Told ya, tried to warn ya, saw it right off...although the WHO has declared the swine flu officially a pandemic, fewer folks have died from it than from it than from regular flu. Yet, the push is for a vaccine.
Baxter expects to deliver A/H1N1 vaccine to WHO by July
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:00 IST
Deerfield, Illinois
Baxter International Inc. has completed testing and evaluation of the A/H1N1 influenza virus and is now in full-scale production of a commercial A/H1N1 vaccine using its Vero cell culture technology. Baxter received an A/H1N1 strain from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center] in early May and is diligently working to deliver a pandemic vaccine for use as early as July.
http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=50249
(In February, Baxter released flu virus material from a plant in Austria containing H5N1 avian flu viruses. The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabelled H5N1 viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company. The Austrian firm, Avir Green Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to sub-contractors in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany, according to the Canadian Press. It is unconscionable this corporation is now allowed to produce a vaccine that may soon be mandatory for millions of people..please see my other posts to verify this information)
There's still a problem...this is a virus scientists have never seen...so how can they develop a vaccine? And, this just in: Brazil finds new strain of H1N1 virus : Jun 16 01:11 PM US/Eastern
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.594b3919f568748326be82a3a65d7646.241&show_article=1
This swine flu vaccine is potentially hazardous to your health. As promised in other posts, if I found new information, I would pass it on to you. Here is some more information. Use it as you deem necessary:
ATTENTION, Please: The WHO has declared swine flu (N1H1) pandemic. This will probably imply governmental demands for universal mass vaccinations under penalty for not complying. Flu vaccine contains squalene oil as an adjuvant.
Wikipedia :A study linking squalene, as experimental vaccine adjuvant, to individuals with the clinical signs of Gulf War syndrome was published in 2002. A U.S. Federal Judge ruled that there was good cause to believe squalene to be harmful, and he ordered the Pentagon to stop administering it in October 2004.
If they attempt to force these untested and essentially experimental vaccinations on you, cite the Nuremberg Code, which states: “The voluntary consent of the human subject is essential.” No experimental vaccine should be “conducted where there is an a prior reason to believe that death or disabling injury will occur, except, perhaps, in those experiments where the experimental physicians also serve as a subjects.
To read the full article on this subject where I got this information, please go to:
http://euro-med.dk/?p=9152
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
EGGS-TRAORDINARILY HUGE EGG LAID...AND IT WASN'T "OVER-EASY"!
Just for fun...check out this egg which was laid...and if you can imagine the egg, you've got to wonder about that hen?!!!!
Just click this link: EGG and enjoy!
Just click this link: EGG and enjoy!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Surviving Global Warming...Crops Failing Due To Cool Temperatures...
"For the second time in little over a year, it looks as though the world may be heading for a serious food crisis, thanks to our old friend "climate change". In many parts of the world recently the weather has not been too brilliant for farmers. After a fearsomely cold winter, June brought heavy snowfall across large parts of western Canada and the northern states of the American Midwest. In Manitoba last week, it was -4ºC. North Dakota had its first June snow for 60 years.
There was midsummer snow not just in Norway and the Cairngorms, but even in Saudi Arabia. At least in the southern hemisphere it is winter, but snowfalls in New Zealand and Australia have been abnormal. There have been frosts in Brazil, elsewhere in South America they have had prolonged droughts, while in China they have had to cope with abnormal rain and freak hailstorms, which in one province killed 20 people.
In China, the world's largest wheat grower, they have been battling against the atrocious weather to bring in the harvest. (In one province they even fired chemical shells into the clouds to turn freezing hailstones into rain.) In north-west China drought has devastated crops with a plague of pests and blight. In countries such as Argentina and Brazil droughts have caused such havoc that a veteran US grain expert said last week: "In 43 years I've never seen anything like the decline we're looking at in South America."
In Europe, the weather has been a factor in well-below average predicted crop yields in eastern Europe and Ukraine. In Britain this year's oilseed rape crop is likely to be 30 per cent below its 2008 level. And although it may be too early to predict a repeat of last year's food shortage, which provoked riots from west Africa to Egypt and Yemen, it seems possible that world food stocks may next year again be under severe strain, threatening to repeat the steep rises which, in 2008, saw prices double what they had been two years before.
There are obviously various reasons for this concern as to whether the world can continue to feed itself, but one of them is undoubtedly the downturn in world temperatures, which has brought more cold and snow since 2007 than we have known for decades.
Three factors are vital to crops: the light and warmth of the sun, adequate rainfall and the carbon dioxide they need for photosynthesis. As we are constantly reminded, we still have plenty of that nasty, polluting CO2, which the politicians are so keen to get rid of. But there is not much they can do about the sunshine or the rainfall.
It is now more than 200 years since the great astronomer William Herschel observed a correlation between wheat prices and sunspots. When the latter were few in number, he noted, the climate turned colder and drier, crop yields fell and wheat prices rose. In the past two years, sunspot activity has dropped to its lowest point for a century. One of our biggest worries is that our politicians are so fixated on the idea that CO2 is causing global warming that most of them haven't noticed that the problem may be that the world is not warming but cooling, with all the implications that has for whether we get enough to eat.
It is appropriate that another contributory factor to the world's food shortage should be the millions of acres of farmland now being switched from food crops to biofuels, to stop the world warming, Last year even the experts of the European Commission admitted that, to meet the EU's biofuel targets, we will eventually need almost all the food-growing land in Europe. But that didn't persuade them to change their policy. They would rather we starved than did that."
