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FDA Data Undercut Public Safety Assurances by Top Agency Official - Tests Found High Benzene Contamination of Diet Soda - 79 Percent of Samples Above Drinking Water Limit. (WASHINGTON, April 4) - A computer investigation by Environmental Working Group (EWG) has uncovered results from a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) testing program that contradict blanket safety assurances about benzene contamination in soft drinks made by a top agency official on March 21, 2006. FDA's data show that 79 percent of diet soda samples tested over a six-year period from 1995 through 2001 were contaminated with benzene at levels above the federal limit for benzene in tap water. The FDA test results, buried deep within an obscure FDA food testing program called the Total Diet Study, were posted on EWG's Web site, www.ewg.org, just days after a top FDA official assured the public that there was no threat from the presence of the toxic chemical in soft drinks. This weekend, Great Britain's public health agency pulled some soft drink products from store shelves because of benzene contamination. http://www.ewg.org/issues/toxics/20060404/index.php
EWG is a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., that uses the power of information to protect human health and the environment. The group's work on benzene is available at
EWG is a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., that uses the power of information to protect human health and the environment. The group's work on benzene is available at
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Lawsuit claims school bus pollution -
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow, UK - SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States (UPI) -- Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit this week in San Francisco, claiming some school buses fill with cancer-causing levels of diesel exhaust fumes. The legal action -- brought by the Environmental Law Foundation and the Children`s Earth Foundation -- says the atmosphere inside some school buses is up to 10 times as sooty as the air outside the vehicles.
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Flu Plan Calls for Limited Federal Role By DAVID STOUT and LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN - Published: May 3, 2006.
WASHINGTON, May 3 — Although the federal government will stockpile 75 million doses of antiviral drugs and 20 million doses of vaccine to combat any outbreak of pandemic flu, local governments and individual communities will have to shoulder most of the burden in battling the disease, the White House said today. The far-flung nature of a pandemic, "as well as the sheer burden of disease across the nation over a period of months or longer," means that the federal government's support to states and communities will be limited in comparison to federal aid for natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, according to a report released today outlining the federal government's strategy.
WASHINGTON, May 3 — Although the federal government will stockpile 75 million doses of antiviral drugs and 20 million doses of vaccine to combat any outbreak of pandemic flu, local governments and individual communities will have to shoulder most of the burden in battling the disease, the White House said today. The far-flung nature of a pandemic, "as well as the sheer burden of disease across the nation over a period of months or longer," means that the federal government's support to states and communities will be limited in comparison to federal aid for natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, according to a report released today outlining the federal government's strategy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/health/03cnd-flu.html?pagewanted=1
(Note: If you have virtually any flu, it normally is from birds. Your immune system determines the severity of the flu infection. Most of us need only to remove our bodies from the daily shuffle and allow the fever to heat up and kill the virus, until we recover. If our immune system is overloaded with toxins or we insist on taking toxic medicines we can have serious side effects.)
(Note: If you have virtually any flu, it normally is from birds. Your immune system determines the severity of the flu infection. Most of us need only to remove our bodies from the daily shuffle and allow the fever to heat up and kill the virus, until we recover. If our immune system is overloaded with toxins or we insist on taking toxic medicines we can have serious side effects.)
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WHITE HOUSE WARNS PANDEMIC FLU COULD LIMIT TRAVEL, FOOD, WATER - WASHINGTON, DC, May 3, 2006 (ENS) - In the event of a bird flu pandemic, air and ground travel may be limited, and food and water supplies may be disrupted across the United States, according to planning guidelines issued today by the White House. The government advises people to stockpile food and water and plan for a situation in which they will not be able to get to work, school, health care facilities, banks, stores, restaurants, government offices, and post offices. http://www.ens-newswire.com
NEW BIRD FLU VACCINE PROVES SUCCESSFUL - MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 3, 2006 (ENS) - A commercially developed vaccine funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health has protected mice and ferrets against a deadly bird flu viral strain. The success of the vaccine in protecting laboratory animals from bird flu virus during studies performed at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis suggests that it would protect humans if the virus mutates and acquires the ability to spread from person to person. http://www.ens-newswire.com
U.S. NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY PLANS FOR BIRD FLU PANDEMIC - WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2006 (ENS) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working on a plan to keep the nation's 103 nuclear power plants operating safely in the event that up to 40 percent of the staff is absent from work for weeks with bird flu. The Commission is considering using teleworking, bringing recent retirees back on the job, and deferring activities such as security exercises to maintain critical functions. http://www.ens-newswire.com
NEW BIRD FLU VACCINE PROVES SUCCESSFUL - MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 3, 2006 (ENS) - A commercially developed vaccine funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health has protected mice and ferrets against a deadly bird flu viral strain. The success of the vaccine in protecting laboratory animals from bird flu virus during studies performed at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis suggests that it would protect humans if the virus mutates and acquires the ability to spread from person to person. http://www.ens-newswire.com
U.S. NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY PLANS FOR BIRD FLU PANDEMIC - WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2006 (ENS) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working on a plan to keep the nation's 103 nuclear power plants operating safely in the event that up to 40 percent of the staff is absent from work for weeks with bird flu. The Commission is considering using teleworking, bringing recent retirees back on the job, and deferring activities such as security exercises to maintain critical functions. http://www.ens-newswire.com
G8 HEALTH MINISTERS ARRAY THEIR FORCES FOR BIRD FLU BATTLE - GENEVA, Switzerland, May 2, 2006 (ENS) - In planning to confront a potential global bird flu pandemic, the international community must leave no nation out, the head of the UN health agency warned the health ministers of the world’s eight leading industrial countries ahead of the G8 Summit in July. While G8 finance, energy, and foreign ministers usually meet in preparation for a summit, the Moscow meeting Friday was the first time health ministers have met in advance. http://www.ens-newswire.com
POLAR BEARS, HIPPOS TOP NEW IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES - GENEVA, Switzerland, May 2, 2006 (IUCN) – The polar bear and the hippopotamus are listed for the first time as vulnerable species at risk of extinction in the 2006 Red List of Threatened Species released today by the IUCN-World Conservation Union. The ongoing decline of the Earth’s biodiversity due to the impact of humans upon life on Earth is revealed in this authoritative assessment of the global status of plants and animals. http://www.ens-newswire.com
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IPPH Journal / Defining Chemical Injury - Defining Chemical Injury - A Diagnostic Protocol and Profile of Chemically Injured Civilians, Industrial Workers and Gulf War by G. Heuser, M.D.,Ph.D. , P. Axelrod and S. Heuser, M.A.
