GMWatch reports the US EPA proposing higher glyphosate residue limits, including 100 ppm in teff animal feed and 40 ppm in oilseeds, with rises in some produce. It pairs this with a study finding glyphosate inhibits beneficial gut bacteria such as E. faecalis while leaving C. botulinum unaffected.
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Chemical hazards: fluoride, pesticides, BPA and other contaminants.
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Message From Clean Water Portland
A fundraising appeal from Clean Water Portland carrying a letter from actor Ed Begley Jr., who urges Portland voters to reject fluoridation on the coming ballot and asks for $15,000 in seven days. An editor's comment frames fluoridation as a matter of personal choice.
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10 Facts About Fluoride You Need to Know
Mercola points to a Fluoride Action Network talk by attorney Michael Connett listing 10 claims about fluoride: most developed countries do not fluoridate, WHO data show no clear tooth decay gap between those that do and do not, and fluoride reaches tissues beyond teeth.
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Grapes and celery - pesticide issue?
EWG's 2013 Shopper's Guide ranks pesticide residues on 48 popular fruits and vegetables using more than 28,000 USDA and FDA samples. Apples top the Dirty Dozen, followed by strawberries, grapes and celery, while corn, pineapples and avocados make the Clean Fifteen.
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Plastic and Cancerous Compounds in Tea Bags—A Surprising Source of Potential Toxins
Some newer tea bags are made of nylon, rayon or other plastics steeped in hot water, and many paper bags are treated with epichlorohydrin, a suspected carcinogen that hydrolyzes to 3-MCPD, a compound shown to cause cancer in animals and linked to infertility in male rats.
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New Celebrity Video Opposing Fluoridation
The Fluoride Action Network has released two public service announcements made with actor Ed Begley Jr., who says fluoridation lacks an adequate margin of safety and is a clumsy form of medicine, and cites studies linking fluoride to reduced IQ.
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Increased Mercury Leads to Increased Risk of Diabetes
Researchers followed 2,875 Americans for an average of 18 years and found those with the highest mercury exposure in young adulthood were 65% more likely to develop diabetes than those with the least. EPA says eating fish is the most common US exposure route.
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Farm raised seafood can be dangerous
A reader writes that his beard grew faster after eating farm-raised seafood at a Chinese buffet and asks whether growth hormones are used, and the editor notes this is personal experience, not proof that farm-raised seafood is unsafe.
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A HUGE VICTORY: Israel lifts mandatory fluoridation
Israel's health minister signed regulations letting local governments end fluoridation, breaking a mandate in place since 2002, and asked the High Court of Justice to review its legality. The Fluoride Action Network says 13 U.S. states still mandate it.
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Antibiotics in Organic Tree Fruit Production — Simple Questions/Answers
As USDA deliberates antibiotics in organic tree fruit, the Cornucopia Institute argues the drugs threaten health and farm biodiversity and are not essential. Its survey of US organic apple and pear growers found 56% have never used oxytetracycline or streptomycin.
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Dangers from MSG
A review by David Tin Win in an Assumption University journal claims monosodium glutamate consumption can contribute to conditions ranging from arrhythmias and migraine to asthma, hives and panic attacks, and advises avoiding foods that taste strongly savory.
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Red meat chemical linked to heart disease
A Nature Medicine study reports gut bacteria convert l-carnitine, abundant in red meat, into trimethylamine-N-oxide, which accelerated atherosclerosis in mice. The same team had shown choline and phosphatidylcholine follow a similar route.
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Action Alert: Tell FDA to Remove Toxin, Making us Sick, From Food
The Cornucopia Institute asks readers to sign a petition urging the FDA to strike carrageenan from the list of allowed food additives, citing decades of animal experiments linking the additive to gastrointestinal inflammation, colitis-like disease and colon cancer.
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Umami food may damage the liver, kidney and brain, antioxidants can help
Rats given MSG produced more malondialdehyde in the liver, kidney and brain and lost glutathione, signs of oxidative damage. Vitamins C and E and quercetin reduced it. The author notes the 4 mg/g dose would scale to about 320 grams of MSG for a 176-pound man.
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Fluoride may cause diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Doctoral research by RupalA Vasant at Sardar Patel University found rats given 100 ppm sodium fluoride in drinking water for four weeks developed high blood sugar, high blood lipids and oxidative stress, which the author reads as evidence fluoride may contribute to type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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Wichita Eagle Misleads Readers on Fluoride & IQ
A fluoride-campaign newsletter reports Tyrone Borough, Pennsylvania voting 6-2 to end fluoridation and a likely reversal in Hampshire, UK, then accuses the Wichita Eagle of slanting its coverage during the city's fluoridation fight, which residents settled 60-40 against.
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Watchdog Group Releases Report Formally Requests Removal of Carrageenan from List of Allowed Additives
The Cornucopia Institute has formally asked the FDA to drop carrageenan from the list of allowed food additives, calling the agency's rejection of a 2008 citizen petition sloppy and biased. Research has linked food-grade carrageenan in lab animals to colon tumors.
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Anti-fluoridation movement: Off to a Great Start in 2013
A fluoride-free campaign bulletin counts nine North American communities of about 372,626 residents voting to end fluoridation in two months, and 29 Queensland communities of about 464,748 since that Australian state dropped its mandate. Local mayors are quoted.
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