By Christopher Booker
Published: 6:04PM BST 13 Jun 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/5525933/Crops-under-stress-as-temperatures-fall.html
Once again, it would behoove each and every one of you to take action and depend not on others, but yourself to have food, water and shelter...time is of the essence!
There was midsummer snow not just in Norway and the Cairngorms, but even in Saudi Arabia. At least in the southern hemisphere it is winter, but snowfalls in New Zealand and Australia have been abnormal. There have been frosts in Brazil, elsewhere in South America they have had prolonged droughts, while in China they have had to cope with abnormal rain and freak hailstorms, which in one province killed 20 people.
In China, the world's largest wheat grower, they have been battling against the atrocious weather to bring in the harvest. (In one province they even fired chemical shells into the clouds to turn freezing hailstones into rain.) In north-west China drought has devastated crops with a plague of pests and blight. In countries such as Argentina and Brazil droughts have caused such havoc that a veteran US grain expert said last week: "In 43 years I've never seen anything like the decline we're looking at in South America."
In Europe, the weather has been a factor in well-below average predicted crop yields in eastern Europe and Ukraine. In Britain this year's oilseed rape crop is likely to be 30 per cent below its 2008 level. And although it may be too early to predict a repeat of last year's food shortage, which provoked riots from west Africa to Egypt and Yemen, it seems possible that world food stocks may next year again be under severe strain, threatening to repeat the steep rises which, in 2008, saw prices double what they had been two years before.
There are obviously various reasons for this concern as to whether the world can continue to feed itself, but one of them is undoubtedly the downturn in world temperatures, which has brought more cold and snow since 2007 than we have known for decades.
Three factors are vital to crops: the light and warmth of the sun, adequate rainfall and the carbon dioxide they need for photosynthesis. As we are constantly reminded, we still have plenty of that nasty, polluting CO2, which the politicians are so keen to get rid of. But there is not much they can do about the sunshine or the rainfall.
It is now more than 200 years since the great astronomer William Herschel observed a correlation between wheat prices and sunspots. When the latter were few in number, he noted, the climate turned colder and drier, crop yields fell and wheat prices rose. In the past two years, sunspot activity has dropped to its lowest point for a century. One of our biggest worries is that our politicians are so fixated on the idea that CO2 is causing global warming that most of them haven't noticed that the problem may be that the world is not warming but cooling, with all the implications that has for whether we get enough to eat.
It is appropriate that another contributory factor to the world's food shortage should be the millions of acres of farmland now being switched from food crops to biofuels, to stop the world warming, Last year even the experts of the European Commission admitted that, to meet the EU's biofuel targets, we will eventually need almost all the food-growing land in Europe. But that didn't persuade them to change their policy. They would rather we starved than did that."
By Christopher Booker
Published: 6:04PM BST 13 Jun 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/5525933/Crops-under-stress-as-temperatures-fall.html
Once again, it would behoove each and every one of you to take action and depend not on others, but yourself to have food, water and shelter...time is of the essence!
Food, Inc.--New Movie...New Motivation To Grow Your Own
This past weekend, a movie called, Food, Inc. was released. If you have the proverbial "stomach" to go see it, perhaps it may entice you once again to take garden hoe in hand, canning jar to task, and 5 gallon bucket to fill...with whole grains and cereals. Here are a few comments about this lastest release:
New film exposes unsavoury side of US food industry
By Leonard Doyle in Washington
Published: 7:05PM BST 14 Jun 2009
The much-anticipated documentary Food, Inc. opens this week, many may find themselves unable to finish their snacks as the film exposes some unsavoury realities about how food reaches the dinner table.
Major food producers would not agree to be interviewed for the movie and they tried to ban the filmmakers from their stock yards, pig farms and chicken barns.
The documentary claims cows are fattened up on heavily subsidised corn, even though they cannot digest the grain properly and their guts become breeding grounds for deadly E. coli strains as a result.
It also says chickens with oversized breasts are grown to maturity and are ready to be slaughtered twice as quickly as they would be naturally, thanks to chemicals in their feed.
There is also stomach-churning footage of conveyer belts packed with little yellow chicks being pushed around like mechanical parts; a cow, barely alive, being dragged around by a forklift; and herds of squealing pigs being forced onto a factory "kill floor".
Food Inc is being released as America is finally starting to wake up to the public health crisis fuelled by its eating habits and food industry
In the film, the best-selling food writer Michael Pollan says: "The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000. You go into the supermarket and you see pictures of farmers, the picket fence and the 1930s farmhouse. The reality is, it's not a farm, it's a factory. That meat is being processed by huge multinational corporations that have very little to do with ranches and farmers."
The film addresses the country's epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Among young Americans born after 2000, one in three will contract early onset diabetes. For blacks, Hispanics and American Indians a staggering one in every two will contract the disease.
"The industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you're eating because if you knew, you might not want to eat it. We've never had food companies this big and this powerful in our history."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/5533075/New-film-exposes-unsavoury-side-of-US-food-industry.html
Fast-Food Nation Kills Kids, Sickens Corn-Fed Cows: Interview
June 12, 2009
By Rick Warner
Bloomberg
Food is like air, an essential ingredient of life that most of us consume daily without much thought. “Food, Inc.” may change your attitude.
The new documentary dramatically shows how the U.S. food industry is controlled by a handful of conglomerates that churn out products that can make us -- and their workers -- sick.
“It’s all about producing food that’s cheap and plentiful,” Michael Pollan
Warner: Monsanto, Tyson, Smithfield, Perdue. Why are so few companies producing most of our food?
