The FDA's new cephalosporin rules limit large and lengthy dosing in cattle and swine rather than banning the drug, and allow wide use in ducks and rabbits. In December the agency also abandoned its three-decade effort to restrict penicillin and tetracycline in livestock.
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Food Safety
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Chemical
This Food Blasts Your Body With Up to 180 Times the Fluoride in Drinking Water
Mercola argues that non-organic foods, not fluoridated water, may supply up to a third of average fluoride exposure through pesticide residues, naming produce, cereals, juices, deboned meats and tea. He also says fluoride helps heavy metals such as lead accumulate.
Chemical
Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably!
Researchers found MRSA on 230 of 395 US pork cuts, with no statistically significant difference between conventionally raised swine and swine raised without antibiotics. In December the FDA dropped its three-decade effort to restrict penicillin and tetracycline in livestock.
GMO
Urgent Action Needed to Label GMOs in Your State!
An action alert reporting that sixteen states are weighing GMO labeling bills, that Monsanto lobbyists are fighting two Washington state bills, and that a California bill to label engineered salmon failed 9-7. Groups are backing a November 2012 California ballot initiative.
Chemical
TOP FLUORIDE NEWS STORIES OF 2011
The New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation lists its top fluoride stories of 2011: HHS proposing lower water fluoride levels and advising against fluoridated water in infant formula, EPA moving to lower its safe limit, and CDC reporting fluorosis in over 41% of 12- to 15-year-olds.
Chemical
Fungicide found in imported orange juice
FDA detained nearly 14% of imported orange juice shipments in January 2012 over carbendazim, a fungicide used in Brazil but not approved in the US, at 10 to 52 parts per billion. FDA calls the juice safe to drink; the Juice Products Association wants the standard relaxed.
Chemical
Be aware of artificial colors with toxic aluminum
Citing NaturalNews and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the piece says Aluminum Lake coloring used in children's liquid medicines carries aluminum and petrochemicals, and lists animal findings behind Blue 1 and 2, Red 2, 3 and 40, Green 3, and Yellow 5 and 6.
GMO
Banned in Germany, But You're Probably Still Eating It
Natural Society named Monsanto the worst company of 2011 for threatening human health and the environment. Mercola argues the promised benefits of GM crops have not materialized while herbicide-resistant weeds, super pests and cross-contamination have, and urges a boycott of GM foods.
Chemical
Pesticides maybe responsible for cases of vitamin D deficiency
Analyzing NHANES data on 1,275 U.S. adults, Korean researchers found three organochlorine pesticides, p,p'-DDT, p,p'-DDE and beta-hexachlorocyclohexane, were inversely associated with serum 25(OH)D. They conclude background exposure may lead to vitamin D deficiency.
Chemical
Creative Infographic Captures Recent OJ Scare in Plain English
The consulting firm FDAImports.com released a plain-English infographic on the carbendazim fungicide scare in imported orange juice, covering how pesticide residues are measured, who sets tolerance levels, and how orange juice compares with other popular juices on chemical residues.
Chemical
The Honey You Should Never Buy - It May Be Tainted with Lead and Antibiotics
Mercola argues that more than 75 percent of honey on American supermarket shelves is an ultra-processed sugar-syrup blend smuggled from China and tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals, and blames systemic pesticides such as Bayer's clothianidin for much of Colony Collapse Disorder.
Chemical
Nano form of titanium dioxide can be toxic to marine organisms
UC Santa Barbara researchers report in PLoS ONE that nanoparticle titanium dioxide, which had not previously shown toxicity under similar conditions, can harm marine organisms when exposed to ultraviolet radiation. An editor's note warns that particle size changes how chemicals act.
Chemical
Dr. Oz Proves This Fruit Juice Can be Toxic
Tests by Consumer Reports and Dr. Oz found arsenic in fruit juices, especially apple juice, with 10 percent of 88 Consumer Reports samples above the federal 10 ppb drinking-water limit. No safety limit covers food or drink, and Consumer Reports is calling for standards.
Chemical
Fluoride, Dentists “Magic Bullet” is Shooting Blanks
The New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation cites Journal of the American Dental Association data showing 25,622 children under six made cavity-related emergency dental visits in New York from 2004 to 2008, at a cost of $121 million, despite widespread fluoridation.
Chemical
No Matter What the FDA Says - Clear This Out of Your Fridge
On December 22, 2011 the FDA quietly withdrew two 1977 notices that had proposed ending certain approved uses of penicillin and tetracycline in animal feed, so the practice continues. Mercola argues this lets antibiotic-resistant germs keep spreading and urges buying antibiotic-free meat.
Chemical
NH Fluoride Prohibition Legislation
Two New Hampshire bills would bar adding fluoride to drinking water. HB1416, which would also prohibit adding any chemical for medical or therapeutic purposes, drew a January 10 public hearing before the House Resources, Recreation and Development committee.
Chemical
The Psychosis-Inducing Beverage Ingredient You've Probably Never Heard Of
About 10 percent of US sodas contain brominated vegetable oil, banned in food in Europe and Japan and first patented as a flame retardant. Mercola writes that bromine competes with iodine, depresses the central nervous system and can trigger paranoia and psychosis.
GMO
This Menace Killed 50% of Rats Tested - But It's Hiding in Your Water, Air and Food
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, turned up in Catalonian groundwater samples at levels exceeding quantification limits in 41 percent of them. Mercola says the herbicide does not readily break down and cites links to more than 20 adverse health effects.
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