A letter to the editor disputing an earlier article on bird flu, arguing that FDA salmonella rules and federal inspections already cover commercial egg farms and that USDA's findings of the virus in small backyard flocks undercut blaming high-volume production.
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Letter to the editor: Water fluoridation is not based on science
A reader's letter arguing that the fluorosilicic acid used to fluoridate water is an unregulated, untested hazardous waste product and that medicating the public without informed consent amounts to malpractice.
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Letter to editor: Ramazzini Caution
A letter from the Methanol Institute's chief executive disputing an earlier article on aspartame, citing a U.S. Pathology Working Group review that attributed the Ramazzini Foundation's tumor findings to respiratory disease in its rat colony.
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Letter to Editor: European "Fructose Health Claim" as of 2014
A reader's letter pointing out that the European Union approved a health claim, effective 2014, for foods substituting fructose for glucose or sucrose, and objecting that it ignores fructose's metabolic effects at typical intakes.
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International Conference on Nutrition and the Brain: The Role of Foods and Lifestyle in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurological Disorders
A letter from PCRM president Neal Barnard announcing a two-day conference for health professionals on nutrition, lifestyle and the brain, held July 19 and 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C. and jointly sponsored by PCRM and George Washington University.
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Reader's response to article "Common metal oxide nanoparticles damage and kill cells"
A reader's letter disputing a Food Consumer article on metal oxide nanoparticles, arguing that dose and test protocol determine toxicity and citing an FDA study that found nanoscale titanium dioxide was not genotoxic in the Ames test or Comet assay.
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Letter to Editor: Greetings Anti-GMO Groups
A reader's letter urging anti-GMO campaigners to move past petitions and social networking and take up door-to-door literature drives, citing the California labelling ballot initiative as the model to imitate.
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Letter to Editor: Highly exposed to phthalates as fetuses, female mice have altered reproductive lives
A Brown University media pitch about a study in Reproductive Toxicology reporting that extremely high in utero phthalate doses were associated with a shortened reproductive lifespan and abnormal mammary cell growth in mice. The doses far exceed typical real-world exposure.
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To the editor: Dr. Mercola’s recent comments on sweeteners have been unbalanced and not helpful to readers
A letter to the editor from registered dietitian Rima Kleiner, a consultant to the food and beverage industry including The Coca-Cola Company, arguing that Dr. Mercola's comments on sweeteners are unbalanced and citing research that low-calorie sweeteners can aid weight management.
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Comment: Tuna and mercury: New tests by Consumer Reports
A letter to the editors from David Martosko of the Center for Consumer Freedom disputing Consumer Reports' canned tuna tests and arguing that the methylmercury levels found are far too low to represent a health concern.
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Letter to Editor: Sugar-added soft drinks not the cause for gout
A letter from the American Beverage Association disputing the site's report on sugary drinks and gout, arguing the beverages studied contain no purines, that much of their sweetener is glucose rather than fructose, and that family history is the strongest risk factor.
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Toxic America - Letter from EWG
A letter from EWG Action Fund president Ken Cook urging supporters to watch CNN's two-part Toxic America report on June 2 and 3, in which he debates the head of an industry-funded group, and to sign a petition on chemicals policy.
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Autism Professor Needs Help
An appeal for research volunteers: Professor Gene Stubbs of the University of Oregon is recruiting pregnant women who already have a child with autism to take 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day, and says families can now take part without travelling to the university.
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Vitamin D boosts physical performance
The Vitamin D Council's John Cannell writes that Chicago Blackhawks team physicians began diagnosing and treating vitamin D deficiency in all players about 18 months ago, most on 5,000 IU a day. His sources credit better performance plus fewer and milder colds and repetitive-use injuries.
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What's that smell?
Testing of 17 name-brand fragrances by EWG and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics turned up 38 chemicals absent from labels, an average of 14 per product, some tied to hormone disruption and allergic reactions. A 1973 labeling law exempts fragrance from ingredient lists.
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Who's supplying the great chefs of Texas? (PR)
Thirty-seven Texas restaurateurs, chefs and others toured farms, a bakery, a winery, an olive orchard and a brewery on a Chef's Farm Tour run by the Texas Department of Agriculture and Texas AgriLife Extension to show them how local products are grown.
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Vitamin D Council needs your help (PR)
The Vitamin D Council asks readers to have blood drawn twice on the same day, sending one 25-hydroxy-vitamin D sample to Quest and one to LabCorp so the Council can compare the two labs. It will reimburse up to $100 on receipt of both results.
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Reader's response: New HoMedics Product Offers Germ Free Water - Restore
A reader's letter to the site introducing HoMedics' Restore water purification system, which pairs a filter for heavy metals and chlorine with UV light to disinfect drinking water.
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