Minerals

Do You Need Vitamins And Supplements?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Processed Food, Micronutrients, Vitamins, Minerals, Nutritional Supplements, Daily Vitamins, Personal Health, Minerals in Food, Vitamins Minerals, Multivitamins, Vitamins and Minerals, Diet and Nutrition, Vitamins in Food, Vitamin C, Wellness, Video, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

A balanced diet of fresh, nutritious foods is still the ideal way to get the vitamins and minerals that your body needs. Still, millions of Americans automatically pop supplements every day, and some go so far as to take massive-dose "mega-vitamins."

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Otero Mesa: Search for Rare Earth Threatens a Desert Bio-Gem

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Rare Earth, Mining, New Mexico, Biogem, Otero Mesa, Minerals, Green News
Rocky Kistner

An essential mineral ingredient used in a variety of electronics could be a death knell for a pristine part of a wild New Mexico desert grassland coveted by environmentalists -- and considered sacred to Native Americans.

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5 Myths About Vitamins

EatingWell | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Brierley Wright, Food & Health News, Eating Well, Eatingwell, Health, Nutrition, Do Vitamins Work, Personal Health, Best Vitamins, Diet and Nutrition, Minerals, Vitamins Work, Healthy Living News
EatingWell

A recent government study said more than half of all Americans take dietary supplements, which in my opinion is surprisingly high, considering these pills and powders aren't regulated like drugs but like foods.

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Start-Up Africa

Richard Attias | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: World Economy, Dayo Olopade, Minerals, Nigeria, Africa, New York Forum, Gabon, Business News
Richard Attias

As Europe and the US struggle to get their finances in order, and the BRIC nations do their best to build on recent successes, another continent has been quietly gaining pace. And lately not so quietly.

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Blessed by Nature, Cursed by Politics

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Commodities, Gas, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Norway, Natural Resources, Budget, Rule of Law, Africa, Oil, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Alaska, Minerals, Fiscal Policy, World News
Marcelo Giugale

The evidence is as strong as it is puzzling: countries that have a lot of natural resources -- things like oil, gas and minerals -- tend to be poorer than those that don't.

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Is It Time To Stop Taking A Multivitamin?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Multivitamin, Vitamin D, Nutrient Supplements, Mortality, Diet, Iron, Calcium, Minerals, News, Multivitamin Harm, Multivitamin Benefits, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

A multivitamin is very, very unlikely to kill anyone. If there is risk attached to the use of such supplements, it is very small. But there may be some risk -- and there is no reliable indication of benefit.

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Dietary Supplements: Too Much Of A Good Thing?

AARP | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Vitamins, Nutrition, Exercise, Health Post50, Aarp, Dietary Supplements, Diet Pills, Weight Loss, Minerals, National Institutes of Health, Fifty News

Older adults who take dietary supplements to boost their intake of minerals need to be careful they don’t get too much of a good thing. As report...

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Meteor Shower Rained Gold On Ancient Earth

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: Meteorite, Video, Gold Meteor Shower, Meteor Shower Gold, Gold, Earth, Precious Metals, Minerals, Platinum, Meteor Shower, Technology News

Some 3.9 billion years ago a massive meteor shower of glittering gold and platinum fell on earth, says a new study published in the Nature Journal by ...

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Witnessing Revolutions

Ann Medlock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Ngo Dinh Diem, Tunisia, Belgium, US Foreign Policy, Self-Determination, Kinshasa, Aspirations, Democracy, Foreign Service, Soviet Union, Power, Capitalism, Cold War, Viet Nam, Congo, Dictators, Foreign Policy, Founders, History, Uprisings, Nato, Human Rights, Real Politik, Freedom, Revolutions, Libya, Minerals, Status Quo, Stability, Saigon, Leopoldville, World News
Ann Medlock

With all the news of uprisings, I've been rocketed back in time and space to the Congo, to Vietnam, where I got some first-hand experiences of what it's like when people make such dramatic moves.

