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Shedding light on Gulf War Ills By Kevin Lamb Dayton Daily News. The goal was to explain a serious medical condition affecting thousands of Gulf War veterans, whose symptoms have been dismissed and ridiculed for lack of understanding them.When they finished, researchers at Wright State University's medical school also shed important new light on another serious medical condition affecting millions of civilians whose symptoms have also been dismissed and ridiculed.Gulf War syndrome and
multiple-chemical sensitivity both are a baffling and often debilitating collection of diverse symptoms.Both can leave people with cloudy thinking, unable to concentrate or remember.Both can cause weakness, pain or numbness in the muscles and joints.Both can lead to headaches, dizziness, rashes, diarrhea or persistent fatigue. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1005gulfwar.html
multiple-chemical sensitivity both are a baffling and often debilitating collection of diverse symptoms.Both can leave people with cloudy thinking, unable to concentrate or remember.Both can cause weakness, pain or numbness in the muscles and joints.Both can lead to headaches, dizziness, rashes, diarrhea or persistent fatigue. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1005gulfwar.html
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New Report on Old Chemical Plant Finds Same Problems -
Team 4 News - Harlingen, TX, USA ... "The report shows shockingly high levels of pesticide contamination still present in the soil and in the buildings at the site," said Carmin. ... http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=4358033&nav=0w0v
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Harris demands public inquiry into toxic military spray program -
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto, ON, Canada
... regulating harmful substances," said Harris who noted elected Green Party MPs would work to immediately ban all non-natural pesticides and insecticides by the ... http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases.Controller?action=check4Cookies&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=575389
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Dioxins, mercury still pose dangers for the Great Lakes -
WZZM - Grand Rapids, MI, USA ... DDT, a pesticide banned in 1972 that caused a population crash of birds, including falcons and bald eagles, which were unable to produce offspring.
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Bottled Water Mandated by Suit Is Tainted - Associated Press - Friday, January 13, 2006; MARIETTA, Ohio, Jan. 12 -- Bottled water provided to residents whose tap water was tainted with a chemical used to make Teflon has tested positive for trace amounts of the same substance, a lawyer and the bottling company owner said.
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Un-Spinning the Spin Masters on Genetically Engineered Food - Jeffrey Smith Responds to a Biotech Proponent's Accusations and Spin - Spilling the Beans, January 2006. Note from Jeffrey Smith: In September, 2005, the respected South African investigative magazine Noseweek ran a five-page interview with me that was described by a GMO campaigner as 'the hardest knock' that the country's biotech industry had ever taken from the media. To read the interview, go to the September 2005 issue of Spilling the Beans, at: http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/Newsletter/Sept05Rammeddownourthroats/index.cfm . Hans Lombard, a public relations consultant for the biotech industry, wrote a rebuttal to Noseweek that was pure industry spin. Fortunately, I was given the opportunity to respond. Both his letter and a condensed version of mine were published side by side in their January issue. The magazine put my full response on its website. The following is the text of Lombard's letter, broken up so that I can respond to each accusation. The shortened version that was published is available with graphics and photos at:
http://www.seedsofdeception.com/DocumentFiles/100.pdf - http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6124
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Lax Oversight Found in Tests of Gene-Altered Crops - The New York Times January 3, 2006 By ANDREW POLLACK. The Department of Agriculture has failed to regulate field trials of genetically engineered crops adequately, raising the risk of
unintended environmental consequences, according to a stinging report issued by the department's own auditor.
