Government food safety scientists report political, corporate interference
kim Geiger | LA Times.com Scientists and inspectors at the federal agencies responsible for food safety say they face political and corporate interference with their work, according to a survey released Monday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonpartisan advocate for unbiased science in government. The survey suggests a continuation of problems that government [...]
GATES FOUNDATION INVESTS IN MONSANTO
Seattle Global Justice.org Seattle, WA – Farmers and civil society organizations around the world are outraged by the recent discovery of further connections between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and agribusiness titan Monsanto. Last week, a financial website published the Gates Foundation’s investment portfolio, including 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock with an estimated worth [...]
Organic, small farmers fret over FDA re
Carolyn Lochhead | SFGate.com Small farmers in California who have led a national movement away from industrial agriculture face a looming crackdown on food safety that they say is geared to big corporate farms and will make it harder for them to survive. The small growers, many of whom grow dozens of different kinds of [...]
After this awful fiasco over swine flu, we should never believe the State scare machine again
Christopher Booker | DailyMail.co.uk So the Government, as the Daily Mail has revealed, is trying to get rid of £1billion-worth of unwanted swine flu vaccine – because the deadly epidemic they were promising us all last year never materialised. Several things are shocking about this revelation, not least the charge by the Council of Europe’s [...]
Monsanto’s GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals
Katherine Goldstein | Gazelle Emami | HuffingtonPost.com In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto’s GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats. According to the study, which was summarized by Adam Shake at Twilight Earth, “Three varieties of [...]
UK climate scientist to temporarily step down
AP Britain’s University of East Anglia says the director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit is stepping down pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change. The university says Phil Jones will relinquish his position until the completion of an independent review into allegations that he worked to alter [...]
The Dog Ate Global Warming
Patrick J. Michaels | NationalReview.com Imagine if there were no reliable records of global surface temperature. Raucous policy debates such as cap-and-trade would have no scientific basis, Al Gore would at this point be little more than a historical footnote, and President Obama would not be spending this U.N. session talking up a (likely unattainable) [...]
Vaccine Victim Desiree Jennings Viciously Attacked By Medical Establishment
Paul Joseph Watson | InfoWars.com Former Redskins cheerleader Desiree Jennings, the woman who suffered a paralyzing neurological disorder after taking a flu shot, has come under ceaseless attack from the medical establishment as well as websites acting as apologists for the pharmaceutical industry, who claim that her entire illness is a hoax despite the [...]
BPA raised workers’ risk of sexual dysfunction, study says
Meg Kissinger | JSOnline.com Chinese factory workers exposed to huge amounts of bisphenol A substantially increased their risk of sexual dysfunction, according to a study released late Tuesday that is expected to add more urgency to the question of the chemical’s safety. The new study, funded by the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and [...]
Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies
Nicholas Kristoff | NYTimes.com Your body is probably home to a chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA. It’s a synthetic estrogen that United States factories now use in everything from plastics to epoxies — to the tune of six pounds per American per year. That’s a lot of estrogen.More than 92 percent of Americans have BPA in their urine, [...]
Martial Law Declared In Ukraine Over Mystery Epidemic
Steve Watson | PrisonPlanet.com Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has all but declared martial law in the country as he announced yesterday that the National Security and Defense Council will become the supreme ruling authority in the wake of a mystery epidemic sweeping the country. Yushchenko has made high ranking health ministers members of the NSDC, a [...]
UN climate chief: Deal must be legally enforceable
Arthur Max | AP Developing countries don’t trust wealthy nations’ promises that they will help them meet the challenges of climate change, the U.N.’s top climate official said Monday, adding that means any new global warming deal must have legal force. The legal status of an agreement and whether nations will be sanctioned for failing to [...]
Elites Launch “Global Impact Investing Network”
Daniel Taylor | OldThnkerNews.com Tax exempt foundations, banks and philanthropic organizations have been hard at work in the United States for decades molding the country to their liking. The schooling system, media, medical institutions, and foreign policy of the United States have all been influenced by them. Today, these foundations are partnering with global banking powerhouses [...]
Al Gore Set To Become First “Carbon Billionaire”
Paul Joseph Watson | InfoWars.com The New York Times has lifted the lid on how Al Gore stands to benefit to the tune of billions of dollars if the carbon tax proposals he is pushing come to fruition in the United States, while documenting how he has already lined his pockets on the back of [...]
Key drug facts left off labels, experts say
AP | MSNBC.com Did you know that Lunesta will help you fall asleep just 15 minutes faster? Or that a higher dose of the osteoporosis drug Zometa could damage a cancer patient’s kidneys and raise their risk of death? Chances are you didn’t, and neither did yourdoctor. Much of what the Food and Drug Administration knows about a [...]
First Daughters Not Vaccinated Against H1N1
Anne Marie Riha | Whithouse.blogs.foxnews.com President Obama’s school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk. The Centers for Disease Control recommend that children ages 6 months through 18 years of age receive a [...]
Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
Patricia Zengerle | Reuters.com President Barack Obama has declared 2009 H1N1swine flu a national emergency, the White House said on Saturday. The declaration will make it easier for U.S. medical facilities to handle a surge in flu patients by allowing the waiver of some requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs as needed, the White House said [...]
CBS Reveals that Swine Flu Cases Seriously Overestimated
Mercola.com The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states on their main flu Web site http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ that flu activity is increasing in the United States, with most states reporting “widespread influenza activity.” The CDC goes on to say, and I quote: “So far, most flu is 2009 H1N1 flu (sometimes called “swine flu”).” [...]
