Deadly Medicine

Deadly Medicine
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/01/deadly-medicine-201101

"Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year. Will that number go up, now that most clinical trials are conducted overseas—on sick Russians, homeless Poles, and slum-dwelling Chinese—in places where regulation is virtually nonexistent, the F.D.A. doesn't reach, and "mistakes" can end up in pauper's graves? The authors investigate the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, and the U.S. Government's failure to rein in a lethal profit machine."

Please read full article at link above.

EPA Cited for Ineffective Regulation of Antimicrobials

EPA Cited for Ineffective Regulation of Antimicrobials
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=4748

"The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a report criticizing the agency's lack of regulation concerning antimicrobial products. Citing a number of failures, the report finds that the EPA's Antimicrobial Testing Program (ATP) has been largely inadequate in testing products to ensure safety and efficacy, and has failed to remove products that did not meet program standards."

Giving antibiotics to babies could increase asthma risk

Giving antibiotics to babies could increase asthma risk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8241625/Giving-antibiotics-to-babies-could-increase-asthma-risk.html

"Giving babies antibiotics before they reach six months of age could increase their risk of developing asthma by more than two thirds, claims a new study."

Should you have your silver fillings replaced?

Should you have your silver fillings replaced?
http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=167925&catid=7

"Cavities are nothing to smile about but is there greater worry for millions of us who have "amalgam," those silver-colored fillings with mercury?"

VIDEO: Commonwealth Club Program on Health Effects of Cell Phones, Wireless Technologies & Electromagnetic Fields With Leading Experts

VIDEO: Commonwealth Club Program on Health Effects of Cell Phones, Wireless Technologies & Electromagnetic Fields With Leading Experts

Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Panel I – Olle Johansson, PhD from ElectromagneticHealth.Org on Vimeo.

Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Panel IV – Need for New Exposure Guidelines. from ElectromagneticHealth.Org on Vimeo.

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Diet may mitigate toxic effects of arsenic

Diet may mitigate toxic effects of arsenic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40891773/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/

"People drinking water naturally contaminated with high levels of arsenic may benefit from eating more radishes, sweet potatoes and other similar plants, a new study finds.

Among residents of Bangladesh, a region highly contaminated with arsenic, those with diets relatively high in roots and gourds - which also include green papaya and pumpkin - were less likely to develop telltale skin lesions after being exposed to high levels of arsenic, a sign the chemical was probably causing fewer toxic effects."

Families get sick due to apartment mold

Families get sick due to apartment mold
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=7880217

"Something may be growing in the walls at an East Bay apartment complex and it's making people sick. Now, renters who spoke up may have another problem besides worrying about their health."

Complaints by neighbors halt candle maker's plan

[Comment:  Keep crying about jobs, jobs, jobs... we won't buy into it. There are other jobs... like making fragrance free candles!]

Complaints by neighbors halt candle maker's plan
http://www.pressherald.com/news/complaints-by-neighbors-halt-candle-makers-plan-_2011-01-05.html

"Complaints by neighbors about odors have stopped a plan to expand a candle-making operation that could have brought 100 new jobs to south Gardiner, the deal's backers said.

"They were saying too much fragrance released from the building was a deterrent from them selling their houses," Aldrich said."

Calif. County Criminalizes Smart-Meter Installations

[Comment:  Way to go North San Francisco Bay!]

Calif. County Criminalizes Smart-Meter Installations
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/05/05greenwire-calif-county-criminalizes-smart-meter-installa-66649.html

"Citing alleged health effects from electromagnetic waves, a county in the North San Francisco Bay Area has criminalized the installation of "smart" electric meters.

The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance (pdf) yesterday that deems the installation of smart meters a public nuisance in some areas."

For town made famous by 'Erin Brockovich,' a toxic sequel?

For town made famous by 'Erin Brockovich,' a toxic sequel?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0104/For-town-made-famous-by-Erin-Brockovich-a-toxic-sequel/%28page%29/2

"Hinkley, Calif., battled pollution of its ground water by chromium 6 in the 1990s – a case that inspired 'Erin Brockovich.' Now the substance has escaped its containment barrier."

