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AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION: NO FLUORIDE FOR BOTTLE-FED INFANTS - In a little-noticed but dramatic turnaround, the nation's leading fluoride advocate, The American Dental Association (ADA), issued an alert on November 9th urging parents to avoid fluoridated water when reconstituting infant formula, warning that "Infants less than one year old may be getting more than the optimal amount of fluoride if their primary source of nutrition is powdered or liquid infant formula mixed with water containing fluoride." The dentists are worried that fluoride exposure at this age will permanently damage teeth, not protect them. A growing body of research also links fluoride to weakened bones, reduced thyroid activity, and possibly bone cancer in boys. The advice, however, has gone largely unheeded. Nursery Water, the nation's leading fluoridated water for babies, still markets its product nationwide at Wal*Mart and other major retailers. Help us stop this unsafe practice. Sign our letter to Wal*Mart, asking them to stop selling this product. LINK: http://www.ewg.org/newsletter/20061129-fluoride/
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Ethiopians Struggle During a Year of Disasters - For many Ethiopians, 2006 has been a very difficult year. Drought triggered a food crisis, and then widespread flooding destroyed many communities. To learn more about Oxfam?s work in Ethiopia, click here http://act.oxfamamerica.org/ct/T1AC4un1mzVO/ .
Tell Novartis to Stop Preventing Affordable Medicines from Reaching Poor People - Drug company Novartis is challenging India's patent law to prevent less expensive, generic versions of its drugs from being sold in India. If Novartis wins, this will threaten India's ability to produce affordable generic drugs, including HIV medicines, which are helping millions of people in India and other developing countries. Tell Novartis to drop their lawsuit
Tell Novartis to Stop Preventing Affordable Medicines from Reaching Poor People - Drug company Novartis is challenging India's patent law to prevent less expensive, generic versions of its drugs from being sold in India. If Novartis wins, this will threaten India's ability to produce affordable generic drugs, including HIV medicines, which are helping millions of people in India and other developing countries. Tell Novartis to drop their lawsuit
http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/novartis/w3i55w64oteewbt? .
85,000 Oxfam Supporters Tell Starbucks: Honor Your Commitments to Ethiopian Farmers! More than 85,000 Oxfam supporters like you have urged Starbucks to recognize Ethiopia's ownership of its most famous coffee names. Public reaction has been impressive since we first launched this campaign, and with your help, we hope Ethiopia can gain a larger share of the value of its high-quality coffees. Thank you for your action! Want to do more to help Ethiopian coffee farmers? Click here http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/starbucks_petition/forward/w3i55w64oteewbt?
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85,000 Oxfam Supporters Tell Starbucks: Honor Your Commitments to Ethiopian Farmers! More than 85,000 Oxfam supporters like you have urged Starbucks to recognize Ethiopia's ownership of its most famous coffee names. Public reaction has been impressive since we first launched this campaign, and with your help, we hope Ethiopia can gain a larger share of the value of its high-quality coffees. Thank you for your action! Want to do more to help Ethiopian coffee farmers? Click here http://act.oxfamame
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Wave of raw sewage escapes treatment. The first comprehensive look at the amount of raw sewage flowing into the Great Lakes has found that billions of litres are being dumped untreated every year into the sources of drinking water for communities on both sides of the border. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061129.SEWAGE29/TPStory/Environment
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Death by dust. To date, 75 workers on or around the rubble that remained after the 9/11 attack have been diagnosed with blood cell cancers that some experts confirm as having been likely caused by that exposure. New York Village Voice, New York.
http://villagevoice.com/news/0648,lombardi,75156,2.html
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EU's tough chemicals bill faces delay. Failure to resolve a dispute about rules for substituting chemicals in products could delay the landmark chemical regulations. EU Observer
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2006/gb20061128_133879.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe_more+of+today
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Lead-paint case reaches top court. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of NJ heard arguments in a high-stakes case pitting a group of local government entities against the companies that made lead pigment and paint. Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-5/11647829973640.xml&coll=1
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Rubbertown still hot spot for toxic air. Residents near Rubbertown's chemical plants continue to face greater health risks from toxic emissions than people in eastern Louisville, according to the city's latest report card on toxic air. Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061129/NEWS01/611290553
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Oversight gap cited on waste at Danvers site. Environmental regulators never inspected hazardous materials storage practices at the small Danvers chemical plant that exploded last week because the state and federal governments focus their enforcement efforts on larger facilities. Boston Globe, Massachusetts.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/11/29/oversight_gap_cited_on_waste_at_danvers_site/
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Can Florida's new marine reserve replenish the Gulf's fish? With 1,350 miles of coastline and a $62 billion tourism industry largely dependent on the quality of its waters, Florida has good reason to fear the disastrous consequences of pollution and overfishing. Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1129/p02s01-usgn.html
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Invasive bug species sucking life out of crops, wild plants in ...
International Herald Tribune - France ... Insecticides are being used to combat the pest in Barbados. ... Volunteers sprayed government-supplied pesticides in gullies and other cool, low-lying areas where ... http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/29/news/CB_GEN_Barbados_Invasive_Insect.php
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CANCER DO’S AND DON’TS press release - Pr
ess World (press release) - Russia ... such as Parkinson’s to the increase in use of pesticides and herbicides. ... 90% of all fungicides, mould killers, and 30% of all insecticides, insect killers ... http://health-fitness.press-world.com/v/75639/cancer-do-s-and-don-ts.html
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Safety of Nanotechnology Needs More Attention -
Environment News Service - USA ... in nanotechnologies could be reduced through real or perceived dangers; and fears ... nanomaterial today is nanosilver, which also is widely used as a pesticide. ...
