Organic
Bytes ARCHIVE 2006
Environmental, Consumer and Health News Tidbits
With an Edge!
A
biweekly email publication from the
Organic Consumers Association
Index of Older Organic Bytes: 2005 - 2004 - 2003 -
2002
Index of Recent Organic Bytes: 2008 - 2007
ORGANIC BYTES 2006:
- ACTION ALERT: FDA APPROVES FOOD FROM CLONED ANIMALS
- ALERT
UPDATE: USDA STACKS GOVERNMENT ORGANIC PANEL WITH INDUSTRY REPS
- PRODUCT
PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: BREYERS AND GOOD HUMOR
- OCA'S ANNUAL DONOR
DRIVE NEEDS YOU
- MONSANTO'S PESTICIDE BREEDING GIANT SUPERWEEDS
- QUICK
FACTS OF THE WEEK : E.COLI, FOOD SAFETY AND YOUR FOOD SOURCE
- WEBSITE
AND TIP OF THE WEEK: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS AND LOCAL HARVEST
- FAMILY
FARMER PROTECTION LAW DEEMED "ILLEGAL"
- EU BEGINS TO REMOVE THOUSANDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
- NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS BOARD STACKED
WITH INDUSTRY REPS
- GOOD NEWS: DOZENS OF "CERTIFIED ORGANIC" CANDIDATES
WON THEIR ELECTIONS
- OCA'S ANNUAL DONOR DRIVE NEEDS YOU
- HOW TO HAVE A TRULY GREEN CHRISTMAS TREE
- MORE
GOOD NEWS: PUBLIC PRESSURE ON STARBUCKS IS WORKING
- UN SAYS LIVESTOCK ADDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN A
BIG WAY
- PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: KRAFT GUACAMOLE
- 75% OF AMERICANS DON'T KNOW THEY'RE EATING GENETICALLY
ENGINEERED FOODS
LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF OCA's BIGGEST SUCCESS STORIES IN 2006!
- BUILDING
UP STRONG SUPPORT FOR ORGANICS AMONG ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS
- KEEPING
SYNTHETIC HORMONES OUT OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
- FIGHTING FOR SAFETY & ORGANIC
INTEGRITY IN THE BODY CARE SECTOR
- SUPPORTING FAMILY FARMERS
BY STOPPING FACTORY FARMS
FROM LABELING THEIR PRODUCTS AS ORGANIC
- LEADING
THE CHARGE AGAINST GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS
- PROTECTING OUR
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
- PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- GO LOCAL FOR THANKSGIVING
- PLEASING THE VEGETARIANS AT YOUR THANKSGIVING
DINNER
- QUOTE
OF THE WEEK
- MONSANTO TAKES OVER BIOTECH
WORLD
- NEW CONGRESS SCOLDS FDA FOR
NOT DOING ITS JOB IN PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH
- FEAR FACTOR CANDY CHALLENGE
- FLU SHOTS CONTAIN MERCURY
- COMING EVENTS: BUY NOTHING DAY & NATIONAL
STARBUCKS CALL-IN DAY
- ELECTIONS COULD MOVE CONGRESS TOWARD ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE
POLICIES
- FOR THANKSGIVING BUY LOCAL AND ORGANIC
- WHY BUY LOCAL?
- BUY LOCAL
DAY IS NOVEMBER 18th
- CHILDHOOD OBESITY
HAS EXPLODED IN LAST SIX YEARS
- DANGERS
OF FLOURIDATED WATER CONFIRMED
- PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK:
Wal-Mart
- ALERT: CORPORATIONS SEEK TO PATENT WILDLIFE
IN NATIONAL PARKS
- VIDEOS OF THE WEEK: THE MEATRIX 2.5 & AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM
- ALERT: STUDY SHOWS MILITARY POLLUTION POISONING US FOOD
SUPPLY
- WAL-MART, HANES, JC PENNEY AND PUMA
SWEATSHOP SCANDAL
- DECODING MEAT LABELS FOR THE SENSITIVE CARNIVORE
- US BIOTECH INDUSTRY STILL TRYING TO FORCE GMOs ON EUROPEANS
- FRESH ORGANIC FOODS THAT FIGHT CANCER
- ANTI-CANCER AGENCY HAS TUMORS OF ITS OWN
- VOTE ORGANIC
- ONLINE BIRD FLU BOOK
- VOTING ORGANIC IN NOVEMBER
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT E.COLI AND ORGANICS
- SAVE MONEY ON ORGANIC FOOD - JOIN OR START A BUYING CLUB
- AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DEBATE OVER RAW MILK
- MEXICO
BANS GE CORN
- MORE GE FOOD CONTAMINATION IN US AND EU
- SLEEPLESS
KIDS BECOME OVERWEIGHT ADULTS
- YOUR HAIR REFLECTS YOUR DIET
- HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE
MADE WITH FORCED CHILD LABOR
- DVD OF THE WEEK: CLIMATE CRISIS
AND THE 2006 ELECTIONS
- TIP OF THE WEEK: AVOID FACTORY FARMED
SALMON
- THIS WEEK'S ALERT: GOVERNMENT'S BIRD FLU PLAN IS DANGEROUSLY
FLAWED
- SCAM OF THE WEEK: INDENTURED SCIENTISTS CLAIM EXCESSIVE
SALT IS OK
- QUICK TIDBITS:
- INDIA BANS GE FIELD TESTS
- NEW YORK
CITY BANS TRANS-FATS
- SENATOR REQUESTS ASPARTAME BAN
- ALERT: E. COLI--GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
- ALERT: TINY TOXINS--NANO, NANO EVERYWHERE
- TIP OF THE WEEK: CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH ECO-LABLES YOU CAN TRUST?
