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Heinz Blasted Over Outrageous Claims in Infant Formula Ads

David Gutierrez
NaturalNews
Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00 UTC
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© Alex Renton Gerber baby food which, the manufacturers claim, helps support brain and eye development.
The H.J. Heinz company, most famous for producing Heinz brand ketchup, has been reprimanded by the United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over an ad for its Nurture-brand infant formula.

According to the ASA, Heinz made "unsubstantiated" and "unacceptable" claims that its product could support the growth of infant brains, bodies and immune systems.

The ad, produced by the Abbot Mead Vickers BBDO agency, stated that each child needs a "special combination of nutrients to sustain the incredible growth in its brain, body and immune system." It then went on to state that Heinz had produced Nurture specifically in order to "provide for those three essential aspects of growth."

The commercial concluded by saying that Nurture would help "nourish, protect and develop your baby."
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Vitamin E is Effective Treatment for "Silent" Liver Disease

S. L. Baker
NaturalNews
Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00 UTC
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common, "silent" liver disease. Although it occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol, it causes damage that resembles alcoholic liver disease, including inflammation.

According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the condition is marked by fat in the liver and is associated with the growing number of overweight Americans. In all, about 2 to 5 percent of people in the US have NASH. And while many feel fine and aren't aware they have a liver problem, they actually have a disease that can eventually cause cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death.

There's been no effective treatment for NASH -- until now. Results from a new multi-center study organized by the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network of NIDDK show vitamin E is a successful treatment for the disease. The findings of this largest ever placebo-controlled randomized trial of NASH therapies were published in the April 28 online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Books in the Home 'Boost Children's Education'


BBC News
Fri, 21 May 2010 23:15 UTC
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Keeping just 20 books in the home can boost children's chances of doing well at school, according to a major study.

Regular access to books has a direct impact on pupils' results, irrespective of parents' own education, occupation and social class, it was claimed.

Researchers said that children coming from a "bookish home" remained in education for around three years longer than young people born into families with empty bookshelves.

The study, led by Nevada University, in the United States, comes despite continuing concerns over a decline in reading at school.

It is feared that some teachers are being forced to dump books - and teach children using basic worksheets - to boost their performance in literacy tests.
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Is Your Faucet Making You Sick?

Doug Linney
Alternet
Mon, 24 May 2010 23:06 UTC
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Your drinking water may be contaminated with lead, even if you're using faucets claiming to be 'lead-free.' Here's what we can do about it.

By now we've all heard the dangers of lead - at any level. The American Heart Association, the Centers for Disease Control, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the World Health Organization, and every other health-based organization that has reviewed the available studies have concluded that there is no safe level of lead in the human body. Human lead exposure has been associated with reduced cognitive function, aggressive behavior, increased criminal activity, digestive ailments, nervous system disorders, cardiovascular impairment, and bone marrow damage, just to name a few. Recent medical research has demonstrated that many of these ailments are caused by low levels of lead exposures - levels that were previously believed to be safe. Lead in our bloodstream robs us of our future, as it is particularly toxic to our children's health. Furthermore, unlike other toxins that our bodies can remove, lead accumulates over time and can have adverse impacts throughout adulthood and can even shorten our lives.
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Long-Lasting Sensory Loss in World Trade Center Workers from Airborne Toxins After 9/11 Attacks


ScienceDaily
Wed, 19 May 2010 15:00 UTC
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© iStockphotoGround Zero, New York City.
New research from the Monell Center and collaborating institutions reports that workers exposed to the complex mixture of toxic airborne chemicals following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City had a decreased ability to detect odors and irritants two years after the exposure.

"The nose performs many sensory functions that are critical for human health and safety," said lead author Pamela Dalton, PhD, MPH, an environmental psychologist at Monell. "The sensory system that detects irritants is the first line of defense to protect the lungs against airborne toxic chemicals. The loss of the ability of the nose to respond to a strong irritant means that the reflexes that protect the lungs from toxic exposures will not be triggered."
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Warning: This Common Food Causes Devastating Offspring Defects in New Research Study


Dr. Mercola
Mon, 24 May 2010 20:10 UTC



Everything You HAVE TO KNOW about Dangerous Genetically Modified Foods from Jeffrey Smith on Vimeo.

