Arlington, Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The RAND Gulf States Policy Institute has offices in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi.[7] RAND Europe is located in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Brussels, Belgium.[8] The RAND-Qatar Policy Institute[9] is in Doha, Qatar. RAND's newest office is in Boston, Massachusetts. RAND is home to the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, one of the eight original graduate programs in public policy and the first to offer a Ph.D. RAND publishes the RAND Journal of Economics, a peer-reviewed journal of economics. Thirty-two recipients of the Nobel Prize, primarily in the fields of economics and physics, have been involved or associated with RAND at some point in their career.[2][13][14] Project RAND[edit] General Henry H. History[edit] Mission statement[edit] Achievements and expertise[edit]
Campussen Zuid-Limburgse sleutels voor de toekomst Koninklijke DSM N.V. is een wereldwijd, ‘purpose-led’ bedrijf in Gezondheid, Voeding en Bioscience dat vanuit wetenschappelijke basis de gezondheid van mens, dier en planeet verbetert. Duurzaamheid is voor ons een verantwoordelijkheid, een kernwaarde en staat centraal in alles wat we doen. Met onze producten en innovatieve oplossingen willen we het leven van mensen verbeteren. We richten ons hierbij op een goede gezondheid en gezonde, goed smakende en duurzaam geproduceerde voeding voor iedereen. Bij DSM in Nederland werken ca. 1800 mensen op productielocaties, kantoren en laboratoria (2022, excl. Koninklijke DSM N.V. is een wereldwijd, ‘purpose-led’ bedrijf in Gezondheid, Voeding en Bioscience dat vanuit wetenschappelijke basis de gezondheid van mens, dier en planeet verbetert. Bij DSM in Nederland werken ca. 1800 mensen op productielocaties, kantoren en laboratoria (2022, excl.
Why Coca-Cola's New Ad Campaign May Be Dangerous to Your Health Photo Credit: ronstik/ Shutterstock.com August 29, 2013 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. It was laughable when Coca-Cola launched a campaign to fight obesity. But now, the company that donated $1.7 million to defeat last year’s GMO labeling initiative in California has gone from laughable to dangerous. The new campaign, being tested in the Atlanta and Chicago markets, takes the form of full-page advertisements disguised as public service announcements. It’s a sweet story, concocted by the marketing wizards at Coke who are desperate to keep the diet soda money train rolling. The link between aspartame and increased weight gain is old news. In1995, the U.S. Aspartame is not food. Is aspartame safe? So how did aspartame get into our food supply? Here’s how it went down.
Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Co., commonly referred to as Dow, is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. As of 2007, it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue (after BASF)[2] and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization (after BASF and DuPont). Dow manufactures plastics, chemicals, and agricultural products. With a presence in about 160 countries, it employs about 54,000 people worldwide.[3] The company has seven different major operating segments, with a wide variety of products made by each one.[3] Dow's 2012 sales totaled approximately $57 billion.[3] Dow has been called the "chemical companies' chemical company"[4] in that most of its sales are to other industries rather than end-users. Dow is a member of the American Chemistry Council. Products[edit] Performance plastics[edit] Performance chemicals[edit] Water purification[edit] Agricultural sciences[edit]
@dsm Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers: Ronnie Cummins, Ben Lilliston, Frances Moore Lappe: 9781569244692: Amazon.com Agent Orange Herbicide used by the US in the Vietnam War Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides. It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.[2] It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D. In addition to its damaging environmental effects, traces of dioxin (mainly TCDD, the most toxic of its type)[3] found in the mixture have caused major health problems for many individuals who were exposed, and their offspring. Agent Orange was produced in the United States from the late 1940s and was used in industrial agriculture, and was also sprayed along railroads and power lines to control undergrowth in forests. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military procured over 20,000,000 U.S. gal (76,000,000 L; 17,000,000 imp gal), consisting of a fifty-fifty mixture of 2,4-D and dioxin-contaminated 2,4,5-T. Chemical composition[edit] U.S. U.S.
Welcome to the SABIC homepage Presidency of George W. Bush Legislation vetoed[edit] President Bush vetoed 12 pieces of legislation, four of which were overturned by congress: July 19, 2006: Stem Cell Research Enactment Act of 2006May 1, 2007: H.R. 1591, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007June 20, 2007: Stem Cell Research Enactment Act of 2007October 3, 2007: State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansion H.R. 976November 2, 2007: Vetoed H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007. Administration and cabinet[edit] Cabinet meeting Bush's Cabinet had included figures that were prominent in past administrations, notably former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had served as United States National Security Advisor under Ronald Reagan. Bush placed a high value on personal loyalty and, as a result, his administration had high message discipline. Cabinet members[edit] Attorney General[edit] Labor[edit] Bush's first nomination for Secretary of Labor was Linda Chavez.
Sinochem Group Sinochem Corporation (Chinese: 中国中化集团公司) is a Chinese conglomerate primarily engaged in the production and trading of chemicals and fertilizer and exploration and production of oil.[1] Its majority owned fertilizer subsidiary Sinofert is involved throughout the chain from production of the product and procurement on international markets to distribution and retail. Corporate structure[edit] Sinochem deals primarily in petrochemicals distribution, but also in rubber, plastics, and agrochemicals. It operates through more than 100 subsidiaries in China and abroad in concerns ranging from petroleum trading to real estate. Formerly owned directly by the Chinese government, Sinochem converted to a joint-stock company in 2009; initially it is owned by newly formed Sinochem Group (98%) and publicly traded Chinese shipping giant COSCO (2%). History[edit] In August 2009, Sinochem bought the United Kingdom-based oil company Emerald Energy.[2] References[edit] External links[edit]
Michael J. Garcia Michael J. Garcia is the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mr. A political[1] appointee of the Bush Administration, Mr. Garcia attended Valley Stream Central High School in New York and is a graduate of Binghamton University. On April 13, 2013, Garcia was on a list released by the Russian Federation of Americans banned from entering the country over their alleged human rights violations.