A fluoridation campaign bulletin reporting $50,368 raised from 309 donors toward a $100,000 goal, and introducing three Austin, Texas professionals who oppose the city's fluoridation and say the health officer has blocked them at every turn.
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Finally... Solo Farmer Fights Monsanto and Wins
Dr. Mercola recounts Canadian canola farmer Percy Schmeiser's fight after Monsanto sued him for patent infringement in 1998, ending with Monsanto agreeing in March 2008 to pay cleanup costs, and notes Riceland Foods' win against Bayer over contaminated rice.
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FAN Newsletter - Another Big Victory in Canada!
A Fluoride Action Network newsletter reports the group's annual fundraiser nearly doubled in a day, from $16,621 to $32,051, offers donor premiums including a bumper sticker and mug, and notes another Canadian town has voted out fluoridation.
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Wise words from key fluoridation opponents
A Fluoride Action Network fundraising bulletin: donations have reached $13,136 from 173 donors against a goal of $100,000 from 500 donors by December 31. It also shares commentaries from longtime fluoridation opponents on why they joined the campaign.
Advisories
Safe Eats - Meat, Poultry & Seafood - FDA
An FDA guide to handling meat, poultry and seafood safely during pregnancy. Wash hands and surfaces with hot soapy water, sanitize counters with a teaspoon of chlorine bleach per quart of water left on for ten minutes, and keep raw foods away from ready-to-eat ones.
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The Truth is on our Side - from Fluoride Action Network
A Fluoride Action Network fundraising bulletin: 67 donors gave $2,458 in a day, bringing the campaign to $10,478 from 133 donors toward a $100,000 goal, followed by an introduction from new campaign director Stuart Cooper.
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FDA, FTC warns companies selling HCG products for weight loss
The FDA and FTC sent warning letters to seven companies selling over-the-counter homeopathic hCG drops, pellets and sprays for weight loss. hCG is approved as an injectable drug for female infertility, not weight loss, and the products pair with diets as low as 500 calories a day.
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Enforcement Hammer Falls on Giant Arizona Organic Factory Farm Dairy
Shamrock Farms, Arizona's first certified organic dairy, is poised to lose its organic certification after a USDA investigation prompted by a Cornucopia Institute complaint. Cornucopia staff found overgrazed pasture and were told the confined cows had not been out in weeks.
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National Organic Standards Board Meeting Report (PR)
Cornucopia Institute's Mark Kastel circulates a memo on the National Organic Standards Board's November meeting in Savannah, which he calls the most contentious in memory. The Board rejected a petition to allow synthetic sulfur dioxide preservatives in organic wine.
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What You Don't Know About the Yaz Birth Control Pill Hearings
The column faults the FDA for waiting until 2011 to hold hearings on Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz and Safyral, citing injuries reported in young users, and for barring Public Citizen's Sidney Wolfe from voting after his newsletter had labeled drospirenone a "do not use."
Advisories
Raw (Unpasteurized) Milk - U.S. government advice
US government advice warns that raw milk can carry bacteria, viruses and parasites that make people very sick or kill them, that harmful germs do not change milk's look, taste or smell, and that pasteurized yogurt or kefir is a safer source of probiotic bacteria.
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Santa Claus is the FDA’s Public Enemy #1, says Former FDA Regulatory Counsel
A 17-year FDA veteran jokes that Santa Claus tops the agency's naughty list, breaking food, drug, facility registration and import rules as he brings millions of dollars of undeclared edible and cosmetic gifts past the FDA's PREDICT screening system.
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Mail-Order Madness
USDA's Diane Van offers a checklist for mail-order food: perishables should ship overnight with a cold source and a Keep Refrigerated label, and should arrive frozen or below 40 degrees F. If one arrives warm, notify the company and do not taste it.
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You'll Ignore Conventional Health Advice - Once You See These Ugly Facts (comment)
Dr. Mercola writes up a 60 Minutes segment in which former lobbyist Jack Abramoff describes how lobbyists work Congress, chiefly by dangling lucrative jobs. Mercola notes the pharmaceutical industry spent over $244 million lobbying in one year.
Advisories
FDA Update - Reported Findings of Low Levels of Lead in Some Food Products Commonly Consumed by Children
FDA's July 2010 testing of juices and fruit-containing products found none exceeded the tolerable intake levels it sets for lead. The accompanying Q&A explains that lead reaches plants through soil and that washing and processing cannot always remove it.
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How to Handle Ready-to-Eat Bagged Produce
An FDA food safety official says pre-washed, ready-to-eat bagged produce needs no further washing at home, since rinsing is unlikely to beat a commercial triple wash and the extra handling may contaminate a clean product. Check the label if you are unsure, and wash hands and surfaces.
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Gift ideas - EWG newsletter
An Environmental Working Group newsletter listing gift suggestions from its researchers, among them cell phone headsets, stainless steel and glass cookware, green-living books and wooden rattles, and asking readers to shop through EWG's Amazon link to support the group.
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The Food for Life Program Continues to Grow - Newsletter from The Cancer Project
A PCRM newsletter reporting that the group trained 27 new Food for Life instructors and partners, its largest class in ten years, extending cooking and nutrition classes to Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee, alongside a plant-based holiday menu and a tribute-gift appeal.
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