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FDA approves first GMO flu vaccine: Expected on market in 2014

Arjun
collective-evolution.com
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:57 UTC
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In early 2013, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the the very first genetically modified flu vaccine, known as Flublok. It contains recombinant DNA technology and an insect virus known as baculovirus that is apparently supposed to help facilitate a more rapid production of the vaccine. It could hit the market as early as next year. It was developed by Protein Sciences Corp, who received approval for the Flublock vaccine in January of 2103. It uses genetic engineering to grow portions of the virus in insect cells.

The vaccine also contains proteins from three different flu strains, and is produced by extracting cells from the fall army-worm, a type of caterpillar, and genetically altering them to produce large amounts of hemagglutinin, a flu virus protein that enables the flu virus itself to enter the body quickly.
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Bizarre GMO wheat mystery in Oregon

Annalee Newitz
io9
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:27 UTC
GMO Wheat
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A farmer in Oregon recently discovered unkillable wheat in his fields. He'd sprayed the whole field with a pesticide called Roundup, but this patch of wheat wouldn't die. Convinced he'd discovered a new super-wheat mutation, he sent some to a scientist.

Carol Mallory-Smith was that scientist, an expert in weeds, who immediately knew that the wheat wasn't a super-strain. It's pretty much impossible for a plant to resist death after being treated with Roundup . . . unless it's a genetically-modified "Roundup Ready" strain, created by agribusiness giant Monsanto. But how could Monsanto wheat get into an Oregon farm? The answer proved to be even weirder than she imagined. After genetic testing, she discovered that it was indeed Monsanto wheat. But it was an experimental strain that was engineered 14 years ago.

Somehow, these experimental Monsanto seeds got mixed into wheat seeds being sold over a decade later.

On Scientific American, Arielle Duhaime-Ross writes:
On May 1, with GMO-positive test results in hand, Mallory-Smith contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serviceto tell them that unapproved seeds which had been engineered 14 years beforehand . . . had somehow found their way into a wheat field in Oregon.
The Roundup Ready wheat program that produced these seeds was canceled a decade ago, but the company has resumed tests of the product in the past year. It's still not clear how the seeds made their way to Oregon.
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Health

Polio virus spreading across Israel via sewer systems

Dan Even
Haaretz
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:06 UTC
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A sewage treatment plant
Still, no polio sufferers have been found, says Health Ministry, stressing that the virus has been located in sewer systems only.

The polio virus has continued to spread through sewer systems across Israel, based on widespread sample surveys of sewer systems recently ordered by the Health Ministry.

Still, no polio sufferers have been found, the Health Ministry said, stressing that the virus has been located in sewer systems only.

The survey found the virus in the Ayalon sewer system that handles sewage from the cities of Ramle, Lod and Modi'in and the communities located in the Gezer Regional Council; in the sewer system that handles sewage from the Lev Hasharon Regional Council, including the community of Kalansua; and in the sewage treatment plant that serves the communities of Jaljulia and Kafr Bara. The discovery of the polio virus in these sewer systems follows the virus' discovery at sewage treatment plants serving Negev communities. The virus was first discovered in May in sewage from the Negev city of Rahat.
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Scientists develop ground-breaking new method of 'starving' cancer cells

Charlotte Woods
University of Southampton
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 06:38 UTC
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This is Chris Proud at work in the laboratory.
A University of Southampton Professor, in collaboration with colleagues at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, have discovered a novel way of killing cancer cells. The research, recently published in the journal Cell, has found a new potential treatment for cancer, which leaves the body's healthy cells undamaged, unlike traditional therapies such as radiotherapy.

Chris Proud, Professor of Cellular Regulation in Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton says: "Cancer cells grow and divide much more rapidly than normal cells, meaning they have a much higher demand for and are often starved of, nutrients and oxygen. We have discovered that a cellular component, eEF2K, plays a critical role in allowing cancer cells to survive nutrient starvation, whilst normal, healthy cells do not usually require eEF2K in order to survive. Therefore, by blocking the function of eEF2K, we should be able to kill cancer cells, without harming normal, healthy cells in the process."

Comment: There is another way, already available, to starve cancer cells. One has simply to follow a Ketogenic (no sugar/low carbohydrates/ high fat) diet.

Wonders of the Ketogenic diet: The Andersen and Stefansson 'Eskimo Experiment'
Ketogenic diet, calorie restriction and hyperbaric treatment offer hope for non-toxic cancer treatment and alleviation of multiple health issues

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Syringe

Antibiotics in animal feed could be causing human deaths


Information Daily
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:45 UTC
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Could antibiotics routinely added to animal feed be a contributing factor to the raising levels of antibiotic resistance in human diseases?