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Today's Bounty, Tomorrow's Promise: Better Policies to Manage Natural Resources

Leslie Lipschitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas, Exchange Rate Regimes, Natural Resources, Training, Monetary Policy, Good Governance, Resource Wealth, Technical Assistance, Fiscal Policy, Distribution of Profits, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Investment Strategy, Oil, High Level Seminar on Natural Resources, Development, Minerals, Exploration Costs, Stable Macroeconomic Environment, World News
Leslie Lipschitz

It's one of the perennial questions in economic policy-making: How do we best manage the economic and social challenges that stem from resource wealth?

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China's Rare Earth Bravado

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wto, China Japan, Senkaku Islands, Japan, Minerals, Rem, China, Rare Earth Minerals, World News
Daniel Wagner

China cannot really be blamed for wanting to protect its interests.

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Ending World Hunger for the Price of a Burger

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Resources, Population, Grain, Resource Scarcity, Agriculture, United Nations, World Bank, Hidden Hunger, Diet, Development Assistance, Stephan Tanda, Government, Staple Foods, Vitamins, World Health Organization, Maize, Private Sector, World Food Programme, Minerals, Development, Population Growth, Poverty, Hamburger, Corn, Malnutrition, Child Malnutrition, Hunger, Rice, Burger, Health, Nutrition, International Food Policy Research Institute, Food Prices, Civil Society, Food Fortification, World News
Stephan B. Tanda

While world coffers grew from a mere $1.35 trillion dollars in 1960 to over $60 trillion today, the number of empty stomach reached record levels. Tod...

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A Market Solution to Help the World's Poor?

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Dsm, United Nations, Innovation, International Finance Corporation, Hidden Hunger, Business, Stephan Tanda, South Africa, Vitamins, Base of the Pyramid, Micronutrients, Poverty Reduction, Minerals, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Development, Poverty Alleviation, Poverty, Social Innovation, Ecommerce, World Resources Institute, Developing Countries, Malnutrition, New York, Mdgs, Trade, Nutrition, Millennium Development Goals, Health, Bangladesh, Global Poverty, Free Market, Food Fortification, World News
Stephan B. Tanda

Is there a real business in helping the world's poor? According to the World Resources Institute and the International Finance Corporation, there is.

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PHOTOS: Black Opals, Painite, Lithium and 6 More Of The Most Valuable Minerals In The World

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Conflict Minerals, Conflict Stones, Conflict Diamonds, Most Expensive Minerals, Priciest Minerals, Most Expensive Stones, Minerals, Stones, Painite, Coltan, Slidepollajax, Lithium-Ion Battery, Blue Garnet, Blood Diamonds, Lithium, Jadeite, Gold, Jewelry, Diamonds, Ruby, Opals, Black Opal, Jewelry Stones, Green News

From rubies to painite, coltan to diamonds, nature produces incredible minerals. Whether they are made into dazzling baubles or used in rechargeable b...

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Could Halayeb's Manganese Wealth Trigger A Sudan-Egypt Conflict?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Australia, Anwar Sadat, Darfur, Steel, Canada, China, Iron, North Africa, South Africa, Iran, Metals, Islamic Legal Code, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Minerals, Ferromanganese, Al Masry Al Youm, British Colonial Powers, Sinai, Hosni Mubarak, Ottawa, Aluminum, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Brazil, Omar Hassan Al Bashir, Port Sudan, Khartoum, Manganese, Asharq Al-Awsat, Cairo, Mining, India, Sudan, Christian, Nile Basin, International Petroleum Company, Halayeb, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Egypt and Sudan almost came to blows 17 years ago over the Halayeb region, said to be rich in manganese. Since then, the Sudanese government has called for a negotiated settlement of the dispute.

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Why News of Mineral Deposits in Afghanistan Is Neither New Nor GOOD

Jeremy White | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Afghanistan, Taliban, Minerals, Karzai, World News
Jeremy White

The minerals are worthless unless you can actually get private companies to come in here and mine them. And with the security situation what it is that is not likely to happen any time soon.

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Fresh Talking Point: Poor Afghanistan, They're Rich!