Pollan: Fast-food franchises have a lot to do with it. They need huge quantities of beef for hamburgers and huge quantities of chicken for chicken nuggets. And they want their food to taste the same everywhere in the country. So they’d rather deal with one producer instead of 50.
Warner: Cows are now being fed corn instead of grazing on grass because it makes them grow bigger and faster. How does that affect the health of the cows and the quality of the meat they produce?
Pollan: Cows aren’t designed to eat corn, so it makes them sick and their guts become a breeding ground for E. coli. Forty percent of the animals on feed lots are carrying it. It gets into the food supply through manure. And when you’re slaughtering 400 cows an hour, the way some of these places do, it’s very easy for the manure to get into the meat.
The government can recall toys and cars, but it doesn’t have the power to recall meat. That’s left up to the companies. Which tells me the government can’t ensure the safety of our food supply.
Revolving Door
Warner: Isn’t part of the problem the revolving door between the industry and government agencies? The movie documents how industry officials end up running the agencies that are supposed to regulate their former businesses.
Pollan: People go back and forth all the time. The food industry is one of the most powerful lobbying forces on Capitol Hill. They usually get what they want
Warner: What can the average person do to change the system?
Pollan: They can do a lot. Never underestimate the power of the consumer. Wal-Mart listened when consumers said they didn’t want milk from cows treated with (artificial growth) hormones. And McDonald’s stopped using genetically modified potatoes after consumers complained. People can vote with their pocketbooks.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9lvgmYFkJHFOGOpJbIb5xfmnGuwD98O27A82
Instead of spending money to go see the movie, maybe you should invest in a couple packages of seeds...
New film exposes unsavoury side of US food industry
By Leonard Doyle in Washington
Published: 7:05PM BST 14 Jun 2009
The much-anticipated documentary Food, Inc. opens this week, many may find themselves unable to finish their snacks as the film exposes some unsavoury realities about how food reaches the dinner table.
Major food producers would not agree to be interviewed for the movie and they tried to ban the filmmakers from their stock yards, pig farms and chicken barns.
The documentary claims cows are fattened up on heavily subsidised corn, even though they cannot digest the grain properly and their guts become breeding grounds for deadly E. coli strains as a result.
It also says chickens with oversized breasts are grown to maturity and are ready to be slaughtered twice as quickly as they would be naturally, thanks to chemicals in their feed.
There is also stomach-churning footage of conveyer belts packed with little yellow chicks being pushed around like mechanical parts; a cow, barely alive, being dragged around by a forklift; and herds of squealing pigs being forced onto a factory "kill floor".
Food Inc is being released as America is finally starting to wake up to the public health crisis fuelled by its eating habits and food industry
In the film, the best-selling food writer Michael Pollan says: "The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000. You go into the supermarket and you see pictures of farmers, the picket fence and the 1930s farmhouse. The reality is, it's not a farm, it's a factory. That meat is being processed by huge multinational corporations that have very little to do with ranches and farmers."
The film addresses the country's epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Among young Americans born after 2000, one in three will contract early onset diabetes. For blacks, Hispanics and American Indians a staggering one in every two will contract the disease.
"The industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you're eating because if you knew, you might not want to eat it. We've never had food companies this big and this powerful in our history."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/5533075/New-film-exposes-unsavoury-side-of-US-food-industry.html
Fast-Food Nation Kills Kids, Sickens Corn-Fed Cows: Interview
June 12, 2009
By Rick Warner
Bloomberg
Food is like air, an essential ingredient of life that most of us consume daily without much thought. “Food, Inc.” may change your attitude.
The new documentary dramatically shows how the U.S. food industry is controlled by a handful of conglomerates that churn out products that can make us -- and their workers -- sick.
“It’s all about producing food that’s cheap and plentiful,” Michael Pollan
Warner: Monsanto, Tyson, Smithfield, Perdue. Why are so few companies producing most of our food?
Pollan: Fast-food franchises have a lot to do with it. They need huge quantities of beef for hamburgers and huge quantities of chicken for chicken nuggets. And they want their food to taste the same everywhere in the country. So they’d rather deal with one producer instead of 50.
Warner: Cows are now being fed corn instead of grazing on grass because it makes them grow bigger and faster. How does that affect the health of the cows and the quality of the meat they produce?
Pollan: Cows aren’t designed to eat corn, so it makes them sick and their guts become a breeding ground for E. coli. Forty percent of the animals on feed lots are carrying it. It gets into the food supply through manure. And when you’re slaughtering 400 cows an hour, the way some of these places do, it’s very easy for the manure to get into the meat.
The government can recall toys and cars, but it doesn’t have the power to recall meat. That’s left up to the companies. Which tells me the government can’t ensure the safety of our food supply.
Revolving Door
Warner: Isn’t part of the problem the revolving door between the industry and government agencies? The movie documents how industry officials end up running the agencies that are supposed to regulate their former businesses.
Pollan: People go back and forth all the time. The food industry is one of the most powerful lobbying forces on Capitol Hill. They usually get what they want
Warner: What can the average person do to change the system?
Pollan: They can do a lot. Never underestimate the power of the consumer. Wal-Mart listened when consumers said they didn’t want milk from cows treated with (artificial growth) hormones. And McDonald’s stopped using genetically modified potatoes after consumers complained. People can vote with their pocketbooks.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9lvgmYFkJHFOGOpJbIb5xfmnGuwD98O27A82
Instead of spending money to go see the movie, maybe you should invest in a couple packages of seeds...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
June 3, 2009: WHO Close to Declaring Swine Flu Pandemic
I know we have all heard it before, but this was in today's headlines, so I wanted you to have a heads-up:
"The World Health Organisation is close to declaring a global flu pandemic after a surge in cases around the world, including the first Briton to fall critically ill solely because of the virus.