David Wallinga from Keep Antibiotics Working: the Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse in Animal Agriculture told the BMJ online that he thinks that the use of antibiotics in livestock has a "critical role" in the resistance levels to the drugs in humans.

He believes that physicians and policy makers have overlooked this theory, and advises the relevant parties to consider it before developing new, stronger antibiotics.

Overall reductions in antibiotic use should come before any new development, he says. In 2009-11, 72 per cent of the US sales of antimicrobials were intended for water or animal feed for livestock.
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The iron elephant - The dangers of iron overload

Gabriela Segura, MD
The Health Matrix
Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:46 UTC
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The Iron Elephant - What you should know about the dangers of excess body iron (Vida Publishing Inc.) - is a book written by journalist Roberta Crawford which was first brought to my attention via sott.net's discussion board. As it happens, one of the members was suffering from extreme fatigue and joint problems related to an autoimmune condition that was not responding to either vitamin C or dietary measures. In fact, she was getting progressively worse. A blood test analysis revealed high ferritin levels which indicated high iron stores. Furthermore, there was a history of hemochromatosis within the family. This prompted much research and learning which was posted on our Forum thread Hemochromatosis and Autoimmune Conditions.

Slowly but surely, the picture of iron overload toxicity began to emerge and the final pieces of the puzzle fell into place. Several people who were having trouble recovering their health on a diet that was basically bulletproof were found to have iron overload.

The healing diet which is a gluten and dairy free ketogenic diet with moderate intake of protein and plenty of animal fats does not work as it should be as long as there is excess iron in the body.

Iron overload may affect any organ in the body and may include symptoms such as fatigue, depression, arthritis, irregular heart beat, high blood sugar and/or diabetes, shortness of breath, swelling of the abdomen and legs, jaundice, loss of sexual drive, premature menopause, loss of body hair, shriveling of the testicles, hypothyroidism, and redness of the palms of the hands. A suntan that does not fade in winter may or may not be present.

The excess iron oxidizes in your body and can literally rust your organs leading to diseases such as cancer, thrombosis, cirrhosis, arthritis and so forth.

The Iron Elephant describes the bitter journey of many people who suffered needlessly from iron's toxicity effects. It is a warning for the rest of us who might be unaware of silent iron overload. Let's have a closer look to the key concepts and warnings.
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Question

Is Monsanto trying to kill us with GMO frankenfoods?

Peggy Layton
personalliberty.com
Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:56 UTC
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Monsanto is the same company that manufactured DDT, Agent Orange, PCB, dioxin and aspartame. Cancer is being linked to PCB exposure. Thousands of U.S. soldiers as well as Vietnamese civilians have cancer because of being exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnamese war. These people are suffering the horrible consequences of this chemical being sprayed in the jungles, leaching toxic and deadly chemicals into the water, soil and the air. Children are being born with birth defects, and thousands are dying of cancer caused by the exposure. There are many cover-ups and lies about these toxic effects. And no one wants to take responsibility for this travesty.

My best friend's husband was exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnamese war, and he is now 100 percent disabled with skin cancer on his arms. He routinely goes to the VA hospital to have the cancer removed. He has hundreds of scars and cannot work as a result of all the treatments. The government is responsible for taking care of the medical and disability needs of these veterans for the rest of their lives.
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Pills

Are you a drug guinea pig? A hidden threat from the newest drugs


drugenquirer.com
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:28 UTC
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The newest medication may not be your safest choice because when a new drug is approved less than half of its serious reactions are known. The FDA relies upon you, the consumer, to determine the other half.
If you are taking a brand-new prescription med, you are part of the great ongoing clinical trial - whether you know it or not.

And so a team of Harvard University medical professors advises physicians NOT to prescribe the new medications to their patients "unless they represent an important medical advance" in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The editorial shows the safety of new drugs is not established - despite FDA approval.

Aren't drugs thoroughly tested before going on the market?

"Actually, the American public is the primary guinea-pig for new medications. The FDA views the first years after some drugs hit the market as Phase 4 of a clinical trial, because that's when it's really put to the test," states Jay S. Cohen, M.D., associate professor of family and preventative medicine at the University of California at San Diego.