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minerals, Resources, Anti-War, Coin, Lithium, Resource Curse, Propaganda, Andrew Exum, Spencer Ackerman, Rethink Afghanistan, Think-Tank, Copper, Counter-Insurgency, New York Times, Afghanistan, Imperialism, Politics News
Josh Mull

The Afghan minerals report isn't some everyday propaganda trying pitifully to sell a trillion dollar debt-war to a nation of unemployed. This is a very specific talking point explicitly targeting the foreign policy community

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A Cloud in Every Silver Lining: The New Obstacle to a Green-Tech Revolution

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Research, Biofuels, United States, China, Brazil, Mountain Pass, South Africa, Alternative Fuel, Fossil Fuels, Green Technology, Mining, Waste, Rare Earth Elements, India, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution, Minerals, Batteries, Green News
Bill Chameides

Rare earth elements are essential to many of the green technologies we're betting on to launch the new low-carbon economy. But while demand for rare earths has grown, their production has not.

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Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Russ Feingold, Sexual Violence, Congress, Motorola, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dell, Dick Durbin, United Nations, Mobile Phones, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Consumer Electronics, Human Rights, Mining, Africa, Sam Brownback, Hillary Clinton, Minerals, Electronics, World News
David Sullivan

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

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Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten: The New Blood Diamonds

Janet Ranganathan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senate, Nokia, Nintendo, Congo Violence, Democratic Republic of Congo, Conflict in Congo, Congo War, Conflict Minerals, Congo Crisis, Congo-Militias, Congo-Mines, Congo Rebels, Congo Minerals, Minerals, Green News
Janet Ranganathan

Rebel groups are funded by profits from mining activities, and by unwitting American consumers who purchase electronics using minerals sourced from mines in eastern DRC.

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Dead Sea Sinkholes Swallow Anything In Their Way

FoxNews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lowest Point on Earth, Geologist, Israel, Minerals, Dead-Sea, Dead Sea, Video, Land Near Dead Sea Swallow People, Sinkholes, Sink Holes in Israel, Dead Sea Sinkholes, World News

FoxNews The Dead Sea is the lowest spot of land on the planet, where the Bible says God rained fire and brimstone down on the misbehaving residents o...

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Congo Rapes, Violence Linked To UK Companies: Rights Group

The Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trademet, Violence in Congo, Eastern DMC, Drc, UK Companies, AMC Group, Congo, Violence in DRC, Congo News, Eastern Congo, DRC Violence, Mining in DRC, Congolese Minerals, Congo Minerals, Minerals, Afrimex, Tradenet, Mineral Sources DRC, Republic of Congo, Rapes, Huffington Post Drc Global Witness, Democratic Republic of Congo, World News

Murders, rapes and major internal displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been linked to a number of multinational companies in a report...

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Many "Natural" Supplements Are Contaminated

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Alternative Medicine, Natural Supplements, Vitamins, Diet, Minerals, Medicine, Personal Health, Health, Healthy Living News

Lead in ginkgo pills. Arsenic in herbals. Bugs in a baby's colic and teething syrup. Toxic metals and parasites are part of nature, and all of these h...

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The Real Price Of Gadget Addictions: Mining In Congo

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conflict, Trade, Violence, Environment, Iphone, Illicit Conflict, Congo, Minerals, Mineral Trade, Green News

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, scene of the deadliest conflict since World War II, remains mired in violence in significant part because of the...

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Want Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies? Tell Them to Eat Their Barack-O-lli and It Just Might Work!

Donna Fish | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Picky Eaters, President's Popularity, Childhood Nutrition, Barack Obama, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Youth Vote, Parenting Tips, Children, Parenting, Healthy Eating Habits, Kids and Healthy Eating, Mothers, New York City, Obama Youth Voters, Vitamins, Fruit, Obama Youth Vote, Kids, Vegetables, Food, Minerals, Moms, Parenting Advice, Healthy Living News
Donna Fish

Console yourself that you're amongst the millions of other parents who can't get their kids to eat vegetables. I haven't heard of one case of scurvy reported lately, have you?

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