Further proof America is poisoning it's own

[NewcastleKEG]

As if the hormones, additives & overall shit quality wasn't enough


Is There Arsenic in My Baby Formula?


http://ecochildsplay.com/2012/02/21/is-there-arsenic-in-my-baby-formula/

Last week’s findings of arsenic in organic brown rice syrup may be even more frightening to parents than last year’s discovery of the cancer-causing substance in apple juice. That’s because organic brown rice syrup is ubiquitous in natural products—it’s used as a substitute for high fructose corn syrup.

MNN reported on the Dartmouth study, which found concentrations of arsenic of 23 to 128 parts per billion (ppb)—12 times the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water limit of 10 ppb—in some cereal bars containing rice. (The EPA has not set safety levels for arsenic in food.)


High levels—as much as 20 times the EPA’s water safety level—were found in two organic infant formulas that contained organic brown rice syrup, leading Dr. Richard Besser, ABC’s Chief Health and Medical Editor, to recommend parents avoid formulas that contain the substance.

Where is the arsenic coming from? According to Environmental Health Perspectives, the arsenic is traced to residual pesticides, especially in areas of the southern United States where 1.6% of the world’s rice is grown; rice grown in these areas contain 1.76 times more arsenic than rice grown in California, for example.

We checked in with our team for advice on takeaways from the study; our advisors recommended that parents be aware, but not unnecessarily alarmed.

“This new study underlines the need for the FDA to set safety levels for arsenic in food and beverages,” said Dr. Alan Greene, author of the “Raising Baby Green” book series, founder of the White-Out movement and a Healthy Child Board Member. “For now, I recommend that rice not be the primary source of calories for babies, and that whatever rice they do get comes primarily from California and/or is tested for arsenic. Avoid conventional rice from countries still using arsenical pesticides. And, of course, I will welcome safety limits for arsenic in food and beverages that take the health of babies and pregnant women into account.”

At press time, two organic baby formula manufacturers released statements. Earth’s Best wrote that their formulas “do not contain brown rice syrup.” Nature’s One said that they depend on a “qualified, world renowned, third-party, independent lab to test arsenic levels in their organic brown rice syrup. Their testing results report undetectable amounts of arsenic at laboratory testing limits.”

Finally, because arsenic is present in our water supply in varying amounts, especially if you are using powdered formula mixed with water to meet your infant’s nutritional needs, you may want to check levels in your area. The Environmental Working Group provides a valuable resource to not only check the levels in your area, but also to find out which water filters can remove arsenic.

[TDMVPDPOY]

putting shit into baby formulae, china did this a few years ago and was caught red handed....

[SA210]

America has been poisoning all our foods for some time now. One of the biggest frauds in our history. Causes so many diseases and cancers and death in the long run. More death than even these wars to be honest. Same with prescription drugs.

[Wild Cobra]

America has been poisoning all our foods for some time now. One of the biggest frauds in our history. Causes so many diseases and cancers and death in the long run. More death than even these wars to be honest. Same with prescription drugs.
This is probably true, and just not looked for in the past like it is today.

[Winehole23]

http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm

[Winehole23]

Troubles cloud over Monsanto Company 's ( MON (http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/mon) ) European operations, as the French government expressed its intention to continue its ban on the genetically modified ( GM (http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gm) ) corn (http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-02/french-ban-puts-mon810-in-a-fix-analyst-blog.aspx?storyid=122049#) in 2012.


Despite a ruling from France's top administrative court--ordering the lifting of the ban in November 2011-- France intended to maintain its ban on the domestic cultivation of genetically-modified corn MON810 in 2012 on strong environmental issues. Keeping up with this intent, Environment Ministry of France has reportedly asked EU-for suspension of Monsanto GM corn approval for 2012, of late.
Since February 2008, the use of U.S. agricultural-biotech company Monsanto (http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-02/french-ban-puts-mon810-in-a-fix-analyst-blog.aspx?storyid=122049#)Co.'s MON810 corn variety has been banned by the French government on the grounds of health and environmental risks.


