I found the following on Twitter
_http://njvaccinationchoice.posterous.com/prevent-mandated-water-fluoridatio
n-in-nj-ple_
(http://njvaccinationchoice.posterous.com/prevent-mandated-water-fluoridation-in\
-nj-ple)
December 10, 2009
Prevent Mandated Water Fluoridation in NJ, Please Make Three Calls Today!
ATTENTION New Jersey Citizens!
TO PREVENT MANDATED WATER FLUORIDATION IN NEW JERSEY, PLEASE MAKE THREE
CALLS
TODAY!!!!
1. Politely call (email is not as effective) your
NJ Senator today!
_http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp.Please_
(http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp.Please)
tell them loud and clear that NJ does NOT want our water fluoridated with
toxic
waste, nor can we afford it.
2. Please contact Asw. Nellie Pou, chair of the Assembly Appropriations
committee, (973) 247-1555, and Chris Christie, our incoming governor,
609-341-3000, and really emphasize that spending billions of dollars to
fund
toxic water fluoridation in our state is not acceptable!
Please note: this mandated water fluoridation bill is being sent to the
general
Senate floor soon. If 21 Senators vote yes, the bill passes; if 21 vote
NO, it
doesn't. Let's all work together to stop this bill, call today!!!!
DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED STATEWIDE FLUORIDATION MANDATE:
On 12/7/09 a group of concerned citizens attended the Senate Health
Committee to
hear and provide testimony regarding the New Jersey Public Water Supply
Fluoridation Act, Senate Bill S2856 , which would mandate state-wide water
"fluoridation."
The North Jersey District Water Supply Commission (NJDWSC) also provided
testimony and presented each Health Committee member with well-documented
facts
on fluoridation, including costs to implement and the chemical compound
that
would be added to the water supply. Details can be found at
_www.NewJerseyWaterEducation.com_
(http://www.newjerseywatereducation.com/) and
_http://www.newjerseywatereducation.com/pdfs/Booklet17.pdf_
(http://www.newjerseywatereducation.com/pdfs/Booklet17.pdf)
. A summary of the testimony is provided as follows.
1. $5.4 Billion Dollars = Mandatory water fluoridation startup capital
cost to
NJ residents!!!
2. $1 Billion Dollars = Every Year for operation, maintenance and safety
related
costs!!!!
3. Citizens of NJ drink less than 1% of the water supply. Most of the
fluoridated water would be used to water lawns, flush toilets, wash
clothing,
and for manufacturing. Billions of dollars would be spent to fluoridate
water
that will never be ingested.
4. Hydrofluosilicic Acid is the water fluoridation product - it is
classified
toxic waste by the EPA and contains lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium etc...
Pharmaceutical grade fluoride is not used!
5. Fluoride is highly corrosive and will have financial impact on
drinking and
sewer pipes.
6. High doses of fluoride can injure susceptible populations of people
such as
kidney disorder patients, diabetics, elderly, infants, and
immunodeficiency
disease patients.
7. Per the CDC, 32% of children in the US are suffering from dental/enamel
fluorosis, a dangerous health condition caused by a child receiving too
much
fluoride during tooth development.
(See _www.NewJerseyWaterEducation.com_
(http://www.newjerseywatereducation.com/) Booklet #17 for photos.)
8. Ingested fluoride has no significant impact in reducing tooth decay.
Fluoride's benefit, if any, is from direct application to the surface of
the
teeth. Thus, using the water system at a cost of multi billion dollars
statewide is unnecessary and does not fulfill the intended goal.
9. The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA - July 2000)
clarified
for every dentist in America that ingestion of fluoride does not provide
any
significant reductions in the incidence of tooth decay.
10. Infants up to 6 months of age are at risk: the American Dental
Association
and American Academy of Pediatrics has warned parents NOT to use
fluoridated tap
water to mix infant formula because of the high occurrence of dental
fluorosis.
Artificially fluoridated water contains 250 times the amount of fluoride
found
in breast milk.
NJ Citizens Please note:
1. Thousands of scientists, dentists, physicians and professionals have
signed
an international statement opposing the dangerous practice of water
fluoridation:
_http://www.fluoridealert.org/statement.august.2007.html_
(http://www.fluoridealert.org/statement.august.2007.html) .
2. According to the EPA, "By recovering byproduct fluosilicic acid from
fertilizer manufacturing, water and air pollution are minimized, and water
utilities have a low-cost source of fluoride available to
them."
(former EPA Deputy Asst. Administrator, Rebecca Hanmer). NJ citizens
should not
have to pay for "fluoridated water" from recycled toxic waste.