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CALIFORNIA Pesticide threat to babies linked to enzyme levels Researchers find them much more at risk than adults -
The regulation of pesticides might not be strict enough to protect newborns and infants, a study published Thursday by UC Berkeley researchers suggests. The study of 130 mothers and their children in California's Central Valley revealed that a natural enzyme in the human body that breaks down toxicants, including commonly used pesticides, varies to such a degree that some of the population's youngest members may be virtually defenseless against some chemicals. For the first time, researchers believe they can predict people's vulnerability to certain pesticides based on their enzyme levels, their age and their genetics. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/03/BAGVGHHV1H1.DTL
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What not to eat: the truth about food -
Independent - London, England, UK ... with agricultural chemicals tend to produce abundantly without problems, but organic farmers say new orchards can develop disease/pest problems after just a ...
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On the road to pariahville -
Messenger.ge - Tbilisi, Georgia ... touch when dealing which such niggling problems is also infamous and if it's not careful Georgia could find itself facing a number of pest control measures ... http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/1101_may_2_2006/opi_1101.htm
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Why take chances with our health? -
Hamilton Spectator - Ontario, Canada ... 4-D -- has been "persuasively linked" to cancer, neurological impairment and reproductive problems. This, despite a previous federal Pest Management Regulatory ...
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Annan: Biological Weapons Fight a Priority -- By EDITH M. LEDERER , - Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the 191 U.N. member states to agree on a global strategy to combat terrorism and said a top priority must be coming up with new ideas to prevent terrorists from using biological weapons. While advances in biotechnology hold the promise of eliminating infectious diseases, they can also "bring incalculable harm if put to destructive use by those who seek to develop designer diseases and
pathogens," Annan told the General Assembly on Tuesday. He compared the situation to the 1950s when the world recognized the potential impact of nuclear power, both good and bad. ... http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/05/03/ap2716383.html
pathogens," Annan told the General Assembly on Tuesday. He compared the situation to the 1950s when the world recognized the potential impact of nuclear power, both good and bad. ... http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/05/03/ap2716383.html
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Despite Pesticide Reductions, Transgenic Cotton Fails to Improve ...
Scientific American - USA ... of the study, perhaps due to the need to control pests unaffected by ... in question was unmodified, toxin-producing, or toxin-producing and herbicide resistant. ... http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0005CEEE-6DF2-1456-ADF283414B7F0000
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Scourge of pet poisoning in ECape -
Sunday Times - Johannesburg, South Africa ... Experts say poisoning is happening "from the affluent to the poorer areas ... rat poison, controlled jackal poison and strychnine - a powdered pesticide - are used ...
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Fuji Keizai Releases Report on Food Inspection Market in Japan -
Japan Corporate News (press release) - Tokyo,Japan
... areas that are expected to experience sound growth: surface-associated bacteria inspection, food-poisoning simplified inspection, pesticide residue inspection ... http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=12437
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Pesticides may affect penis size -
London Free Press - Canada ... 5,000 healthy babies also found reduced penis size with higher contamination levels ... Guillette said he doesn't support a total pesticide ban, saying their use is ...
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Drugs, Not Foods, Are Toxic - "The simple, incontrovertible fact is this: All drugs are dangerous; foods and supplements are safe. Anyone with a paper and pencil can quickly figure out for themselves that pharmaceuticals will sicken and kill more Americans in the next seven days than "health foods" have in the past 10 years." "Drugs are approved by the FDA today, distributed, then found unsafe tomorrow and withdrawn, only to be replaced with new wonder drugs that are subsequently taken off the market as health hazards. If drugs were safe and effective, would we need the $1.5 billion of mindless, hard-sell advertising every month to goad us into taking them and giving them to our children?"