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79 downed by chemical fumes from Davao del Norte plantation - Pesticide Mocap produced by Bayer CropScience - DAVAO CITY/Philippines -- At least 79 people, majority of them school children, were downed by chemical fumes from a nearby banana plantation in the town of Braulio Dujali in Davao del Norte province on Wednesday morning, the municipal health officer said Thursday. Dr. Cherry Demaala said at least 30 students of the Tanglaw Elementary school suddenly passed out while they were gathering for the flag ceremony. The number of those who were taken to the hospital reached 79, including a one-year old child and five teachers. All have been declared out of danger but continued to be observed closely, Demaala added.
Mayor Greogorio Faculla has ordered an investigation and designated health officials of his town to monitor the condition of the victims. Demaala said the victims suffered dizziness and nausea, and many of them fainted after they inhaled the toxic fumes reportedly emanating from the Tagum Agricultural Development Company, Inc. (Tadeco), a company owned by the Floirendos. That the victims inhaled toxic chemical fumes was also confirmed by Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) Director Estrella Laquinta. She said the victims were exposed to Mocap, a nematocide or chemical agent used against worms in plants. Reports said that the incident happened after the employees of Tadeco applied Mocap. Tadeco quickly acknowledged there was a chemical leak and expressed regret over the incident. "In response to what happened, Tadeco has provided immediate medical assistance in the form of ambulances, hospital care, and trained medical professionals. The company is committed to providing all that is necessary in order that a similar incident will not happen again," Tadeco said in a statement. Mocap, which is manufactured by Bayer Cropscience, contains ethotrop as its active ingredient. Ethotrop is chemical that severely affects the functioning of the nervous system. The Pesticide Action Network (Pan) in its website indicated that chemicals with ethotrop will cause tremors, nausea and weakness at low exposures, and paralysis and death on exposure to high doses. (By Jeffrey M. Tupas) MindaNews, 30 November 2006 - 41 students, 4 teachers hospitalized due to banana plantation chemical inhalation - DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 Nov) -- Forty-one students and four teachers of the Tanglaw Elementary School in Dujali town, Davao del Norte were hospitalized this morning after inhaling fumes from a poisonous chemical sprayed on the ground by a banana plantation, initial reports of the Dujali police said Wednesday afternoon. The students and teachers were holding the daily flag ceremony at 7:30 a.m. when they reportedly inhaled airborne components of MOCAP chemicals sprayed in a nearby banana plantation owned by the Tagum Agriculture Development Corporation (TADECO). TADECO uses Mocap or ethroprophos chemical as a ground fertilizer. The victims were brought to the Carmen District Hospital in nearby Carmen town and at the TADECO Hospital. TADECO management has owned responsibility over the incident. In a statement to reporters, TADECO said the situation was "under control" by 1 p.m. and that they are doing a 24-hour monitoring of the situation. The company, however, denied that the chemical is poisonous, insisting that it only smells foul. Police said the town's Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council has helped evacuate the students. The report did not mention if there were residents affected. (by Walter I. Balane) Please read also:
KAMUKHAAN/PHILIPPINES: A POISONED VILLAGE -http://www.cbgnetwork.de/447.html
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Put Children First in Pollution Regulation, Urge Researchers -
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/tb/4469
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'Chemobrain' Effects Revealed in PET Imaging - http://www.medpaget
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EPA OKs Spraying Pesticides over Waters by Michael Doyle - The Bush administration pleased farmers and frustrated environmentalists Monday by declaring that pesticides can be sprayed into and over waters without first obtaining special permits. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1128-05.htm
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DDT use won’t affect food imports to EU -
IPP Media - Guardian - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania - The use of toxic DDT and other pesticide chemicals in the fight against malaria ... be noted that, there have not been any findings of DDT contamination in food ... http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/11/29/79357.html
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EPA awards $300K to Montana Indian Country Environmental ...
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA ... from methamphetamine labs, drinking water contamination, indoor and outdoor air quality, mold, household chemical use and disposal, pesticide use and solid and ... http://newsblaze.com/story/20061129125625tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html
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Commentary: Help protect our seafood industry -
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA... Slow-moving currents during the dry season, the institute said, adversely affect cage-raised fish, and the Mekong River is subject to pesticide contamination. ... http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061129/OPINION01/611290335
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Land deal off for Region 7 -
Torrington Register Citizen - Torrington,CT,USA ... had decided to send the letter at the last meeting
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TELL OUR CONGRESS TO RESCIND BUSH'S WAR STARTING POWERS - The history of the last four years has proven that the Bush administration cooked intelligence and lied to obtain the original Authorization for Use of Military Force ("AUMF"), which was then immediately abused to launch an unprovoked and unwarranted invasion and indefinite occupation of Iraq. Yet, even as the strategic disaster in Iraq lurches further out of control day by day, the Bush administration is still talking about even more irrational plans to light a bigger powder keg in Iran. As reported by Seymour Hersh, Cheney arrogantly stated just before the elections that even were the Democrats to take back the Congress they would find some way around any legislative restrictions to pursue their insanity option in - ACTION PAGE: http://www.peaceteam.net/aumf.php
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Food safety tops the menu -
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... Shandong does have an aquatic food quality-check centre, but it can't make several pesticide residue tests ... "The increase in accidents of poisoning food like ...
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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 free chapter on Mosquitoes, a free chapter on Fleas and Mange, a free chapter on Bed Bugs, a free chapter on Spiders, 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
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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