3. Fluoride is more toxic than lead and only slightly less poisonous
than
arsenic. _http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/accidents/f-lead.html_
(http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/accidents/f-lead.html)
4. “Fluoride causes more human cancer death and causes it faster than any
other
chemical. …30,000 to 50,000 deaths each year, from various causes, may now
be
attributable to fluoridation.” (Chief Chemist Emeritus, U.S. National
Cancer
Institute)
__________________________________
New Jersey Coalition For Vaccination Choice
_http://njvaccinationchoice.org_ (http://njvaccinationchoice.org/)
---------
CK
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscofhttp://www.FluorideAction.net
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REMINDER: TOMORROW (FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11) IS
DON'T NUKE THE CLIMATE CALL-IN DAY
CALL BOTH YOUR SENATORS: 202-224-3121
December 10, 2009
Dear Friends,
Just a reminder: in solidarity with activists in Copenhagen working to
keep nuclear power out of any climate agreement--just as nuclear was rejected
in 2000--tomorrow is Don't Nuke the Climate Call-In Day.
Please take a few moments to call both your Senators at 202-224-3121 and
demand that they oppose any effort to add nuclear subsidies to the Senate
climate bill.
Just a couple hours ago, Sens. Kerry, Graham and Lieberman scheduled a
news conference for 2 pm today to announce the outlines of a new climate bill.
We don't yet know what they're going to say but it's not likely to be
good: expect plenty of proposed support for the nuclear power industry.
That makes it all the more important for everyone's voice to be heard
tomorrow.
_And, if you haven't sent a letter to your Senators and President Obama
in the past week, please do so here now. _
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=unKZ7C1jMz70onotuqdsnXWWT\
F/Fkvnr) More than 4700
letters already have gone in--thanks to all of you who sent your letter! But
that means a lot of you haven't yet sent a letter, and we need to be as vocal
as possible right now: we can--and must--do a lot better.
Organizations: please forward this Alert and/or this link to your e-mail
lists:
_http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/t/5846/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2303_
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Individuals, please do the same: forward this message or the same link to
your friends, family, and colleagues.
A few talking points:
*There are many cheaper, faster, safer and cleaner alternatives to nuclear
power to reduce carbon emissions. We need to have the strongest possible
energy efficiency and renewable energy programs before Congress even
considers spending taxpayer dollars on new reactor construction. A
nuclear-free,
carbon-free energy future can be achieved before mid-century. See
_www.carbonfreenuclearfree.org_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=emuTwNkCyVDuImYL13Vw63WWT\
F/Fkvnr) .
*The environmental movement continues to oppose new reactors as a means of
addressing the climate crisis. More than 850 organizations have signed a
statement saying so. Full list at _www.nirs.org_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CJiC+ZigF8fpZoPaqvHRCHzzy\
POh3Ul5) .
*Nuclear reactors, including the designs being considered for new
construction, remain dirty and dangerous. Every reactor releases radiation into
our
air and water on a routine basis--even though the National Academy of
Sciences has determined there is no safe level of radiation exposure
(Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation, July 2005).
*Two of the prominent reactor designs being considered--the Westinghouse
AP 1000 and the Areva EPR--both have received serious regulatory scrutiny in
the U.S. and abroad in the past two months because of major design
deficiencies that would adversely affect safety. See, for example, _this
letter
from environmental groups on the AP 1000_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8afXOBO5JtNW6sl2syS5BHWWT\
F/Fkvnr) , and _this one on
the EPR.
_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Htkw4BoV4Th6uUJUurjlfnWWT\
F/Fkvnr)
*The risks to taxpayers of billions of dollars in loan guarantees for new
reactor construction are just too great: such a program would simply be
another bailout for a failed industry that can't make it on its own. _Read an
excellent piece published today by Mother Jones here_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9YwsceUHrfjrTlgfPMIXQHWWT\
F/Fkvnr) .
As a little inspiration, _here is a link to a thought-provoking essay by
Mike Tidwell from Sunday's Washington Post_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PrJIhv3CBSu5iqqsN2azkXWWT\
F/Fkvnr) . Mike is with
Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), which works closely with us in the
effort to stop UniStar Nuclear's proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 reactor in
Maryland. Very briefly, he argues we must turn our attention away from "going
green," toward engaging in meaningful political action now.
And that's exactly what we're urging you to do now: take meaningful
action. Call your Senators tomorrow (and if you can't on Friday, do it on
Saturday!). 202-224-3121. Oppose the Kerry/Graham/Lieberman nuclear bailout.
Fight for real climate solutions, not big energy industry bailouts.
_And send your letters to your Senators and President Obama today._
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qMTnYHl7b1U2FCz7iKYX2nWWT\
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Fkvnr)
Finally, for a little more inspiration, _here are photos_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DPyvsll3Z+ZkHWmUv68w5nWWT\
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showing some of the banger-hangings and other actions of the activists in
Copenhagen; we hope this page will be updated regularly.
