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Radioactive 'hot spots' threat to city, study says BY JAMES GORDON MEEK - DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU.
WASHINGTON - A helicopter survey revealed 80 radioactive "hot spots" in New York City, including a Staten Island park with dangerously high levels of radium, a congressional report disclosed yesterday. The park, built on a former industrial site, had to be closed as a result of radium detected there, according to the report by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/454825p-382701c.html
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E. coli O157:H7 - Why Can't It Be Washed Off Contaminated Spinach?

© 2006 by Linda Moulton Howe "There are many sources of water coming into the Salinas Valley watershed, and I guarantee you they all have generic E. coli." - Christopher Rose, California's Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board

http://earthfiles.com:80/news/news.cfm?ID=1148&category=Environment

A widespread farming practice is adding arsenic to the food chain. By Melinda Wenner. When Gwen Cox raised broiler chickens for Pilgrim’s Pride from 2001 to 2004, she had to use poultry feed provided by the company. After a few incidents when she felt physically ill working with it—“I would start coughing and could hardly stop, or I’d get lightheaded or nauseous,” she remembers—she checked the feed labels and noticed that they listed roxarsone, an organic arsenic compound, as an ingredient. Concerned about her chickens as well as her own health, she asked Pilgrim’s Pride why she was being forced to use feed containing arsenic. “I was told to mind my own business,” she says. “[They told me] ‘it’s a microbe inhibitor and is proven to be safe in the quantity used in the feed.’ But you know some of this stuff is bad when the tickets instruct you not to feed it to any other animals due to it being proven fatal if ingested.” http://scienceline.org/2006/09/20/env-wenner-arsenic/

EU Tightens Histamine Rules on Brazil Fish Imports - BRUSSELS - The European Union has tightened testing requirements on imports of Brazilian fishery products, mostly tuna, to prove they do not contain excessive amounts of histamine, the EU executive said on Friday. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38248/story.htm

Exposures to Environmental Toxicants and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in US Children - Could it be that we are using children to detect toxic environments, much like miners had used canaries in coal mines ? A simple Google search appears to show that we are:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=children+as+canaries+in+coal+mines&btnG=Google+Search

Exposures to Environmental Toxicants and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in US Children -

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2006/9478/abstract.html

Toxic Mercury Contaminating More Species, Report Shows by Jane Kay - Mercury pollution from power plants and other industrial sources has accumulated in birds, mammals and reptiles across the country, and only cuts in emissions can curtail the contamination, says a report released Tuesday by a national environmental group. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0920-09.htm

Uranium mills await resurrection. Demand is fueling renewed interest in nuclear power - and therefore uranium - and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says U.S. utilities are looking at building as many as 27reactors. Associated Press
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/09/24/24uranium.html

Danger lurking within. What makes your life easier may end up making your life shorter. Many chemicals, made to be destructible, are showing up in alarming numbers in our bodies, and wreaking havoc on key biological systems. Winnepeg Sun, Manitoba. [22][related stories] http://winnipegsun.com/News/ToxicNation/2006/09/22/1879060.html

Public works site polluted aquifer water. Hernando County's public works compound polluted the Floridan aquifer with gasoline and pesticides, including carcinogens, according to the county's most recent report on the long-running cleanup. St. Petersburg Times, Florida. http://www.sptimes.com/2006/09/24/Hernando/Public_works_site_pol.shtml

Tannery cleanup tied to parkway fate. Little Florida has waited years for its dirty neighbor to the northwest, the contaminated Mohawk Tannery property, to clean up its act and may have to wait a little longer. Nashua Telegraph, New Hampshire.
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060924/NEWS01/109240138/-1/sports

Pollution problem still hovers over Green Bay. Air pollution still is a serious issue here despite improvements following the Clean Air Act of 1970 and a major revision of the act in 1990. Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060924/GPG0101/609240644/1206/GPGnews

Goodwill can't clean a lake. The health of Lake Champlain -- a treasure of Vermont's natural world -- remains at risk despite Vermont's pledge to speed cleanup on land to meet pollution-reduction goals for the lake by 2009. Burlington Free Press, Vermont. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060924/NEWS01/609240306/1009

Wet weather woes. Rain scares Bob Scorzafave. It's not thunder and lightning that make his heart race, but the fear that raw sewage, toilet paper and muddy water will shoot like a fountain from rain-swollen sewer lines into his Mt. Washington basement. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pennsylvania. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_471957.html

The green house of the future. Radical plans are being drawn up to make Britain's houses the most environmentally friendly in Europe, with new "zero-carbon" developments proposed to cut back on global warming. London Independent, England. http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1726068.ece

EPA gives preliminary approval for dangerous pesticides - Last May we informed you that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was pressuring its scientists to approve continued use of dangerous pesticides. Many of these pesticides stem from World War II research on nerve gas. They include a variety of chemicals used in agriculture, gardens, golf courses, flea collars and pest strips. Thousands of UFW supporters responded by e-mailing EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson.The EPA did not listen and recently gave preliminary approval to more than 20 toxic pesticides--against the objections of the agency's own scientists and public health professionals across the nation. There is still time to stop this travesty. The EPA’s public comment period on this decision ends Oct. 2. Please e-mail the EPA TODAY - http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/epa906/u3b653407xnd58? before this unjust decision is made permanent.

Tell EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson - http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/epa906/u3b653407xnd58 to follow the Food Quality Protection Act. There is ample evidence that these pesticides are too toxic to be used safely. Tell them their responsibility is to protect the public, not the chemical industry.