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Mixing It Up -
Scientific American - USA ... have spent the past four years testing four herbicides, two fungicides and three insecticides commonly used ... It is not just pesticides that show a mixture effect ...
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Wash the windows, clean the colon -
The Vail Trail - Vail, Colorado, USA ... "You can build up toxins in your body and frankly, in this day and age with the various insecticides and pesticides, as well as medications we take and food ...
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Growing organic -
The UCLA Daily Bruin - Los Angeles, CA, USA ... Nationwide, organic foods – products grown without pesticides or other chemical additives ... but the group said the lack of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides ...
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Iraqi Government starts insecticide program -
PortAl Iraq - Waltham, MA, USA - A wide-scale program to ward off the spread of insecticides and pesticides will soon be released in Iraq. This program is the first ...
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MNCs said to have broken accord on manufacturing pesticides in ...
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan ... pest attacks on cotton. Apart from cotton, other crops were also opened for pesticides, insecticides and herbicides, they said. ...
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Beyond Pesticides Daily News Headlines (week of April 25 - May 1, 2006)
Full stories available at: http://www.beyondpesticides.org
* Ottawa Calls for Pesticide Moratorium, 2, 4 D Assessement Flawed
* Partnership Sponsors Rodent and Vector Control in DC
* USDA Publishes Proposed Rule To Revise National Organic Program Regulations
* Antibacterial Soap Ingredient Found in Recycled Sewage Sludge Used on Crops
* Massachusetts Town Says No to Lake Pesticides
Full stories available at: http://www.beyondpesticides.org
* Ottawa Calls for Pesticide Moratorium, 2, 4 D Assessement Flawed
* Partnership Sponsors Rodent and Vector Control in DC
* USDA Publishes Proposed Rule To Revise National Organic Program Regulations
* Antibacterial Soap Ingredient Found in Recycled Sewage Sludge Used on Crops
* Massachusetts Town Says No to Lake Pesticides
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Bats cause havoc -
Country News - Shepparton, Australia ... in the Goulburn Valley but Yarra Valley orchardists have these problems and more ... 12 options as possible ways to reduce or eliminate the impact of the pest. ...
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Carol Cloud Bailey: Plants, not red mulch, should be focal point ...
Stuart News (subscription) - Stuart, FL, USA ... Any time fresh plant material is ground and used for mulch, the risk exists for transferring weed seeds/species and transferring plant pest problems in the ... http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/home_and_garden/article/0,2544,TCP_1039_4660916,00.html
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Read Dining Hall has cockroach problem, former employees say -
Indiana Daily Student - USA ... "We have regular treatments from pest control (professionals).". Dining Services Director Sandra Fowler said she was also unaware of any cockroach problems. ... http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=35774&adid=news
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Organic Food Obsessions -
Spiegel Online - Berlin, Germany Gene manipulation, pesticides and insecticides make regular appearances in the nightmares of Germans. The result is a growing obsession with organic foods. .. http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,414005,00.html
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Coastal Carolina Superintendents Crawling with Six-Legged ...
Golfdom - Cleveland, OH, USA - Better yet, insects are more prevalent than ever because of pesticides that during the last dozen years have become ... "So we have grub insecticides and mole ... http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=322994
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Support Pollinators with Spring Planting -
YubaNet - Nevada City, CA, USA ... In many cases the use of insecticides for pest control has had the unwelcome ... When the garden is blooming, avoid using pesticides that can harm the wildlife you ...
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GM cotton shows low pesticide use, safety: study -
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China ... crop yields were similar, largely because the higher use of insecticides with non ... that planted Bt cotton used fewer applications of broad-spectrum pesticides. ... http://english.people.com.cn/200605/02/eng20060502_262646.html
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Turf wars pit environmentalists against lawn-care businesses -
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton, NY, USA ... Unlike garbage, which is hauled someplace else, the consequences of careless and ignorant use of pesticides - including insecticides and herbicides - strikes ...
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May days will put pesticide ban to the test -
Toronto Sun - Canada ... of the bylaw, which permits the use of chemical insecticides and herbicides to ... care companies face fines of $255 if they apply chemical pesticides for cosmetic ...
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I have posted a lot of free pest control alternatives and other relevant information on the websites located at: http://www.safesolutionsinc.com/resources.htm . There is a free 86 page booklet on how to control most pest problems without using any pesticide POISONS entitled: THE BUG STOPS HERE. There is a free chapter on Lice/Scabies/Morgellons Disease, a chapter on Mosquitoes, a chapter on Fleas and Mange, a chapter on Bed Bugs, a free chapter on Detoxification/Healing and a section on fire ants from my newest IPM manual/encyclopedia entitled: THE BEST CONTROL II. All of these copyrighted items are free for you to simply read and/or download. There simply is no need to POISON yourself.
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"Want To Detox And Be Healthy?" learn how to Detox and become healthy again at: http://www.safesolutionsinc.com/healthy.pdf .
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Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
USA Representative - MCS International
http://www.mcs-international.org
Websites: http://www.thebestcontrol.com , http://www.getipm.com , http://www.learnipm.com , http://www.safesolutionsinc.com
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