By the way, we're not going to send you another reminder tomorrow. We'll
be at the Department of Energy tomorrow morning with several other
Washington groups, performing a "Christmas Peril" street theater featuring
Montgomery Burns from The Simpsons; the three ghosts of Christmas; the sun, the
wind, and more.
And then at noon, I will be in the U.S. Capitol Building debating the
Nuclear Energy Institute on nuclear power and climate for an audience of
Congressional staffers. It would be great if every one of them had heard from
you before the debate!
Please support us tomorrow. Call your Senators tomorrow; write them today.
Thanks for all you do,
Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
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Dr.Robert J. Rowen,MD in his newsletter Second Opinion of December 2009,
_www.secondopinionnewsletter.com_ (http://www.secondopinionnewsletter.com)
has a very good article on the increased risk of more frequent mammogram
screenings for Breast Cancer detection. The recent recommendation of an
advisory committee to the Secretary of the Department of Health & Human
Services recommending that women under 50 have mammograms every other year
rather
than yearly as currently recommended by the American Cancer Society has
generated a great deal of controversy in the shadow of the Health Care Reform
Debate emphasizing "best medical practices" and the suspicion that "cost
control" will be a hidden factor.
In the Alternative Medical Community, these warnings had been around for
many years, but were drowned out by the Cancer Establishment. The mammoth
advertising campaign, duly initiated by the pharmaceutical and medical device
manufacturing industry was a great marketing tool for businesses that
wanted to demonstrate their concern and support for overcoming frightening
diseases.
The real statistics are beginning to show that the concerns about a
procedure that exposed women to regular doses of radiation that at best could
only detect the presence of cancer, but do nothing to actually prevent it from
growing in the first place was really raising the risk of breast cancer.
The Archives if Internal Medicine of November 24, 2008 published a study
showing the breast cancer risk to be 57% HIGHER among women age 50 to 64 who
had 3 mammograms from 1996 to 2001 compared to women age 50 to 64 who had
only 1 mammogram at the end of their observation period.
The authors then found that the women who got regular mammograms had more
invasive cancers detected.
The medline abstract is below:
The Natural History of Invasive Breast Cancers Detected by Mammography
_http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu
bmed/19029493?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDo\
cSum&ordinalpos=405_
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19029493?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.\
Pubmed_ResultsPa
nel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=405)
This more distant objective view of the serious dilemma faced by many
women can be much more safely addressed by having a thermography screening,
which detects the metabolic changes in the body, based on the principle that a
tumor gives off more heat than healthy tissue. It may be more expensive and
may not be covered by insurance but it is worth getting if you feel you
have to.See _www.breastthermography.com_ (http://www.breastthermography.com)
for testing sites.
Arnold
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H1N1 is sweeping the world these days. Beijing Chinese Medicine authority issued
prescriptions of anti-swine flu for eldor people, children, and pregnate women.
http://news.sohu.com/20091107/n268036053.shtml
--- On Sat, 11/7/09, arnoldgore@... <arnoldgore@...> wrote:
From: arnoldgore@... <arnoldgore@...>
Subject: << Alternative_Medicine_Forum >> B Complex Trace Minerals for Mental
Health (Psychiatric diseases)
To: alternative_medicine_forum@yahoogroups.com, actiongreens@yahoogroups.com,
EpilepsyApproach1@yahoogroups.com, epilepsychat@yahoogroups.com,
epilepsycured@yahoogroups.com, WNHO-Aspartame-Information@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 2:19 PM
Dr. Jonathan V.Wright,MD _www.wrightnewslett er.com_
(http://www.wrightne wsletter. com) in his newsletters of February 2009 and
November 2009 wrote
about the use of B-Complex and trace minerals for Mental Health conditions
such as bi-polar disorder. Preliminary studies at the University of
Calgary,Canada have shown some effectiveness with atypical obsessive-compulsiv e
disorder, pervasive developmental delays and attention deficit
disorder.,Asperger' s syndrome, generalized anxiety disorder,Pader- Willi
syndrome
depression,anxiety and rage.
The study in the article used a proprietary formula consisting of Vitamins
A,C,D and E, 8 B Complex vitamins in fairly low doses even if you have to
take 4 pills per day as the label recommends, the minerals
Calcium,Phosphorus, Magnesium, Potassium,,Iodine, Zinc,Selenium and Copper. The
formula was
also recommended by Dr.Charles Popper,MD an eminent Harvard Medical School
psychopharmacologis t who found an 86% of bipolar patients showed a
positive response. The somewhat pricey patented formula can be seen at
_www.truehope. com_ (http://www.truehope .com) But you can find the nutrients at
a
better price in most health food stores.