New EPA rules on soot, dust under fire. Widespread criticism greets the standards for human exposure to particulates. Some say ideas from scientific advisors were ignored. Los Angeles Times, California. [Registration Required] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-soot22sep22,1,99970.story
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Texans debate air quality amid coal expansion. Texans may consume more electricity than other Americans, but they're suddenly debating the wisdom of doubling the number of coal-fired power plants in the state.Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21232336.htm
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Giant hole melted in northern ice cap. Something unusual is going on in the Beaufort Sea, a remote part of the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska. Over the past six weeks, a huge "lake" bigger than the state of Indiana has melted out of the sea ice.Baltimore Sun, Maryland. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-hs.ice22sep22,0,4648388.story
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Survey: 170 applicants die waiting for decision on asbestos payments. At least 170 people have died while waiting for a decision on whether they qualify for benefits for asbestos-related diseases in the six months since a compensation law took effect, a survey showed. Asahi Shimbun, Japan. http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200609220196.html
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Settlement approved for victims of asbestos. A $5.2 billion settlement for insulation giant Owens Corning, the company's creditors and thousands of asbestos victims brings an end to a five-year legal battle that has kept victims in limbo. Seattle Times, Washington. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003270375_asbestos22m.html
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Arsenic sweep expands. Arsenic from a long-closed pesticide plant in south Minneapolis has contaminated the yards of at least 200 homes, far more than previously known, and the widespread pollution may land the neighborhood on the federal Superfund list. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota. http://www.startribune.com/462/story/693564.html
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Waste headed for a Third World bin. Export of toxic waste from industrialised countries to developing countries is routine. Inter Press Service. http://allafrica.com/stories/200609210790.html
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Food for chickens, poison for man. Over 70% of broiler chickens grown in the US are fed roxarsone, an arsenic compound, and some are starting to ask questions. It is banned in the EU. Science Lineed stories]

http://scienceline.org/2006/09/20/env-wenner-arsenic/
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related stories - http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t?r=970&ctl=140F6EE:9344D8DD9528CE380CA4385ED2B534A57B23062156356571
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Hopewell told cleanup to start next year. As state officials scramble to determine if contamination from a former rubber plant caused cancer in hundreds of residents, another case of contaminated groundwater has quietly simmered nearby. Trenton Times, New Jersey. http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1158898101284820.xml&coll=5

Banned Chemicals Found in US-Japanese Cosmetics - Hundreds of angry Chinese women have taken to the streets of Shanghai demanding refunds for US-Japanese cosmetics after authorities detected banned chemicals in some of the products.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092206HB.shtml

ALERT: TINY TOXINS--NANO, NANO EVERYWHERE - Despite a lack of federal oversight and no requirements for labeling,
nanoparticles have been placed into countless consumer products, including food, food packaging, nutritional supplements, and body care products. Nanoproducts contain extremely small particles, roughly one-billionth of a meter in size. Laboratory studies already warn that nanoparticles can cause inflammation, damage brain cells, and cause pre-cancerous lesions. The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled its first-ever Public Meeting on October 10, 2006 to address the emergence of nanotechnology. Learn more about nanotechnology and contact the FDA to call for a moratorium on untested and unlabeled nanoproducts until adequate testing and federal oversight is in place:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oca/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5232

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More questions in Jeffco tower study. A long-awaited study suggests living close to radio and television towers possibly could affect people's health, but does little to settle debate over whether a proposed tower should be built in Jefferson County, CO. Denver Rocky Mountain News, Colorado. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5012017,00.html

Cherokee water supply hit. About 1,500 families and 300 businesses in Cherokee could be without water through Saturday because of a gasoline leak that contaminated the tribe's water supply. Asheville Citizen-Times, North Carolina.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS01/60921085/1107

Spinach scare's larger warning. Even as experts urge Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables, federal rules for protecting consumers from such hazards as the current E. coli outbreak from contaminated spinach are weaker than for meat and poultry. Los Angeles Times, California.[Registration Required]
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-spinach22sep22,1,5964175,full.story

Gene-altered profit-killer. The disclosure that American long-grain rice has become widely contaminated with traces of an experimental, gene-altered rice has provoked an economic crisis and reignited debate over U.S. oversight of biotech food. Washington Post [Registration Required]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092001903.html

The Water Cure Recipe - Drink 1/2 your body weight of water in ounces, daily. Example: 180 lb = 90 oz. of water daily. Divide that into 8 or 10 oz. glasses and that's how many glasses you will need to drink, daily. Use 1/4 tsp. of salt for every quart of water you drink. Use salt liberally with food. As long as you drink the water, you can use the salt. Use only 50 to 80 mineral, no additive, unprocessed sea salt. Avoid table salt. It only has three minerals in it. While the best sea salts contain all minerals, you should eat a banana or two a day for potassium and take some magnesium, calcium and zinc to maximize your immune system.Avoid caffeinated or alcoholic drinks. These are diuretics and will dehydrate you. Every 6 oz. of caffeine or alcohol requires an additional 10 to 12 oz. of water to re-hydrate you. http://www.healthliesexposed.com/articles/article_2006_09_22_3458.shtml

I have posted a lot of free pest control alternatives and other relevant information on the website 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.

"Want To Detox And Be Healthy?" learn how to Detox and become healthy again at: http://www.safesolutionsinc.com/healthy.pdf .

"How to Beat Cancer"- http://www.safesolutionsinc.com/cancer.htm

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Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten

MCS International Country Coordinator for the USA - http://www.mcs-international.org/meet_team_steve.html and:
http://www.mcs-international.org/articles/article_steve_tvedten1.html
Websites: http://www.thebestcontrol.com , http://www.getipm.com , http://www.learnipm.com , http://www.safesolutionsinc.com

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