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California Rejects BPA Ban for Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups

Helena Bottemiller
Foodsafetynews.com
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:49 UTC
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The California Senate defeated a bill Tuesday that would have banned the use of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in baby bottles, sippy cups, and infant formula packaging intended for use by children 3 and younger.

State Democratic Senator Fran Pavley, sponsor of SB797, believes scientific studies prove the chemical can harm the development of young children. Her legislation would have banned the chemical from baby bottles and sippy cups by the beginning of 2012, and in infant formula packaging by July 2012.

Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Washington have enacted laws limiting BPA in products used by small children. Over a dozen states and local governments are considering similar restrictions.

The decision comes just as an international group of researchers, led by the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter, in the United Kingdom, reported a correlation between higher BPA exposure and a small increase in levels of testosterone in the blood.

"The results are important because they provide a first report in a large-scale human population of associations between elevated exposure to BPA and alterations in circulating hormone levels," the authors wrote. "They also illustrate that the extent of exposure to BPA is similar in this European mixed urban and rural population to exposures seen in the general adult population of the USA."
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Federal Government Wants Michigan Dairy Shut Down

Dan Flynn
Foodsafetynews.com
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:46 UTC
Michigan's Scenic View Dairy, with farms at Fennville, Freeport, and Gowen, should be shut down for selling cows for human consumption with antibiotic levels that exceed tolerable limits.

So argues Adam B. Townshend, assistant U.S. Attorney, in a 25-page complaint filed Aug. 31 in U.S. District Court for Western Michigan against Scenic View Dairy LLC, its president, and three of its managers.

Abuse of antibiotics in animals is believed by many experts to lessen the effectiveness of antibiotics used to treat humans, including those infected by foodborne diseases.

A court date has not yet been set for the request by the government for a permanent injunction against Hamilton-based Scenic View, but the case has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Gordon J. Quist.

In the complaint, Townshend alleges that Scenic View Dairy, its president, Michael D. Geerlings, and managers, Mark A. Lucas, Michael J. Van Dam, and Jeremy A. Portell sold for slaughter dairy cows that were treated with drugs contrary to the drugs' FDA-approved labeling and without a veterinary prescription authorizing such use.
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The Over-Prescribing of Psychoactive Drugs to Children: A Scourge of Our Times

Dr. Ronald Ricker & Dr. Venus Nicolino
Huffington Post
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:13 UTC
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Today, the administration of psychoactive drugs to children (6-17) is all too common and growing at an alarming rate. These drugs often cause the opposite of the intended effect, often condemning children to a life of misery and ill health. The prescription of these drugs is said to treat "chemical imbalances" which were said to cause ADHD, Depression and Bi-polar disorder. It turns out, however, that what we were calling "disease-causing chemical imbalances," is simply incorrect . The sad irony is, the inappropriate use of these medications is in fact creating different chemical imbalances, which do cause mental disorders, many of which are both life-long and debilitating.

Comment: To learn more about the growing trend of 'treating' young children with prescription drugs read the following articles carried on SOTT:

A Better Prescription for Generation Rx

Poor Children More Likely To Be Put On Antipsychotic Drugs

Government is daring to keep kids on drugs

Two-Year-Old Toddlers Being Dosed Up with Antipsychotic Drugs:
Children between the ages of two and five are being treated with antipsychotics at twice the rate they were ten years ago, according to a study conducted by researchers from Columbia University and published in the journal Health Affairs.

