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OEHHA Says You Need to Eat More Fish No Matter What the Health Consequences
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Evaluation (OEHHA) has decided that you need to eat more fish, no matter what the health consequences. The state now says that the solution to our obesity and heart disease epidemics isn’t eating less In N’ Out double doubles, but to consume more sport fish caught off the shores of California. Don’t worry that many species are riddled with harmful chemicals. And don’t be troubled by the fact that factory fishing has led to the collapse of most major fishery stocks. We can always lean on fish farms and our remaining struggling fisheries to put fish on the table.
In its new report, OEHHA reduces the acceptable cancer risk to fish consumers from 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 10,000 people. Maybe OEHHA figured we didn’t have enough DDT and PCBs in our diet. If that wasn’t bad enough, the new guidance is based on a fish consumption rate of eight ounces a week, about two average meals. Ironically, the new guidance does a horrible job of protecting those people that eat a lot more fish than eight ounces of fish a week. So subsistence anglers and members of the Asian community, especially Pacific Islanders, will be far less protected than the 1 in 10,000 cancer risk. I’m not sure why OEHHA didn’t work with the Health Department and Cal-Fish and Game to promote consumption of clean, sustainable fish instead of carcinogen-laden fish, but that’s the choice they made.
OEHHA has come up with a health guidance that is less protective than that of the Bush administration. The national Environmental Protection Agency uses a 1 in 100,000 or 1 in a million cancer risk when deciding whether to issue health warnings. The EPA, as well as Heal the Bay, strongly opposed the new guidance, but to no avail. Now the state will use the guidance to issue health warnings to consumers of contaminated fish. They just won’t be very protective to people that eat a lot of fish. Also, the new guidance will probably mean that contaminated ocean floor hot-spots may not need to be cleaned up as much — if at all — based on the new higher risk thresholds. All in all, a horrible health protection strategy that puts both the consumers and fish populations at greater risk. Read Heal the Bay’s tips on eating fish from the bay. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Evaluation (OEHHA) has decided that you need to eat more fish, no matter what the... more -
Popular fish tilapia potentially worse than bacon
Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perha... more
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Smallest planet shrinks in size
Data from a flyby of Mercury in January 2008 show the planet has contracted by more than one mile (1.5km) in diameter over its history. Data from a flyby of Mercury in January 2008 show the planet has contracted by more than one mile (1.5km) in diameter over its history... more
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Shrinking planet
Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System since Pluto was deemed not to be a planet after all, seems to be shrinking as its core is cooling. Could its proximity to the Sun also have an influence in this process? Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System since Pluto was deemed not to be a planet after all, seems to be shrinking as its cor... more
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Jupiter could cause Mecury to smash into the Earth
Three separate groups of scientists have used different computer simulations to predict the same frightening outcome. It is possible the massive gravitational pull of Jupiter could put the planet Mercury on a collision course with Earth.
The findings indicate that the solar system is not as stable as previously thought and that Mercury is susceptible to being pulled around on its orbit. This could lead to one of four scenarios:
Scenario 1: Mercury will crash into the Sun
Scenario 2: Mercury will be ejected from the solar system altogether
Scenario 3: Mercury will crash into Venus
Scenario 4: Worst-case-scenario, Mercury will crash into Earth.
Any such collision would spell the end for pretty much everything on the planet. The last time such a collision occurred the resulting debris formed the Moon. BUT, don’t start worrying just yet. There's only about a 1% chance that any of this will happen before the Sun becomes a red giant billions of years from now (and destroys life on Earth anyway). Three separate groups of scientists have used different computer simulations to predict the same frightening outcome. It is possible t... more -
Danger of toxic mercury fillings exposed in groundbreaking lawsuit
"The FDA has, for decades, ridiculously insisted that mercury fillings pose no health threat whatsoever to children. While dismissing hundreds of studies showing a clear link between mercury amalgam fillings ("silver fillings") and disastrous neurological effects in the human body, the FDA denied the truth about mercury and effectively protected the mercury filling racket that has brought so much harm to so many people. For over a hundred years, a cabal of "mercury mongers" made up of the American Dental Association, mercury filling manufacturers and indignant dentists have reaped windfall profits by implanting toxic fillings into the mouths of children, all while insisting that mercury - one of the most toxic heavy metals known to modern science - posed no health threat whatsoever.
Today, that reign of toxicity is about to end. Thanks to the tireless, multi-year efforts of people like Charles Brown, National Counsel for Consumers for Dental Choice (www.ToxicTeeth.org), the FDA has now been forced to acknowledge a fact so fundamental that, by any measure of honest science, it should have adopted the position decades ago. What position is that? Simply that mercury is toxic to humans.
