Mercola flags four overlooked risks to infants: poor gut health, flame retardant chemicals, too little vitamin D and GMO exposure. He cites a Norwegian study that tied Bacteroides in month-old boys to reduced growth and early E. coli to normal growth.
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Food Safety
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Is the Government Protecting Us Against Mad Cow disease? Not Necessarily
A suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob case in New Hampshire turns attention back to US meat safeguards. The author recounts the first three domestic mad cow cases, from 2003 to 2007, and the dispute over whether the first cow could walk, which drew congressional and GAO investigations.
Biological
Four common kids’ food safety myths quashed by the Partnership for Food Safety Education
The Partnership for Food Safety Education, with USDA and FDA, knocks down kids' food safety myths for National Food Safety Education Month: no one of any age should eat raw cookie dough or cake batter, and microwaves heat unevenly, leaving cold spots where germs survive.
GMO
The Exciting Groundswell That's About to Topple Monsanto
Mercola and Jeffrey Smith discuss GMO labeling after Proposition 37's narrow defeat, which both credit with spreading awareness. Smith argues the US is nearing the 'tipping point of consumer rejection' Europe hit in 1999, when Unilever, Nestle and others dropped GM ingredients.
Food Safety FAQ
Drinking alcohol increases breast cancer risk
Among 91,005 mothers in the Nurses' Health Study II, one drink a day between a girl's first period and her first full-term pregnancy was tied to 13 percent higher breast cancer risk and 15 percent higher risk of proliferative benign breast disease, with risk rising as drinking rose.
GMO
13 Lies GMO Labeling Opponents are Recycling in Washington State
The Organic Consumers Association rebuts arguments against Washington's I-522 GMO labeling initiative, citing the European Union's labeling since the 1990s with no resulting rise in grocery costs, and the $46 million spent to defeat California's Proposition 37.
Chemical
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles damage organs
J. Xu of Ningbo University and colleagues gave mice single IV doses of titanium dioxide nanoparticles up to 1387 mg/kg and saw damage to brain, lung, spleen, liver and kidneys. The highest dose killed some mice within two days; no long-term effects were examined.
Chemical
Toxic nanoparticles might be entering human food supply (PR)
University of Missouri researchers developed a method to detect silver nanoparticles in fresh produce and tested it on pears dipped in a nanoparticle solution, then washed and rinsed repeatedly. Food scientist Mengshi Lin says the toxicity of these particles is not yet known.
Chemical
Report Finds “Probably Carcinogenic” Chemicals in All Municipal Water Samples Tested
The Environmental Working Group tested water from 201 municipal systems in 43 states and found chemicals considered probable human carcinogens in every one. Its report blames disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine meets organic matter, and asks government to clean up source water.
Chemical
The Fourth Phase of Water - What You Don’t Know About Water, and Really Should
Mercola interviews bioengineering professor Gerald Pollack on his book The Fourth Phase of Water, which proposes a negatively charged exclusion-zone water that stores and delivers energy like a battery, and asks why theories of muscle contraction leave water out.
Biological
Human MRSA Strain From Cows
An American Society for Microbiology article reports that a community-associated MRSA strain originated in cows and jumped to farm workers more than 40 years ago. The authors say farm animals may be a reservoir for future pandemic outbreaks.
GMO
Missing in Action from the Latest GMO Labeling Battle: The Organic and ‘Natural’ Elite
The Organic Consumers Association faults large organic and natural-products companies and their trade groups for sitting out Washington's I-522 GMO labeling fight, while a smaller set including Dr. Bronner's, Nature's Path and PCC Markets funded the Yes campaign.
Chemical
Surprising Source of Arsenic in Your Drinking Water—Will EPA Take Steps to Protect Your Health?
A petition before EPA asks that water fluoridation use pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride instead of fluorosilicic acid, which is often contaminated with arsenic. Petitioner William Hirzy, a chemist who spent 27 years at EPA, estimates the switch would cut arsenic contamination.
Chemical
Israel Will End Fluoridation in 2014, Citing Health Concerns
Israel's Supreme Court ruled on July 29, 2013 that new regulations end both mandatory and voluntary water fluoridation within a year, after a petition argued the practice is hazardous. Health Minister Yael German said it can harm the chronically ill.
GMO
OREGON: Learn How to Ban GMOs in Your County
Organizer Paul Cienfuegos is offering three-hour virtual workshops, followed by a 90-minute group call, on writing Community Rights ordinances in Oregon counties. He helped Benton and Lane counties put local GMO crop bans on the May 2014 ballot.
Chemical
French fries may boost your cardiovascular disease risk
Rats drinking 5 mg of acrylamide per kg of body weight daily for 90 days ended up with higher serum homocysteine, citrulline and ADMA than unexposed animals, markers linked to cardiovascular disease. The authors suggest long-term exposure may raise atherosclerosis risk.
Chemical
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles may damage men's fertility
Chinese researchers fed male mice 2.5 to 10 mg/kg of titanium dioxide nanoparticles daily for 90 days and found the particles reached the testes, producing lesions, sperm malformations and altered sex hormone levels, with 142 genes changing expression.
Chemical
Eating fries, potato chips may increase risk of endometrial, ovarian cancer
Among 62,573 Dutch women followed 11.3 years, those with the highest acrylamide intake had 29 percent higher endometrial cancer risk and 78 percent higher ovarian cancer risk than those with the lowest. Breast cancer showed no association with acrylamide.
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