Use of toxic pesticides stirs debate on LI

Use of toxic pesticides stirs debate on LI
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/use-of-toxic-pesticides-stirs-debate-on-li-1.2584667

"Back in 1979, an insecticide that Suffolk potato farmers used to kill beetles and roundworms turned up in several private water wells.

Aldicarb is toxic in large doses, and it wasn't supposed to leach into groundwater. But it did. Today, decades after the chemical was banned here, traces still linger in the aquifers that supply local drinking water."

Dona Park Residents Say Their Bodies Are Contaminated Too

Dona Park Residents Say Their Bodies Are Contaminated Too
http://www.kristv.com/news/dona-park-residents-say-their-bodies-are-contaminated-too/

"Health officials say they have some alarming new findings about contamination in the Dona Park neighborhood, which sits across from the old Asarco zinc plant.

Toxic levels of zinc and lead were found in the area back in the mid 1990's but, despite a clean-up, neighbors say they still suffer from health problems."

Smog Contributes to Dangerous Heart Rhythm Disorders

Smog Contributes to Dangerous Heart Rhythm Disorders
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_107303.html

"The role that air pollution plays in heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias) that can cause sudden death may be underestimated, according to researchers."

Marin County supes OK moratorium on SmartMeters

[Comment: Good move! Now, test them for human health effects and tell us the truth!]

Marin County supes OK moratorium on SmartMeters
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/05/BUVC1H443C.DTL

"The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a one-year moratorium on the installation of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s SmartMeters, siding with residents who consider the wireless devices a threat to their health, privacy and pocketbooks."

Radiation exposure from imaging common in kids

Radiation exposure from imaging common in kids
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_107273.html

"Children and teens often get diagnostic tests that expose them to radiation, increasing the risk of cancer later in life, U.S. researchers said on Monday."

Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation

Sage Associates has published an on-line report titled Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation

Emissions from Smart Meters, dated January 1, 2011.  

Contact:  info@sagereports.com

The Report is available for download at:

http://sagereports.com/smart-meter-rf/

Flushing Out Lead, Metals With Chelation Therapy

Flushing Out Lead, Metals With Chelation Therapy
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/03/132474747/flushing-out-lead-metals-with-chelation-therapy

"Sherri Oliver lives in a small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It's a two-hour bus ride to get to the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore — and she has brought her daughter, Katie Dail.

Katie has dangerously high levels of lead in her blood."

Exterminator charged in Layton girls' deaths speaks out

[Comment:  Keep talking. The bottom line is that pesticides are EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! Dangerous enough to kill two innocent children in their own home!]

Exterminator charged in Layton girls' deaths speaks out
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50971545-76/nocks-case-evidence-pesticide.html.csp

"Coleman Nocks has been waiting nearly a year for the day when he could speak out in his own defense.

That day could be Tuesday, at a hearing in 2nd District Court on the two counts of negligent homicide leveled against him after the poisoning deaths in February of Rebecca Toone, 4, and her sister Rachel, 15 months."

HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Straubinger's New Study Shows How Lyme Bacteria survives

HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Straubinger's New Study Shows How Lyme Bacteria survives
http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/621.html

Woman sues over mold inhalation at Alief school

Woman sues over mold inhalation at Alief school
http://www.ultimatealief.com/stories/225931-woman-sues-over-mold-inhalation-at-alief-school

"A woman is suing after, she says, she was seriously injured as a result of inhaling poisonous mold."

9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims

9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims
http://preventdisease.com/news/09/102809_9_arguments_to_win_any_vaccine_debate.shtml

"Since the flu pandemic was declared, there have been several so-called "vaccine experts" coming out of the wood work attempting to justify the effectiveness of vaccines. All of them parrot the same ridiculous historical and pseudoscientific perspectives of vaccinations which are easily squelched with the following 9 questions."