The FDA's stonewalling on this issue has been nothing less than a circus of politically-motivated denials, much like the Big Tobacco executives swearing under oath that "Nicotine is not addictive." In similar style, the FDA insisted for decades that "Mercury is not toxic." Both statements, as any sane person can readily conclude, are the outbursts of lunatics. Sadly, those lunatics somehow remain in charge of our nation's food, drugs and cosmetics (and dental care), meaning that any real progress to protect the People must come from outside the FDA.
And that's exactly what just happened. Consumers for Dental Choice teamed up with Moms Against Mercury (www.MomsAgainstMercury.org) to sue the FDA and its commissioner whose name sounds like an evil-minded villian right out of a Marvel comic book: Von Eschenbach. The lawsuit, entitled, Moms Against Mercury et al. v. Von Eschenbach, Commissioner, et al was concluded earlier this week with a reluctant agreement by the FDA to both change its website on the issue of mercury and to reclassify mercury within one year, following a period of public comment (which the agency will no doubt try to drag out as long as possible in order to avoid actually sticking to the terms of the lawsuit agreement).
Remarkably, the FDA's website no longer claims mercury is harmless. The language has now been changed in dramatic fashion, reading: "Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and fetus."
There's still a lot of fudging there. Note the careful use of the word "may," which means the FDA still isn't sure whether mercury is neurotoxic, but it might be. This is the FDA's way of continuing to stonewall this issue, even as it lost its lawsuit. For any FDA officials who don't yet think mercury is toxic to the human nervous system, I invite them to chug a few milliliters of the substance themselves and find out what the effects might be. It certainly couldn't make them any more mad than they are already!"
By Mike Adams// Natural News
http://www.naturalnews.com/023367.html
Full story at link. "The FDA has, for decades, ridiculously insisted that mercury fillings pose no health threat whatsoever to children. While dismis... more -
Why Navajos oppose desert rock power plant and everyone should fight mercury pollu...
Hear, see and read why every one should do something to stop mercury pollution from coal-fired electric plants and oppose the new $2 billion dollar Desert Rock Power Plant proposed for the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners area of the United States.
Make sure to click the link to OneEarthBlog for a more in depth exploration of this crucial issue, the impact of mercury pollution on the environment and the human brain, the scientific explanation of the causal connection between neuro-toxins like mercury and autism and other neurological disease, as well as solutions and calls to paradigm changes to change values to survive by indigenous leaders.
We've included videos of Dine leaders, scientist experts on neuro-toxins and the brain, Winona LaDuke speaking in Shiprock against Desert Rock Power Plant and about how much renewable energy the $2 billion dollar cost of the plant could bring the Four Corners.
There are links to government reports on how the Four Corners area was just named the biggest air polluter in the country, worse than our major cities New York, Chicago and LA. And information about how mercury emissions have increased and how mercury affects the environment and human health.
Watch the video of Jenny McCarthy where she explains how she discovered that mercury in vaccines and the environment caused her son's autism, and how she helped him, and today, he no longer fits the definition of autism.
Make sure to get to the bottom of the blog, so you don't miss the video of the elders talking about the paradigm shift we need back to indigenous thinking so human beings are brought back into balance with the earth. Onondaga Faithkeeper and Chief Oren Lyons talks about how we need value change for survival. "You've got to make the decisions for the seventh generation. That's not just a casual term, that's a real instruction for survival."
Indian leaders and grandmothers know from our oral traditions that this is not the first time in America that the actions of human beings have threatened our environment. There are many stories in our traditions that explain how people faced crisis when their actions were out of harmony with natural law. eg the Navajo emergence story.
Our indigenous leaders have lots to teach all Americans and world citizens about how to live in balance on the earth without destroying our home.
Spread the word.
From TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog for Earth Day 2008. Hear, see and read why every one should do something to stop mercury pollution from coal-fired electric plants and oppose the new $2 b... more -
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Take Action: Stop Bush's Forest Giveaway: Earthjustice: Environmental Law
Idaho contains more unspoiled wild forest than any state outside Alaska, providing the last intact forest habitat for countless fish, wildlife, and plant species. These areas are enjoyed by hunters, anglers, hikers, and all who treasure the backcountry. Yet the Bush administration is making a play in its last days to hand this natural gem over to its friends in the oil, natural gas, timber, and mining industries by weakening the Roadless Area Conservation Rule protections that currently guard it.
The administration's proposal will open the door to logging millions of pristine acres, risk dangerous toxic contamination from mining, degrade clean fish-bearing streams and important wildlife habitat, and fail to live up to the public's overwhelming desire to protect all of these areas for future generations.