Read more: http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-02/french-ban-puts-mon810-in-a-fix-analyst-blog.aspx?storyid=122049#ixzz1n7XLPBnk

[Winehole23]

French farmer Paul Francois says he suffered all three neurological problems after inhaling a weedkiller made by biotech giant Monsanto in 2004. On Monday, a French court found Monsanto legally responsible for poisoning Francois and ordered the company to compensate him “entirely,” Agence France-Presse reports (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iZ_k6KHIQDuU2mxc43Lp4AMLRbbg?docId=CNG.bb944 eb5c1829ebc868dafc97ee69123.1a1).

The decision could affect more than just Francois; it marks the first time a farmer has successfully sued the company over claims of the health problems caused by pesticides.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/monsanto-found-liable-for-weedkiller-poisoning-in-france/2012/02/13/gIQAp2WcBR_blog.html

[Halberto]

Meh.

*continues drinking apple juice and eating cereal bar*

[NewcastleKEG]

Meh.

*continues drinking apple juice and eating cereal bar*
Ignorance

It's the American way

[Halberto]

You sir love to generalize.

[DarrinS]

And yet we live longer than ever.

[Winehole23]

GMOs have been around for how long?

[NewcastleKEG]

You sir love to generalize.
Corporations are allowed to do anything & everything they want in this country. They are allowed to poison you, while labeling products ''Organic''. And yet the government does nothing

Made in America or Certified by American government/agencies = Hold no water

[boutons_deux]

And yet we live longer than ever.\

Links?

US longevity is as good, but not superior, to other countries on the top end of the longevity scale, ONLY if you compare from US age 65 (which happens to be when Medicare kicks in), whereas other countries' longevity is great over their entire population and all ages.

It's below 65, where the US longevity sucks.

The US poor in the are diseased and die earlier than the non-poor, but that's perhaps the goal of the 1% who define, esp the WC/eugenics ilk.

[johnsmith]

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Links?

US longevity is as good, but not superior, to other countries on the top end of the longevity scale, ONLY if you compare from US age 65 (which happens to be when Medicare kicks in), whereas other countries' longevity is great over their entire population and all ages.

It's below 65, where the US longevity sucks.

The US poor in the are diseased and die earlier than the non-poor, but that's perhaps the goal of the 1% who define, esp the WC/eugenics ilk.

And he was obviously comparing people in the United States to those in other countries........I mean, it was right there in his quote where he says "and yet we live longer than ever".

You sir are on top of your game.

[Winehole23]

Modern food animal production is characterized by densely concentrated animals and routine antibiotic use, which may facilitate the emergence of novel antibiotic-resistant zoonotic pathogens. Our findings strongly support the idea that livestock-associated MRSA CC398 originated as MSSA in humans. The jump of CC398 from humans to livestock was accompanied by the loss of phage-carried human virulence genes, which likely attenuated its zoonotic potential, but it was also accompanied by the acquisition of tetracycline and methicillin resistance. Our findings exemplify a bidirectional zoonotic exchange and underscore the potential public health risks of widespread antibiotic use in food animal production.
http://mbio.asm.org/content/3/1/e00305-11

[boutons_deux]

I consider McDonalds, Walmart, and other junk food pushers to be CAFOs.

[Winehole23]

sometimes you barely make sense, boutons.

[boutons_deux]

most of the times, you can't approach the high level I operate at

[Winehole23]

I wouldn't thump such a weak chest -- it might implode.

[boutons_deux]

then don't thump your chest

[z0sa]

most of the times, you can't approach the high level I operate at

:rollin

[Winehole23]

then don't thump your chestI don't. That's more your style.

[boutons_deux]

Dow and Monsanto Join Forces to Poison America's Heartland

In a match that some would say was made in hell, the nation's two leading producers of agrochemicals have joined forces in a partnership to reintroduce the use of the herbicide 2,4-D, one half of the infamous defoliant Agent Orange [4], which was used by American forces to clear jungle during the Vietnam War. These two biotech giants have developed a weed management program that, if successful, would go a long way toward a predicted doubling of harmful herbicide use in America's corn belt during the next decade [5].

The problem for corn farmers is that "superweeds" have been developing resistance to America's best-selling herbicide Roundup, which is being sprayed on millions of acres in the Midwest and elsewhere. Dow Agrosciences has developed a strain of corn that it says will solve the problem. The new genetically modified variety can tolerate 2,4-D, which will kill off the Roundup-resistant weeds, but leave the corn standing. Farmers who opt into this system will be required to double-dose their fields with a deadly cocktail of Roundup plus 2,4-D, both of which are manufactured by Monsanto.

