Archive for the 'Health' Category
FDA Rules Won’t Require Labeling of Genetically Modified Salmon
September 20th, 2010Via: Washington Post: As the Food and Drug Administration considers whether to approve genetically modified salmon, one thing seems certain: Shoppers staring at fillets in the seafood department will find it tough to pick out the conventional fish from the one created with genes from another species. Despite a growing public demand for more information […]
End the Misery of PMS With… (Wait for it)
September 20th, 2010Via: University of Birmingham: Neuroscientists at the University of Birmingham are working on a novel approach to ending the scourge of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) after identifying, for the first time, an organic cause for the condition. Researchers led by Dr Thelma Lovick have shown that premenstrual-like symptoms can be triggered in female rats by a […]
Refusing Full Body X-Ray Scans at the Airport
September 20th, 2010A Cryptogon reader writes about refusing the new x-ray scans: [Name Deleted] just got back from a business trip to [City] and he said this was the first time he was requested to go through an airport’s whole body imaging scanner. He declined. The TSA person asked if he had a pacemaker, and he said […]
Antibacterial Soaps Contain Endocrine-Disruptors Capable of Interfering with Hormones Critical for Normal Development and Reproduction
September 18th, 2010Via: Natural Resources Defense Council: The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today against the Food and Drug Administration for failing to issue a final rule regulating the chemicals triclosan and triclocarban, which are commonly found in antibacterial soaps. These chemicals are suspected endocrine disruptors linked to reproductive and developmental harm in laboratory studies. […]
Timeline of Shame: Decades of DeCoster Egg Factory Violations
September 17th, 2010Via: The Atlantic: Salmonella, mounds of excrement, and hefty citations are nothing new to Jack DeCoster, whose Iowa henhouses were blamed for last month’s nationwide egg recall. DeCoster has done business in Turner, Maine, his hometown, for over 60 years—and has incurred a decades-long list of violations there. DeCoster’s history of legal cases in Maine […]
Implanted Fuel Cell Powered by Rat’s Body Fluids
September 17th, 2010Via: National Geographic: A new fuel cell is putting a twist on alternative energy from biofuels: The implanted device draws power from chemicals in living animals. Dubbed a glucose biofuel cell, the implant gets its juice from glucose—aka blood sugar—and oxygen, both of which are naturally present in the fluids between a body’s cells. In […]
Some of Blackwater/Xe’s Corporate Clients: Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Deutsche Bank and Barclays
September 17th, 2010Via: The Nation: Over the past several years, entities closely linked to the private security firm Blackwater have provided intelligence, training and security services to US and foreign governments as well as several multinational corporations, including Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and banking giants Deutsche Bank and Barclays, according to […]
U.S. Drug Firm Penalized $300 Million for Criminal Actions
September 16th, 2010Via: CBC: A major U.S. drug company, Forest Pharmaceuticals, has agreed to plead guilty to three charges related to selling an unapproved drug, promoting an antidepressant to children and obstructing federal agents. The company is facing fines and criminal penalties of over $300 million. The charges date back more than 10 years when Forest was […]
McDonald’s Food Doesn’t Break Down Over Time?
September 16th, 2010Update: Site Claims “No Animals or Insects Will Touch Them” Via: Friendseat: How to create your own Immortal Burger: 1. Buy some hamburgers from your favorite fast food restaurant: McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King (any place that serves hybridized, chemicalized, genetically altered, hormone/ pesticide-laden food) – BUT DON’T EAT THEM! 2. Put your hamburgers in a […]
Big Pharma’s Quackademic ‘Thought Leaders’
September 16th, 2010Via: The Chronicle of Higher Education: Perhaps the most remarkable recent exchange with a KOL emerged in an investigation of Joseph Biederman, a child psychiatrist at Harvard University. In a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, Biederman was accused of promising positive research results to the company in exchange for funding. A hint of Biederman’s self-opinion […]
