Leipzig University scientists testing poultry gut bacteria in vitro found highly pathogenic species resisted Roundup while beneficial bacteria were moderately to highly susceptible, which the piece offers as a basis for farmer reports of gut disease in animals fed GM soy.
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Food Safety
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GMO
Breaking News: Viral Gene in Genetically Modified Foods Might Promote Diseases
European researchers examining the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus promoter used in most GM crops found it overlaps part of a viral gene, Gene VI, large enough that it could theoretically produce viral proteins. The author warns such proteins can suppress defenses against infection.
Chemical
Nanoparticles are toxic - study confirms
Brine shrimp larvae exposed to zinc or zinc oxide nanoparticles showed no acute effects at 24 hours but died at high rates by 96 hours, with the particles accumulating in their guts. Smaller particles proved more toxic, and zinc more toxic than zinc oxide.
GMO
Genetic Roulette, "Most Transformational Film of 2012"- Free screening
The Institute for Responsible Technology extended free online screening of Genetic Roulette to February 10 after AwareGuide voters named it 2012's top transformational film, and asks viewers to buy the DVD to fund its anti-GMO education work.
Chemical
How Safe Are Eggs to Eat?
A British Medical Journal article finds an egg a day is not associated with higher risk of coronary heart disease or stroke, but the piece lines up contrary findings: Circulation tied an egg a day to heart failure risk in doctors, and other journals link eggs to diabetes and ovarian cancer.
Chemical
If fluoridation was as good as they say it is
Cairns and the Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council both voted to end water fluoridation, with Cairns calling it involuntary medication of residents. The bulletin also notes that Paul Connett's challenge to debate former CDC oral health director William Maas has gone unanswered for 25 days.
Chemical
Cleaning jobs linked to asthma risk (PR)
Imperial College London researchers tracking 9,488 Britons born in 1958 found nine percent developed asthma by age 42, with workplace exposures behind one in six adult-onset cases. Of 18 occupations clearly linked to asthma, four were cleaning jobs; farmers had about four times the risk.
Chemical
BPA free? Alternative can be as bad as BPA
Manufacturers replacing bisphenol A with bisphenol S may not have solved the problem. A study in Environmental Health Perspectives reports that BPS disrupts hormone activity as BPA does, and the two share a similar structure and toxicity.
Chemical
It Can Impair Your IQ, Yet Nearly Everyone Drinks It Daily
Mercola argues fluoridation's dental benefit is marginal and still debatable while its risks are not, calling fluoride an industrial waste product that can carry lead and arsenic, reach toxic exposure from water and toothpaste, and damage bones, brain and endocrine system.
Biological
Sprouts: What You Should Know
An FDA question-and-answer sheet on sprouts: the warm, humid conditions that sprout seeds also suit Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli, at least 30 outbreaks have been linked to sprouts since 1996, home-grown are no safer, and vulnerable groups should avoid them raw.
GMO
My Greatest Fear - please help fight GM foods
A year-end fundraising appeal from the Organic Consumers Association, asking supporters for $200,000 by December 31 to keep pushing GMO labeling laws after California's Proposition 37 lost 49% to 51%.
Chemical
Paul Connett explains why he continues to fight fluoridation
Paul Connett's bulletin reports that San Jose's water district will add fluoride, blames California's 1995 mandatory fluoridation law for that loss and earlier ones in San Diego and the Metropolitan district, and urges readers to block similar mandates in other states.
Chemical
Understand ingredients in M&M'S Chocolate Candy
An ingredient-by-ingredient commentary on M&M'S, noting milk chocolate lacks the heart-protective compounds of dark chocolate, that the sugar may come from genetically modified beet, and that milk fat carries naturally occurring trans fat.
GMO
More Worries Over Fast-Growing, Genetically Modified Salmon
At 2010 FDA hearings, members of the Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee attacked AquaBounty's allergy studies of its fast-growing AquAdvantage salmon as underpowered and error-ridden, some using only six or seven fish. One member called the work a real mess.
GMO
General Mills Gets a Taste of the Backlash After it Spent Over $1.1 Million to Defeat GMO Labeling Initiative
Mercola notes that General Mills gave more than $1.1 million to defeat California's Proposition 37, which would have required labeling of genetically engineered foods. A Cheerios Facebook app launched in December was pulled a day later as users flooded the page with GMO complaints.
Chemical
Outlawed in the EU, Unleashes Deadly Bacteria... Did You Eat It Today?
Livestock account for 80 percent of the roughly 30 million pounds of antibiotics sold in the US yearly, mostly fed at low doses to speed growth rather than treat infection. Mercola argues this breeds resistant bacteria such as MRSA, tied to 94,000 infections and 18,000 deaths a year.
Chemical
More Independent Voices Speak Up on Fluoridation
Kirkland Lake, Ontario council voted unanimously to stop fluoridating the town's water. Fluoridation had already halted when the tanks needed replacing at a cost of up to $375,000, but council members went on to argue from ethics, doubtful benefit, and babies taking in adult doses.
Chemical
Moving Dentistry into the 21st Century…Kicking and Screaming If Necessary
A Fluoride Action Network bulletin reporting that Bradford, Vermont reaffirmed its decision to end fluoridation, giving a running total for the group's year-end fundraiser, and introducing a guest essay by Charlie Brown of Consumers for Dental Choice.
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