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Blinded by milk science
When I was a kid living in Tokyo, I almost started an international incident by asking for a glass of milk at a traditional Japanese dinner. Several of my hosts quickly left the table and were gone for a long time. You would have thought I asked for a glass of blood. Now I understand that most Japanese think cows milk is revolting. Read on
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. What is it?
- MCS – What is it? Who has it? This 1999 paper gives a definition of MCS. It was compiled by a large number of physicians, and published in a peer-reviewed journal (Archives of Environmental Health v.54, n.3 May/June, 99). Based on Health Department studies, MCS affects 16% of the general population, or put another way, 84% of the general population is clueless about those affected with MCS.
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Ritalin is amphetamine for children
According to The Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse:
“In clinical studies, [Ritalin] methylphenidate, like amphetamines, produce behavioral and psychological effects similar to cocaine. In simple terms, this means that the human body cannot tell the difference between cocaine, amphetamines, or Ritalin®.”
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Farmers victorious over Bush and Dow
Supreme Court decision aids farmers with tort lawsuits
On April 27, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that FIFRA, the nation’s primary law for pesticide manufacture, did not prevent states and common laws from pre-empting fradulent data developed under FIFRA authority.
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Prozac is for dopers
[To the Wenatchee World, March 7, 2005] Dear Editor,
Use of drugs like Prozac and Zoloft can lead to suicidal behavior. While drug pushers continue to flood the medical establishment with their poisons, Groups like the Youth Suicide Prevention Program have started to fight back with education about the links between drugs and suicide (www.yspp.org).
CNN recently published links to an internal document, purportedly from drug manufacturer Eli Lilly [1], that appears to show they were aware 15 years ago that patients on antidepressant Prozac were more prone to hostility and attempted suicide than were patients on other antidepressants.
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Pharmaceutical firms are drug pushers
[To the Wenatchee World, March 1, 2005] Dear Editor,
Thank you to Wenatchee High students for fighting suicides. Regretably, the Wenatchee World newspaper article omitted two of the key suicide warning signs posted at www.yspp.org and at Washington State Department of Health: (1) anxiety; (2) increased drug and alcohol use.
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