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Increased Scrutiny of Flea and Tick Control Products for Pets


Environmental Protection Agency
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:05 UTC
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Due to a recent sharp increase in the number of incidents being reported from the use of spot-on pesticide products for flea and tick control for pets, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is intensifying its evaluation of whether further restrictions on the use of these products are necessary to better protect pets.

Incidents with flea and tick products can involve the use of spot-on treatments, sprays, collars and shampoos. However, the majority of the potential incidents reported to EPA are related to flea and tick treatments with EPA-registered spot-on products. Spot-on products are generally sold in tubes or vials and are applied to one or more localized areas on the body of the pet, such as in between the shoulders or in a stripe along the back.
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Six Cherries a Day Keeps Arthritis Away

Mike Adams
Natural News
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:35 UTC
I bet the big drug companies wish they had invented cherries -- they've proven to be the most powerful medicine in the world for eliminating gout and reducing the pain and inflammation of arthritis. Cherries are such powerful medicine for gout and arthritis, in fact, the FDA went out of its way to try to muzzle cherry growers, preventing them from linking to scientific studies on cherries as a way to censor the information you're about to read here.

If the public finds out the truth about cherries, after all, they won't need arthritis drugs anymore (and Big Pharma will lose billions in profits). As you'll see in the collection of quotes about cherries, gout and arthritis (below), cherries are extremely safe, effective and fast-acting for eliminating swelling and pain. Eating just a few cherries a day keeps uric acid levels in check, preventing any recurrence of gout.
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Omega-3s - Fish Oils, Flaxseed Oil and Prostate Cancer - What do the Experts Say?

Mike Adams
Natural News
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:00 UTC
Just how good are fish oils, flaxseed oils and other omega-3s at preventing prostate cancer? According to the experts quoted below, they may represent some of the most powerful anti-cancer nutrients available today!

Read this large collection of quotes on omega-3 oils and prostate cancer, and you'll learn how boosting omega-3 intake while reducing omega-6 intake can help halt prostate cancer tumor growth and end the chronic tissue inflammation that ultimately contributes to prostate cancer.

What are good sources of fish oils? I personally like both marine omega-3 oils (from green-lipped mussels) and high-quality fish oils like those from Nordic Naturals (www.NordicNaturals.com). Carlson Labs is also a trusted source (www.CarlsonLabs.com). I don't trust most other brands of fish oil or krill oil because of the lack of ethics demonstrated by the people selling them. Krill oil harvesting, in particular, negatively impacts the fragile Antarctic marine ecosystem, unlike aquaculture farming of green-lipped mussels, which is clean and sustainable.
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Autism - Cold Parents or Cold Society?

Christina England
American Chronicle
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:36 UTC
A new study is showing that 1 in 38 boys in Britain are Autistic. In Cambridge University a study has revealed a massive 1 in every 38 boys are showing signs of Autism.

So what is causing this huge surge of children estimated to have Autism? What do all these children have in common? Well it could be that all these children have had the scheduled childhood vaccines? It is possible but it is not a certainty as of course we do not know which of these children if any have not had vaccinations. Sadly, despite the figures showing the high numbers of children suffering from this life long disability that are now being quoted from reputable universities worldwide, the world health authorities are still refusing to carry out large-scale studies comparing vaccinated to un-vaccinated children Such studies would so easily determine finally, the issue of the extent to which vaccination could be implicated in causing the condition. If we as parents knew once and for all whether vaccines could cause Autism then we could at last have a say in whether we felt that the vaccines outweighed the risk of Autism for our child.
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Vaccines Implicated in Rocketing Childhood Diabetes Rates


Child Health Safety Blog
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:27 UTC
The Times, London reports "Thousands of children revealed to be suffering from diabetes" - The Times - April 4, 2009, showing UK childhood diabetes rates are 15 times higher than previous figures. Childhood diabetes is listed as an adverse reaction to the US drug giant Merck's MMR II and other vaccines and highlights the issue of risk of disease compared to risk of adverse reactions.

At what point and at what social and economic cost do we draw a line? How many cases of autism, diabetes, asthma, allergy and all the rest do there have to be to make the risks of the vaccines worthwhile? The MMR II product information leaflet can be found here: MMR II. The list of potential adverse reactions is long - and added to the end of this article. It includes:-
"Adverse Reactions ...........
Endocrine System
Diabetes mellitus ............"
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Genetic 'magic bullet' cures have proven a 'false dawn'

Richard Alleyne and Kate Devlin
Telegraph
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:13 UTC
Prof Jones, a geneticist, said the belief that a few genes held the key to ridding the world of conditions such as cancer and diabetes had proved to be "plain wrong". In most cases, hundreds of genes are responsible, and often they have less effect than other factors such as diet, lifestyle and the environment.

