The Fluoride Action Network asks readers to sign a letter and contact Farm Bill conferees opposing a House provision requiring EPA to study the economic impact of phasing out sulfuryl fluoride. FAN says the study is meant to block the phase-out of the Dow food fumigant.
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Law & Regulations
Take Action: The Farm Bill Is Back On The Table
House and Senate conferees have begun reconciling their Farm Bill versions. The House text would improve federal coordination and monitoring on declining honey bee and native pollinator populations, but the short-term extension left organic farmers' certification cost-share program without funding.
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It's time to stop Monsanto
An advocacy appeal urging readers to phone Washington voters in the final week before the vote on Initiative 522, which would require GMO labeling. It reports opponents spent more than $17 million and that polling had narrowed to a dead heat.
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Politics, Power and Misinformation Bullied City to Resume Fluoridation
The Fluoride Action Network says Brooksville, Florida's council reversed its vote to end fluoridation after a campaign by dentist Johnny Johnson and the Tampa Bay Times. FAN disputes Johnson's claim that a Harvard study tying fluoride to bone cancer in boys was refuted.
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Politics, Power and Misinformation Bullied City to Resume Fluoridation
Brooksville, Florida's council reversed its decision to stop fluoridation after a campaign by dentist Johnny Johnson and the Tampa Bay Times, the Fluoride Action Network says. FAN argues Johnson wrongly told the council a Harvard study tying fluoride to bone cancer in boys had been refuted.
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Is fructose good for patients with diabetes?
An EFSA panel backs a claim that replacing glucose and sucrose with fructose reduces post-prandial glycaemic response, a benefit for people who want to lower it, while acknowledging that high fructose intake may bring dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance and more visceral fat.
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Monsanto Hates This....But We Think You'll Love It
A promotional message from the Institute for Responsible Technology inviting readers to a free three-day online GMO Mini Summit, where Jeffrey Smith and John Robbins interview speakers including Thierry Vrain and Vandana Shiva.
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The Fluoridation Movement Loses a Great Warrior
Paul Connett remembers Albert W. Burgstahler, a 40-year opponent of water fluoridation who died at 85, recalling their travels and campaigns and the scientific integrity award the Fluoride Action Network named for him in 2006 and awarded to him first.
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A fundraising email from the Organic Consumers Association asking readers to donate to the Yes on I-522 GMO labeling campaign in Washington State, a year after Proposition 37 failed in California.
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Something Historical Is About to Happen - But Your Participation Is Critical
Mercola urges donations to the Organic Consumers Fund ahead of Washington State's vote on Initiative 522, which would require labeling of seeds, raw commodities and processed foods produced through genetic engineering. California's Proposition 37 drew 48.5 percent last November.
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Irish Fluoridation Report Suppressed
The bulletin lists fluoridation defeats: Columbia, Tennessee's utility board voted 3-2 to stop, New Tecumseth, Ontario ended 40 years of it 7-3, and Davis, California rejected it 4-1. New Zealand regulators ordered a pro-fluoridation dentist's ad removed.
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Fed Shutdown Forces Cease-Fire in Organic War: USDA Louisville Meeting Canceled
The federal shutdown forced cancellation of the National Organic Standards Board's semiannual meeting, set for the week of October 21 in Louisville. Cornucopia's Mark Kastel says oversight, enforcement and progress in managing the organic industry have halted with the Washington gridlock.
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What's Affected by a Government Shutdown?
A White House rundown of services that stop when funding lapses: national parks and monuments close, NIH halts new clinical trial enrollment, small business loan applications stop, EPA suspends non-essential inspections, and hundreds of thousands of federal workers go unpaid.
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Organic Consumers Association Newsletter: Defeating Monsanto
The Organic Consumers Association argues that FDA's voluntary GMO labeling guidance, which Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Mark Udall asked the agency to finalize, plays into biotech and big food's hands and could end states' rights to label and non-GMO certification.
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OCA Newsletter: Monsanto, Dupont Spend $8.2M to Buy Washington Election
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter: Monsanto has put in $4.8 million and DuPont $3.4 million to defeat I-522, Washington State's GMO labeling initiative, part of more than $11 million raised by the No campaign. It asks readers to donate to the Yes side.
Law & Regulations
Legalizing Raw Milk Takes Center Stage at Wisconsin's Capital (PR)
Wisconsin is weighing Senate Bill 236 and Assembly Bill 287, which would allow farmers to sell raw milk directly to consumers. The Cornucopia Institute's Mark Kastel planned to testify that the group takes no position on raw milk's health claims but sees prosecutions of small farmers as wasteful.
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Researcher Files Lawsuit vs. FDA After His Petition Calling for Ban on Artificial Trans Fats Was Ignored
Fred Kummerow, now 98, petitioned the FDA in 2009 to ban synthetic trans fats and never received a final response. He has now sued, arguing the failure to ban partially hydrogenated oils and the delay violate the Administrative Procedure Act and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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GAO Study Finds Serious Flaws in Privatized Poultry Inspection
The GAO found methodological flaws in the HIMP pilot that USDA's inspection service used to justify privatizing poultry inspection in some 200 plants. The proposed rule would replace most federal inspectors with company employees and speed up lines.
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