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Illegal GE bacteria resistant to antibiotics has been found in animal feed

Heather Callaghan
Natural Blaze
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:48 UTC
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It's the stuff of sci-fi nightmares - an illegal strain of genetically engineered bacteria has been detected in EU animal feed through a GMO vitamin.

Jonathan Landsman, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD claim in a new report:
Genetically engineered (GE) bacteria have been found in riboflavin vitamin supplements intended for animal feed use according to newly published EU tests.

Contamination of food grade or animal feed supplements with GE bacteria is illegal in the European Union. In 2014, however, a German enforcement laboratory alerted EU officials to illegal GE bacterial contamination of a riboflavin supplement intended for animal feed. Further tests showed that the illegal contaminating strain was not among those the manufacturer claimed to be using.

The findings, just published in the journal Food Chemistry, were made by regulators from Germany and Italy who were sampling Chinese imports (Paracchini et al., 2017).
Similarly, a French testing laboratory found a riboflavin sample in 2015 contaminated with a probable identical bacterial strain also from China.
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Official push to hide drug & vaccine side effects; reduce informed consent

Jefferey Jaxen
Green Med Info
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:07 UTC
med side effects
In a disturbing turn of events, Big Pharma pushes to hijack informed consent by removing side effects from direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.

Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising (DTCPA) has exploded during the past several decades and is now the most prominent type of health communication the public encounters. DTCPA has been legal in the US since 1985, but exponentially expanded in 1997 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed a rule that once forced drug companies to offer a detailed list of side-effects in their long format commercials. The impact was immediate. Spending by drug companies on TV ads hit $664 million within a year. By 2005, the industry was spending more than $3 billion annually on televised direct-to-consumer (DTC) ads. 2008 saw Big Pharma post just under $5 billion. Spending on DTCPA rose 9% to $5.6 billion in 2016 and expected to rise further in 2017. To date, the US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow DTCPA.

In what appears to be a coordinated effort both the FDA and the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) have each announced their intentions to hide or eliminate side effects from DTCPA and patient information leaflets (PIL). Lending credence to larger picture unfolding, both the FDA and the AMS announced their intentions to toy with further concealing drug and vaccine side effects on the same day [June 19].

Comment: The western allopathic medical system treats us all as guinea pigs. Denying informed consent is an outright violation of the Nuremberg Code:
  1. Required is the voluntary, well-informed, understanding consent of the human subject in a full legal capacity.
  2. The experiment should aim at positive results for society that cannot be procured in some other way.
  3. It should be based on previous knowledge (e.g., an expectation derived from animal experiments) that justifies the experiment.
  4. The experiment should be set up in a way that avoids unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injuries.
  5. It should not be conducted when there is any reason to believe that it implies a risk of death or disabling injury.
  6. The risks of the experiment should be in proportion to (that is, not exceed) the expected humanitarian benefits.
  7. Preparations and facilities must be provided that adequately protect the subjects against the experiment's risks.
  8. The staff who conduct or take part in the experiment must be fully trained and scientifically qualified.
  9. The human subjects must be free to immediately quit the experiment at any point when they feel physically or mentally unable to go on.
  10. Likewise, the medical staff must stop the experiment at any point when they observe that continuation would be dangerous.


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Why migraine sufferers are sensitive to light

Mae Chan
Prevent Disease
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:45 UTC
migraine
People experiencing migraines often avoid light and find relief in darkness. A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has revealed a previously unknown connection between the light-sensitive nerve cells in the eye and centers in the brain that regulate mood and a host of physical parameters such as heart rate, shortness of breath, fatigue, congestion and nausea.

The findings, which explain how light can induce the negative emotions and unpleasant physical sensations that often accompany migraine, were published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Migraines are now recognized as a chronic disorder, not simply as a headache. A migraine can last for hours and is caused when arteries are inflamed due to the release of chemicals. These chemicals are released when you have an allergic reaction, stress, sleeping pattern, menstruation, menopause, and fasting.

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A secret natural insect repellent is hidden in your kitchen

Tim Wesley
Natural News
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00 UTC
Bay Leaves
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Most of the time, people, places, and objects that we don't usually notice are the ones that often surprise us a lot. Those that we don't bother giving a second look at or easily dismiss as something that are not too useful almost always end up giving us a pleasant surprise.

Take bay leaves for example. Did you know that these leaf spices are your best weapon in keeping your kitchen pest-free?

Bay leaves are aromatic spices that have been around for thousands of years. In fact, bay leaves (or bay laurels) were highly prized by the Greeks and Romans because they believe bay leaves symbolize peace and wisdom. These are used for cooking because of their distinct taste and aroma. They also have medicinal benefit. However, one of the things most people are unaware of is the fact that bay leaves are excellent pest repellents.

