A new study confirms that polyphenols from spices and herbs lower the concentrations of thermally induced toxic chemicals, and raise antioxidant levels, during the Maillard browning reaction that occurs when meat is cooked at high temperature.
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Food Safety
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Chemical
Does alcohol make you red-faced? Stop drinking alcohol!
People who flush red after drinking often lack acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, the enzyme that clears alcohol's toxic metabolite acetaldehyde, a recognised carcinogen. Studies put their risk of oral, esophageal and stomach cancers 10 to 20 times higher.
Chemical
New ADHD Study, More on Thyroid Study & Latest Victories - fluoridealert.org
A Fluoride Action Network bulletin on a study in Environmental Health reporting that 1992 state fluoridation rates predicted state ADHD prevalence in 2003, 2007 and 2011 even after controlling for socioeconomic status. The authors describe it as an ecological association.
Chemical
Pesticides in food
Environmental Working Group's updated produce rankings put apples, peaches, nectarines, strawberries and grapes at the top of the Dirty Dozen for pesticide residues, with avocados, sweet corn, pineapples and cabbage leading the Clean 15.
Chemical
New study reveals toxicity of fluoride - hypothyroidism
In a Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health study of English GP practice data, areas with drinking water fluoride above 0.7ppm were 62 percent more likely to have high rates of diagnosed hypothyroidism than areas below 0.3ppm. The authors call for a rethink of policy.
Chemical
Aspartame may be a stressor
Rats fed 40 mg of aspartame per kg of body weight daily for 90 days showed higher corticosterone, lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide and lower antioxidants, which University of Madras researchers read as aspartame acting as a chemical stressor that alters immune function.
GMO
Environmental Medicine Training Course with Jeffrey Smith on GMOs
A listing for a February 9, 2015 webinar in the Environmental Medicine Training course, in which Jeffrey Smith discusses transgenic foods and disease and presents physician case reports of patients improving on GMO-free diets, with promo codes for the session or the full series.
Biological
Sneaky Salmonella: It’s Common, Costly, and Preventable
A CDC division director writes that Salmonella causes more than a million illnesses a year, more hospitalizations and deaths than any other foodborne germ, and $365 million in direct medical costs, and that infections have not declined in 15 years.
Chemical
Sialic acid in red meat, milk is a risk factor for cancer
A PNAS study led by Annie Samraj found long-term exposure to Neu5Gc, a sialic acid present in red meat and dairy but not in plants, chicken or fish, produced a five-fold rise in carcinomas in mice that do not make the acid, apparently by promoting systemic inflammation.
GMO
Documentary, “Poison on the Platter”: GE Foods Are Spreading Across India
Mahesh Bhatt's documentary argues that biotech multinationals and Indian regulators are pushing genetically engineered foods across India over scientists' warnings. Dr. Mercola adds that industry claims of higher yields and substantial equivalence are not supported by science.
GMO
The GM Contamination Register: a review of recorded contamination incidents associated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), 1997–2013
The GM Contamination Register logged 396 incidents in 63 countries from 1997 to 2013. Rice accounts for a third, though no GM rice is grown commercially anywhere, mostly from two unauthorised lines: LLRICE from the USA and BT63 from China. Maize accounts for 25%, soya and oilseed rape about 10%.
GMO
Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S. -- the first sixteen years
Charles Benbrook's paper in Environmental Sciences Europe models how six transgenic pest-management traits changed U.S. pesticide use from 1996 to 2011, and reports that herbicide-resistant crop technology drove a 239 million kilogram increase.
Chemical
When it comes to turkey, bigger isn't always better
Center for Food Safety and allied groups are suing the FDA over its 2008 approval of ractopamine in turkey feed, saying the agency never fully studied the growth drug. The piece cites tremors and cardiovascular problems in animals and a six-man study in which three reported heart pounding.
Chemical
How Safe is Your Tap Water? Not Very, Judging From Fish!
The Associated Press reports painkillers, antibiotics and psychiatric, cholesterol, asthma and heart drugs in many public drinking water systems, along with bisphenol A. Fish caught near wastewater plants carry drug residues, and male fish near Montreal are developing ovaries.
Chemical
More highly toxic compound superweed-killers on the way!
Monsanto has a triple stack GMO cotton tolerant to dicamba, glyphosate and glufosinate up for deregulation, while the EPA approved Dow's Enlist Duo over a letter signed by 50 members of Congress. Glyphosate-resistant weeds now cover about 70 million acres.
Chemical
Response needed: 2,4-D approved
The EPA approved Dow's Enlist Duo, which combines 2,4-D with glyphosate, for use on genetically engineered crops. EWG, which opposed it, cites links between 2,4-D and Parkinson's disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and suppressed immunity, and asks readers to donate.
Chemical
BREAKING: EPA Approves ‘Agent Orange’ Deadly Duo Poison. Take the Factory Farm Free Pledge!
The EPA approved Dow's Enlist Duo, a mix of Roundup and 2,4-D, for use on Dow's herbicide-tolerant corn and soy, over objections from more than 60 members of Congress. The Organic Consumers Association asks readers to pledge to boycott factory-farmed meat, eggs and dairy.
Chemical
White House Plan to Address Antibiotic Resistance Is Too Weak to Protect Human Health
Dr. Mercola argues the White House's five-year plan on antibiotic resistance is too slow, citing the CDC's finding that drug-resistant organisms in the food supply are a serious threat, two million resistant infections a year in the U.S. and at least 23,000 deaths.
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