I would add the significant benefit for epilepsy, in my own case, my
epilepsy was completely reversed using B Complex vitamins and trace minerals.
In my case I simultaneously took both vitamin B Complex supplements (20 mg)
and dietary change to include large amounts of liver, dark leafy green
vegetables, whole wheat bread and brown rice. Other people with epilepsy who
have tried this have found it successful. For some B Complex pills have not
worked, but consumption of foods high in B Complex and trace minerals has
worked. Other people have reported success for schizophrenia.
There will be a conference on Micronutrients for Mental Health, in San
Francisco, California on Friday December 4 and Saturday December 5,2009.
Speakers will include Dr.Popper and Dr.Bonnie Kaplan,PhD researcher on this
formula. Also speaking will be Dr.Scott Shannon,MD who will present on
Micronutrients for mental health in children, Carol Banyas,MD,PhD and Larry
Cormier,MD on micronutrients in adults with bipolar and depression. Dr.Daniel
Smith,DC will discuss the role of amino acids in mental health. The conference
website is _www.mmhforum. org_ (http://www.mmhforum .org)
Actually the treatment for many mental health or psychiatric diseases have
a very long pedigree in traditional medical literature. According to the
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) the US Government agency funding
research on this topic, the symptoms of schizophrenia include
hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking, movement disorders,flat
effect(personality) , social withdrawal and cognitive defects. The NMH lists
symptoms of
Depression as persistent sad, anxious or 'empty' mood, feelings of
hopelessness, pessimism, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, fatigue
being
slowed down, difficulty remembering, or making decisions.
Then when you look up the symptoms of Beriberi, the classical Vitamin B1
deficiency disease it on Medline Plus it lists loss of sensation in hands
and feet, potential brain damage Later symptoms are mental confusion and
speech difficulties.
When you look up the symptoms of Pellagra, the classical vitamin B3
(niacin) deficiency it includes mental confusion and delusions and scaly skin.
Isn't there an overlap there? It is no surprise that these B Complex
vitamins often work.
Arnold
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The current influneza pandemic and its subsequint "trek" accross the world is in
part due to negative attitude we have toward our daily intake of foods,settling
in most cases for convenience foods.
Its well known that diet considerable improves chances of surviving impending
illness which at times can be avoided or the effects are minor if the body is
prepared....and how easy is it for us to elminate the over processed,sugar and
salt laden food by simply substituting this with green vegetable and fruit.
Green tea and its benefits are well known in China and is now spreading accross
the globe,significantly more people are staring their day with this.
One in five woman in the USA die in childbirth due in no small part to obsety
and its constant companion,hypertension and diabetes,compare that to
Malawi,where deaths are the similiar but its the poorest country in the Africa
compared to America,the richest country in the world.
Its time for us to take stock,this pandemic is a signal for us to take notice.
This influenza pandemic is dramatic and will effect many but we need to make
significant changes immediatly and change our attitude toward food..........it
will play no insignificant part in shaping the destiny of world
health................. what amazes me is why we haven't done it.
lee du ploy (hong kong)
I use coconut oil in my daily life too, but I would suggest getting raw coconut
oil as the less processed anything is the better we digest and absorbe it.
Coconut oil if one uses it daily on ones skin is also great for being out in the
sun. It protects you as well as lets the Vitamin D in. But you shouldnt be out
in the heat of the day for this. Morning and mid to late afternoon are best
times for getting good sunshine. I have a book on Coconut Oil and it is great
for info. I will have to see if I can find it again. I pack my books all over
the place so I have a hard time putting my hand on them sometimes.
It spoke about the oil wars too. I use strictly coconut oil and sometimes olive
oil. I use coconut oil in my fruit smoothies too as well as any smoothie I make.
Sandy
--- In Alternative_Medicine_Forum@yahoogroups.com, arnoldgore@... wrote:
>
> Dr.Julian Whitaker,MD in his newsletter Health & Healing of October 2009
> writes about the breakthrough discovery that Medium Chain Triglicerides
> (MCT) that are found in Coconut oil had a very salutory effect on restoring
> brain function. Dr.Whitaker's website _www.drwhitaker.com_
> (http://www.drwhitaker.com)
>
> The treatment was pioneered by Dr.Mary Newport,MD who first initiated the
> therapy on her husband who had Alzheimer's Disease. She placed this material
> on her website _www.coconutketones.com_ (http://www.coconutketones.com)
>
> Medium Chain Triglicerides are easily absorbed and are converted to
> ketones, an alternative energy source after glucose stores are exhausted.Since
> glucose is the preferred fuel source, ketones are produced only as a
> backup-when you are fasting, for example or eating a low carbohydrate
diet-this is
> the principle of the Alkins weight loss program. This principle has also
> been used in the treatment of Epilepsy using the Ketogenic Diet since the
> 1920's.The Ketogenic Diet is very strict and some find it hard to follow, so
> the Modified Atkins diet has been used successfully for Epilepsy in recent
> years. The advantages of Coconut Oil and MCT's is that they are converted to
> Ketones even without changing the rest of your diet, you can keep eating
> carbohydrates.