Writing in The Daily Telegraph today, the academic and author called for a complete overhaul of the "scattergun" approach to genetic research, which is backed by millions of pounds in funding by governments and medical charities such as the Wellcome Trust.

Prof Jones said he was one of a number of "renegade" scientists who were beginning to question the research. "It's not done to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, nor to bite the hand that feeds you - nor, in my own profession, to criticise the research programme of the Wellcome Trust, an enormously rich charity that paid much of the bill to read the message written in human DNA.
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Screening of Moms for Depression is now mandatory (The Mother's Act)

Evelyn Pringle
NaturalNews.com
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:25 UTC
The promotion of the Mother's Act is like a rewind of a bad movie dating back to the 1960's when rock stars were singing songs about "mother's little helpers."

Women fought for years to gain acceptance of the fact that many female health problems were real and not symptoms of hypochondria. The psycho-pharmaceutical cartel's profit-driven invention of an epidemic of pregnancy-related mental disorders will wipe out a century of work toward that acceptance.

Sadly, the end result of this latest marketing scheme will be that the relatively few women who truly do suffer from postpartum depression will not be taken seriously.

The Mother's Act legislation has already passed in the US House of Representatives. A majority vote in the Senate would represent a major coup for a multibillion dollar industry.
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Flashback MSG is being sprayed right on fruits, nuts, seeds, grains, and vegetables as they grow -- even those used in baby food


Truth In Labeling
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:44 UTC
In the 1970s, reluctant food processors "voluntarily" took processed free glutamic acid (MSG) out of baby food. Today it's back, in fertilizers called "Omega Protein Refined/Hydrolyzed Fish Emulsion" and "Steam Hydrolyzed Feather Meal," both of which contain hydrolyzed proteins; and in a product called AuxiGro WP Plant Metabolic Primer (AuxiGro) produced by Emerald BioAgriculture (formerly Auxein Corporation), which contains both hydrolyzed protein(s) and "monosodium glutamate." AuxiGro is being sprayed on some of the vegetables we and our children will eat, into the air we and our children must breath, and onto the ground from which it can move into drinking water. Head lettuce, leaf lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, and peanuts were among the first crops targeted. On September 12, 2000, the Auxein Corporation Web site gave the following information:
Crops registered include: Celery; Fresh Market Cucumbers; Edible Navy and Pinto Beans; Grapes; Bulb Onions; Bell, Green and Jalapeno Peppers; Iceberg Head Lettuce; Romaine and Butter Leaf Lettuce; Peanuts; Potatoes; Snap Beans; Strawberries; Processing Tomatoes; Fresh Tomatoes; and Watermelons.
Today, there is no crop that we know of that has not been approved for treatment with MSG by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Injuries, Deaths Caused by Medications Skyrocket 38 Percent

David Gutierrez
Natural News
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:33 UTC
The number of serious injuries and deaths linked to the use of prescription medications reached a new high in the first quarter of 2008, according to a report issued by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

Researchers found mention of 4,825 deaths and approximately 21,000 serious injuries among voluntary adverse event reports submitted by doctors to the FDA between January and March. These numbers were 38 percent higher than the quarterly average for 2007 and a striking 200 percent higher than the first quarter of 2007.
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The covering up of Autism. Just what is going on?

Christina England
American Chronicle
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:15 UTC
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In the Mail on Sunday today Laura Collins writes about how a specialist changes the diagnoses of a child from Autism because of pressure from the school chiefs. Sadly this is a fairly normal practise in the UK. Children's Autism is being covered up to save costs. Children with Autism need extra educational provision to have their needs met. For this to take place both the health authority and the LEA have to agree that the child is Autistic. However, if only one side say that a child is Autistic then funding is not agreed.

Professionals have been known to use any way they can to avoid diagnosing Autism. They will for example call milder cases of Autism PDD Pervasive Developmental Delay, OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, CD Conduct Disorder, DAMP Deficits in Attention, Motor control, and Perception and finally ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder as a way of getting around an Autistic Diagnoses. Very often children who are Autistic have threads of many disorders that interlink or interweave with each other and very few children tick all the boxes for an Autistic diagnoses. By only diagnosing one of these disorders in a child who is in fact Autistic and ignoring the Autism is a neat way of avoiding the route cause of their problems and of course without that crucial diagnoses, funding can be refused.
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