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JUNK FOOD ADDITIVES STOP NERVE CELL GROWTH - Mixing the common additives aspartame an artificial sweetener and
monosodium glutamate (MSG) causes nerve cell damage, say researchers at the University of Liverpool. The results from a two-year study were recently published in the journal Toxicological Sciences. The researchers found the additives were much more potent in combination with each other than on their own. Mice were exposed to concentrations of MSG and aspartame relative to what a child would receive in an average snack and drink. Researchers were surprised to see the additives interfered with nerve signaling systems and actually stopped the nerve cells from growing. Aspartame is commonly found in diet drinks, candies and flavored medicines, while MSG is frequently found in chips, processed cheese and many processed foods.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/toxic/msg010306.cfm
monosodium glutamate (MSG) causes nerve cell damage, say researchers at the University of Liverpool. The results from a two-year study were recently published in the journal Toxicological Sciences. The researchers found the additives were much more potent in combination with each other than on their own. Mice were exposed to concentrations of MSG and aspartame relative to what a child would receive in an average snack and drink. Researchers were surprised to see the additives interfered with nerve signaling systems and actually stopped the nerve cells from growing. Aspartame is commonly found in diet drinks, candies and flavored medicines, while MSG is frequently found in chips, processed cheese and many processed foods.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/toxic/msg010306.cfm
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Nonfatal, Unintentional Medication Exposures Among Young Children United States, 2001--2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a1.htm?s_cid=mm5501a1_e%0A
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a1.htm?s_cid=mm5501a1_e%0A
Overweight Among Students in Grades K--12 Arkansas, 2003--04 and 2004--05 School Years
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a2.htm?s_cid=mm5501a2_e%0A
Multiple Outbreaks of Gastrointestinal Illness Among School Children Associated with Consumption of Flour Tortillas Massachusetts, 2003--2004 - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a3.htm?s_cid=mm5501a3_e%0A
Update: Influenza Activity - United States, December 25--31, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a4.htm?s_cid=mm5501a4_e%0A
QuickStats: Percentage of Persons Reporting Use of At Least One Prescription Drug During the Preceding Month, by Sex and
Race/Ethnicity United States, 1999--2002 - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a6.htm?s_cid=mm5501a6_e%0A
Changes in Presentation of Data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System -
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a5.htm?s_cid=mm5501a5_e%0A
U.S. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY UPDATE - Notifiable Diseases and Reported Deaths -
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501md.htm?s_cid=mm5501md_e%0A
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a2.htm?s_cid=mm5501a2_e%0A
Multiple Outbreaks of Gastrointestinal Illness Among School Children Associated with Consumption of Flour Tortillas Massachusetts, 2003--2004 - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a3.htm?s_cid=mm5501a3_e%0A
Update: Influenza Activity - United States, December 25--31, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a4.htm?s_cid=mm5501a4_e%0A
QuickStats: Percentage of Persons Reporting Use of At Least One Prescription Drug During the Preceding Month, by Sex and
Race/Ethnicity United States, 1999--2002 - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a6.htm?s_cid=mm5501a6_e%0A
Changes in Presentation of Data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System -
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501a5.htm?s_cid=mm5501a5_e%0A
U.S. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY UPDATE - Notifiable Diseases and Reported Deaths -
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5501md.htm?s_cid=mm5501md_e%0A
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Insect spray linked to male infertility- testosterone drop -
NEW YORK - While infertility may be caused by a number of factors, new study findings suggest that exposure to nonpersistent, or short-lasting, insecticides may play a role in male infertility. “Environmental exposure to chlorpyrifos or its metabolite (TCPY) may be associated with reduced levels of circulating testosterone in adult men,” lead study author Dr. John D. Meeker, of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, told Reuters Health. “A decline in testosterone throughout a population could potentially lead to adverse reproductive health outcomes,” he added. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10819110/
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'Doomsday' seed bank to be built - Norway is planning to build a "doomsday vault" inside a mountain on an Arctic island to hold a seed bank of all known varieties of the world's crops. Published: 2006/01/12 13:25:03 GMT - © BBC MMVI. The Norwegian government will hollow out a cave on the ice-bound island of Spitsbergen to hold the seed bank. It will be designed to withstand global catastrophes like nuclear war or natural disasters that would destroy the planet's sources of food. Seed collection is being organised by the Global Crop Diversity Trust.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/4605398.stm
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TSUNAMI LESS DESTRUCTIVE THAN OVERFISHING TO SUMATRAN REEFS - LOS ANGELES, California, January 13, 2006 (ENS) - Coral reefs fringing the coast of western Sumatra suffered minor physical damage from the December 2004 tsunami compared with the destruction on land, new research conducted by Reef Check shows. Overfishing using destructive methods such as poison was more damaging to the ecosystem. http://www.ens-newswire.com