Banishing bugs and pests from the kitchen will require you to think carefully about the products you're going to use to accomplish this goal. Obviously, the kitchen is where you prepare your meals, so it wouldn't do you or members of your household any good if you're going to use something that contains toxic substances as doing so opens the possibility that harmful substances can get in contact with your food or the utensils you use.

Bay leaves can solve this problem. Just like boric acid, bay leaves have a gentler and kinder way of keeping insects at bay. That's because bay leaves contain essential oils — like eucalyptus — which produce a strong scent that can keep pests away. What's even better is, bay leaves don't cost a lot. In fact, they don't have to cost anything at all.

Comment: Keeping the bugs at 'bay.'

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2 plague cases confirmed in New Mexico's Santa Fe County


KOB4
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:44 UTC
human plague New Mexico
The New Mexico Department of Health on Monday confirmed two more human cases of plague.

The recent cases involve a 52-year-old woman and a 62-year-old woman. The first case this year was reported in early June in a 63-year-old man.

All three patients, who live in Santa Fe County, were hospitalized but there have been no deaths.
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Fecal bacteria found in drinks sold by UK's three major coffee chains


RT
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:36 UTC
Starbucks coffee
© Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
Traces of fecal bacteria have been found in drinks sold by Britain's three major coffee chains, a BBC investigation has found.

It found that ice drinks from Starbucks, Caffe Nero, and Costa all had traces of the fecal-derived pathogen.

Seven out of 10 samples from Costa, which has been voted the nation's favorite coffee shop for the third year in a row, were found to contain the bacteria.

Three out of 10 samples from Starbucks and Caffe Nero were found to contain the bacteria, known as fecal coliform.

Tony Lewis of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said the results are "concerning."

"These should not be present at any level - never mind the significant numbers found," he said.
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Are you coco-nuts to eat coconut oil?

Dr. Mark Hyman
drhyman.com
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:06 UTC
coconut oil
Did you know that 50 percent of media headlines about medical studies are dead wrong? And that many of these headlines don't accurately match the conclusions of the studies they cover? That's from a review published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

It makes me sad and furious at the same time that journalists don't do their homework and create firestorms of confusion because of their negligent work.

That is exactly what happened when USA Today published their article, "Coconut Oil Isn't Healthy. It's Never Been Healthy." Shame on you USA Today editors for doing such a sloppy job of journalism.
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Half of all opioid prescriptions go to patients with mental disorders

Vickie Connor
khn.org
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:58 UTC
opioids
Adults with a mental illness receive more than 50 percent of the 115 million opioid prescriptions in the United States annually, according to a study released Monday. The results prompted researchers to suggest that improving pain management for people with mental health problems "is critical to reduce national dependency on opioids."

People with mental health disorders represent 16 percent of the U.S. population.

The findings are worrisome, the researchers reported. They had expected that physicians were more conservative in prescribing these painkillers to people with mental illness.

Comment: Pain management and the roots of the opioid epidemic

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Sunless tanning sprays are a recipe for cancer

Dr. Mercola
mercola.com
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:14 UTC
tanning spray
Melanin is the pigment that gives skin (as well as hair and eyes) its color. Dark-skinned people have more melanin in their skin, and the presence of dark melanin, known as eumelanin, is associated with a low skin cancer risk.1 It would seem plausible, then, that creating an artificial way to stimulate pigmentation in human skin could lower the risks of damage from excessive exposure to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays.

There is a natural way to do this — get regular exposure to the sun in short increments, gradually building up your time spent in the sun to create a natural tan. As part of my healthy sunbathing tips, I recommend building up your tolerance by starting early in the spring, with as few as five minutes of exposure time, and gradually increasing the time you spend in the sun to avoid getting burned.

Once your tolerance has been built up, aim for 15 to 30 minutes of unprotected sun exposure two to four times per week, around midday, to maximize vitamin D production and other benefits of sun exposure. Health officials, on the other hand, would generally have you believe that virtually all sun exposure should be avoided (or only chanced after the application of copious amounts of sunscreen); hence, the creation of a sunless tanner "drug" that artificially boosts melanin in human skin.2

Comment: See also:

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A diet of Cokes and Oreos: Do poor people eat more junk food than the rich?

Jay L. Zagorsky & Patricia Smith
The Conversation
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:07 UTC
Warren Buffet

Warren Buffet chugging a Cherry Coke.
Eating fast food is frequently blamed for damaging our health.

As nutrition experts point out, it is not the healthiest type of meal since it is typically high in fat and salt. More widely, it's seen as a key factor in the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. and throughout the world.

Because it's considered relatively inexpensive, there's an assumption that poor people eat more fast food than other socioeconomic groups - which has convinced some local governments to try to limit their access. Food journalist Mark Bittman sums up the sentiment succinctly:
"The 'fact' that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes."

Comment: More on junk food consumption:

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