More than 60 influential scientists, including over 40 Nobel laureates, are mobilizing scientists and citizens alike to push for reforms that will protect our health, safety, and environment. They have posted at their web site :>
The Scientific Integrity Program from the Union of Concerned ScientistsScientific Integrity Update
The 110th Congress is acting to defend science from political interference, holding multiple hearings into UCS reports of scientific censorship and advancing strong whistleblower protections for federal scientists. Thousands of additional scientists have spoken up against the ongoing censorship, manipulation, and distortion of science. More...
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FDA Scientists Pressured to Exclude, Alter Findings
The Union of Concerned Scientists released survey results that demonstrate pervasive and dangerous political influence of science at the FDA.
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The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a nonprofit advocacy group.
"In disregarding its own scientists' analysis, the EPA is risking the health of Americans ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Concerned_Scientists - 41k________________________________
Bush Appointee Blocked 2006 Surgeon General's Report
Christopher Lee and Marc Kaufman of the Washington Post report on
Sunday 29 July 2007 edition
A 2006 report urging Americans to help tackle global health problems was kept
from public view largely because it did not promote White House objectives.
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The scientific information contained in the EPA libraries is essential to the agency's ability
to make fully informed decisions that carry out its mission of protecting human
health and the environment.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun closing its nationwide
network of scientific libraries, effectively preventing EPA scientists and the public
from accessing vast amounts of data and information on issues from toxicology to
pollution. Several libraries have already been dismantled, with their contents either
destroyed or shipped to repositories where they are uncataloged and inaccessible.
The scientific information contained in the EPA libraries is essential to the agency's ability to make fully informed decisions that carry out its mission of protecting human health and the environment. Members of Congress have asked the EPA to cease and desist. Please call EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson at (202) 564-4700 and tell him how much scientists rely .. and literature. Urge him to immediately halt the dismantling of the library system until Congress approves the EPA budget and all materials are readily available online.
Update, 3:00 p.m. EST 12/4: Calls are already flooding in and we've received
reports that the EPA office is making the following arguments:
1. The EPA is not closing any libraries.
2. The EPA is not destroying any documents, only archiving them.
3. It is more effective to call your member of Congress.
The Truth: Five libraries have already closed, with several more having reduced
their hours. Evidence shows that scientific journals have indeed been recycled or
thrown away. And Congress is already aware of this problem; the decision to stop
the closing of libraries and the destruction of documents lies now with Administrator
Johnson. For detailed evidence, click on "Tell me more".
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The EPA Closes Its Libraries, Destroys Documents
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Title of article:
The Other Drug War
Subtitle:
The FDA is wasting its time impeding
harmless rice imports while ignoring
what may be the fourth-leading cause of
death.
By Michael Castleman
Mother Jones Magazine, November/December 1998 Issue
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/1998/11/castleman.htmlExcerpt from the above article:
Last spring (1998), scientists at the
University of Toronto announced the
results of a new study: By their
calculations, the fourth-leading cause
of death in the United States is
prescription drugs. They weren't
talking about drug abuse or overdoses,
but rather, appropriately administered,
FDA-approved drugs. Side effects, they
determined, cause close to 106,000
deaths per year.
That's more deaths
than the annual totals for AIDS,
suicide, and homicide combined, and
equal to an astonishing 290 deaths per
day.End of excerpt from:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/1998/11/castleman.htmlWith suicide being the 8th leading cause of death, consider this>
Title of article:
Prozac.org
Subtitle:
An influential mental health nonprofit
finds its 'grassroots' watered by
pharmaceutical millions.
By Ken Silverstein
Mother Jones Magazine November/December 1999 Issue
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1999/11/nami.htmlArticle title:
POISON FOR PROFIT CHEM/PHARM HAS NO EQUAL
- WHAT A BUSINESS PLAN!
By Ashley Simmons Hotz
May 15, 2002 Red Flag Weekly
Abstract:
The huge transnational companies that
produce toxic chemicals found in
pesticides, herbicides and industrial
and household products profit not only
from the sale of these products, but
also from the symptoms and chronic
illnesses that they can trigger.
End of abstract.
The above article is so censored that
it is not even in the Archives Wayback
Machine. It has been re-posted by
numerous advocates, on the web and
copies can be found with this Google
search term:
POISON FOR PROFIT Ashley Simmons HotzAnd that is only the tip of the iceberg.
The Gulf War Vets have posted
"Beyond Treason"
What you do not know could kill you
http://www.gulfwarvets.comToxic Revelations;
Censored information on
biological weapons
and the health care industry
The censored rough draft has
been reposted
http://www.puppstheories.com/ToxicRevelations/tr.html
Reference material reposted at:
http://www.puppstheories.com/ToxicRevelations/donebib.html
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A few additions to the "Little Piggy" post in the reposted bulliten that is titled,
"10 things Food Corporations don't want YOU to Know"".
