Archive for the 'Health' Category
New MRSA Superbug Strain Found in UK Milk Supply
December 27th, 201280% were reserved for livestock and poultry: In fact, according to new data just released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), of the antibiotics sold in 2009 for both people and food animals almost 80% were reserved for livestock and poultry. A huge portion of those antibiotics were never intended to fight bacterial infections, […]
GM Salmon
December 25th, 2012Via: Independent: A GM salmon which grows twice as fast as ordinary fish could become the first genetically-modified animal in the world to be declared officially safe to eat, after America’s powerful food-safety watchdog ruled it posed no major health or environmental risks. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it could not find […]
Woman Has Extraordinary Skill at Controlling Robotic Arm with Her Thoughts
December 17th, 2012Why Rise of the Machines? The military side will use the data from brain machine interfaces like this to develop algorithms for their killer robots. Remember the one from 2004, about the rat neurons that learned to control a simulated aircraft? ‘Brain’ In A Dish Acts As Autopilot, Living Computer: A University of Florida scientist […]
Cryptogon Reader vs. Indolent Follicular Lymphoma, Stage 3
December 15th, 2012Warning: Nothing that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. Cryptogon reader MT got positive results vs. Follicular Lymphoma, stage 3 from making cannabis oil out of the leaves, and other remedies, which he mentions. Rick Simpson directs people to make the oil from the buds. But can the leaves work, too? For more […]
Tiny Bhutan to Move to 100% Organic Farming Methods; Most Farmers Already Farm Organically
December 13th, 2012Via: NPR: The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan drew international attention a few years back for saying gross national happiness should trump gross domestic product when measuring a nation’s progress. If you’re going to prioritize happiness, the Bhutanese thinking goes, you’d better include the environment and spiritual and mental well-being in your calculations. (Not everyone […]
Insecticide Use on Planes
December 10th, 2012A reader reported that, during a flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, the cabin crew sprayed insecticide throughout the cabin. While this was a genuine WTF moment for me, I asked my wife about it, who has flown much more than I have, and she had experienced it on a flight from Australia to New […]
FDA Increases Allowed Radiation Doses of Meats for Human Consumption
December 9th, 2012Via: Natural News: Rather than actually take the time to address the root causes of meat and poultry contamination, which more often than not are a direct result of outrageously unsanitary factory farming practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has instead decided to simply up the doses of radiation that industrial food producers […]
Kaiser Permanente: ‘Limit Exposure to Genitically Modified Organisms’
December 9th, 2012Via: Willamette Live: Despite what the biotech industry might say, there is little research on the long-term effects of GMOs on human health. Independent research has found several varieties of GMO corn caused organ damage in rats. Other studies have found that GMOs may lead to an inability in animals to reproduce. Here are several […]
Between 1989 and 2005 Sperm Count of French Men Fell by One-Third
December 5th, 2012Via: AFP: The sperm count in French men dropped by nearly one-third between 1989 and 2005 and the quality of sperm also declined, a study said Wednesday. The sperm count fell at a rate of about 1.9 percent a year, said the authors of the report covering more than 26,600 men over the 17-year period […]
Kenya: Total Ban on Importation of Genetically Modified Food
December 5th, 2012Via: Nature: Scientists fear that Kenya’s recent banning of the import of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be a significant blow to progress on biotechnology research and development in the country. A cabinet meeting chaired by Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki, this month (8 November), directed the public health minister to ban GMO imports until the […]