But this plan has alarmed environmentalists and also many farmers, who are reluctant to reintroduce a chemical whose toxicity has been well established. The use of 2,4-D is banned in several European countries and provinces of Canada. [6] The substance is a suspected carcinogen, which has been shown to double the incidence of birth defects in the children of pesticide applicators in a study conducted by University of Minnesota pathologist Vincent Garry [7].

Researchers say that the effect of 2,4-D on human health is still not fully understood. But it may be a risk factor for conditions like Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and certain leukemias [8], which were often found in Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that the chemical could have "endocrine disruption potential" [9] and interfere with the human hormonal system. It may prove toxic to honeybees, birds and fish, according to research conducted by the US Forest Service and others. [10] In 2004, a coalition of groups spearheaded by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Pesticide Action Network, wrote a letter to the EPA taking it to task for underestimating the health and environmental impacts of 2,4-D.

Large-scale industrial farming has grown dependent on ever-increasing applications of agrochemicals. Some have compared this to a drug addict who requires larger and larger fixes to stay high. Herbicide use has increased steadily over time as weeds develop resistance and need to be doused with more and deadlier chemicals to kill them. This, in turn. requires more aggressive genetic engineering of crops that can withstand the escalating chemical assault.

Many agricultural scientists warn that this growing addiction to agrochemicals is unsustainable in the long run. The fertility of the soil decreases as earthworms and vital microorganisms are killed off by pesticides and herbicides. They also pollute the groundwater and compromise the health of farm animals that are fed with the chemical-infused grain.

These impacts are poised to grow. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) figures reveal that herbicide use rose by 383 million pounds from 1996 to 2008 [11]. Significantly, nearly half of this increase (46 percent) took place between 2007 and 2008 as a result of the hawking of new herbicide-resistant crops like the new corn hybrid developed by Dow.

Nobody knows what effect introducing this hybrid would have on the health of American consumers. Corn laced with high levels of 2,4-D could taint everything from breakfast cereals to the beef of cattle, which concentrate the toxin in their flesh. Given that corn and high-fructose corn syrup are key elements in so many processed foods, some public health experts warn that all Americans will soon be guinea pigs in an ill-conceived mass experiment with one of the staples of our food supply. America's agriculture department, the USDA is considering deregulating Monsanto's new genetically modified corn variety (the one which will be used in conjunction with the 2,4-D) and is accepting final public comments on the matter until the 27th of this month [12].

Until recently, herbicide-resistant crops were popular with farmers who benefited from higher yields and nearly effortless management of weeds. But now that the weed problem is coming back with a vengeance, some are reconsidering the wisdom of this chemical-intensive mode of farming. Dow biotech corn costs nearly three times more than conventional seed. And the projected doubling of pesticide use in the years ahead [13] will be expensive, as well as destructive to farmland and ecosystems.

There are viable alternatives to chemical-intensive farming, time-tested methods like crop rotation, use of cover crops, and other practices which allow farmers to compete naturally with weeds. The time has come for farmers to revive the knowledge of their ancestors in this regard.

Some agricultural scientists advocate developing a system of integrated weed management to replace the unsustainable use of chemicals. [13] But the big agrochemical companies have no interest in supporting the sustainable agriculture that would put them out of business. So long as there are billions of dollars to be made in selling herbicide and herbicide-resistant genetically modified seed, there won't be much research money available to explore the natural alternatives to the destruction of our nation's heartland.


http://www.truth-out.org/print/12858

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Destroying the 99%, land, air, water is what UCA does best. That's why Randian Paul's goal of killing EPA, FDA, etc is pure bullshit. He's a corporate tool in libertarian sheepskin.

[Winehole23]

"Recommendations to apply insecticides to protect transgenic Bt corn rootworm corn strikes us as a clear admission that the Cry3Bb1 toxin is no longer providing control adequate to protect yield," the scientists wrote.


"When insecticides overlay transgenic technology, the economic and environmental advantages of rootworm-protected corn quickly disappear," the scientists wrote.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/09/us-monsanto-corn-idUSBRE82815Z20120309

[101A]

sometimes you barely make sense, boutons.


The rest of the time, he makes no sense at all.