This forest giveaway could lead to 545 million tons of phosphate being mined on nearly 8,000 unspoiled acres near Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Any increase in phosphate mining would worsen the already serious problem of selenium poisoning in local streams and aquifers. Selenium is an extremely dangerous contaminant known to cause birth defects, which bio-accumulates in the food web -- persisting for centuries after entering the environment.
Six million acres of wild forest or a toxic waste dump? The choice should be clear to any American who values our natural treasures and takes their responsibility to future generations Idaho contains more unspoiled wild forest than any state outside Alaska, providing the last intact forest habitat for countless fish, ... more -
Autism Mercury - GenerationRescue.org - helps children recover from autism
AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT OF PARENT-VOLUNTEERS HELPING MORE THAN 15,000 CHILDREN BEGIN BIOMEDICAL TREATMENT.
Our children are experiencing epidemics of ADD/ADHD, Asperger's, PDD-NOS, and Autism.
We believe these neurological disorders ("NDs") are environmental illnesses caused by an overload of heavy metals, live viruses, and bacteria. Proper treatment of our children, known as "biomedical intervention", is leading to recovery for thousands.
The cause of this epidemic of NDs is extremely controversial. We believe the primary causes include the tripling of vaccines given to children in the last 15 years (mercury, aluminum and live viruses); maternal toxic load and prenatal vaccines; heavy metals like mercury in our air, water, and food; and the overuse of antibiotics.
Generation Rescue is a parent-founded, parent-funded, and parent-led organization of more than 400 families. Our mission is to share the truth with parents about the cause of their child's NDs so they can focus on treatment.
Breaking News: Jenny McCarthy calls for rally in DC on June 4th! More info. AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT OF PARENT-VOLUNTEERS HELPING MORE THAN 15,000 CHILDREN BEGIN BIOMEDICAL TREATMENT. ... more -
YouTube - Autism - Jenny - The View
Children can recover from autism and get a reversal of the diagnosis of autism spectrum.
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Mercy, Mercy, Me
Amazing that this was the song that turned me and many others on to the environmental movement about thirty years ago, and here we all sit thirty years later still fighting to keep mercury out of our air and water... radiation out of our ground and skies, and toxic waste out of our water. To me that doesn't speak well of the human species even for all the strides we have made. And no one sings this song like Marvin Gaye did, and it saddens and inspires me everytime I hear it. We need to do better. Amazing that this was the song that turned me and many others on to the environmental movement about thirty years ago, and here we all... more
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Lighting with mercury
Up to 5 milligrams of mercury, a hazardous trace metal, is included in the manufacture of fluorescent lamps. While the latest fluorescent fever is good news for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, any significant adoption would introduce hundreds of millions of new mercury-laced bulbs into the environment, even though it would decrease the total number of lamps being thrown away. According to the California Product Stewardship Council, local governments have neither the capacity nor the resources to manage this waste stream, making independent take-back and recycling programs critical. Up to 5 milligrams of mercury, a hazardous trace metal, is included in the manufacture of fluorescent lamps. While the latest fluoresc... more
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Mercury fish are bad, mmmkay?
"NEW YORK: Recent laboratory tests performed for The New York Times found so much mercury in tuna sushi that a regular diet of even two or three pieces a week at some restaurants could be a health hazard for the average adult, based on guidelines set out by the Environmental Protection Agency." "NEW YORK: Recent laboratory tests performed for The New York Times found so much mercury in tuna sushi that a regular diet of ev... more
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Supermarket sushi officially less gross
Toxic levels of tuna at Nobu are through the roof and might require warning labels. But for once, the little fish wins. And of course scientists from New Jersey would know a thing or two about mercury. Toxic levels of tuna at Nobu are through the roof and might require warning labels. But for once, the little fish wins. And of cours... more
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Nasa Probe Appraoches Mercury
For the first time in 30 years, we're taking a peak at Mercury. This weeks visit is part of a larger mission to orbit Mercury in 2011. The spacecraft Messenger must make several loops around the sun to slow itself to the proper orbiting speed. During the approach Messenger will make several passes by Mercury. For the first time in 30 years, we're taking a peak at Mercury. This weeks visit is part of a larger mission to orbit Mercury in... more
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China's Seafood Industry: Dirty Water, Dangerous Fish
FUQING, China - Here in southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with murky brown water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia, much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West.
Fuqing is one of the centers of a booming industry that over two decades has transformed this country into the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, and the fastest-growing supplier to the United States.
This is Part VIII of "CHOKING ON GROWTH"
A series of articles and multimedia examining the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China's epic pollution crisis by The New York Times.
Link to complete coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/15/world/asi...
This might be worse than toxic toys! FUQING, China - Here in southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with mur... more
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