- THE TRUTH ABOUT SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS
- HEALTH TIDBIT OF THE WEEK: SWEETENED COFFEE CAN MAKE YOU FAT
- FAST FOOD CHAINS GOING ORGANIC
- WHO CARES WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM?
- BEN AND JERRY'S GET EGGED
- BE AN OCA STATE NEWS SCOUT
- PUT FOOD, FARMING, & CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE TABLE IN THE
2006 ELECTIONS
- USDA SAYS SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR FRANKENRICE
- BOOKS
OF THE WEEK: THE WAR IN IRAQ & THE WAR ON U.S.FAMILY FARMERS
- UNTESTED,
UNLABELED & TOXIC NANO-PARTICLES INVADING OUR HOMES & BODIES
- HEALTH
NEWS OF THE WEEK: BROWN SEAWEED BURNS FAT
- 9/11--FIVE YEARS
AFTER--PRESS FOR TRUTH
- TOWARDS A "DO-SOMETHING CONGRESS"
- GOVERNMENT
REPORT OFFERS SOBERING STATISTICS ABOUT THE 2006 FARMER
- HOST
A GMO TRILOGY HOUSE PARTY OR COMMUNITY SHOWING AND BEAT BACK MONSANTO
- ORGANIC FARMERS & OIL PIPELINE REACH A COMPROMISE
- BOOK
OF THE WEEK: THE GREAT BIRD FLU HOAX
- UPDATE ON RICE CONTAMINATION
- IDIOTS
GUIDE TO THE GE DEBATE
- BUSH ADMINISTARTION GOES TO COURT AGAIN
- SCHOOLS
GO GREEN
Special Issue from the OCF (OCA's Lobbying Ally):
Elections, Food Contamination, and Your Health - 8/24/2006 - PDF
Version
- "ORGANIC
CONSUMERS POLITICAL CANDIDATE SURVEY" SPREADING ACROSS
U.S
- MAKE A DONATION TO PUT ORGANIC ISSUES ON THE TABLE IN 2006 ELECTIONS
- USDA ANNOUN ENGINEERED "FRANKENGRASS" SPREADS INTO THE WILD
- AFTER 70-YEAR BAN: HEMP MAY SOON BE LEGALLY GROWN ON U.S. SOIL
- TIP OF THE WEEK: THE MOST DANGEROUS INGREDIENTS IN CONVENTIONAL FOODS
- STUDY SAYS FAMILY MEAL IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH
- QUICK WATER FACTS
- QUICK TIDBIT: BACTERIA GUM
- WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: NATURAL HEALTH TELESEMINARS
Special Issue from the OCF (OCA's Lobbying Ally):
Organics and 2006 Elections - 8/18/2006 - PDF
Version
- HELP IDENTIFY THE "REAL ORGANIC CANDIDATES" IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS
- FORWARD, FORWARD, FORWARD!
