Archive for the 'Health' Category
Again: Plague-Infested Mice Missing From New Jersey Research Lab
February 8th, 2009Via: nj.com: The frozen remains of two lab mice infected with deadly strains of plague were lost at a bioterror research facility at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark — the same high-security lab where three infected mice went missing four years ago. The latest incident, which led to an […]
The Globalisation of Addiction
February 2nd, 2009Every once in a while, Reddit redeems itself. Via: Nthposition: Bruce Alexander is best known – though deserves to be much better known – for the ‘Rat Park’ experiments he conducted in 1981. As an addiction psychologist, much of the data with which he worked was drawn from laboratory trials with rats and monkeys: the […]
Nigerian Victims of Pfizer’s Involuntary Medical Experimentation Can Sue Under International Law Established in Responce to Atrocities Commited by the Third Reich
February 1st, 2009Via: MSNBC / AP: Nigerian families can sue Pfizer in U.S. courts with claims that the giant drug maker violated international law banning involuntary medical experimentation on humans when it tested an antibiotic to treat meningitis, an appeals court ruled Friday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned rulings by a lower court judge […]
FDA Admits Cloned Meat, Milk May Have Already Entered Food Supply
February 1st, 2009Via: Natural News: The FDA has admitted that meat and milk from the offspring of cloned mammals such as cows, pigs, goats and sheep could very well have already entered the food supply in the United States. “It is theoretically possible,” agency spokesperson Siobhan DeLancey said. In January, the FDA declared that foods derived from […]
Sun, Sea and Sewage in the Playground of the Rich in Dubai
January 29th, 2009Just deliver it to Halliburton. They’re located in Dubai now. They can turn the raw sewage into press releases. Via: Times Online: A noxious tide of toilet paper, raw sewage and chemical waste has transformed Dubai’s most prestigious stretch of shoreline into a foul-smelling health hazard. A stretch of the exclusive Jumeirah Beach — a […]
Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury
January 28th, 2009Another way of stating the headline would be: Many Foods Consumed by Poor People Cause Brain Damage. Via: Washington Post: Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or […]
Toxic Chinese Drywall Making People and Pets Ill, Corroding Wires, Destroying Electronics
January 25th, 2009Always low prices. Via: Herald Tribune: As the investigation into toxic Chinese drywall continues, a single street in Manatee County appears to be ground zero for the largest cluster of problem homes. Within the Lighthouse Cove subdivision of Lennar’s Heritage Harbour development, sits a quaint street of two-story homes called Montauk Point Crossing. Today, it […]
UK: Budget Food
January 19th, 2009In the “developed” world, poor people are victims of their own ignorance and bad habits as they are of the predatory nature of the confetti currency system. I’ve seen the way poor people eat in various parts of the “developed” world and that diet, in my opinion, represents a death sentence; a program of genocide […]
More Americans Getting Multiple Chronic Illnesses
January 6th, 2009Via: Reuters: More Americans are burdened by chronic illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure, often having more than three at a time, and this has helped fuel a big rise in out-of-pocket medical expenses, a study released on Tuesday showed. With prescription drugs playing a key role, average annual out-of-pocket medical costs — […]
Orange Drinks with 300 Times More Pesticide than Tap Water
January 5th, 2009Don’t forget that the sodium benzoate in these drinks causes severe damage to mitochondria. Via: Daily Mail: Fizzy drinks sold by Coca-Cola in Britain have been found to contain pesticides at up to 300 times the level allowed in tap or bottled water. A worldwide study found pesticide levels in orange and lemon drinks sold […]
