Russian biologist Alexey Surov reports that hamsters fed Monsanto's GM soy across three generations grew more slowly, lost pups at a high rate and, by the third generation, mostly stopped reproducing, with some growing hair inside their mouths. The study had not yet been published.
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Dairy products linked to high prostate cancer risk
A case-control study by Raimondi and colleagues in Prostate compared 197 men with prostate cancer and 197 controls in Montreal and found those eating more dairy were twice as likely to have the disease. Because it is not a trial, dairy cannot be called the cause.
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10 Reasons to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods
Dr. Mercola lists his reasons: a 2008 World Bank report blamed biofuels for rising food prices, GM crops have not raised yield potential, U.S. data show pesticide use went up, a UN/World Bank report found GM has little to offer, and long-term safety testing is lacking.
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Soft drinks linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer - study
Following 60,524 adults in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years, researchers counted 140 pancreatic cancers and found those drinking two or more soft drinks a week had 87 percent higher risk. Yale's Susan Mayne cautions the study cannot show cause.
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Folic acid supplements raise cancer risk
Pooling two Norwegian heart disease trials with 6,837 patients, researchers found those given folic acid for about 3.5 years had 21 percent higher cancer risk, mostly folate-associated types, and were more likely to die during 6.5 years of follow-up.
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Oysters to undergo irradiation for safety: FDA
The FDA proposes that all raw Gulf oysters be quick-frozen, pressure-treated or irradiated to kill Vibrio vulnificus, which it says kills about 15 Americans a year, mostly people with chronic illness. Gulf producers say the processing costs too much and ruins the flavour.
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BPA found in aluminum water bottles
ABC News reports that epoxy liners in Sigg Switzerland aluminium bottles made before August 2008 released trace amounts of BPA, and that the company knew from June 2006 but said nothing until last month. Newer bottles use a different liner.
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Video Shows Price of Cheap Eggs: Chicks Ground Up Alive
Hidden-camera footage from Mercy For Animals at Hy-Line Hatchery in Spencer, Iowa shows newborn male chicks, worthless to the egg industry, fed alive into grinding machines, alongside a debeaking procedure that burns off part of each chick's beak.
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Forced folic acid fortification not justified
Irish researchers tested blood from 20 mothers and 20 infants and found folic acid in most samples was not fully metabolized, suggesting voluntary fortification already supplies enough and that mandatory fortification is not warranted. The study appears in BMC Public Health.
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Antibiotics to Avoid Like the Plague Due to FDA's Oversight Failure
Jay S. Cohen, M.D., writes to Congressman Holt about severe and often disabling reactions he links to fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as Cipro and Levaquin, saying more than 100 people have contacted him since his 2001 study and that doctors usually dismiss their complaints.
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Pesticides linked to birth defects
An Indiana University analysis of 30.1 million U.S. births from 1996 to 2002 found higher rates in half of 22 birth defect categories among babies conceived from April through July, when pesticide levels in surface water peak. The researchers stress it shows no cause and effect.
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Eating grapefruit may raise clotting risk
Doctors in Olympia, Washington describe a woman on birth control pills who carried a clotting-related genetic mutation and nearly lost her leg to a blood clot after three days of grapefruit juice at breakfast. They stress the juice was not proven to be the cause.
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Infants exposed to unsafe levels of thyroid toxin
CDC scientists found perchlorate, a thyroid toxin from rocket fuel, in 15 brands of powdered infant formula; the two most contaminated cow's-milk brands held 87% of the 2000 U.S. market. Mixing them with water at 4 parts per billion would push 54% of infants past EPA's safe dose.
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Some dietary supplements may raise lung cancer risk
Following more than 77,000 adults aged 50 to 76 for a decade, researchers found smokers' lung cancer risk climbed with years of supplement use - 53% higher after four or more years of retinol and 102% higher for lutein. Too few cases among non-smokers to judge their risk.
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Soy foods are associated with lower sperm concentrations
Harvard researchers who analysed soy intake among 99 men at a fertility clinic found those eating the most soy foods averaged 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre than men eating none, with the association most marked in overweight and obese men.
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Drinking 'Flat' Carbonated Drinks Does Not Help Children With Gastroenteritis
Reviewing dozens of articles, Watford General's Ashley Reece found no evidence that flat carbonated drinks help children with gastroenteritis. Compared with oral rehydration solution, the drinks hold too little sodium and potassium and far too much sugar for a dehydrated child.
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Tomatoes cause salmonella outbreak
The FDA has warned that a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak appears linked to raw red plum, Roma and round tomatoes, after New Mexico reported 31 illnesses and Arizona at least five. Albertsons, H.E. Butt and Whole Foods pulled suspect tomatoes from shelves.
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