An action alert from the Cornucopia Institute asking readers to sign a petition urging Abbott Laboratories to remove GMO ingredients from Similac infant formula, ahead of an April 26 shareholder vote on adopting a non-GMO policy.
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Food Safety
Contaminants, chemicals, genetically engineered food and what is really in the food supply.
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New Celebrity Video Opposing Fluoridation
The Fluoride Action Network has released two public service announcements made with actor Ed Begley Jr., who says fluoridation lacks an adequate margin of safety and is a clumsy form of medicine, and cites studies linking fluoride to reduced IQ.
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Increased Mercury Leads to Increased Risk of Diabetes
Researchers followed 2,875 Americans for an average of 18 years and found those with the highest mercury exposure in young adulthood were 65% more likely to develop diabetes than those with the least. EPA says eating fish is the most common US exposure route.
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Farm raised seafood can be dangerous
A reader writes that his beard grew faster after eating farm-raised seafood at a Chinese buffet and asks whether growth hormones are used, and the editor notes this is personal experience, not proof that farm-raised seafood is unsafe.
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A HUGE VICTORY: Israel lifts mandatory fluoridation
Israel's health minister signed regulations letting local governments end fluoridation, breaking a mandate in place since 2002, and asked the High Court of Justice to review its legality. The Fluoride Action Network says 13 U.S. states still mandate it.
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Antibiotics in Organic Tree Fruit Production — Simple Questions/Answers
As USDA deliberates antibiotics in organic tree fruit, the Cornucopia Institute argues the drugs threaten health and farm biodiversity and are not essential. Its survey of US organic apple and pear growers found 56% have never used oxytetracycline or streptomycin.
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Dangers from MSG
A review by David Tin Win in an Assumption University journal claims monosodium glutamate consumption can contribute to conditions ranging from arrhythmias and migraine to asthma, hives and panic attacks, and advises avoiding foods that taste strongly savory.
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Red meat chemical linked to heart disease
A Nature Medicine study reports gut bacteria convert l-carnitine, abundant in red meat, into trimethylamine-N-oxide, which accelerated atherosclerosis in mice. The same team had shown choline and phosphatidylcholine follow a similar route.
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Are You Eating This Popular Food Linked to Cancer?
Mercola reports on Argentina, where more than 18 million hectares of genetically engineered soy are sprayed with over 300 million liters of pesticide. A documentary and biologist Raul Montenegro blame glyphosate for rising birth defects and cancer; the studies are described as suggestive.
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Action Alert: Tell FDA to Remove Toxin, Making us Sick, From Food
The Cornucopia Institute asks readers to sign a petition urging the FDA to strike carrageenan from the list of allowed food additives, citing decades of animal experiments linking the additive to gastrointestinal inflammation, colitis-like disease and colon cancer.
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Umami food may damage the liver, kidney and brain, antioxidants can help
Rats given MSG produced more malondialdehyde in the liver, kidney and brain and lost glutathione, signs of oxidative damage. Vitamins C and E and quercetin reduced it. The author notes the 4 mg/g dose would scale to about 320 grams of MSG for a 176-pound man.
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Monsanto just gave you one more reason
The Organic Consumers Association says Congress passed a rider letting Monsanto plant GMO crops even if a court or agency rules the planting illegal, and asks readers to donate toward its $500,000 pledge to Washington State’s I-522 labeling initiative.
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Fluoride may cause diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Doctoral research by RupalA Vasant at Sardar Patel University found rats given 100 ppm sodium fluoride in drinking water for four weeks developed high blood sugar, high blood lipids and oxidative stress, which the author reads as evidence fluoride may contribute to type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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Wichita Eagle Misleads Readers on Fluoride & IQ
A fluoride-campaign newsletter reports Tyrone Borough, Pennsylvania voting 6-2 to end fluoridation and a likely reversal in Hampshire, UK, then accuses the Wichita Eagle of slanting its coverage during the city's fluoridation fight, which residents settled 60-40 against.
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Watchdog Group Releases Report Formally Requests Removal of Carrageenan from List of Allowed Additives
The Cornucopia Institute has formally asked the FDA to drop carrageenan from the list of allowed food additives, calling the agency's rejection of a 2008 citizen petition sloppy and biased. Research has linked food-grade carrageenan in lab animals to colon tumors.
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Anti-fluoridation movement: Off to a Great Start in 2013
A fluoride-free campaign bulletin counts nine North American communities of about 372,626 residents voting to end fluoridation in two months, and 29 Queensland communities of about 464,748 since that Australian state dropped its mandate. Local mayors are quoted.
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Biotech Industry Ups Propaganda Efforts with Undercover Ambassadors?
After Monsanto helped defeat California's Proposition 37 on labeling genetically engineered food, CEO Hugh Grant told the Wall Street Journal the company is reconnecting with customers. Mercola argues the industry is also recruiting seemingly independent ambassadors to lobby for it quietly.
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Silica in food, dietary supplements damages the liver
Qingqing Chen's team exposed rat liver cells to silica nanoparticles and saw many lose viability within 24 hours, with apoptosis and oxidative stress rising by dose. The authors suggest consumers may be better off avoiding supplements and processed foods containing silica.
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