> Dr.Newport started with 7 teaspoons of Coconut Oil, since she was not
> aware that MCT oil was available in addition to coconut oil.
> Now she uses 3 teaspoons of coconut oil and 4 teaspoons of MCT oil. taken
> three times a day with meals.
>
> MCT oil, which is obtained from coconut oil is used in conventional
> medicine to provide energy for premature infants and patients recovering from
> surgery, and those suffering from malnutrition and absorption problems. It is
> also used by athletes to improve performance and endurance and by dieters
> to control appetite and stimulate fat burning.
>
> Unfortunately coconut is not produced in the United States and has to be
> imported, The American corn and soybean oil producers helped to point out
> that Coconut oil was highly saturated and saturated fats had a bad reputation
> for raising cholesterol and might cause cardiac problems.. In fact it is
> cardioprotective, and contains compounds that support the liver, immune
> function and have antimicrobial properties.
>
> Dr.Whitaker now recommends Coconut oil for other neurodegenerative
> diseases such as Parkinson's Disease,Dimentia, Multiple Sclerosis and ALS
(Lou
> Gehrig's disease).
> Arnold
>
>
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>
My history will recored that this is a great Kennedy! Every State
Legislator should see this Kennedy video!
We cannot trust the Federal government, CDC, FDA. It is up to the States
to protect its own, not the CDC. It is negligent; a lack of due diligence
by, for example, (in my State's case) the Iowa Dept. of Public
health---who blindly follows the CORRUPT CDC mandates to the tune of giving Iowa
children over 40 vaccine doses by the time a child is 6 years old. This has led
to the most damaged generation in the history of the world. Yet the
legislators do nothing. They do worse than nothing. They knowingly allow a
known
neurological toxin, Thimersal (mercury) in the seasonal and H1N1 Flu shot.
The Iowa Dept. of Health and a few of their complicit Legislators refused
last year to even let out of committee to be heard, a bill to add the Flu
shot to the Iowa law that bans mercury in the children's vaccines. Vaccine
Injury with its misleading mental illness labels of ADD, ADHD, AUTISM,
Bipolar has led to the most costly special needs education and care of all
time. This abdication of the State's duty to fine tune their vaccine mandates
and check the CDC is criminal!
Here is an example of a vaccine the State should reconsider: Diptheria, a
disease which hasn't been seen in the United States for over 5 years and in
a State like Iowa... Diptheria hasn't been seen for perhaps 20 years.
Whose knows...and why don't we? Is Iowa mandating this useless vaccine? When a
State "mandates" a vaccine for an absent disease, it then pays the high
cost of damage. In the case of the DPT shot- it is known to cause life time
vaccine injury. This vaccine has high risk and absolutely no benefit
considering it is now absent, like small pox.
It is the individual STATES job to select which vaccine to mandate. State
Legislators and Health Depts. are not doing their job to protect their own.
Present Robert F Kennedy Jr Shocking Vaccine Cover Up Part1 & 2
Excellent information. Share this everyone!
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQG5Q4GWw2o_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQG5Q4GWw2o)
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ysbUM5jk54_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ysbUM5jk54)
Doctors speak out about the dangers and risks of vaccine: _
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw43QDiaDnE_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw43QDiaDnE)
Physicians and health professionals are now speaking out clearly of the
risks and dangers of vaccination. We have tip toed around the American
Medical model long enough. Vaccines come with great risks. "We must entertain
the possibility that some of the by products of vaccine manufacturing also
make it into the body and destroy or impair or contribute to the destruction
and impairment of our children's systems", Dr. Lawrence Palevsky, Board
Certified Pediatrician and fellow of the American Pediatric Association
"Its gone beyond misconduct to criminal negligence", Jim Moody, Attorney
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xgV11ZSAg&feature=popt00us0e_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xgV11ZSAg&feature=popt00us0e)
A must watch. What happened to the gorgeous 25 year old cheer leader who
got the flu shot (with Thimerosal)
Desiree Jennings is the former cheerleader who had a flu shot. Jennings
claims her disorder came after a bad reaction to her flu shot.
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Regards,
Eileen Dannemann
Standing director, National Coalition of Organized Women (NCOW)
_www.ProgressiveConvergence.com_ (http://www.progressiveconvergence.com/)
917 804-0786
“It requires courage to utter truth; for the higher Truth lifts her voice,
the louder will error scream, until its inarticulate sound is forever
silenced in oblivion”…Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science
"Just Remember,
when the weeding process takes place,
you are the flowers."