Keiji Fukuda, the official overseeing the WHO's flu strategy, said the virus had now reached 64 countries and was spreading fast outside Mexico and the US, the most heavily affected countries.
Fukuda said the organisation was now "getting closer" to declaring the outbreak had reached phase six, the highest level on their alert scale. Overnight, Chile became the latest country to declare its first swine flu death."
With that, I still would like to reiterate the importance of boosting your immune system naturally and getting healthy to resist this strain of flu. Please read my other posts and infomation on the flu. As I get more information, I will post. But, here are a couple of items to consider. This on Tamiflu and Relenza:
"Tamiflu is worse than worthless. It kills people. Japan has banned it. Even the FDA—after review of nearly 600 cases of neuropsychiatric events reported by patients on Tamiflu and 115 cases of neuropsychiatric events by patients taking Relenza—has warned that Tamiflu’s label be strengthened to note: “In some cases, these behaviors resulted in serious injuries, including death, in adult and pediatric patients.
The FDA staff said Relenza, a drug in the same class as Tamiflu, should have a warning label of “reports of hallucinations, delirium and abnormal behavior” observed in some patients taking the drug."
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/flu_remedies_177.html
Also, this on the proposed swine flu vaccine:
"The only problem is (as in regards to a vaccine) that to date neither the WHO nor the US Government’s Center for Diseases Control (CDC) have succeeded to isolate, photograph with an electron microscope and chemically classify the H1N1 Influenza A virus. Even more bizarre is the admission by the US Government’s Food & Drug Administration, an agency responsible for health and safety of its citizens, that the ‘test’ is approved for premature release to test for H1N1 is not even a proven test. More to the point, there is no forensic evidence in any of the deaths reported to date that has been presented that proves scientifically that any single death being attributed to H1N1 Swine Flu virus was indeed caused by such a virus. European epidemiologists believe the deaths reported to date are ‘coincidental’ or what are called opportunistic infections."
http://www.infowars.com/sarkozys-secret-plan-for-mandatory-swine-flu-vaccination/
Do you need some good news? I sure do....read this headline, and then plant a garden...if not for yourself, for someone in need!
Urban gardens ease bills, brighten cityscape
By Kathleen Gray, USA TODAY
With the help of Urban Farming, a Detroit-based non-profit group, this 20-foot-by-20-foot lot and more than 600 others like it across the USA are being turned into gardens filled with fresh vegetables for hungry families.
Hey, what a way to kill two birds with one stone...help a neighbor and eat healthy yourself so you develop your immune systems against the flu!
"The World Health Organisation is close to declaring a global flu pandemic after a surge in cases around the world, including the first Briton to fall critically ill solely because of the virus.
Keiji Fukuda, the official overseeing the WHO's flu strategy, said the virus had now reached 64 countries and was spreading fast outside Mexico and the US, the most heavily affected countries.
Fukuda said the organisation was now "getting closer" to declaring the outbreak had reached phase six, the highest level on their alert scale. Overnight, Chile became the latest country to declare its first swine flu death."
With that, I still would like to reiterate the importance of boosting your immune system naturally and getting healthy to resist this strain of flu. Please read my other posts and infomation on the flu. As I get more information, I will post. But, here are a couple of items to consider. This on Tamiflu and Relenza:
"Tamiflu is worse than worthless. It kills people. Japan has banned it. Even the FDA—after review of nearly 600 cases of neuropsychiatric events reported by patients on Tamiflu and 115 cases of neuropsychiatric events by patients taking Relenza—has warned that Tamiflu’s label be strengthened to note: “In some cases, these behaviors resulted in serious injuries, including death, in adult and pediatric patients.
The FDA staff said Relenza, a drug in the same class as Tamiflu, should have a warning label of “reports of hallucinations, delirium and abnormal behavior” observed in some patients taking the drug."
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/flu_remedies_177.html
Also, this on the proposed swine flu vaccine:
"The only problem is (as in regards to a vaccine) that to date neither the WHO nor the US Government’s Center for Diseases Control (CDC) have succeeded to isolate, photograph with an electron microscope and chemically classify the H1N1 Influenza A virus. Even more bizarre is the admission by the US Government’s Food & Drug Administration, an agency responsible for health and safety of its citizens, that the ‘test’ is approved for premature release to test for H1N1 is not even a proven test. More to the point, there is no forensic evidence in any of the deaths reported to date that has been presented that proves scientifically that any single death being attributed to H1N1 Swine Flu virus was indeed caused by such a virus. European epidemiologists believe the deaths reported to date are ‘coincidental’ or what are called opportunistic infections."
http://www.infowars.com/sarkozys-secret-plan-for-mandatory-swine-flu-vaccination/
Do you need some good news? I sure do....read this headline, and then plant a garden...if not for yourself, for someone in need!
Urban gardens ease bills, brighten cityscape
By Kathleen Gray, USA TODAY
With the help of Urban Farming, a Detroit-based non-profit group, this 20-foot-by-20-foot lot and more than 600 others like it across the USA are being turned into gardens filled with fresh vegetables for hungry families.
Hey, what a way to kill two birds with one stone...help a neighbor and eat healthy yourself so you develop your immune systems against the flu!