Before FDA approval of a new drug, only a few hundred or thousand of carefully screened patients have used it, and then only for a few weeks or months. It's only after FDA approval that drug-makers sell their new drugs to a diverse cross-section of the population for long-term use.
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Coffee

Caffeine addiction is brewing in the DSM-5

Charles O'Brien
The Fix
Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:52 UTC
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A cup of joe is the world's favorite "upper." But is caffeine really a drug whose use merits inclusion in the psychiatric bible? The man who headed the entire addiction revision says yes.

Caffeine is part of many people's daily lives - mainly in the coffee we drink, but also in the tea, soda and energy drinks we consume, the candy and cereal we eat, the pain relievers and weight-loss pills we take. It's found so often in common products that people may not realize caffeine is indeed a drug - the world's most widely used one. We love it because it is a stimulantof the central nervous system; a cup of joe focuses our concentration and energizes us, increasing our heart rate. Most people consume caffeine with no ill effects, although there is substantial evidence that too much caffeine, or abrupt changes in its use, can have negative consequences for some people. These symptoms include headaches, muscle twitching and vomiting. Extremely high amounts of caffeine can even be fatal.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) published by the American Psychiatric Association in May details both "caffeine intoxication" and "caffeine withdrawal" to help clinicians identify patients who are experiencing serious effects of caffeine use - a problem that is not exactly "front of mind" and so is easily overlooked. Although the most severe symptoms are rare, they can hinder a person's ability to work, socialize or manage family responsibilities.

Comment: So the big question: Is the article above, written by a 'world renowned specialist in addiction psychiatry', contributing to the mass diagnosing of disorders, such as 'caffeine use disorder' and in essence fueling the breeding of mental illness in the US?

The following articles detail just a few examples of 'the tendency toward over-diagnosis and over-prescription that dominates the mental health care scene in the US and contributes to a system that is better at producing disorders than rectifying them.'

Profit Motive? Big Psychiatry Invents and Redefines Mental Illnesses
All for profit: Psychiatric "MD's" dispense dangerous drugs with impunity
The American Psychiatric Association's DSM5 proposal for ADHD - Making lifelong patients of even more healthy people
Will new changes to Autism Diagnosis leave your child in the cold while filling big pharma's pockets?

Scientists: Creativity part of 'mental illness'
After all, more than 50% of the United States is, by definition of the psychiatrists of the nation, mentally ill. Even questioning the government is considered a mental disorder. It should come as no surprise to know that upwards of 70% of the psychiatrists who write the conditions are - of course - on the payroll of those who produce the drugs to 'treat' the conditions. It should also therefore come as no surprise to note that the DSM (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is the foundation of the entire diagnosis system) now contains over 900 pages of bogus disorders.


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Ambulance

World Health Organizations' lies refuted: Physicians' group predicts 100,000+ Fukushima cancer incidences/deaths

Richard Wilcox Ph.D.
Activist Post
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00 UTC
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All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out. - I. F. Stone

In this new age of instant information, navigating the pitfalls of overload (too much); uncertainty (lack of); misinformation (poor quality); disinformation (intentional distortion, lies); is key in determining the scope of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and assessing immediate and long-term impacts on the international and Japanese public health. Fortunately we have one of the first attempts from researchers to set the record straight and calculate the death toll from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The report comes from the courageous men and women of International Physicians for Preventing Nuclear War (IPPNW) who expose the Big Lie being perpetrated by the World Health Organization (WHO) that few ill health effects will occur.

Consider that it is standard operating procedure for governments and industry to obfuscate, cover-up and lie about a nuclear disaster as soon as it occurs. The chaos that unfolds during a nuclear disaster such as Fukushima is used in a carefully orchestrated Big Lie process whereby damage control and perception management allow the perpetrators of the Big Crime - Tokyo Electric Power Company, the Japanese government and the international nuclear apologists and nuclear industry - to eventually get off scot free (1).

Even though the Japanese government was fully aware that three reactors had melted down and another one severely damaged, and that people should have been evacuated in a much more bold and expedient manner, the phrase that will live in infamy, "there is no immediate danger," was repeated during the worst days of the nuclear crisis by the government. In Orwellian fashion they might as well have announced over loudspeakers across the entire country that "The Moon Is Made Of Green Cheese, The Moon Is Made Of Green Cheese," in order to prove that whatever the government says is true and no one should question it.

The extent and quantity of radiation released from the accident has intentionally been suppressed, and unless the public can gain access to the highest echelons of governmental secrets, we will never know the full truth of how much radiation was released, where it was deposited and whose health was or will be affected.
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