"It is a worrisome trend, partly because very little is known about the short-term, let alone the long-term, safety of these drugs in this age group," researchers Mark Olfson said.
As stated in the article, 'Long-term use of new anti-psychotics may lead to even greater problems than the initial disease.' Read the linked articles below to get a better idea of how drug companies make a profit from pills that can kill:

Pfizer: The Drug Giant That Makes Bank from Drugs That Can Kill You

100,000 Americans Die Each Year from Prescription Drugs, While Pharma Companies Get Rich

The Hidden Damage of Psychiatric Drugs

Drug Side Effects "Neglected, Restricted, Distorted and Silenced" by Drug Companies

America's Mental Illness Epidemic: It Turns Out That the Drugs Are the Problem:
Tens of millions of innocent, unsuspecting Americans, who are mired deeply in the mental "health" system, have actually been made crazy by the use of or the withdrawal from commonly-prescribed, brain-altering, brain-disabling, indeed brain-damaging psychiatric drugs that have been, for many decades, cavalierly handed out like candy - often in untested and therefore unapproved combinations of drugs - to trusting and unaware patients by equally unaware but well-intentioned physicians who have been under the mesmerizing influence of slick and obscenely profitable psychopharmaceutical drug companies, a.k.a. BigPharma.

That is the conclusion of two books by investigative journalist and health science writer Robert Whitaker. His first book, entitled Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill noted that there has been a 600 percent increase (since Thorazine was introduced in the US in the mid-1950s) in the total and permanent disabilities of millions of psychiatric drug-takers. This uniquely First World mental ill health epidemic has resulted in the life-long taxpayer-supported disabilities of rapidly increasing numbers of psychiatric patients who are now unable to be happy, productive, taxpaying members of society.


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Psychologist tells EU Politicians 'Ban TV to Protect Children's Health'


Daily Mail
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:27 UTC
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Ban: Toddlers should not be allowed to watch TV, according to expert Aric Sigman, and viewing should be limited for older children as well to protect their health.
TV should be banned for toddlers and severely rationed for other youngsters to protect their health and family life, a leading psychologist will tell MEPs today.

Dr Aric Sigman claims that millions of children spending hours slumped in front of TVs and computers is 'the greatest unacknowledged health scandal of our time'.

He says it is linked to ills ranging from obesity and heart disease to poor grades and lack of empathy.
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Silver Nanoparticles Stop Sperm Stem Cell Growth

Jennifer F. Nyland
Environmental News Science
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:03 UTC
A new study has identified exactly how silver nanoparticles cause male reproductive cells to stop growing.

Minute materials used in a number of consumer products such as antimicrobial agents can interrupt important cell signaling within male reproductive sperm cells, causing them to stop growing, according to a new study that builds on previous work by the same research group.

In prior studies, the scientists reported how smaller-sized silver nanoparticles - in the 10 - 25 nanometer range - decreased the growth of male stem cells when they were exposed at concentrations greater than 10 micrograms per milliliter (ug/ml).

The new study is the first to identify how the silver nanoparticles stop the sperm stem cells from growing. The biggest effects were caused by the smallest-sized nanoparticles tested.

This study raises important questions about potential effects on male fertility, because silver nanoparticles are currently used in a wide range of products.

Comment: For more information about nanotechnology read the following:

Big Risk for Nanotechnology as Some Carbon Nanotubes May Cause Asbestos Related Diseases

Scientists Scared as Nanotechnology and Nanoparticles Become Common in Consumer Products:
"Valued for it's antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to washing machines. But as silver's benefits propel it to the forefront of consumer nanomaterials, scientists are recommending a closer examination of the unforeseen environmental and health consequences of nanosilver."

"The general public needs to be aware that there are unknown risks associated with the products they buy containing nanomaterials," researchers Paul Westerhoff and Troy M. Benn said in a report scheduled for the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).


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Study finds commercial organic farms have better fruit and soil, lower environmental impact


PhysOrg
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:54 UTC
Side-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found the organic farms produced more flavorful and nutritious berries while leaving the soil healthier and more genetically diverse.

"Our findings have global implications and advance what we know about the sustainability benefits of organic farming systems," said John Reganold, Washington State University Regents professor of soil science and lead author of a paper published today in the peer-reviewed online journal, PLoS ONE. "We also show you can have high quality, healthy produce without resorting to an arsenal of pesticides."

The study is among the most comprehensive of its kind, analyzing 31 chemical and biological soil properties, soil DNA, and the taste, nutrition and quality of three strawberry varieties on more than two dozen commercial fields - 13 conventional and 13 organic.