- DON'T READ THIS PARAGRAPH
(UNLESS YOU'RE READY FOR AN ELECTORAL REVOLUTION)
- FACTORY FARMS SEEK "GRASS-FED" LABEL
- BENEFITS OF GRASS-FED BEEF AND DAIRY
- THE 100 MILE DIET
- RELATED QUOTE OF THE WEEK
- PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: PEPSI & COKE
- WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK: SPY CHIPS
Special Issue from the OCF (OCA's Lobbying Ally) 8/3/2006 - PDF
Version
SPECIAL ISSUE: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ORGANIC
CONSUMERS
- GOING LOCAL: OCA LAUNCHING 50 STATE “CHAPTERS
- BROADENING OUR FOCUS: PROVIDING A DAILY ALTERNATIVE TO THE MASS
MEDIA
- MAKE A DONATION TO OCA NOW AND DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT
- ORGANIC CONSUMERS 2006 POLITICAL CANDIDATE SURVEY
LAUNCHED BY ORGANIC CONSUMERS FUND, THE POLITICAL ALLY OF THE OCA
- ORGANIC BOYCOTT SPREADS:
ORGANIC OUTLAWS LABELING FACTORY FARM MILK AS "USDA ORGANIC"
- SCIENTIFIC FOUL PLAY AT THE FDA
- BEYOND McFOOD: HOSPITALS MOVE TOWARD NATURAL & ORGANIC
- NEW ONLINE VIDEO GAMES SELL JUNK FOOD TO KIDS
- PESTICIDES' SILENT SPRING: WHY ROBINS AREN'T SINGING
- MAD COWS AND CRAZED BUREAUCRATS
- QUICK TIDBITS: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TOOLKIT & MOVIE OF THE WEEK
- ALERT: EPA ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD
- TURNING AMERICA'S WATER-GUZZLING LAWNS INTO EDIBLE ESTATES
- THINGS YOUR LAWN NEVER WANTED YOU TO KNOW
- SUPERMARKETS AND GAS STATIONS BEGIN TO BATTLE FOR WORLD'S GRAINS
- THINGS AN ETHANOL MASCOT WOULD NEVER TELL YOU
- QUICK TIDBITS: VENEZUELA GOES GE-FREE; FIRST U.S. CITY GOES FAIR-TRADE;
AND NEWS ABOUT UNETHICAL ADVERTISERS
- BOYCOTT OF HORIZON DAIRY GENERATING NATIONAL PUBLICITY
- PESTICIDES INCREASE RISK OF PARKINSONS DISEASE
- STUDY SAYS MAD COW EPIDEMIC MAY BE INCUBATING IN THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE
- STOP GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLUM TREES
- EPA STAFF REVOLTS
- STATE FOOD SAFETY LABELING LAWS UNDER ATTACK
- OCA RECOMMENDED WEBSITES OF THE WEEK
Organic Bytes Mid-Year Special Issue:
Flashback of 2006's Common
Victories & Ongoing Struggles
- STOPPING CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EXPERIMENTS ON CHILDREN
- ELIMINATING TOXIC PESTICIDE SPRAYING ON PUBLIC LANDS
- BANNING A CANCER-CAUSING PESTICIDE-METHYL IODIDE
- SAFEGUARDING ORGANIC STANDARDS
- DEFENDING STATE FOOD SAFETY LABELING LAWS
- ORGANIZING AGAINST GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD
- PRESSURING STARBUCKS ON FAIR TRADE AND rBGH
- TAKE ACTION: USDA CLOSE TO APPROVING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLUMS
- L.A. RIOT POLICE INVADE NATION'S LARGEST COMMUNITY GARDEN
- SUCCESSFUL LAWSUIT FORCES EPA TO PHASE OUT DANGEROUS PESTICIDE
- TIP OF THE WEEK: MAINTAINING A HEALTHY ORGANIC LAWN
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ASKS GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE SALT
- NATION'S LARGEST DAIRIES TRYING TO AVOID MONSANTO'S BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE
- SOME MAJOR U.S. DAIRIES ELIMINATING rBGH OVER THE PAST YEAR
- COFFEE PROTECTS DRINKERS' LIVERS
- BEER INGREDIENT REDUCES PROSTATE CANCER RISK
- EPA ADMINISTRATORS PRESSURE STAFF TO OVERLOOK TOXIC PESTICIDES
- GENETICALLY ENGINEERED COTTON KILLING SHEEP AND GOATS
- GERMAN COMPANY TAKING OVER U.S. DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
- DRIVING AWAY FROM CORN-BASED ETHANOL
- GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN PRODUCING HERBICIDES IN YOUR GUT?
- STUDY: CANADIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BETTER THAN U.S
- SURVEY: NEARLY A QUARTER OF U.S. CONSUMERS NOW BUY ORGANIC
- OVERLY STRICT PARENTING CAN PRODUCE OBESE KIDS
- ALERT: BOYCOTT ORGANIC DAIRY FEEDLOTS & TELL USDA NOT TO LOWER STANDARDS
- CONGRESS PONDERS LEGISLATION REQUIRING ID CHIPS IN ALL U.S. FARM ANIMALS
- MILK FROM COWS INJECTED WITH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED HORMONES MAKES TWINS
- STARBUCKS UNDER FIRE FOR USING RBGH MILK & NOT SERVING UP FAIR TRADE COFFEE
- EPA'S SCIENTISTS CONDEMN EPA
- THE THINGS THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT ETHANOL
- FUNDING FOR ORGANIC FARMERS RIVALS THE COST OF A WHITE HOUSE PARTY
- QUICK TIDBITS
- ALERT: STOP THE USDA’S LATEST SNEAK ATTACK
ON ORGANIC STANDARDS
- ALERT: FREE THOUSANDS OF AMERICA’S ORGANIC
COWS FROM INTENSIVE CONFINEMENT
- HORIZON AND AURORA BANNED IN CO-OPS
- PROTEST STARBUCKS
- DESPITE BIG SODA PR, COMPANIES WON'T BE LEAVING
SCHOOLS
- BIRD FLU SCARE HITS U.S. - IN A MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
- VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS & THE BIRD FLU PANDEMIC
- QUICK TIDBITS
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANTS MOVE TO CONTROL HOW YOU SURF THE WEB
- ACTUAL
& VIRTUAL MARCH OF ORGANIC CONSUMERS AGAINST THE WAR
& CLIMATE CHAOS
- NEW FOOD LABEL HIGHLIGHTS LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCTS
- A MOUTHFUL OF MONEY: THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF ORGANIC FOODS
- HOW TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTALIST: GOTTA GIT A GREEN THUMB
- HOW GREEN IS YOUR LAWN?
