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Cow Skull

Corexit "Ruptures Red Blood Cells, Causes Internal Bleeding", Allows Crude Oil to Penetrate "Into the Cells" and "Every Organ System"


Washington's Blog
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:14 UTC
As I have previously noted, Corexit is toxic, is less effective than other dispersants, and is actually worsening the damage caused by the oil spill.

Now, two toxicologists are saying that Corexit is much more harmful to human health and marine life than we've been told.

Specifically Gulf toxicologist Dr. Susan Shaw - Founder and Director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute - dove into the oil spill to examine the chemicals present.
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Arrow Up

Fish oil shows promise in reducing risk of breast cancer

Deanna Sletten
examiner.com
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:05 UTC
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© Jose Conejo Saenz Stock.Xchng 689649Fish oil supplements may reduce the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
A recent report published in the July, 2010 issue of the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, and reported July 8, 2010, showed evidence that fish oil supplements may help lower the risk of developing breast cancer. This is yet more evidence that fish oil may play a role in preventing a chronic disease.

Study on Specialty Supplements and Breast Cancer

Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA, led by Emily White, Ph.D. had 35,015 women who were postmenopausal and had no history of breast cancer fill out a questioner about their use of specialty supplements that were not vitamins or minerals. Six years later, 880 cases of breast cancer had been identified throughout the time period on the group of women. The study found that women who took fish oil supplements had a 32 percent reduction in the risk of developing breast cancer, mainly invasive ductal breast cancer, which is the most common form of breast cancer.
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Alarm Clock

U.S. Opposes Honest Labeling of GMO Foods

Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00 UTC
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The official U.S. position on genetically-modified organisms, also known as GMs or GMOs, is that there is no difference between them and natural organisms. Crafted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the position set forth to the Codex Alimentarius Committee on the issue goes even further to suggest that no country should be able to require mandatory GMO labeling on food items, even though science shows that GMOs act differently in the body than do natural organisms and are a threat to health.

A group of over 80 food processors, farmers and consumer organizations has sent an official letter to Michael Taylor, deputy commission at the FDA, and Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture at the USDA, protesting the official U.S. position, citing the fact that it creates "significant problems" for all U.S. food producers that wish to label their products as being GMO-free.

Comment: For more information about the dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms read the following articles carried on SOTT:

Everything You HAVE TO KNOW about Dangerous Genetically Modified Foods
GMO Scandal: The Long Term Effects of Genetically Modified Food in Humans
Genetically Modified Foods: More Reasons to Avoid Them
Uncertain Peril: A Compelling Look at Genetically Modified Organisms
Lyme & Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous
Genetically Modified Crops Cause Liver and Kidney Damage

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Red Flag

Chile Peppers Recalled for Salmonella Risk


NewsInferno
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:20 UTC
Miravalle Foods, Inc. of South El Monte, California is recalling 37,318 pounds of Miravalle Chile California & Miravalle Chile Nuevo Mexico Brand Peppers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced.

This recall involves Miravalle Chile California & Miravalle Chile Nuevo Mexico Brand Peppers that were distributed between March 15th and May 6th, 2010 to some customers in California, Colorado, Utah, North Carolina, Nebraska, Indiana, Oregon, and Nevada because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
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Socializing with Others "Can Help Fight Cancer"

Matthew Moore
The Telegraph
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:30 UTC
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© South African TourismSocializing around the barbecue fire.
Socialising with others may help fight cancer, according to research showing that the stress of interaction causes tumours to shrink and even go into remission.

Cancer patients who change their lifestyle to keep company with more people could see substantial improvements in their condition, the study suggests.

The findings challenge accepted wisdom that stress is damaging to health, indicating that a manageable level of stress can help the body fight disease.

However, many recent studies have shown that high stress levels make people more susceptible to cancer, and less likely to survive.