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From: Odiejoe@... [mailto:Odiejoe@...]
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:58 AM
Subject: Ltr to Editor on Thyroid Cancer Near Indian Point in Westchester
Journal News
Dear Friends:
This letter was published in the November 28 issue of the Westchester
Journal News.
The attacks on RPHP research from the industry and some government
officials continue.
RPHP always has, and will continue to counter these attacks with
fact-based responses. The data, which are the result of extensive research,
are
powerful - we believe just as powerful as pro-nuclear slogans.
Best,
Joe Mangano
Thyroid cancer rates are alarming
November 28, 2009
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Re ”Cancer-nuke plant link seems pretty weak,“ Nov. 20 article:
New research reveals that thyroid cancer rates near the Indian Point
nuclear power plant are among the highest in the nation. Government statistics
show that, compared to the U.S., thyroid cancer rates are 106 percent higher
in Rockland County; 102 percent higher in Putnam County; 87 percent higher
in Orange County; and 42 percent higher in Westchester County.
These figures are alarming. Unfortunately, Westchester County Health
Commissioner Joshua Lipsman maliciously attacks this research, done by the
Radiation and Public Health Project. RPHP, which I direct, comprises
professional scientists. Our research is factual, while he has no proof to
support his
statements. My colleagues and I have published 25 papers on radiation
health risk in scientific journals, including the esteemed Lancet and British
Medical Journal. All papers were peer-reviewed by expert scientists who
found them to meet high professional standards. Lipsman never published a
single journal article on radiation health.
Lipsman mistakenly calls radiation releases from Indian Point ”below what
experts say is acceptable.“ The 2005 blue ribbon panel report by the
National Academy of Sciences concluded that even low radiation doses harm
humans,
based on hundreds of scientific papers.
A rapidly rising number of local residents are being diagnosed with
thyroid cancer. Many are young and middle-aged, with no prior health problems.
To
prevent cancer, all causes must be considered and understood. Research on
one of these causes must be taken seriously.
Joseph J. Mangano
Ocean City, N.J.
The writer is executive director of the Radiation and Public Health
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This is the biggest opening in 30 years. The Department of Justice is on a
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Are you concerned about where your food comes from? Do you care about the
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The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are
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SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL DON'T NUKE THE CLIMATE CAMPAIGN!
DECEMBER 11-12 CALL-IN AND ACTION DAYS
November 23, 2009
Dear Friend of NIRS,
The behind-the-scenes maneuvering on the Senate climate bill is reaching a
fever pitch, especially the efforts to add tens--or even hundreds--of
billions of dollars in new taxpayer-backed support for the nuclear power
industry.
Sens. Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC) and Lieberman (I-CT) are actively
shopping around potential benefits for the nuclear industry in a misguided
means
of garnering support for the climate bill. Sens. Webb (D-VA) and Alexander
(R-TN) released an absurd bill last week calling for $100 billion in new
taxpayer loan guarantees for new reactors, as well as billions more for
breeder reactors, small reactors, and reprocessing. Sens. Udall (D-CO),
Bingaman (D-NM) and Murkowski (R-AK) have introduced new legislation to
jumpstart
a 10-year program to develop new "small, modular" nuclear reactors.
The good news is that none of this is set in stone, none of it need be
enacted--there is still time for us all to act and stop the folly of wasting
our taxpayer dollars on dangerous and dirty nuclear reactors and direct our
resources to the safer, cleaner and cheaper energy technologies that will
power our future.
The December Copenhagen climate negotiations offer a terrific opportunity
to send a message that nuclear power is neither an effective nor acceptable
means of addressing the climate crisis. Our colleagues at WISE,
Greenpeace, Sortir du Nucleaire, Friends of the Earth, International Forum on
Globalization and others will be in Copenhagen with a strong Don't Nuke the
Climate message.
On Saturday, December 12, they've called for an international day of
action to support their efforts in Copenhagen. In solidarity, NIRS is calling
for National Don't Nuke the Climate Call-In and Action Days to take place on
December 11-12 across the US.
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*First: support the international movement by signing the Don't Nuke the
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in the climate bill!
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of. Or make up your own action!
Help get the most people involved as possible, and the most people calling
in to the Senate as possible.
NIRS will help you organize in any way we can; for example, we can tell
other people in your area about your event. We also will be providing talking
points for phone calls, and for your outreach work and contacts with the
media in your area.
After Thanksgiving, we'll also be providing you a new letter to send to
your Senators, bringing the facts to them about the continuing dangers of
nuclear power, the daily radiation releases, the deficient designs, the
growing piles of lethal radioactive waste.... Sometimes it seems our
legislators
have forgotten that nuclear power presents risks to our health and
environment no sane society need accept. We will ask you to circulate that
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we can't do it without you.