Friday, May 29, 2009
USA food crisis continues to loom with severe weather consequences
Farmers dealing with drought and freeze damage to wheat, lack of custom harvesters
http://www.enidnews.com/localnews/local_story_146224521.html
By Robert Barron, Staff Writer
As if farmers didn’t already have enough problems, now Kansas custom cutters are saying they may not come into Oklahoma or Texas because of poor wheat conditions.
Drought and freeze have damaged the wheat crops in both states to the point many cutters are making the decision to cut their losses. Officials estimate Oklahoma’s crops will be about half of its normal yield.
NDakota Ranchers Trying to Rebound from String of Disasters
May 28, 2009
By Blake Nicholson
AP
BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota ranchers are trying to rebound from a string of disasters: Drought last year shriveled their pastures and hayland followed by heavy winter snow, then spring flooding that turned roads and fields to mud.
Hay supplies already low from last year's dry weather were depleted by cows that needed more energy than usual to survive one of the roughest winters in memory.
So folks...heads up...many things to think about and prepare for!
http://www.enidnews.com/localnews/local_story_146224521.html
By Robert Barron, Staff Writer
As if farmers didn’t already have enough problems, now Kansas custom cutters are saying they may not come into Oklahoma or Texas because of poor wheat conditions.
Drought and freeze have damaged the wheat crops in both states to the point many cutters are making the decision to cut their losses. Officials estimate Oklahoma’s crops will be about half of its normal yield.
NDakota Ranchers Trying to Rebound from String of Disasters
May 28, 2009
By Blake Nicholson
AP
BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota ranchers are trying to rebound from a string of disasters: Drought last year shriveled their pastures and hayland followed by heavy winter snow, then spring flooding that turned roads and fields to mud.
Hay supplies already low from last year's dry weather were depleted by cows that needed more energy than usual to survive one of the roughest winters in memory.
So folks...heads up...many things to think about and prepare for!
Surviving Your Cell Phone! 12 steps to avoid radiation
I found these articles and wanted to share it with any and all who follow this blog...I believe it is extremely important information!
Cancer risk in mobile phones: OfficialBy EMMA MORTON
Health and Science Editor
Published: 16 Oct 2008
MOBILE phones DO increase the risk of brain cancer, scientists claimed yesterday.
The chances of developing a malignant tumour are "significantly increased" for people who use a mobile for ten years.
The shock finding is the result of the biggest ever study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organisation.
(for the complete article, go to:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1814931.ece)
With that, here is some important information!
12 BASIC PRECAUTIONS to minimise exposure to radiation when using a mobile phone
1 -
Limit phone calls to those that are absolutely necessary, and restrict these to 6 minutes maximum, which is the time the body needs to adjust. Use a hands-free kit and hold the phone more than 20/30cm away from your body in order to limit the impact of radiation on yourself.
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Do not carry your phone directly on your body, even on stand-by, and do not use it less than one metre away from another person, in order to reduce the effect of 'passive' radiation. .
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Those under 15 should not use a mobile phone at all because they are still growing. With their lighter body weight the radiation is more damaging, especially to the brain, weakening the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), and to the reproductive organs/ovaries, etc. .
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Any elderly person should be discouraged from using a mobile phone, as well as anyone in a weakened state (the radiation will weaken their organism further), and any pregnant woman. Microwave radiation is readily absorbed by the amniotic fluid in which the embryo and then the foetus develops. .
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Use the phone only in conditions of optimum reception: do not use it in a confined space such as an elevator, basement, underground station, caravan, etc. In these situations the strength of the signal both sending and receiving is much greater thus the radiation is much more intense.
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Do not use the phone while you are in a moving vehicle, including the train, bus, etc, since its antenna will be constantly scanning for contact using the maximum signal strength, and the radiation from both incoming and outgoing signal will be intensified.
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Do not use the phone while in any vehicle, even when stationary. An enclosed metal container produces the "Faraday cage" effect, which maximizes the damaging impact of radiation, reflecting not only on the person phoning but also on other passengers, especially children. Thus it is essential to step out of the vehicle before making a call. .
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Do not keep a mobile phone beside the bed at night switched on, because even when on stand-by it is in contact with the nearest phone mast and emits radiation at regular intervals. .
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Equip yourself preferably with:
- a mobile phone with the lowest possible SAR rating (= Specific Absorption Rate of microwave radiation by human body tissues). The regulation limit is 1.1W/kg for eye-sockets and cheeks.
- a phone with an external antenna, because even if it is less trendy, the omni-directional antenna broadcasts with maximum efficiency and therefore uses a weaker signal than one with an inbuilt antenna. The fashion factor matters less than the health factor. .
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Use of a mobile phone should be avoided by anyone who has any metallic object in or on their head, whether magnetic or not, such as amalgam fillings and dental bridges, metal plates, screws, clips, body ornaments, earrings or metal framed glasses. The same is true for those with walking frames, wheelchairs or metal crutches, so as to avoid increasing radiation by the phenomena of reflection, amplification, resonance, passive re-emission, etc... .
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Make use of protective items to shield yourself from radiation, such as a metal phone carrying case, protective anti-radiation fabric and veils, metallic foil wallpaper, anti-radiation paint, etc, all which have been proved to be effective. .
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Make as many phone calls as possible using landlines which emit no radiation, and which can often be used for free and for unlimited time via the Internet, even for phone calls abroad.
www.next-up.org
Cancer risk in mobile phones: OfficialBy EMMA MORTON
Health and Science Editor
Published: 16 Oct 2008
MOBILE phones DO increase the risk of brain cancer, scientists claimed yesterday.
The chances of developing a malignant tumour are "significantly increased" for people who use a mobile for ten years.
