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Thu 10 May 2007 - The Ottawa Citizen - Canada will not risk health in pesticide rules - Re: Canada lowers standards on pesticide use on fruits, vegetables to match U.S. limits, May 8.- I want to assure your readers that Canada's new government takes its responsibilities to protect the health safety of Canadians very seriously. This regulatory harmonization with our NAFTA partners, of which the Citizen article is critical, began in 1996 under the previous Liberal administration. I want to be clear and assure everyone that this new government will keep a watchful eye on pesticide regulation to protect the health of Canadians. No changes will be made unless a scientific risk assessment says it is safe to make the changes. And, indeed, if there is any harmonization, it would be to the highest standards as we protect the health and safety of Canadians when it comes to pesticide management. Further, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency closely monitors the levels of pesticide residue on fruits and vegetables. The fact is that across this country, less than one per cent of residues are found to exceed the regulated limits. Decisions on pesticide use are based on science and not on politics. This government has made tremendous progress with regard to the safe management of chemicals. Our $300-million chemical management plan has made Canada a world leader in this regard and this new government will continue to lead the way.
Tony Clement, Ottawa, Minister of Health
Tony Clement, Ottawa, Minister of Health
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Vision problems reported in Organophosphorus Poisoning - Some hospitals will avoid performing the proper tests which can prove this type of damage and will suggest that they have no explanation. However an honest ophthalmologist will admit that all the effects reported here can be caused by damage to the brain, optic nerve and the autonomic nervous system. http://www.geocities.com/oprus2001/eyes.htm
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The Bees Die...The Planet Dies - By Michel Dogna - The bees die... and the planet too! The planet is the common good of humanity. Taking care of it gives life a meaning. It is necessary to make the farmers understand what their responsibility is, but they seldom have Internet. The bees are the second factor of life on our planet. There is nothing left but our awareness which can act on the totalitarian power of money. It is necessary to react, to transmit this important message to all and to find solutions because it is as serious as the war of Iraq. This poisining is a planetary genocide.
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Why Genetically Modifying (GM) Food Products Are A No No -
"In every FDA decision involving genetically modified foods, those making the decision were either former or future employees of the genetic-engineering companies. To determine the safety of these foods, the FDA typically just takes the word of the company. Further, the FDA has increased the allowable residue of Roundup on crops by 330%. So Monsanto can make genetically engineered crops resistant to their toxic chemicals and sell more chemical as well as seeds. You get to eat both the genetically altered "food" and the added chemicals. What a scheme. Monsanto is making a killing on these seeds and chemicals.
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Unsafe Food Additives Across Asia Feed Fears By Nicholas Zamiska - HONG KONG -- Formaldehyde, which has been linked to cancer, has legitimate uses in adhesives and embalming. But in Indonesia, Sutikno, a 35-year-old tofu maker in south Jakarta who goes by one name, uses it to keep the tofu he sells fresh. "Formaldehyde is magic. There is no comparison," he said on a recent afternoon at the market. Last year, he switched briefly to a legal preservative, but his bean curd went bad in less than 24 hours. As for his customers, he doesn't tell them he uses formaldehyde. "There is no complaint," Mr. Sutikno said. Across Asia, small-scale food ... http://online.wsj.com:80/article/SB117866138530296364.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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US deems chickens fed tainted feed safe -
Seattle Times, WA - May 8, 2007 - WASHINGTON — Chickens that ate bird feed made with a small amount of contaminated pet food are safe for human consumption and can be released for slaughter ... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003697643_chickens08.html
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Q&A | What's safe for humans, and what's not? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003700905_salmonqa10.html
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US says fish is safe here, but tests go on -
Seattle Times, WA - Canadian and US officials agreed Wednesday that no consumers are at risk from salmon or other fish that were fed melamine-spiked feed, even as the chemical ...
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Melamine Scare Widens to Fish Feed - http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-09-02.asp
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White House Ordered EPA to Lie About 9/11 Pollution Danger -
White House ordered false assurances on air quality, report says by Laurie Garrett - NEW YORK -- In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, the White House instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to give the public misleading information, telling New Yorkers it was safe to breathe when reliable information on air quality was not available. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0823-03.htm
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How to kill pests without killing yourself or the earth......
There are about 50 to 60 million insect species on earth - we have named only about 1 million and there are only about 1 thousand pest species - already over 50% of these thousand pests are already resistant to our volatile, dangerous, synthetic pesticide POISONS. We accidentally lose about 25,000 to 100,000 species of insects, plants and animals every year due to "man's footprint". But, after poisoning the entire world and contaminating every living thing for over 60 years with these dangerous and ineffective pesticide POISONS we have not even controlled much less eliminated even one pest species and every year we use/misuse more and more pesticide POISONS to try to "keep up"! Even with all of this expensive pollution - we lose more and more crops and lives to these thousand pests every year.
We are losing the war against these thousand pests mainly because we insist on using only synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers There has been a severe "knowledge drought" - a worldwide decline in agricultural R&D, especially in production research and safe, more effective pest control since the advent of synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers. Today we are like lemmings running to the sea insisting that is the "right way". The greatest challenge facing humanity this century is the necessity for us to double our global food production with less land, less water, less nutrients, less science, frequent droughts, more and more contamination and ever-increasing pest damage.
National Poison Prevention Week, March 18-24,2007 was created to highlight the dangers of poisoning and how to prevent it. One study shows that about 70,000 children in the USA were involved in common household pesticide-related poisonings or exposures in 2004.
In order to try to help "stem the tide", I have just finished re-writing my IPM encyclopedia entitled: THE BEST CONTROL II, that contains over 2,800 safe and far more effective alternatives to pesticide POISONS. This latest copyrighted work is about 1,800 pages in length and is now being updated chapter by chapter at my new website at: http://www.stephentvedten.com/ .
This new website at http://www.stephentvedten.com/ has all of my original IPM encyclopedia in its original form and will continue to have more and more free, updated Chapters every week. So far we have electronically updated The Introduction, Chapter 11, 15 through 38 and the Glossary of Terms. All of these copyrighted items are free for you to read and/or download. There is simply no need to POISON yourself or your family or to have any pest problems.
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Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten - Marne, MI - 43.04N -85.81W (Elev. 696 ft)
MCS International Country Coordinator for the USA - http://www.mcs-international.org/meet_team_steve.html and:
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