Hormones Can Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Research on two continents signaled more bad news for menopause hormones, offering the strongest evidence yet that they can raise the risk of breast cancer and are tied to a slightly higher risk of ovarian cancer.

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by cmargulis Earlier this week, Monsanto was found guilty by France's highest court of false advertising, for claims that Roundup, its toxic weed killer, is biodegradable and leaves "the soil clean." Environmental and consumer rights campaigners brought the French case in  …

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Years ago, an owner of a glass company was arrested for throwing bricks through store windows in his town.

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The recent appointment of Michael Taylor as FDA's Senior Food Safety Advisor is of major public health concern.

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The LIA Foundation position paper calls for: · A moratorium on all genetically modified foods · Research to evaluate the role of GM foods on autism, Lyme disease, and related conditions

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How many times do you hear people say: "Well, it must be safe because the government allows it?" But can you rely on that? Maybe a look at some of the foods and food practices which are permitted in the U.S.

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Michael Taylor, perhaps stowed away in Hillary Clinton's trunk as a nostalgic reminder of the good ole days when Bill put him in charge of the FDA and he approved rBGH, has reentered government along with her.

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Most folks are only marginally aware that the FDA has become a weapon for factory farming and corporate interests. While toxic ingredients are pumped out of fetid facilities to millions of consumers, the FDA is waging war on small farmers under the guise of consumer protection.

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Monsanto has decided to sell its division that makes rBGH. No purchaser has been identified. A combination of pressure from consumers in the US and accross the globe have resulted in this action. The FDA does not allow testing for levels...

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By MARC LEVY The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's agriculture secretary said Friday that he is talking with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about the possibility of joining the administration.

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Notice that the announcement is covered in the Wall Street news of business events, despite the fact that discussion of dairy products from treated cows has been banned from any news American consumers watch for a decade.

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The news that Monsanto was divesting the rBGH segment of the operation was announced last week. This was the first genetically engineered "food" product on the market in America. It is made with e-coli bacteria and given to dairy cows to increase their production of milk.

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The Monsanto PR campaign has been placing a lot of articles in the media, now defending the use of hormone hyped dairy by making an argument that it has environmental benefits.

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USDA is attacking raw milk across the country - most heavily right now in California and Pennsylvania.

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Ronald M. Davis, MD, President of the American Medical Association writes a weekly column for the Nation's health care industry.

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Missouri lawmakers are about to consider House Bill 2283, which would ban milk labels that inform consumers that their dairy products are free of artificial growth hormones.

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JANET MCFARLAND March 22, 2008 Organic food proponents will remember Thursday as the day the ground shifted.

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It may be the last stand of Posilac. A new advocacy group closely tied to Monsanto has started a counteroffensive to stop the proliferation of milk that comes from cows that aren't treated with synthetic bovine growth hormone.

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A Second Open Letter to Hillary Clinton from Another Wellesley Alumna

Hey sorry it should be a seed but I have no link, just my email and wanna share..pd :~). Dear Hillary, This is my second letter to you. I am writing again because I feel badly for you that you seem not understand what is wrong.

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Everyone's favorite evil corporation is once again trying to stop people from knowing what is in their food:

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Members of the Kansas Legislature have joined the esteemed lawmakers or regulators in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio who want to spare their citizens the challenge of too much information.

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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., one of the first companies to label its ice cream as free of a synthetic hormone, is protesting a move by some states to restrict such labeling.

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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., one of the first companies to label its ice cream as free of a synthetic hormone, is protesting a move by some states to restrict such labeling.

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The 100% Organic label means that products contain only organically produced ingredients. Organic means that 95% of the ingredients listed are organically grown...

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If one trend has been clear in recent years, it's the desire by consumers to know more about where their food comes from and the way it's produced.

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