The shock finding is the result of the biggest ever study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organisation.
(for the complete article, go to:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1814931.ece)
With that, here is some important information!
12 BASIC PRECAUTIONS to minimise exposure to radiation when using a mobile phone
1 -
Limit phone calls to those that are absolutely necessary, and restrict these to 6 minutes maximum, which is the time the body needs to adjust. Use a hands-free kit and hold the phone more than 20/30cm away from your body in order to limit the impact of radiation on yourself.
2 -
Do not carry your phone directly on your body, even on stand-by, and do not use it less than one metre away from another person, in order to reduce the effect of 'passive' radiation. .
3 -
Those under 15 should not use a mobile phone at all because they are still growing. With their lighter body weight the radiation is more damaging, especially to the brain, weakening the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), and to the reproductive organs/ovaries, etc. .
4 -
Any elderly person should be discouraged from using a mobile phone, as well as anyone in a weakened state (the radiation will weaken their organism further), and any pregnant woman. Microwave radiation is readily absorbed by the amniotic fluid in which the embryo and then the foetus develops. .
5 -
Use the phone only in conditions of optimum reception: do not use it in a confined space such as an elevator, basement, underground station, caravan, etc. In these situations the strength of the signal both sending and receiving is much greater thus the radiation is much more intense.
6 -
Do not use the phone while you are in a moving vehicle, including the train, bus, etc, since its antenna will be constantly scanning for contact using the maximum signal strength, and the radiation from both incoming and outgoing signal will be intensified.
7 -
Do not use the phone while in any vehicle, even when stationary. An enclosed metal container produces the "Faraday cage" effect, which maximizes the damaging impact of radiation, reflecting not only on the person phoning but also on other passengers, especially children. Thus it is essential to step out of the vehicle before making a call. .
8 -
Do not keep a mobile phone beside the bed at night switched on, because even when on stand-by it is in contact with the nearest phone mast and emits radiation at regular intervals. .
9 -
Equip yourself preferably with:
- a mobile phone with the lowest possible SAR rating (= Specific Absorption Rate of microwave radiation by human body tissues). The regulation limit is 1.1W/kg for eye-sockets and cheeks.
- a phone with an external antenna, because even if it is less trendy, the omni-directional antenna broadcasts with maximum efficiency and therefore uses a weaker signal than one with an inbuilt antenna. The fashion factor matters less than the health factor. .
10 -
Use of a mobile phone should be avoided by anyone who has any metallic object in or on their head, whether magnetic or not, such as amalgam fillings and dental bridges, metal plates, screws, clips, body ornaments, earrings or metal framed glasses. The same is true for those with walking frames, wheelchairs or metal crutches, so as to avoid increasing radiation by the phenomena of reflection, amplification, resonance, passive re-emission, etc... .
11 -
Make use of protective items to shield yourself from radiation, such as a metal phone carrying case, protective anti-radiation fabric and veils, metallic foil wallpaper, anti-radiation paint, etc, all which have been proved to be effective. .
12 -
Make as many phone calls as possible using landlines which emit no radiation, and which can often be used for free and for unlimited time via the Internet, even for phone calls abroad.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
As the Dollar Slides...Now Is the Time To Make Preparations
As The Dollar Falls Inflation Rises
Posted: May 27 2009
http://www.theinternationalforecaster.com/International_Forecaster_Weekly/As_The_Dollar_Falls_Inflation_Rises
"We hope you are all aware that as the dollar falls inflation rises. That is because we don’t produce much anymore and as the dollar declines the cost of imported goods rises, including oil.
Based on nominal growth over the next ten years the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, believes that GDP will grow 50%. There is not a chance that will happen. In fact, we could have no growth over that period. Yet, the proposed administration plan is to increase spending 50%. This shows you the desperation and stupidity of what is going on in Washington. Their only plan is to inflate until the system collapses. The robust recovery will only bring our negative GDP down to even as the stimulus package spreads its benefits. That will be some feat with real U6 unemployment at 19.2% to 19.8%. These facts and government projections will sink not only the dollar, but also sink the entire economy. America is looking at deficits of more than $1 trillion a year as far as the eye can see. Doesn’t anyone understand the impact of such borrowing?" What foreigners can be stupid enough to lend to us unless yields are perhaps 15% on treasuries. That means the alternative is massive monetization and wild inflation."
President Obama was quoted on C-Span over the Memorial Day Weekend as saying, in effect, "We are broke"...really? But the way the country and the government are carrying on, it looks as though we have not a care in the world...that is if you are of the working class ilk...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aKOzWiTDseUE had this to say,
"Earlier this month, the U.S. reported the first budget deficit for April in 26 years, with spending exceeding revenue by $20.9 billion, even though that’s the month when taxpayers have to stump up to the Internal Revenue Service and the government’s coffers should be overflowing. So far this fiscal year, the U.S. shortfall is $802.3 billion, more than five times the $153.5 billion gap in the year-earlier period.
Deathly Deficit
For the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office forecasts a record deficit of $1.75 trillion, almost four times the previous year’s $454.8 billion shortfall and about 13 percent of gross domestic product."
It appears that things are going to get a lot worse before it even has a chance to get better...perhaps, for the survival of you and your family, you need to make physical preparations...garden, non-perishable food, water, first aid, etc...please peruse this site and find very reputable companies that can help supply your need!
Posted: May 27 2009
http://www.theinternationalforecaster.com/International_Forecaster_Weekly/As_The_Dollar_Falls_Inflation_Rises
"We hope you are all aware that as the dollar falls inflation rises. That is because we don’t produce much anymore and as the dollar declines the cost of imported goods rises, including oil.
