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FDA: “Bisphenol A Is Safe”, (Cough-Cough-Gack, Chokes on Evidence)
The FDA has now shown exactly where their priorities lie.
When forced to reevaluate their view that the endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A is safe, they are taking a completely untenable position, ignoring the best available science in order to protect the industry, jeopardizing the health of infants.
The good news is that this is so preposterous that it may signal the start of the much needed dismantling of industry influence at the FDA.
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Will Obama Do a Monsanto?
It looks like he will. And if he does we should be very worried, because then we are at the mercy of corporate greed of the worst kind.
In that case, other discrepancies between pre-election rhetoric and post-election policy will suddenly make more sense.
What is “to do a Monsanto?” It is when you promote something as safe to eat for the general public and ban it in your own restaurant because you know it is not safe. Will the Obamas enjoy their organic, GM-free garden, but the let the rest of us eat industrial Frankenfoods?
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The Color of Cancer Prevention is Red, Purple and Blue
Nature is an industry that runs on sunlight, air and water, producing a wide range of colorful substances in foods that are available for free and have disease preventing properties.
The chemical industry is an industry that runs on oil, pollutes air and water, producing a wide range of substances that have disease generating properties.
So why do we still use synthetic colorants?
Which colorful food item has been found to be the most potent? Read the article to find out.
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Food Combining? Just Go Crazy
Life is hard just as it is. I don’t need complicated diet rules to complicate it further.
Especially when there is no good reason whatsoever for doing so.
The Montignac diet only has one thing going for it. The guy inventing it is french. That’s all. And there is no real scientific support for the food combining theories.
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Industry Programmed Our Kids For Obesity
Is obesity caused by laziness and a lack of self discipline?
No, not on the part of the obese.
But there are some really lazy people working in government agencies, where they fail to fulfill their duties, causing us to be exposed to obeseogens — environmental toxins that are able to reprogram our gene expression and mess with hormonal signals, causing obesity and diabetes.
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Stop Your Whining, The Time Has Come to Go 100% Organic.
What are the tangible differences between only eating organic vegetables and fruit compared to eating only conventionally grown vegetables and fruit?
There is a huge difference in the amount of pesticides you will have in your urine.
If you have a garden, you might think that it is just a bonus, having very easy access both to liquid fertilizer, water, and bug spray, but for most people the risks outweigh the utility.
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