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Rashid Shaikh, Director of Programs
New York Academy of Sciences
2 East 63rd St. New York, NY 10021
Dear Mr. Rubenstein and Mr. Shaikh,
We are concerned that the Academy is doing its members and readers of Update a disservice by publishing Lee Silver's error-filled and unsubstantiated piece ("The environment's best friend: GM or organic?", May/June 2006 Update, online on Silver's website at http://24.225.233.42/SilverArticles/06NYASorganic.pdf).
09/05/2006- Researchers have isolated two Chinese soybean lines that can grow without the primary protein linked to soy allergies in children and adults.
The scientists say that the two lines will be given away to breeders seeking to produce new varieties of allergy-free soybeans without genetic engineering.
The breakthrough could help food makers tap the growing free-from food market, which is set to double on the back of growing consumer concern over health and well-being.
Conclusions
The many types of integration between fish and poultry farming clearly present opportunities for the dissemination of AI viruses through poultry faeces. There is, however, no firm information that AI has been disseminated in this way, but this possible means of transmission should be considered when interpreting outbreaks of AI in wild and domestic birds at water bodies.
The real solution to the bird flu (or any flu) comes from natural sources. To survive most viral infections, all you really need are certain nutritional supplements and powerful medicinal herbs. As Dr. Russell Blaylock explains, "With nutritional supplementation, the elderly can avoid flu vaccination altogether. In my own clinical experience, supplementation dramatically reduces the incidence of ALL viral infection. And should that person become infected with a particularly virulent strain, the severity of the illness is dramatically reduced.
When it comes to the bird flu virus, many people are asking, "Where did the virus come from?" The answer, as always, is unpopular with the popular press and the corporations that dominate the information you're allowed to see in this country. The bird flu virus, you see, wasn't created merely by chance, and it didn't just magically appear in migratory birds. In truth, the virus is the natural result of the mistreatment of animals as a food source.
THE WEEKLY SPIN, May 10, 2006
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A ranching and meat-processing company in Kansas wants to test all its cattle for mad cow disease at its own expense. The Bush administration won't let the firm do it. Oh, but that's not all. If the company tries to buy the $20 testing kits, the feds will treat such a transaction as an illegal purchase of a controlled substance.
We wish we were making this up, but we're not. Talk about mad cow, this is crazy people. It's also an intrusive government abusing an old law.
Web note: The use of sewage sludge as a fertilizer is banned on all organic farms.
Tons of chemicals in antibacterial soaps used in the bathrooms and kitchens of virtually every home are being released into the environment, yet no government agency is monitoring or regulating them in water supplies or food.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Environmental Working Group
Bill Walker, (510) 444-0973 x301; Lauren Sucher, (202) 667-6982
Across Generations: The Chemical Pollution Mothers & Daughters Share and Inherit
SACRAMENTO, California - May 10 - The unique bond between a mother and daughter starts in the womb and lasts a lifetime. This Mother’s Day, lab tests of mothers and their daughters show that they share another, unwanted bond: a common body burden of industrial chemicals that can be passed down across generations.
We spoke recently by telephone with the Berkeley-based author of the lauded The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Penguin, $26.95). Michael Pollan shared his thoughts on vegans, organic farmers, and the movement that's taking us beyond organic. Here's the gist of that conversation‹stripped of fat, corn-based additives, and chemicals, of course.
Seattle Weekly: So, what did you eat last night?
Michael Pollan: I went to a sushi restaurant.
What does it mean when, at Elliott Bay last month, 350 people showed up for your SRO reading?