Based on nominal growth over the next ten years the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, believes that GDP will grow 50%. There is not a chance that will happen. In fact, we could have no growth over that period. Yet, the proposed administration plan is to increase spending 50%. This shows you the desperation and stupidity of what is going on in Washington. Their only plan is to inflate until the system collapses. The robust recovery will only bring our negative GDP down to even as the stimulus package spreads its benefits. That will be some feat with real U6 unemployment at 19.2% to 19.8%. These facts and government projections will sink not only the dollar, but also sink the entire economy. America is looking at deficits of more than $1 trillion a year as far as the eye can see. Doesn’t anyone understand the impact of such borrowing?" What foreigners can be stupid enough to lend to us unless yields are perhaps 15% on treasuries. That means the alternative is massive monetization and wild inflation."
President Obama was quoted on C-Span over the Memorial Day Weekend as saying, in effect, "We are broke"...really? But the way the country and the government are carrying on, it looks as though we have not a care in the world...that is if you are of the working class ilk...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aKOzWiTDseUE had this to say,
"Earlier this month, the U.S. reported the first budget deficit for April in 26 years, with spending exceeding revenue by $20.9 billion, even though that’s the month when taxpayers have to stump up to the Internal Revenue Service and the government’s coffers should be overflowing. So far this fiscal year, the U.S. shortfall is $802.3 billion, more than five times the $153.5 billion gap in the year-earlier period.
Deathly Deficit
For the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office forecasts a record deficit of $1.75 trillion, almost four times the previous year’s $454.8 billion shortfall and about 13 percent of gross domestic product."
It appears that things are going to get a lot worse before it even has a chance to get better...perhaps, for the survival of you and your family, you need to make physical preparations...garden, non-perishable food, water, first aid, etc...please peruse this site and find very reputable companies that can help supply your need!
Swine Flu Vaccine Revisited: Vaccine Program Slated for this Fall
As in my previous posts, "Swine Flu Vaccine Tests Prove Unsafe", and in my May 6 post which includes the full Washington Post story that includes information on the ill-fated 1976 swine flu vaccine, the Swine Flu Pandemic just will not go away... please view this short video clip:
As this story progresses during the summer, please keep in mind who will be the companies to manufacture the vaccine, etc. In the meantime, get as healthy as you can, boost your immunity, and make the proper preparations for you and your family to avoid becoming a victim!
As this story progresses during the summer, please keep in mind who will be the companies to manufacture the vaccine, etc. In the meantime, get as healthy as you can, boost your immunity, and make the proper preparations for you and your family to avoid becoming a victim!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Survive Today's Headlines! Take Control of Your Life
Not to be a "nooge"...nor a constant harbinger of bad news...but you must wake up to what is going on around you. Things are amiss...and what to do? WAKE UP! Turn off that propaganda tool, aka TV set, and get REAL! It may not be the most comfortable thing to do, but it may save your life!
According to CNN, a record one in 10 Americans get government aid to buy food. That’s over 32 million Americans! Don't become a statistic! Get seeds, put up food, buy in bulk....
According to Bloomberg, the real unemployment rate now stands at 15.6 percent, not the oft-quoted 8.5 percent Maybe this is an area you cannot really control...but, start reducing debt now! Get rid of unnecessary bills, make contingency plans.
According to the Washington Post, the latest job report foreshadows deeper job losses ahead. Again, something that may be out of your control...but, get yourself in a position to deal with a loss of employment by...putting up food, getting more self-sufficient, etc.
According to USA Today, record numbers of consumers are behind on their non-mortgage loans. If you can't afford it with cash...don't buy it! AND invest in something that will last and benefit you and your family's survival!
According to the Christian Science Monitor, student debt levels and defaults are surging. Students owe a whopping $500 billion.
According to Reuters, one in eight U.S. homeowners is behind on loan payments or in foreclosure.
According to Associated Press, tent cities are springing up as people are forced out of their homes and onto the streets. As sad of fact as this is, you must also mentally prepare yourself for the consequences of what this may bring...people may become more desparate...make sure your family is safe!
In other words, despite what mainstream media would have you believe, (another example of how things are: US backing for world currency stuns markets
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shocked global markets by revealing that Washington is "quite open" to Chinese proposals for the gradual development of a global reserve currency run by the International Monetary Fund."
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Last Updated: 8:14AM GMT 27 Mar 2009), that the economy is rebounding, unemployment is down...
you must prepare for a worst case scenario..what is the harm? WAKE UP...and get ready...don't lose hope!
According to CNN, a record one in 10 Americans get government aid to buy food. That’s over 32 million Americans! Don't become a statistic! Get seeds, put up food, buy in bulk....
According to Bloomberg, the real unemployment rate now stands at 15.6 percent, not the oft-quoted 8.5 percent Maybe this is an area you cannot really control...but, start reducing debt now! Get rid of unnecessary bills, make contingency plans.
According to the Washington Post, the latest job report foreshadows deeper job losses ahead. Again, something that may be out of your control...but, get yourself in a position to deal with a loss of employment by...putting up food, getting more self-sufficient, etc.
According to USA Today, record numbers of consumers are behind on their non-mortgage loans. If you can't afford it with cash...don't buy it! AND invest in something that will last and benefit you and your family's survival!
According to the Christian Science Monitor, student debt levels and defaults are surging. Students owe a whopping $500 billion.
According to Reuters, one in eight U.S. homeowners is behind on loan payments or in foreclosure.