Please note this, repost, forward and post:
Join the ""Scientific Integrety"" network with the Union of Concerned
Scientists and help to change this. - TR -
Food Safety in Question: New Concerns to Consider... -
By Jeffrey M. Smith
How safe-REALLY-are the foods in your supermarket or your favorite
restaurant? Quite possibly not as safe as you want to believe... or have
been led to think!
*Fake "Study" of Aspartame Released*
Edited by Alex Constantine
(Updated)
Thursday, October 11, 2007, *Aspartame Deemed Safe By [[']]Expert[[']] Panel*
Under Pressure, FDA Reveals Deadly Drug Side Effects -
Will the FDA's new Drug Safety Newsletter make a difference in
their ability to protect yourhealth?
Worth repeating:>
Join the ""Scientific Integrety"" network with the Union of Concerned
Scientists and help to change this. -
Blessings,
The Toxic Reverend
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From: lil piggy
Date: Oct 11, 2007 5:46 PM
It's only knowledge, pass it on.
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Thanks: *Amy~Peacemaker*
Date: Oct 11, 2007 8:35 PM
Love & Thanks to
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The Gaian Dragon
Emanations Of Love
The giant food corporations have one mission: selling more food and beverage products to consumers. Succeeding with that mission depends on keeping consumers in the dark on certain issues such as the presence cancer-causing chemicals found in popular food products.
Here are ten things the food corporations, whose products dominate grocery store shelves across the United States and other countries, absolutely do not want you to know.
1. The ingredients listed on the label aren't the only things in the food. Cancer-causing chemicals such as acrylamides may be formed in the food during high-heat processing, yet there's no requirement to list them on the label. Residues of solvents, pesticides and other chemicals may also be present, but also do not have to be listed. The National Uniformity for Food Act, currently being debated in the U.S. Congress, would make it illegal (yes, illegal) for states to require cancer warnings on foods that contain cancer-causing chemicals (such as California's Proposition 65.) See articles on the Food Uniformity Act.
2. Monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is added to thousands of food and grocery products through a dozen different innocent-sounding ingredients, imbalances endocrine system function, disabling normal appetite regulation and causing consumers to keep eating more food. This chemical not only contributes to nationwide obesity, it also helps food companies boost repeat business. See articles on MSG.
3. MSG is routinely hidden in foods in these ingredients: yeast extract, torula yeast, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and autolyzed yeast. Thousands of common grocery products contain one or more of these chemical taste enhancers, including nearly all "vegetarian" foods such as veggie burgers (read labels to check). See Food manufacturers hide dangerous ingredients in everyday foods by using confusing terms on the label.
4. ADHD in children is caused almost entirely by the consumption of processed food ingredients such as artificial colors and refined carbohydrates. Eighty percent of so-called ADHD children who are taken off processed foods are cured of ADHD in two weeks. See articles on ADHD.
5. The chemical sweetener aspartame, when exposed to warm temperatures for only a few hours, begins to break down into chemicals like formaldehyde and formic acid. Formaldehyde is a potent nerve toxin and causes damage to the eyes, brain and entire nervous system. Aspartame has been strongly linked to migraines, seizures, blurred vision and many other nervous system problems. See articles on aspartame.
6. Most food dips (like guacamole dip) are made with hydrogenated oils, artificial colors and monosodium glutamate. Many guacamole dips don't even contain avocados.
7. Plastic food packaging is a potent health hazard. Scientists now know that plastics routinely seep the chemical bisphenol A into the food, where it is eaten by consumers. Cooking in plastic containers multiplies the level of exposure. Bisphenol is a hormone disruptor and can cause breast formation in men and severe hormonal imbalances in women. It may also encourage hormone-related cancers such as prostate cancer and breast cancer. See Plastics chemical bisphenol A found to promote prostate cancer in animal studies.
8. Milk produced in the United States comes from cows injected with synthetic hormones that have been banned in every other advanced nation in the world. These hormones help explain why unusually young teenage girls develop breasts at such a young age, or why hormone-related cancers like prostate cancer are being discovered in unprecedented numbers. In order to protect Monsanto, the manufacturer of hormones used in the industry, the USDA currently bans organic milk producers from claiming their milk comes from cows that were not treated with synthetic hormones. Even organic milk is now under fire as the Organic Consumers Association says Horizon milk products are falsely labeled as organic. See Horizon milk, Wild Oats named in consumer boycott of "false" organic products. (The solution to all this? Drink raw almond milk instead. Make it yourself with a Vitamix, water and a nut milk bag.)
9. Most grocery products that make loud health claims on their packaging are, in reality, nutritionally worthless (like meal replacement shakes, instant chocolate milk, etc.). The most nutritious foods are actually those the FDA does not allow to make any health claims whatsoever: fresh produce. See articles on food labeling.
10. Food manufacturers actually "buy" shelf space and position at grocery stores. That's why the most profitable foods (and hence, the ones with the lowest quality ingredients) are the most visible on aisle end caps, checkout lanes and eye-level shelves throughout the store. The effect of all this is to provide in-store marketing and visibility to the very foods and beverages that promote obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other degenerative conditions now ravaging consumers around the world. See articles on food marketing.
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