Janique Madison on the Threats of Radiation

It is said that Marie Curie, a celebrated physicist known for pioneering research about radioactivity, died from the effects of radiation. Janique Madison, American environmentalist and business development manager, is raising awareness on radiation as the recent Japan radiation scare have been on the headlines of major newspapers around the world. Marie Curie has dedicated her life studying radioactivity and died because of it back when its effects on human health were not yet known. Now that the world is aware that radiation can cause death, knowing how to avoid exposure from it is imperative.

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Preparation and an understanding of what radiation really is and how it could affect people’s health are two easy precautionary measures you could do to protect your lives.

Janique Madison emphasizes that though radiation is extremely useful in medicine, communication, and science, it can also lead to serious health issues and even death if one is exposed to it depending on the amount and duration of exposure. Symptoms can vary from nausea, diarrhea, and fatigue to hemorrhage, damage to the central nervous system, and death.

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When faced with radiation threats in your area, stay indoors and tightly shut doors and windows. Turn fans and air conditioners off. Wear masks or use wet handkerchiefs to cover your mouth and nose. Also wear clothes that cover as much skin as possible. Wearing hats is strongly recommended. And of course, do not eat or drink anything from outside the house that’s been exposed to radiation. Once it’s safe to go outside, proceed to a nearby hospital to be checked for radiation exposure.

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Janique Goff on FutureGen 2.0, the US Federal Energy Department’s Answer to Managing Coal-Fired Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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San Diego green activist and business developer Janique Goff is always ecstatic about advancements toward sustainability when it comes to the country’s industries, which constitutes the bulk of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. For years, the progress of clean energy has been hindered by business viability and a deeply entrenched dependence on fossil fuels.

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Now that the US Federal Department of Energy has been pushing forward with its pilot project for FutureGen 2.0, the environment buff is understandably thrilled.

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Slated to be the world’s first near-zero emissions, commercial scale, coal-fueled power plant upon completion in 2015, FutureGen 2.0 will combine carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and oxy-combustion technology and use coal reserves to generate near-zero emission power for businesses and companies.
Janique Goff and many others believe that this “clean coal technology” addresses the two-headed obstacle of reducing emissions significantly while at the same time maintaining industry-grade production levels.

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With the help of the US Energy Department, the FutureGen Alliance will repower an existing Ameren coal-fueled power plant in Meredosia, Illinois. Ameren’s oil-fueled boiler will be replaced with an oxy-combustion coal-fueled boiler that sends steam to the system’s existing steam turbine generator, thereby producing electricity while allowing for carbon dioxide capture. A pipeline operating no higher than a pressure of 2,200 psig will run from Ameren in Meredosia to Morgan County, where the steam will be injected for permanent storage through a porous layer of rock more than three quarters of a mile beneath the ground.
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Janique Goff and the Benefits of Electron Stimulated Luminescence Light Bulbs

Staunch environmentalist Janique Goff is always on the lookout for innovations, inventions, and advancements that allow individuals, households, and businesses to make good use of energy and reduce carbon emissions in man’s battle against climate change and global warming. This is why she is quick to extol the virtues of Seattle-based lighting company Vu1’s Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL) technology. Eschewing traditional light-creating components such as the filament, plasma, mercury vapor, and coils, and borrowing a slice from the basic science that powered the television’s cathode ray tube, Vu1’s ELS projects accelerated ¬electrons in a uniform spray that stimulates the phosphor-coated inner surface of the glass bulb, making it glow.

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For Janique Goff and many others, this spells a future that is as sustainable as it is astoundingly well-lit. Though it creates superior light that is fully dimmable, turns on instantly, and is virtually indistinguishable in quality from that of the incandescent bulb, the ESL light bulb lasts 5 times longer than the incandescent bulb, and is a whopping 70% more efficient with its use of energy. Apart from its promised emission reductions and carbon footprint savings, the ESL light bulb does not have the heat-sensitivity problems that CFL and LED bulbs experience when placed in enclosed fixtures, nor does it contain any mercury – this means it is both safe for household disposal and is absolutely recyclable.

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Vu1’s ESL light bulbs are currently being manufactured in classic light bulb shapes and will retail at an affordable, mass market price point. Janique Goff hopes that the public soon embraces this modern, energy-efficient innovation and that one day, environment intact, the whole world may bask in the redemptive glow of ESL.

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Janique Goff’s thoughts on the environment and the need for stronger efforts to address climate change can be found at janiquegoff.wordpress.com.

Stop Patronizing Use-and-Toss Items: Janique Madison on Using Reusable Items

Environmentalist Janique Madison is saddened by the thousands of use-and-toss items available on the market today. These items are disposed after being used, and often litter the streets and landfills. What is disheartening is the fact that these items are offered abundantly, and are parts of most peoples’ daily lives.

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Prime examples of these use-and-toss items are plastic bottles. Plastic bottles are often used as containers for soda and other beverages. They come in different sizes, depending upon the gallon or liter of the liquid. However, once its entire content is consumed, the plastic bottle is often discarded without a thought. Other examples include plastic bags, Styrofoam, candy wrappers, milk cartons, and other containers.


Janique Madison urges the public to stop patronizing these use-and-toss items, and instead use reusable items. As an alternative to getting coffee from a paper cup, use a tumbler. Reusable bags could replace paper or plastic bags, and silverware can replace disposable utensils. There are reusable items which correspond to most use-and-toss items in the market, such as reusable stirrers, refillable pens and ink cartridges, friendship bracelets in lieu of chunky metal bracelets, among many others.