- QUICK TIDBITS
- ORGANIC BYTES READERS VOTE TO LAUNCH BOYCOTT AGAINST HORIZON AND
AURORA
- SUPERWEEDS SPREADING IN GENETICALLY ENGINEERED COTTON FIELDS
- JAPANESE OFFICIALS RESIGN OVER U.S. MAD COW DEBACLE
- CHILDHOOD OBESITY CAUSES SHORTAGE IN CAR SEATS
- EUROPEAN LEADER SAYS BIOTECH CORPORATIONS PROVIDE BIASED RESEARCH
- TIP OF THE WEEK: NATURAL HOMEMADE EGG DYES
- QUICK TIDBITS
- ORGANIC CONSUMERS GETTING MILKED: TAKE ACTION TO SAVE ORGANIC STANDARDS
- READER POLL: SHOULD WE BOYCOTT? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE
- WORLD LEADERS DEFEAT THE TERMINATOR AND FRANKENTREES
- CONSUMER DEMAND FOR ORGANICS EXPLODE WHILST SUPPLY DWINDLES
- QUICK FACTS: HOW MUCH FOSSIL FUEL IS IN YOUR FOOD?
- USDA SUED FOR NOT ALLOWING U.S. PRODUCERS TO TEST FOR MAD COW
- QUICK TIDBITS
- CONGRESS BLINDFOLDS CONSUMERS- REMOVING RIGHT TO KNOW
WHAT'S IN YOUR FOOD
- FACT OF THE WEEK
- U.S. VOTES AGAINST 132 NATIONS ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED
FOOD
- QUICK BIODEMOCRACY TIDBITS
- READER POLL: SHOULD WE BOYCOTT? PLEASE CAST YOUR
VOTE
- CANCER CAUSING CHEMICAL FOUND IN SOME SOFT DRINKS
- QUICK TIDBITS
- ALERT: GOVERNMENT COVER-UP... TEFLON BYPRODUCT POLLUTING
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
- STUDY FINDS EATING VEGGIES REPAIRS CELL DAMAGE
- HORSE...IT'S WHAT'S FOR DINNER
- GOOD NEWS : INTERNATIONAL COURT INDICTS DOW & MONSANTO
- AVOID GASSY FOODS--GO ORGANIC
- QUICK TIDBITS
- UNCHAIN YOUR HEART: TAKE ACTION ON VALENTINE'S DAY
- WTO TO EUROPEANS: EAT YOUR FRANKENFOODS
- BIG BROTHER WANTS TO TRACK ANIMALS AND THEIR OWNERS
- QUICK FACTS ON BOTTLED WATER VERSUS CLEANING UP THE DRINKING
WATER SUPPLY
- A MENTALLY UNSTABLE DIET: DON'T PANIC GO ORGANIC
- DEMAND INCREASING FOR CAGE-FREE EGGS
- THE JOYS OF PENALTY FREE POLLUTION
- QUICK TIDBITS
- ALERT UPDATE: EPA IGNORING PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO TESTING
CHEMICALS ON KIDS
- UNCHAIN YOUR HEART THIS VALENTINES DAY
- MAD COW NORTH AMERICA: STOP THE MADNESS
- ALERT: HELP NEW MEXICO BAN ASPARTAME
- GOVERNMENT ASKS GENERAL MILLS FOR ADVICE ON ORGANIC STANDARDS
- WATER FIGHT: BOLIVIA vs. BECHTEL
- PESTICIDE INDUSTRY ROCKED BY THREE RECENT ALARMING STUDIES
- QUICK TIDBITS
- U.S. INSPECTOR GENERAL SLAMS USDA ON GENE-ALTERED CROPS
- McMad Cow
- ITALIAN SLOW FOOD COMMUNITY DRIVES RONALD MCDONALD OUT
OF TOWN
- STUDY: JUNK FOOD ADDITIVES STOP NERVE CELL GROWTH
- QUOTE OF THE WEEK
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR - ORGANIC BYTES READERS TALK
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