BUSH TO REQUEST $52 MILLION FOR ASIA-PACIFIC ENERGY PARTNERSHIP - SYDNEY, Australia, January 13, 2006 (ENS) - President George W. Bush will request that Congress budget $52 million to promote clean energy technologies in the Asia-Pacific region and international cooperation in other energy areas, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at an international meeting in Sydney Thursday. Protestors are calling this week’s climate talks "a sham." http://www.ens-newswire.com
EFFECTS OF CHINA'S SONGHUA RIVER CHEMICAL SPILL STILL EMERGING - BEIJING, China, January 13, 2006 (ENS) - Two months after the Songhua River transboundary chemical spill, one of the largest in a river system anywhere in the world, more study is needed to determine its environmental and human health effects, a United Nations team has concluded. The team issued its report Thursday, after studying the effects of an explosion that occurred in November at a petrochemical plant in China's northern Jilin Province. http://www.ens-newswire.com
BUSH ADMINISTRATION HANDS KEY ALASKA WILDLIFE AREA TO OIL INDUSTRY - WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2006 (ENS) - Over the opposing voices of Alaska Natives, scientists, sportsmen and conservation groups, the Bush administration Wednesday opened for oil and gas leasing 100 percent of Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. The decision eliminates longstanding wildlife and environmental protections first put in place by Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt. http://www.ens-newswire.com
TWENTY YEARS DORMANT, ALASKA'S AUGUSTINE VOLCANO BLASTS OFF - ANCHORAGE, Alaska, January 12, 2006 (ENS) - The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupted early this morning for the first time since 1986 with two explosions at the summit that sent an ash plume more than five miles high. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says the alert level was classified at red, the highest level of concern, but downgraded the alert to orange later this morning. http://www.ens-newswire.com
CHINA AND INDIA SET TO STEER GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY - By J.R. Pegg - WASHINGTON, DC, January 12, 2006 (ENS) - China and India are poised to join the United States as "planetary powers" with the economic muscle and influence to transform the ecological future of the Earth, the Worldwatch Institute said Wednesday in its annual report, "State of the World 2006." There remains a serious threat that the booming economies of China and India will result in increased ecological and political instability, Worldwatch said, but the two Asian giants could steer the world toward a path of sustainability. http://www.ens-newswire.com
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BUSH TO REQUEST $52 MILLION FOR ASIA-PACIFIC ENERGY PARTNERSHIP - SYDNEY, Australia, January 13, 2006 (ENS) - President George W. Bush will request that Congress budget $52 million to promote clean energy technologies in the Asia-Pacific region and international cooperation in other energy areas, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at an international meeting in Sydney Thursday. Protestors are calling this week’s climate talks "a sham." http://www.ens-newswire.com
EFFECTS OF CHINA'S SONGHUA RIVER CHEMICAL SPILL STILL EMERGING - BEIJING, China, January 13, 2006 (ENS) - Two months after the Songhua River transboundary chemical spill, one of the largest in a river system anywhere in the world, more study is needed to determine its environmental and human health effects, a United Nations team has concluded. The team issued its report Thursday, after studying the effects of an explosion that occurred in November at a petrochemical plant in China's northern Jilin Province. http://www.ens-newswire.com
BUSH ADMINISTRATION HANDS KEY ALASKA WILDLIFE AREA TO OIL INDUSTRY - WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2006 (ENS) - Over the opposing voices of Alaska Natives, scientists, sportsmen and conservation groups, the Bush administration Wednesday opened for oil and gas leasing 100 percent of Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. The decision eliminates longstanding wildlife and environmental protections first put in place by Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt. http://www.ens-newswire.com
TWENTY YEARS DORMANT, ALASKA'S AUGUSTINE VOLCANO BLASTS OFF - ANCHORAGE, Alaska, January 12, 2006 (ENS) - The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupted early this morning for the first time since 1986 with two explosions at the summit that sent an ash plume more than five miles high. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says the alert level was classified at red, the highest level of concern, but downgraded the alert to orange later this morning. http://www.ens-newswire.com
CHINA AND INDIA SET TO STEER GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY - By J.R. Pegg - WASHINGTON, DC, January 12, 2006 (ENS) - China and India are poised to join the United States as "planetary powers" with the economic muscle and influence to transform the ecological future of the Earth, the Worldwatch Institute said Wednesday in its annual report, "State of the World 2006." There remains a serious threat that the booming economies of China and India will result in increased ecological and political instability, Worldwatch said, but the two Asian giants could steer the world toward a path of sustainability. http://www.ens-newswire.com
Battle now on to reduce damaging fuel emissions -
Wandsworth Borough Guardian - Wandsworth, England, UK ... Transport campaigner and head of Commuter Voice Gari Sullivan said: "Anything to do with environmental pollution and cleaning is a good idea. ... http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.672535.0.battle_now_on_to_reduce_damaging_fuel_emissions.php
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Turns out, plenty of use crying over spilt cyanide -
Allston-Brighton TAB - Needham, MA, USA - Days after an Allston-Brighton TAB article about environmental pollution, an Allston company has been fined $35,000 on charges of unlawful discharge of ...