Matthew During of The Ohio State University, who led the experiments on mice, said that the results had substantial implications for how people with cancer should live after diagnosis.
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Utah study points to arsenic in backyard chickens

Judy Fahys
The Salt Lake Tribune
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:25 UTC
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Christina McNaughton wasn't sure where to begin looking when worrisome levels of arsenic turned up in two Utah County children last summer. The family's water wasn't contaminated. Not the soil either.

The trail eventually led McNaughton, a toxicologist for the Utah Department of Health, to the family's backyard chicken coop - along with the eggs that came out of it, the feed that went into the hens that laid them and, finally, widely used animal-feed additives containing arsenic.

"For everyone who has backyard chickens," said McNaughton, "this is an issue."
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Hourglass

Potential Health Effects of Oil Spill

Kristine Galvan
My Fox Houston
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:02 UTC
In the Gulf, disaster response crews are sucking up the oil from the water's surface. On land, they're collecting what's washed ashore.

And at hospitals in Louisiana, doctors and nurses are manning decontamination tents.

"We usually get a phone call ahead of time when patients are coming in, who have been exposed to some sort of chemical. whether it be from the oil spill or something else. We wash them off to be safe."

As doctors on the ground deal with a first-of-its-kind problem, other medical experts are meeting with scientists at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Bulb

Stigmatizing Health: The War Against 'Health Nuts'

Christina Pirello
Huffington Post
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:59 UTC
Healthy-eating disorder. Yes, you heard right, healthy-eating disorder. In its insatiable quest to create a mental problem or syndrome out of every human phenomenon and activity, the psychiatric industry has fabricated their most ridiculous disorder yet: 'orthorexia nervosa' which in Latin translates to "nervous about correct eating." Named by California doctor, Steven Bratman in 1997, this latest in a long line of left of center syndromes is no laughing matter. While not an entirely new syndrome, it has had new life breathed into it.

According to The Guardian newspaper, if you place your focus on eating healthy foods, you are mentally distressed and most likely in need of some treatment that involves pharmaceuticals, like psychotropic drugs. The theory is that fixation with healthy eating can be a sign of a serious psychological disorder. Huh?

Instead of calling this new syndrome "nervous about healthy eating disorder," which just sounds stupid (oh, wait, it is stupid), the geniuses that define mental health gave it a Latin name so it sounds authentically like a disease and not the made up delusional rantings of a pharmaceutical-driven industry that relies on us being weak, fat, sick and in fear of mental disease.
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The Danger of Toxic Consumer Products, Fragrances

Dr. Samuel Epstein
Huffington Post
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:29 UTC
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Perfumes and fragrances are the single largest category of cosmetic and personal care products, especially hair, facial, and eye. These products represent nearly 50 percent of all prestige beauty dollars now spent in the US Fragrances are also extensively used in a wide range of everyday household cleaning products.

Exposure to toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products is predominantly through the skin. In contrast, exposure to toxic ingredients in household cleaning products is predominantly through inhalation.

Comment: For more information about the toxic ingredients in consumer products such as cosmetics and perfume read the following articles carried on SOTT:

Hidden Chemicals in Perfume and Cologne

Toxic Cosmetic Ingredients

The Top 10 Toxic Products You Don't Need

Reckless Failure of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Protect Against Cancer From Toxics in Cosmetics and GE Milk

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Red Flag

Illness Among Exxon Valdez Workers Could Foreshadow Tragedy for BP Oil Spill Cleanup Crews


NewsInferno
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:10 UTC
People working to cleanup the BP oil spill could very well face the prospect of long-term health problems. According to a report on CNN last night, cleanup workers from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill are still suffering health problems, 21 years later.

A lawyer who represented on such Exxon Valdez worker told CNN that One examination of health records of 11,000 Exxon Valdez cleanup workers found that 6,722 of them had gotten sick. The government and the company called those illnesses the "Exxon crud," a flu or cold that Exxon was not required to report to federal health officials, CNN said.

One former Exxon Valdez cleanup worker interviewed by CNN said he was "slowly poisoned" by the toxins he was exposed to. Today, he continues to suffer from rashes, respiratory problems, and is going blind.
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