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New Moon Water MeditationJune 19, 2012
 
Dear Water Friends,

 

Summer blessings!  

 

The coming week heralds the arrival of the New Moon on June 19th, and the Summer Solstice on June 20th. 

 

I invite you to join in loving the Ohio River this month.  

 

In the last newsletter, there was a link to the most polluted US rivers.  
The Ohio River is #2 on the list.  

 

In January 2006, we blessed the Ohio, and the Cape Fear Rivers based on information concerning a chemical made by DuPont called C-8, which is used to make teflon.  This chemical had been found in both rivers, and studies found adverse health effects from C-8.  

 

This is the latest study.

 

"Following the settlement of a class action lawsuit, a large-scale study - the C8 Health Project - was set up to examine the human health effects from exposures to PFOA and related chemicals."

 

"In this study, researchers measured the levels of PFOA, PFOS, PFNA and two thyroid hormones - TSH and total T4 - in blood samples collected between 2005 to 2006 from 10,725 children aged 1-17 enrolled in the larger C8 Project. They live in communities in Ohio and West Virginia downstream from the Washington Works chemical plant."  
 
"Children with higher measured PFOA levels were 1.4 times as likely to have thyroid disease - mostly hypothyroidism - compared to children with lower exposures."
 
The chemicals used to make flame retardants are being called into question.There is a discussion as to whether we need flame retardant chemicals at all, especially considering negative health consequences. Their effectiveness is being called in to question.
 
 
From Bloomberg
 
From How Stuff Works
 
From Generation Green

toxic producers Ohio River
 
 
Ohio River Map
Map available from ORSANCO  click on map to order 
  
Now here's the good news...people are actively LOVING the Ohio River.
 
From MSNBC
 
From Ohioriverway.org
 
paddlefest 
 

From byways.org

ohio river

 Ohio River Museum - Marietta

 

New Moon
Water Blessing 
Meditation

 
for the 
Ohio River
 
tlaquepaque park 
 There will be a 
Public Meditation 
in Sedona 
 
 Tuesday
 June 19, 2012
6:30 pm
 
We will gather along 
Oak Creek under the sycamore trees
behind Tlaquepaque.
 
 
If you would like directions
call 928 821-2998 
 
 
earth in our hands 
 
Water Fun 

joyful about water






 
 
You Tube Videos





goddesses
 
From Physics Central


From Nat Geo

Update  

 

Xingu River  
Belo Monte dam
 
(November 2011 
water meditation)

From Yahoo News
Chief Raoni
"Amazonian chief Raoni on Thursday implored the UN environment summit here to halt a $13-billion dam being built in one of the world's last bastions of wildlife."

From International Rivers 

digging through

 

 

From Amazon Watch

Freeing the Xingu 

 

"As Rio+20 Gets Underway, Brazil's "Pandora" Dam Swarmed By Activists"

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Aquariums
 
Many Aquariums have You Tube Channels. 
For your enjoyment....
 

Hawaii - Waikiki Aquarium

  
Delight-full 
 
Both from One World One Ocean


From American Rivers
 
On Vimeo

From Science Friday

On Vimeo

From Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary - Alpena, MI

From American Rivers


From The Mother Nature Network
 
bluewhale
Whales 
 
From You Tube 


From 'Moment of Science' by Indiana University (2 minute radio story)

From The International Fund for Animals

From Discovery Channel News

From World Wildlife Fund

From Care2 Causes



humpback feeding in alaska  


We are at the half way point of 2012!  Continued Blessings as we traverse the enlightenment.


Sincere Thanks,
Jane Reading 
watersongs.org
 
bluelightedwater