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Ms. Madison believes that by recycling and using reusable items, trash in landfills can be lessened, pollution lowered, and the planet’s resources preserved. Additional tips on going green and earth-friendly are available at www.janiquegoff.com.

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Janique Goff on the Pesky Problem of Waste Pollution

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Janique Goff, an American business developer focused on environmental and energy conservation and biotechnologies, puts people face-to-face with the issue of garbage disposal. On average, an American produces 4.5 pounds of waste a day. With a population of 310 million, this amounts to 56 tons of waste annually. That’s 49 million diapers per day, 4 million tons of junk mail every year, 2.5 million plastic bottles by the hour, and 65 billion aluminum soda cans used each year. As early as five years ago, only a tenth of this gargantuan waste figure was getting recycled every year; the rest was left buried in landfills or disposed in oceans, destroying wildlife habitats across the country.

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Janique Goff extols the value of reduction, reuse, and recycling as the best practices to manage garbage sustainably. Companies everywhere have been scrambling to reduce paper usage, from e-mail signatures reminding employees to think before they print, ATM interfaces offering users the option not receive a transaction receipt, to toy manufacturers using recycled corrugated board packaging.

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In 2008, America’s solid waste industry had processed over 61 million tons of bottles, cans, and paper, 62.6 billion of which were aluminum cans. It also composted 22 million tons of yard waste, raising the country’s recycling rate to over thirty percent. What’s more, America’s supply of recycled batteries constitutes 60% of the world’s lead supply.

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When it comes to reusing waste, people can be creative. Old coffee mugs that are either chipped or missing handles can be turned into flowerpots or pen holders for the desk, old shoulder pads wrapped in old nylon netting can be used as dish scouring pads, old leather or fabric belts make excellent pet collars when properly adjusted.

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More resources on the three most valuable R’s in waste management can be found at www.janique-goff.com.

Janique Goff Weighs in About Disappearing Honeybees and its Environmental Impact

One of the biggest issues that Janique Goff has emphasized in her work is the alarming rate by which honeybees are disappearing all over the United States. This problem is not recent—this strange phenomenon has been ongoing for roughly two to three years now, but it is only this year that researchers and the world at large have realized that this is a serious concern.




The Honeybee Colony



The honeybee colony is in itself a marvel of nature. The term “hivemind” sums up their greatness—a colony of hundreds or thousands of bees work together in unspoken unison to create a colony so economical and efficient is beyond real human comprehension, or even achievement. Janique Goff gives special emphasis on the role that honeybees play on the environment, the most notable of which is balancing out the ecosystem by propagating pollination of the plants that are then consumed directly and indirectly by the rest of the food chain.



Factors that Influence the Dwindling Numbers



Discovery News reports several factors that have been found to be the reason for the rapidly falling number of bees. Multiple viruses, fungi, and bacteria have begun to infest the colonies. The average losses per year stands at 30% of the colonies, and beekeepers have struggled to retain the health of their colonies.



Another possible culprit is the spraying of pesticides on the plants that the bees pollinate upon. The chemicals rise up from the soil and the plants and thus poison the bee colonies. In addition, stress is listed as one of the factors contributing to the disappearance as growing numbers of beekeepers regularly load their colonies onto trucks and transport them all over America. Even the electromagnetic pulses from all the technology and gadgets now being used, interfering with the bees’ sensitive navigational senses, have been cited as possible reason.



What Would Happen Without Bees?



People may consider bees as a nuisance in the outdoors, but the truth of the matter is that if the honeybees continue to disappear and ultimately die out, human beings could follow in as little as four years, as the plants which humans consume will also die without the bees. This issue is now being taken very seriously by scientists and researchers, and Janique Goff believes it is something everyone should be concerned about.



Janique Goff’s advocacies and other important environmental stands can be found at www.janique-goff.com.

Janique Goff Advocates Solar Energy: Realizing and Utilizing the Sun’s Power

One of Janique Goff’s many advocated causes is the use of alternative energy sources, one of them being solar power. In this electricity-dependent world, it takes a great deal of the planet’s natural resources to produce energy needed to sustain life. As these resources dwindle, experts have been looking for alternative sources of energy.



Solar Energy is simply defined as utilizing the natural light and heat from the sun to create electricity. By concentrating the sunlight through solar panels and solar troughs, the energy produced can be converted to electricity that can power appliances and even office or home spaces. Though still considered a relatively new innovation, solar energy’s origins go all the way back to Syracuse in 1866 with the first solar-powered steam engine powered by the first solar trough.



Janique Goff’s reasons for encouraging the use of solar energy is that in spite of what seems to be an initially high price for system installment (pricing goes at around $10,000), the long term benefits have been well-documented and more than evident. Goff believes that there is no better way to conserve energy than by making one’s own. A 1-kilowatt solar energy-powered house actually saves 70 lbs. of coal, 300 lbs of CO2 from being sent into the atmosphere, and 105 gallons of water each month.



In one hour, the sun gives more energy than what is used by the entire population in one year. The world is poised to take advantage of all this solar energy as systems have become so sophisticated that they can run a whole household 24/7. As Goff fervently believes, with the sun providing all the energy that the global population needs without having to consume more resources from the earth itself, it is high time to start going green and use this alternative energy for everyday life.



Janique Goff’s other thoughts on environmental issues can be found at www.janiquegoff.com.