Rules regulating pesticide spraying vary widely by state

Rules regulating pesticide spraying vary widely by state
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25639653-57/drift-spray-oregon-california-product.csp

 

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has spent the past decade considering adding warnings to herbicide product labels against applying the chemicals in ways that can result in drift, but has yet to mandate the change."

Dying on the vine: An Oakland wine grape grower wages a costly fight against damaging pesticide drift

Dying on the vine

An Oakland wine grape grower wages a costly fight against damaging pesticide drift
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25051060-41/kohlman-drift-oregon-herbicide-herbicides.csp

"The 2010 grape harvest on Legacy Vineyards could have been worse. Considering the wet spring, cool summer and late harvest marred by the arrival of hundreds of hungry migrating birds, the 6 tons of tempranillo grapes and 3 tons of pinot noir were a respectable take.

But the best news for wine growers Kevin and Karen Kohlman was this: Their vines did not get hit this season by pesticides drifting onto their property from surrounding private industrial forestlands. That's a change."

The Scary Truth About Dentistry / What to Do If You're Worried About Mercury Fillings

The Scary Truth About Dentistry
http://www.stopagingnow.com/liveinthenow/article/the-scary-truth-about-dentistry

"Earlier this year, I attended a charity function in D.C. where I ended up sitting next to an attorney for the EPA. We got to talking, and soon ended up on the subject of traditional vs. alternative medicine, and specifically the EPA's role in the matter. One thing I was shocked to hear, was that, according to him, the EPA has known for years that some of the materials used in conventional dentistry pose risks to both the dentist and the patient. But he said there has been enormous pressure from the higher ups to basically just "sit on the data.""

 

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What to Do If You're Worried About Mercury Fillings
http://www.stopagingnow.com/liveinthenow/article/what-to-do-if-youre-worried-about-mercury-fillings

"Our recent article, The Scary Truth About Dentistry, received a tremendous response from our readers — lots of
informative comments and personal stories were posted, as well as some questions about how to go about having mercury fillings removed. So we thought it would be a good follow up to provide some answers and resources for you, should you be interested in learning more about safe mercury removal, or want to be sure to avoid ever having toxic materials used in your mouth to begin with."

Its official now: Radiation from your cell phone may be killing you

Its official now: Radiation from your cell phone may be killing you
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_its-official-now-radiation-from-your-cell-phone-may-be-killing-you_1489258

"After many years of debate over the health hazards posed by mobile phones, a recent report finally establishes it."

VIDEO: Wounded by Wireless

VIDEO: Wounded by Wireless
http://thetruthaboutmcs.blogspot.com/2011/01/video-wounded-by-wireless.html

EMF Exposure Sufferers Tell Their Stories In this press conference, Josh Hart, Director of Stop Smart Meters, introduces three people from various walks of life who have become electro-sensitive by being exposed to radiation from wireless technology.



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New laws aim to make Californians healthier and safer

New laws aim to make Californians healthier and safer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-new-laws-20110101,0,864677,print.story

"Starting this year, traffic tickets will be more expensive and bakeries must limit trans fats in fried pastries. Paparazzi caught chasing celebrities will face stiffer penalties as well."

New state laws include ban on toxic flame-retardant

New state laws include ban on toxic flame-retardant
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013818063_newlaws01m.html

"Washington state is banning the sale of televisions, computers or residential upholstered furniture containing a toxic chemical flame-retardant starting Jan. 1. The new law is one of a handful to take effect New Year's Day."

Phillips, 2010 Debating the Legitimacy of Environmental Illness

Phillips, 2010 Debating the Legitimacy of Environmental Illness
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46128672/Phillips-2010-Debating-the-Legitimacy-of-Environmental-Illness

Do synthetic food colors cause hyperactivity?

Do synthetic food colors cause hyperactivity?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-food-dyes-20110101,0,1972784.story

"Acting on research published in the Lancet, the European Parliament last  year began requiring products containing synthetic food colors to carry  warning labels saying that "consumption may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.""