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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 17, 2009
Flu, Viruses, and Vitamin C Megadoses: A Personal Statement
By Robert G. Smith, PhD
(OMNS, November 17, 2009) Like most Americans, throughout most of my life
I have occasionally been down with a virus. But for a long time, a simple
cold for me started as a headache, sore throat and congestion in my nasal
passages, and typically progressed to prolonged infection in my lungs, and a
terrible cough. The whole experience took up to two weeks for recovery from
the virus, and several more weeks for my lungs to recover.
In his book Vitamin C and the Common Cold (1), Linus Pauling explained
that vitamin C, taken at the proper dose, can prevent a virus from taking hold
in the body. This pioneering book, written back in 1970, was ignored by
many doctors but was well-received by the public. One chemistry professor
told me that he had heard of Pauling's book and the vitamin C therapy but
didn't think taking a big dose of an acid, even a mild one like ascorbic acid,
would be good for the body. As for me, I imagined Pauling was probably
correct about the details he had researched, because he was a renowned
scientist and knew much more than most about biochemistry. Perhaps, I thought,
he
had simply gotten some of the medical details wrong or had missed some of
the important studies about the effects of vitamins. But I started taking
1,000 mg of vitamin C every day and kept this up for several decades.
Two years ago, I decided to look further for myself. I looked online and
found a recent book by Hickey and Roberts (2) that summarized 60 years of
vitamin C research and revisited the issue of Dr. Pauling's rejection by the
medical establishment. Pauling and a few brave physicians had continued
research into the use of vitamin C to prevent illness and had gained a lot of
new knowledge and intuition about its use. The book explained that all of
the studies showing little effect of vitamin C had serious flaws. It also
carefully debunked the myths about hazards of vitamin C use. I also read
Pauling's newer book on vitamin therapy, How to Live Longer and Feel Better
(3), and was amazed at his clear explanation of individual differences in the
need for essential nutrients. Pauling had been right all along, and now
there was a lot of new knowledge about how to use vitamin C for best benefit.
Next, I found a book by Thomas Levy on the use of vitamin C to cure
infectious disease. (4) All of these books contained numerous references to the
scientific literature.
So I started taking 2,000-3,000 milligrams of vitamin C every few hours,
and more when I went to bed at night. This caused no discomfort and only
occasionally produced a minor laxative effect from vitamin C that was
unabsorbed. Then, if I ever got an infection, I followed Dr. Robert Cathcart's
instructions about going to "bowel tolerance" of vitamin C. (5) Usually when I
get a cold or the flu there is an initial period of several hours when I
feel tired, with a slight headache, sometimes with a slight sore throat or
sniffle. As the books described, I could stop the symptoms of the oncoming
infection within an hour or two by taking a higher dose of vitamin C at
shorter intervals (3,000-5,000 milligrams every 20 minutes). Did it work? Well,
that first year I didn't get any colds or flu, though in previous years I
usually had 2-3 colds.
Continuing to read about vitamin C and its effects, I read the new Hickey
and Saul (6) book. The authors presented a very clear rationale for
ingesting vitamin C at a high level to bowel tolerance. Normally, the body does
not take up vitamin C from the gut very efficiently at high doses. However,
when the body is stressed with bacteria, viruses, or toxins, the need for
vitamin C goes up tremendously, and the gut absorbs proportionately more.
Now, after two years of taking high doses of vitamin C whenever I feel
symptoms of a cold or flu, I haven't had any colds or flu. I have found,
exactly as Hickey and Saul report, that it is possible to feel the symptoms wax
and wane in one's body in inverse proportion to the dose that one takes
throughout the day. This is a helpful scientific observation that anyone can
verify whenever one treats a cold or influenza with vitamin C. Although in
previous years I typically got a secondary bacterial infection in my lungs,
requiring antibiotics and another two weeks for recovery beyond the
duration of the cold, now with my vitamin C therapy I simply don't get a cough
at
all, much less a prolonged bacterial infection. From this experience, it is
obvious to me that vitamin C helps to strengthen the immune response.
It is also now obvious to me that all the years I had been taking 1,000
mg/day and continued to get two or three colds, the amount was simply not
enough. I ride my bicycle in to work throughout the year, even when it is
freezing cold in the winter, and this puts a severe stress on my lungs. The
books I've read explain that any severe stress, for example, a low-grade
bacterial infection, or an injury, increases the body's need for an
anti-oxidant, and lowers the level of vitamin C in the blood. Although 1,000
milligrams
of vitamin C per day does some good, it simply is not enough to suffice
for the body's needs when an infection comes on.
