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As the climate dries, Mexico's milk region faces arsenic threat

Mexico's dry Laguna region is facing an arsenic problem in drinking water as a... more

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The Revolution Will Not Be Pasteurized

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GM Crops - Contamination without Representation

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Roundup Ready Alfalfa Damages US Seed Industry

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"Why Love One But Eat the Other?" Billboards Stir Controversy in Toronto Subway System

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Compassion Over Killing Files Class Action Against Dairy Industry

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Got the facts on Milk? World Movie Premiere

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The ‘Wholesome’ Protein Myth

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Boycott Dean Foods to protest GM alfalfa

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A Day With The Horses

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Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern ‘Got Milk’ Poster

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Six Surprisingly Untold Cancer Inducing Group of Foods

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UtopiaLand News: April 4th, 2011: Obama's Re-Bid, Terry Jones, Radioactive Milk

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Genetically modified cows produce 'human' milk

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FDA’s Comparison of Radiation in Milk to Everyday Exposures Called ‘Improper’

U.S. Food and Drug Administration statement regarding milk contaminated with radiation from Japan failed to accurately inform and educate the public, four watchdog groups and a former senior advisor in the U.S. Department of Energy said today, pointing to the fact that exposure to ingested iodine-131 is substantively different than everyday exposure to radiation in the environment.

On March 30, in response to reports that radioactive iodine-131 has been found in milk in Washington state, FDA senior scientist Patricia Hansen said, “Radiation is all around us in our daily lives, and these findings are a miniscule amount compared to what people experience every day. For example, a person would be exposed to low levels of radiation on a round trip cross country flight, watching television, and even from construction materials.”

This statement was called improper by experts at Beyond Nuclear, Food and Water Watch, Friends of the Earth andNuclear Information and Resource Service, as well as by Robert Alvarez, former Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration.

Robert Alvarez, former Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration, said:

“No matter how small the dose might be, it is out of context to compare an exposure to a specific radioisotope that is released by a major nuclear accident with radiation exposures in everyday life. The FDA spokesperson should have informed the public that radioiodine provides a unique form of exposure in that it concentrates rapidly in dairy products and in the human thyroid. The dose received, based on official measurements, may be quite small, and pose an equally small risk. However, making a conclusion on the basis of one measurement is fragmentary at best and unscientific at worst. As the accident in Fukushima continues to unfold, the public should be provided with all measurements made of radioactive fallout from the Fukushima reactors to allow for independent analyses.”

Damon Moglen, Director of the Climate and Energy Project at Friends of the Earth, said:

“This is an apples-to-oranges comparison that lacks integrity. There is a big difference between ingesting radioactive material that accumulates in the thyroid and sitting on an airplane. You can’t drink a TV or eat an airplane.”

Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Specialist at Beyond Nuclear, said:

“It is important to remember that regardless of exposure level, as the National Academies of Science have reported, there is no safe dose of radiation. Children and pregnant mothers are particularly at risk from low-dose, long-term internal exposure.”...

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Low Levels of Radiation Found in U.S. Milk

Low Levels of Radiation Found in American Milk

By MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: March 30, 2011

Tests of milk samples taken last week in Spokane, Wash., indicate the presence of radioactive iodine from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, but at levels far below those at which action would have to be taken, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday.

Radioactive materials in liquids are measured in pico-curies per liter, and the sample, taken on March 25, showed a reading of 0.8 pico-curies, the agency said. It said those numbers would have to be 5,000 times higher to reach the “intervention level” set by the Food and Drug Administration.

“These types of findings are to be expected in the coming days and are far below levels of public health concern, including for infants and children,” the E.P.A. said.

Levels of iodine 131 entering the air can be very diluted, but if deposited on grass eaten by cows, the cows will re-concentrate it in their milk by a factor of 1,000. This is mainly a concern with fresh milk, not for dairy products that are stored before consumption.

Iodine 131 has a half-life of eight days, meaning that every eight days it loses half its strength; since production of iodine 131 stopped when the Fukushima reactors shut down on March 11, it has already been through two half-lives and could easily be halved once or twice more again before the milk was consumed as cheese or yogurt.

Iodine 131 emits beta particles, which resemble electrons. They are not considered a major hazard outside the human body, although in large doses, they can damage the cornea of the eye.

The problem arises when materials that emit those particles are ingested or inhaled. Iodine 131 is chemically identical to normal, nonradioactive iodine and thus is absorbed into the body just as normal iodine is, mainly in the thyroid gland, where it delivers a concentrated dose to that small organ and can cause cancer.

In the Chernobyl nuclear accident of 1986, the biggest health effect was to cause thyroid cancer, especially in children living near the nuclear plant.Low Levels of Radiation Found in American Milk By MATTHEW L. WALD Published: March... more

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Human milk ice cream on sale. « Ramanan50's Blog

innovation? http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/human-milk-ice-cream-on-sale/

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Doing the Devil's bidding: Land O' Lakes and other Monsanto helpers re: GE alfalfa

Perhaps one of the most significant points in this case is that genetically engineered... more

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Experts see major weaknesses in USDA review of GM alfalfa/"GM alfalfa will be everywhere"

A major battle over Roundup Ready (RR) genetically modified alfalfa has emerged... more

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Healthy snacks for Chidren. « Ramanan50's Blog

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