"There is no paper in the literature that comprehensively and quantitatively compares so many indices of both food and soil quality at multiple sampling times on so many commercial farms," said Reganold. Previous Reganold studies of "sustainability indicators" on farms in the Pacific Northwest, California, British Columbia, Australia, and New Zealand have appeared in the journals Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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BPA Linked to Higher Testosterone Levels

Rachel Kaufman
National Geographic
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00 UTC
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BPA's in almost everything, it seems. The chemical is great for making transparent, nearly shatter-proof plastic, called polycarbonate, so it shows up everywhere--in CDs, water bottles, even eyeglasses.

Now it's in your urine, too. And if you're a guy, it's messing with your hormones.

Researchers at the School of Biosciences at the University of Exeter in the UK have found an association between BPA (Bisphenol A) and higher levels of testosterone, proving a link that up until now has only been decisively shown in lab animals.

The new study, published this month in Environmental Health Perspectives, looked at hundreds of men in Italy who had volunteered to donate blood and urine samples.

Comment: The author informs us of the progress science is making in being able to rid the environment of of toxic waste, but doesn't mention the importance of helping our bodies to detox themselves of these ubiquitous disease and cancer-causing chemicals.

This article serves as a great introduction, but the interested reader can purchase a copy of the book Detoxify of Die by Dr. Sherry Rogers, in order to really get up to speed on the dangers we face from environmental toxicity, and the best ways to protect and detoxify ourselves.

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Latest Report on Flu Fatalities: A Shocking Fabrication


Alliance for Natural Health
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:43 UTC
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We have been telling you recently about phony data from the government. Here is another egregious example - and no one in the major media seems to know or care.

For years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been citing an annual estimate of 36,000 deaths from flu. That figure has been used to justify mandatory flu vaccination for children and has been parroted the world over by news organizations that never question its validity. Last week the CDC released new figures: rather than 36,000, the three-decade average is actually 23,607 deaths, a full one-third fewer people than previously cited.

But even these new figures are actually fabricated and false. The CDC has always used a mathematical estimate based on an assumption that if a death certificate had "respiratory or circulatory disease" listed as a cause of death, then it should be counted as a "flu-related" death! The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons has been highly critical of the CDC's methodology.
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Red Flag

Study: Home Pesticides Linked to Childhood Cancer

Dan Shapley
Seattlepi.com
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:05 UTC
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As if links to Parkinson's disease, diabetes and obesity, cancer, low sperm counts and other reproductive health problems, and childhood developmental problems and diseases were not enough ... or that pesticide residue is common on foods, or that that children are even more susceptible than previously thought, or that pesticides stick around in the home for decades after being used, or that the EPA is slow to remove known toxic pesticides from the market, and doesn't require chemical makers to even list toxic "inert" ingredients ... now there's another reason to avoid using pesticides around the home.

A new study of children in the Washington, D.C., area and published in the journal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring links one form of childhood cancer to exposure to common organophosphate pesticides used around the home to kill bugs. Children with lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and their mothers were more likely to have higher levels of organophosphates and their metabolites in their urine than healthy pairs, and mothers who reported household use of chemicals were more likely to have children with ALL. There is no evidence that the cancer is caused directly by pesticide exposure - but it does present the first evidence of a linkage in a non-agricultural setting, according to the study's authors, researchers from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University.
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Genetically Modified Frankenfish!


Alliance for Natural Health
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:33 UTC
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Frankenfish compared to regular salmon
Coming to you soon - and you probably won't know that you're eating it.

Genetically modified salmon - the first GMO animal for human consumption - is reaching the final stages in its approval. Most terrifying: they might not have to tell us if our fish is GM or not!

This week the FDA announced a 60-day period of consultation and public hearings over whether to permit a genetically modified strain of salmon ("frankenfish" to its critics) to be eaten by humans. The approval process could take less than a year, and if it gets the green light the fish could be on the market in eighteen months.
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