Most animal species make in the neighborhood of 5,000-10,000 mg/day of
vitamin C in their own bodies; this is the norm for all mammals except
primates, some fruit eating bats, and guinea pigs. And it is known that during
times of stress or illness, the majority of animal species dramatically
increase their need and production of vitamin C. We humans can respond to this
increased need by taking mega-doses of vitamin C when we start to feel a
virus taking hold. When we do so, our bodies will be able to fight it off more
readily.
Every year there are a few reports ostensibly showing some problem with
mega-doses of vitamin C. But after close scrutiny none have held true, and
the Hickey and Saul book explains why very clearly. Every individual
2,000-3,000 milligram dose I take allows my body, according to Hickey's dynamic
flow model, to eliminate any excess after the vitamin performs its function.
No heartburn, sometimes a little gas, very little laxative effect, and this
is reduced by lower doses. For me, this is a small price to pay for not
having several prolonged three- to four-week periods per year during which I'm
essentially out of operation with congestion and a terrible cough. If
everyone could read the Pauling, Levy and Hickey and Saul books, I imagine we'd
have a lot less illness in our country. Does this mean that we could stop
the current flu epidemic with vitamin C? I suspect that if clinics around
the country could make the facts known about vitamin C and give some simple
instructions about its use, then yes, this could be accomplished. That is,
if we take large enough doses.
(Dr. Robert G. Smith is Research Associate Professor, Department of
Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania. His research interest is the function
of retinal circuitry. He is a member of the Institute for Neurological
Sciences and the author of several dozen scientific papers and reviews.)
References:
(1) Pauling L. Vitamin C and the Common Cold. W.H. Freeman and Company,
San Francisco, 1970. Also: Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu.
W.H.Freeman, San Francisco, 1976.
(2) Hickey S and Roberts H. Ascorbate: The science of vitamin C. 2004.
ISBN 1-4116-0724-4. Morrisville, NC: Lulu. An author interview is posted at
_http://www.doctoryourself.com/hickey.html_
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(3) Pauling L. How to Live Longer and Feel Better. Corvallis, OR: Oregon
State University Press, 2006. Originally published 1986. Reviewed in J
Orthomolecular Med and posted at _http://www.doctoryourself.com/livelonger.html_
(http://www.cihfimediaservices.org/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=3
2&e=MTc1Njc=&l=-http--www.doctoryourself.com/livelonger.html)
(4) Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins, by
Thomas E. Levy (paperback, 2002) ISBN-13: 9781401069636. Reviewed in J
Orthomolecular Med and posted at _http://www.doctoryourself.com/levy.html_
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octoryourself.com/levy.html)
(5) Robert F. Cathcart, MD: Why a sick body need so much vitamin C:
_http://www.doctoryourself.com/cathcart_thirdface.html_
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Robert F. Cathcart, MD: How to determine a therapeutic dose of vitamin C:
_http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html_
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(6) Hickey S, Saul AW. Vitamin C: The Real Story. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic
Health Publications, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-59120-223-3. Reviewed at
_http://www.townsendletter.com/June2009/bc_vitc0609.htm_
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Q: I can't stand this back pain any longer. But I'm not sure I want to go
to a doctor about it. All they seem to do is prescribe pills that knock you
out, or try to get you on the operating table. And I've never witnessed
anyone who's had back surgery come out feeling all that much better. Do you
have any suggestions?
Dr. Wright: There are many natural options you can try to relieve your
pain before submitting to narcotics or surgery.
First, you might want to try willow bark, the natural anti-inflammatory
that actually served as the basis for aspirin. Many researchers have
maintained that willow bark has even more to offer than our synthetic
pharmaceuticals when it comes to relieving back pain.
Another possibility to explore is vitamin D deficiency. In fact, the Mayo
Clinic did a study several years ago in an inner city clinic that
discovered 93 percent of the 150 people with complaints of chronic, non-specific
low
back pain had vitamin D deficiency. And these weren't just older
folks...they ranged in age from 10 to 65 years old.
Also, just a few weeks ago, more news emerged regarding the benefits of
acupuncture for treating low back pain. Acupuncture involves inserting very
thin, flexible needles just under the skin along specific points on the body
that relate to organs, areas of the body, or body systems. The needles
work to correct the flow of energy (or chi) through the body, alleviating any
imbalances or blockages that might be causing pain.
To locate an acupuncturist near you, contact the National Certification
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine by calling (703)548-9004 or
visiting their website, _www.nccaom.org_
(http://clicks.wrightnewsletter.com//t/AQ/neg/o58/8OY/AQ/AVheCg/Bt3r) .
While you could check these out on your own, it's always a good idea to
work with a doctor who is open to looking at nutritional and natural
solutions for your pain. To locate one in your area, contact the American
College
for Advancement in Medicine at (800)532-3688 or _www.acam.org_
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