In this interview, Jeffrey Smith, author of the bestseller Seeds of Deception, and Genetic Roulette, discusses the latest GMO research findings coming out of Russia, which adds fuel to previous concerns about long-term sterility and other highly bizarre physiological side effects.

Sources:

Institute for Responsible Technology, "Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality"

The Voice of Russia April 16, 2010

Grist April 20, 2010

Jeffrey Smith Interview Transcript (PDF)

Huffington Post April 20, 2010
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Study Links Weak Immune Systems, PTSD

Kelly Kennedy
Navy Times
Thu, 20 May 2010 13:54 UTC
A study shows that there may be a reason that those with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder deal with more physical health issues as they age: Their immune system has been compromised.

The study is yet more evidence to support the idea that people with PTSD go through chemical changes after a psychological injury.

Lead author Monica Uddin, a researcher with the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and her colleagues began with the theory that the increase in physical health issues - such as heart disease - in those with PTSD may come from immune system problems.

To that end, they used blood samples from 100 people in the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study. Of those, 23 had been diagnosed with chronic PTSD while 77 had not, though many had been diagnosed with other mental health issues, such as depression.

By looking at genes in those blood samples, they found that the people with PTSD had three areas where genes had been methylated - turned on, essentially - at higher levels than those without PTSD. One of those areas was hearing.
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Study Finds: Large Number of Public Wells in U.S. Have Potentially Harmful Contaminants in Source Water


Science Daily
Fri, 21 May 2010 20:49 UTC
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© USGSTwenty-two percent of 932 source-water samples from public wells contained one or more chemical contaminants at concentrations greater than Maximum Contaminant Levels or Health-Based Screening Levels.
More than 20 percent of untreated water samples from 932 public wells across the nation contained at least one contaminant at levels of potential health concern, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

About 105 million people - or more than one-third of the nation's population - receive their drinking water from one of the 140,000 public water systems across the United States that rely on groundwater pumped from public wells
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Cell Phones and Brain Cancer: The Real Story

Devra Davis, Ph.D.
Huffington Post
Sat, 22 May 2010 17:19 UTC
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The long awaited World Health Organization Interphone study of more than 5,000 brain tumors that occurred between 2000-2004 and cell phone use failed to deliver a knock-out punch. This thirteen country report found what every study that has ever examined people who have used phones for a decades or more has determined - top users of cell phones had a doubled risk of malignant tumors of the brain. When looking at all those in their study who had used cell phones to make one call a week for six months or more, compared to those who used cell phones less no such risk was evident. This is unsurprising.

The story behind the story needs to be told. First of all, although the news reports so far do not acknowledge this fact, Interphone is not the only study to find an increased risk in brain tumors with prolonged cell phone use. All studies that have been able to examine people a decade after heavy use began have found increased risk of brain tumors. Second the Interphone study completely ignored the fact that there is a growing experimental literature showing that pulsed microwave-like radiation from modern cell phones disrupts living cells and causes our DNA to become unstable - signs of cancer and other chronic disease. Third, the Interphone study was delayed close to six years, while authors debated how to present their results. Completed in 2004 and promised by 2005, publication was delayed til now.

Comment: For more of the 'Real Story' behind the health issues associated with cell phone use and Electromagnetic radiation read the following information:

The BioInitiative Report - The Dangerous Health Impacts of Microwave Radiation

From the article:
They document serious scientific concerns about current limits regulating how much EMF is allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF exposure in daily life.

The report concludes the existing standards for public safety are inadequate to protect public health.
Electromagnetic radiation and its effect on the brain: an insider speaks out

The Hidden Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation

Is 'Electrosmog' Harming Our Health?

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If Ultrasound Destroys Sperm, Why is it Safe for a Fetus?

Mike Adams
NaturalNews
Sun, 23 May 2010 12:00 UTC
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Ultrasound is extremely damaging to the health of any unborn child (fetus). The natural health community has been warning about ultrasound for years, but mainstream medicine, which consistently fails to recognize the harm it causes, insists ultrasound is perfectly safe and can't possibly harm the health of a fetus.

Now, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a project that aims to temporarily sterilize men by blasting their scrotums with ultrasound. The burst of ultrasound energy, it turns out, disrupts the normal biological function of the testes, making the man infertile for six months.

Ultrasound, in other words, contains enough energy to temporarily deaden the testes and basically destroy sperm function for half a year. So why is it considered "safe" to blast an unborn baby with the same frequencies?
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