A trade announcement: FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn will exhibit at Natural Products Expo Asia in Hong Kong, August 23-25, 2012, where principal Rick Quinn presents on importing food and dietary supplements into the U.S. under FSMA, import alerts and natural and organic claims.
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Why Does Monsanto Always Win?
Using OpenSecrets.org figures, Mercola reports Monsanto spent $5.3 million lobbying last year on revenue of $11.8 billion, plus $1.4 million in the first three months of this year, and that its PAC gave $77,500 to 17 House agriculture committee members or their leadership PACs.
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Urgent - If You Want to Keep Taking Supplements
Dr. Mercola argues that Senator Durbin's Amendment 2127 and his 2011 Dietary Supplement Labeling Act would hand the FDA drug-style power over supplements, and says supplements draw far fewer reported adverse reactions than drugs or vaccines.
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New Video: How You're Being Backstabbed by the FDA
Dr. Mercola revisits the 2007 report “FDA Science and Mission at Risk,” which found the agency's scientific base eroded and its science agenda lacking structure, and points to Gary Null's film War on Health and reports that the FDA spied on staff scientists who raised concerns.
Law & Regulations
Banned in Hawaii, Poisons our Planet, But You're Probably Still Using it
Honolulu's mayor signed a plastic bag ban starting July 1, 2015, completing county-by-county bans that make Hawaii the first state to outlaw most plastic bags. Los Angeles, Seattle and Aspen have acted too, and only 1 to 5 percent of the bags are recycled.
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The Drugstore in Your Meat and Other Table Top Terrors
Hugh Iglarsh reviews Martha Rosenberg's book, which casts drug makers as converting ordinary stages of life into medicable ailments, allied with gene-tinkering agribusiness and revolving-door regulators, and blames direct-to-consumer advertising for relentless pressure to prescribe.
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Seeds of Freedom
Mercola introduces Seeds of Freedom, a Gaia Foundation and African Biodiversity Network film on biotech corporations taking control of crop seed. He argues chemical-based monoculture destroys soil composition and that herbicide use on genetically engineered crops has spurred hardy superweeds.
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Take Action: Stop the worst food bill in decades
EWG Action Fund asks readers to tell Congress to reject the House's 2012 farm bill, which it says would cut nutrition assistance by $16 billion and conservation programs by $6 billion, repeal organic certification help, and exempt engineered crops from environmental review.
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Why Is Big Corn Continuing to Run ‘Corn Sugar’ Ads Even After FDA Denial?
The FDA refused the Corn Refiners Association's bid to relabel high fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar,” but TV ads still call it that. Mercola notes the FTC, which polices deceptive advertising, declined to say whether it is investigating.
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Major Progress at Eliminating Fluoride in Water Supplies by Fluoride Action Network
Paul and Ellen Connett report that at least 53 communities with 3.5 million residents have ended fluoridation and more than 300 have voted it out since 1990. They credit local citizen campaigns and say legislators now introduce prohibition bills of their own.
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Are You Eating This Cruel Food?
As California's foie gras ban nears, chefs weigh defying it and fines of up to $1,000, staging farewell dinners. The piece recalls Chicago's short-lived 2006 ban, when chefs formed Chicago Chefs for Choice and served elaborate all-foie gras menus in protest.
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Milwaukee Council Holds Hearing on Fluoridation Prohibition
A Milwaukee Common Council subcommittee heard about seven hours of testimony on Alderman James Bohl's proposal to ban fluoride from the city's water. The writer, who sides with the opponents, says members voted to hold the resolution rather than decide it either way.
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Monsanto Wields Influence; BT Cotton farmer suicides; Monsanto thwarted in Mexico
A newsletter from the Institute for Responsible Technology reports Monsanto spent $1.4 million lobbying the USDA, FDA and EPA and funds university programs and buildings, and notes that EFSA ousted Diana Banati over ties to a biotech lobbying group she then joined as director.
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The Drug Shock of the Year - FDA Approved, But Beware
The FDA approved Elelyso, the first genetically modified plant product meant to treat a human disease, with Gaucher disease enzymes grown in carrot cells by an Israeli firm. Mercola ties it to GMO labeling fights, noting Connecticut and Vermont dropped bills after Monsanto threatened to sue.
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Cornucopia News: The Organic Watergate: Advocates Condemn Corruption and USDA’s Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in Organics
The Cornucopia Institute's white paper The Organic Watergate accuses USDA of stacking the National Organic Standards Board with agribusiness executives, easing questionable synthetics into organic food. Congress earmarked most of the board's 15 seats for farmers, consumers and scientists.
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Discover What They're Hiding in Your Organic Food
Mark Kastel of the Cornucopia Institute argues that the people reviewing additives for organic food are largely tied to the agribusinesses lobbying for their use, and that almost 300 non-organic and synthetic compounds are now approved for organic products.
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Putting Will of Monsanto ahead of Will of the People, Connecticut Governor Stops GMO Labeling Bill
Before Connecticut's HB 5117 reached the floor for debate, Governor Malloy and his attorneys removed Section 2, the provision requiring mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food. People in his administration cited fear of a lawsuit; the governor has not commented publicly.
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Stop Feeding Our Babies Genetically Engineered Infant Formula and Baby Food
A Care2 petition sponsored by the Institute for Responsible Technology asks the FDA to keep genetically engineered ingredients out of infant formula and baby food, arguing nearly all formula contains engineered corn or soy and that companies run their own safety tests.
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