Archive for the 'Health' Category
And Now: Shit in the Cookie Dough
June 19th, 2009Via: AP: Food maker Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw. The company said the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related […]
Baxter Expects to Deliver A/H1N1 Vaccine to WHO by July
June 18th, 2009See: Baxter International “Unintentionally” Sent Flu Samples to Companies that Contained H5N1 Avian Flu Via: PharmaBiz: Baxter International Inc. has completed testing and evaluation of the A/H1N1 influenza virus and is now in full-scale production of a commercial A/H1N1 vaccine using its Vero cell culture technology. Baxter received an A/H1N1 strain from the US Centers […]
Department of Homeland Security: Coal Ash Site Locations Must Not Be Revealed Because of National Security
June 14th, 2009If you’re not familiar with the concept of security through obscurity, this would be a good time to learn about it. Via: New York Times: Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is calling on U.S. EPA to reveal the confidential locations of dozens of coal ash impoundment sites considered dangerous. Speaking with […]
World Health Organization Declares Swine Flu Pandemic
June 11th, 2009Via: Reuters: The World Health Organization declared the first flu pandemic of the 21st century on Thursday, Sweden’s health ministry said. The health ministry said the United Nations agency was raising its pandemic flu alert to the top phase 6 on a six-point scale, indicating the first influenza pandemic since 1968 is under way. “Today… […]
Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food
June 10th, 2009The full text of this chilling article is below. Via: Seeds of Deception: Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food By Jeffrey M. Smith On May 19th, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and […]
Radioactive Metals Found in Recliners, Handbags Due to Recycling Contamination
June 10th, 2009Bring a Geiger counter with you on that next trip to ChinaMart. Via: GreenBiz: Cheese graters, handbags, fencing and recliners are just some of the thousands of consumer products that have been manufactured with radioactive metals, according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) records. A Scripps Howard News Service investigation looked at NRC records and […]
WHO Backs Anti-Diarrhoea Vaccine
June 8th, 2009Clean water? No. Vaccines? Yes. What’s that? The vaccine is too costly? Just sell more vaccine bonds. Via: BBC: The World Health Organization says a vaccine which can prevent a diarrhoea and vomiting virus should be given to all children as a routine vaccination. Rotavirus causes more than 500,000 diarrhoeal deaths and two million hospitalisations […]
Soy’s Negative Effects: Is This the Most Dangerous Food for Men?
June 7th, 2009The fact that soy based foods are routinely fed to infants and prisoners, groups of people who have no choice in what they are being fed, amounts to an atrocity. Check out what I call the ‘soy apocalypse gateway’ at the Weston A Price Foundation for more information. Via: Men’s Health: The unassuming soybean has […]
Iron Filings in “Fortified” Breakfast Cereals
June 6th, 2009Yummy! Via: Times Online: The reason it is added in a form that you can extract is that iron ions (iron that would more easily combine with other molecules in the cereal) increase the spoilage rate of the food. Using iron in its pure metal form gives the cereal a longer shelf-life. More: Intestinal Infections, […]
Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests
May 27th, 2009Via: Science Daily: The inactivated flu vaccine does not appear to be effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children, especially the ones with asthma. In fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization than their peers who do not get the vaccine, according to new research that will be presented […]
