A study by Charles Benbrook in Environmental Sciences Europe found genetically engineered crops added 404 million pounds to U.S. pesticide use between 1996 and 2011, about 7 percent, as glyphosate-resistant weeds spread. More than two dozen weed species now resist glyphosate.
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Food Safety
Contaminants, chemicals, genetically engineered food and what is really in the food supply.
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Chemical
Buttered Popcorn Flavoring Linked to Alzheimer’s
Test-tube work at the University of Minnesota found diacetyl, the buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, can cross the blood-brain barrier, push brain proteins to misfold into beta amyloid, and block its clearance. Whether eating it raises Alzheimer's risk is not known.
GMO
Celebrity Video on GMOs and Prop 37. Must watch!
A video post about genetically modified foods and California's Proposition 37, published without any accompanying article text.
GMO
Infant formula is genetically engineered
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GMO
Shocking Movie: Massive Tumors in Gmo-Fed Rats
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GMO
Why Do Supporters of Genetically Engineered Foods Insist on Organics for Their Own Families?
Mercola points to reports that Mitt Romney, whose ties to Monsanto date to the late 1970s, keeps his campaign plane stocked with organic food, and that Ann Romney credits organic eating and holistic medicine with turning her health around after a 1998 multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
Chemical
BPA linked to obesity in children
Among 2,838 people aged 6 to 19 in NHANES surveys, children in the lowest quintile of urinary BPA had a 10.3% chance of being obese, against about 20% in the second, third and fourth quintiles, after adjustment for diet, television time, income and other factors.
GMO
Don't Let $35M of Lies Kill GMO Labeling
An appeal for donations as Monsanto, Dow, DuPont and the rest of the No on 37 campaign launch a $35 million television blitz in California. The writer calls the ads misleading and warns that well-funded last-minute advertising has overturned favorable polling before.
GMO
50 Countries Label Genetically Engineered Foods – When Will Americans have the Right to Know and Choose?
Mercola makes the case for California's Proposition 37, the November 6 ballot measure requiring labels on genetically engineered food. He cites polls putting state support near 65% and national support for labeling at 91%, and quotes Mark Bittman calling it a right-to-know law, not a ban.
Chemical
Acrylamide exposure raises death risk from breast cancer
Among 24,697 Danish postmenopausal women, non-smokers with higher pre-diagnostic acrylamide exposure, measured as glycidamide haemoglobin adducts, were more than 63 percent more likely to die of breast cancer. Among women with estrogen-receptor-positive disease, the figure reached 123 percent.
Chemical
Aspartame: Safety Approved in 90 Nations, but Damages the Brain
Mercola argues that aspartame, cleared in more than 90 countries, is likely worse than the sugar it replaces. He traces the harm to its methyl ester bond: chymotrypsin frees methanol in the small intestine, and that methanol converts to formaldehyde in the body.
GMO
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Dump This Food Today - Just Discovered to Be a Tumor Magnet
Mercola summarises a two-year rat feeding study in Food and Chemical Toxicology. Rats fed Roundup-tolerant maize, or given Roundup in water, developed large mammary tumours, liver congestion and kidney damage, and treated females died two to three times more often than controls.
Chemical
Aspartame linked to multiple sclerosis?
An opinion piece arguing that aspartame can mimic or precipitate multiple sclerosis, prompted by Ann Romney's MS and the Romneys' Diet Coke habit, citing H. J. Roberts and Russell Blaylock along with readers who say their symptoms eased after quitting the sweetener.
GMO
Is This Why the Europeans Don't Get Sick Like Americans Do?
Mercola profiles Jeffrey Smith's documentary Genetic Roulette on the health risks of genetically engineered food, alongside figures on American illness: autism in one in 88 children, type 2 diabetes up 176% from 1980 to 2010, celiac disease four times more common.
Chemical
More Studies Link Fluoride to Brain Damage
The Fluoride Action Network says 34 studies now link fluoride to reduced IQ and accuses fluoridation promoters of misrepresenting a Harvard review, which it says found a statistically significant 7-point IQ drop, not the half point advocates cited.
Biological
Fatal Foodborne Clostridium perfringens Illness
On May 7, 2010, 42 residents and 12 staff at a Louisiana state psychiatric hospital fell ill and three patients died within a day. Investigators tied the outbreak to chicken cooked 24 hours ahead and cooled against hospital guidelines; C. perfringens enterotoxin turned up in 20 of 23 stool samples.
Chemical
Exposure to silicon dioxide linked to chronic kidney disease
A population-based case-control study found any occupational exposure to silicon dioxide was associated with a 40 percent higher risk of chronic kidney disease, rising to 76 percent above the median exposure duration. The authors describe the association as dose-dependent.
Chemical
Sodium benzoate boosts ADHD risk - study
Among 475 college students surveyed, those reporting more sodium benzoate-rich drinks scored higher on an ADHD symptom screener, at 35 servings a month against 17. The authors of the Journal of Attention Disorders study say the intake may contribute and warrants further investigation.
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