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ORGANIC BYTES #73 - Health, Environment and Consumer News Tidbits with an Edge! 1/12/2006 - In this Issue:
U.S. INSPECTOR GENERAL SLAMS USDA ON GENE-ALTERED CROPS
McMad Cow
ITALIAN SLOW FOOD COMMUNITY DRIVES RONALD MCDONALD OUT OF TOWN
STUDY: JUNK FOOD ADDITIVES STOP NERVE CELL GROWTH
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - ORGANIC BYTES READERS TALK BACK
U.S. INSPECTOR GENERAL SLAMS USDA ON GENE-ALTERED CROPS
McMad Cow
ITALIAN SLOW FOOD COMMUNITY DRIVES RONALD MCDONALD OUT OF TOWN
STUDY: JUNK FOOD ADDITIVES STOP NERVE CELL GROWTH
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - ORGANIC BYTES READERS TALK BACK
http://www.organicconsumers.org/organicbytes.htm
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Navy to pay RI $1.4 million to settle pollution lawsuit -
Waste News - Akron, OH, USA ... toxic chemicals. Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch and the state Department of Environmental Management announced Jan. 12 ...
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EPA sued over Central Valley air pollution -
Central Valley Business Times - Stockton, CA, USA. The US Environmental Protection Agency is being sued by three groups which say it's foot-dragging in enforcement of air pollution regulations in the Central ...
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UN says Beijing should have informed the population of the Songhua ...
AsiaNews.it - Italy. The United Nations is urging China to plan its environmental disaster responses. Greater pollution is among the many causes of growing social protests, experts ...
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Peabody water permit draws man's objection -
Edwardsville Intelligencer - Edwardsville, IL, USA ... the American Bottom Conservancy charge that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ... are always saying, 'Dilution is the solution to pollution.' Well, the ... http://www.goedwardsville.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15924047&BRD=2291&PAG=461&dept_id=473648&rfi=6
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Theo Colborn reviews the registration-ignored neuro-developmental effects of various pesticides (case study: chlorpyrifos, largely courtesy of Slotkin's phenomenal experiments), 2,4-D's neurodevelpmentl tox also has uite a bit of litrature (other pesticides more briefly reviewed): http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/7940/abstract.html
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Post-Katrina, EPA Tries to Cut Pollution Data -
The Environmental Protection Agency has just proposed to cut in half the frequency with which industrial facilities like chemical plants and oil refineries must report toxic release data . Not only will this change make it slower to detect trends in pollution, but less-timely data will hamper post disaster assessments and cleanups. Find out more. http://www.net.org/health/tri.vtml
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Top Story — Chemical Security -
Federal Report Ranks States for Chemical Terrorist Threat. A new report from the Congressional Research Service details the number of chemical facilities in each state that could make tempting targets for terrorists, and comes after the Bush Administration admits that its voluntary approach to securing chemical plants has failed.
Find out more... http://www.net.org/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=28997
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Chemical site security -
remains unaddressed as Congress debates the 9/11 legislation, leaving millions of Americans that live near insecure chemical plants unprotected. The 9/11 Commission Report and its corresponding legislation aim to strengthen our nation's defenses, making this an appropriate place to address this gaping hole in homeland security.
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Congress should pass a strong Chemical Security bill that requires security improvements and reduces the hazards at these sites. Find out more about chemical security. http://www.net.org/health/security.vtm l
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Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
USA Representative - MCS International
http://www.mcs-international.org
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But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take [any] person from among them, he is taken away in his inequity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. K.J.A.V. Ezekiel 33:6
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