According to Associated Press, tent cities are springing up as people are forced out of their homes and onto the streets. As sad of fact as this is, you must also mentally prepare yourself for the consequences of what this may bring...people may become more desparate...make sure your family is safe!
In other words, despite what mainstream media would have you believe, (another example of how things are: US backing for world currency stuns markets
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shocked global markets by revealing that Washington is "quite open" to Chinese proposals for the gradual development of a global reserve currency run by the International Monetary Fund."
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Last Updated: 8:14AM GMT 27 Mar 2009), that the economy is rebounding, unemployment is down...
you must prepare for a worst case scenario..what is the harm? WAKE UP...and get ready...don't lose hope!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Global Food Crisis Looms! It's Not Too Late To Plant That Garden!
According to a recent National Geographic article, the world food crisis has NOT gone away. Certainly the world's attention has been distracted of late due to the potential flu pandemic. However, it is important to keep in mind, the food crisis is not solved...
"Modern society has relieved us of the burden of growing, harvesting, even preparing our daily bread, in exchange for the burden of simply paying for it. Only when prices rise do we take notice. And the consequences of our inattention are profound.
Last year the skyrocketing cost of food was a wake-up call for the planet. Between 2005 and the summer of 2008, the price of wheat and corn tripled, and the price of rice climbed fivefold, spurring food riots in nearly two dozen countries and pushing 75 million more people into poverty. But unlike previous shocks driven by short-term food shortages, this price spike came in a year when the world's farmers reaped a record grain crop. This time, the high prices were a symptom of a larger problem tugging at the strands of our worldwide food web, one that's not going away anytime soon. Simply put: For most of the past decade, the world has been consuming more food than it has been producing. After years of drawing down stockpiles, in 2007 the world saw global carryover stocks fall to 61 days of global consumption, the second lowest on record.
"Agricultural productivity growth is only one to two percent a year," warned Joachim von Braun, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C., at the height of the crisis. "This is too low to meet population growth and increased demand."
High prices are the ultimate signal that demand is outstripping supply, that there is simply not enough food to go around. Such agflation hits the poorest billion people on the planet the hardest, since they typically spend 50 to 70 percent of their income on food. Even though prices have fallen with the imploding world economy, they are still near record highs, and the underlying problems of low stockpiles, rising population, and flattening yield growth remain. Climate change—with its hotter growing seasons and increasing water scarcity—is projected to reduce future harvests in much of the world, raising the specter of what some scientists are now calling a perpetual food crisis.
So what is a hot, crowded, and hungry world to do?"
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/06/cheap-food/bourne-text/4
You personally can and should do something about it. And, it is not too late. Growing your own fruits and vegetables makes perfect sense in today's crazy world. Obtain your non-hybrid seeds and become more self-sufficient!
"Modern society has relieved us of the burden of growing, harvesting, even preparing our daily bread, in exchange for the burden of simply paying for it. Only when prices rise do we take notice. And the consequences of our inattention are profound.
Last year the skyrocketing cost of food was a wake-up call for the planet. Between 2005 and the summer of 2008, the price of wheat and corn tripled, and the price of rice climbed fivefold, spurring food riots in nearly two dozen countries and pushing 75 million more people into poverty. But unlike previous shocks driven by short-term food shortages, this price spike came in a year when the world's farmers reaped a record grain crop. This time, the high prices were a symptom of a larger problem tugging at the strands of our worldwide food web, one that's not going away anytime soon. Simply put: For most of the past decade, the world has been consuming more food than it has been producing. After years of drawing down stockpiles, in 2007 the world saw global carryover stocks fall to 61 days of global consumption, the second lowest on record.
"Agricultural productivity growth is only one to two percent a year," warned Joachim von Braun, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C., at the height of the crisis. "This is too low to meet population growth and increased demand."
High prices are the ultimate signal that demand is outstripping supply, that there is simply not enough food to go around. Such agflation hits the poorest billion people on the planet the hardest, since they typically spend 50 to 70 percent of their income on food. Even though prices have fallen with the imploding world economy, they are still near record highs, and the underlying problems of low stockpiles, rising population, and flattening yield growth remain. Climate change—with its hotter growing seasons and increasing water scarcity—is projected to reduce future harvests in much of the world, raising the specter of what some scientists are now calling a perpetual food crisis.
So what is a hot, crowded, and hungry world to do?"
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/06/cheap-food/bourne-text/4
You personally can and should do something about it. And, it is not too late. Growing your own fruits and vegetables makes perfect sense in today's crazy world. Obtain your non-hybrid seeds and become more self-sufficient!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
SWINE FLU VACCINE TESTS PROVE UNSAFE: Could We Have a Repeat of 1976 in 2009?
"Take the profit out of the manufacture and administration of serums and vaccines and they would soon be condemned even by those who are now using them"—George Starr White M D
The news media has been full of dire predictions of the "Swine Flu Pandemic"..it's potential spread, and it's potential return with greater ramifications this fall. So, what is the truth, and what should you do? Perhaps the greatest action is to become educated and informed. DO NOT have a knee jerk reaction and run out and get vaccinated. Prepare to stay at home with emergency supplies in the event the virus does become extremely virulent. Get HEALTHY and boost your immune system!
And I ask you to take the time to read this extremely important article posted on
www.goodnewsaboutgod.com entitled SWINE FLU IS A HOAX!
The news media has been full of dire predictions of the "Swine Flu Pandemic"..it's potential spread, and it's potential return with greater ramifications this fall. So, what is the truth, and what should you do? Perhaps the greatest action is to become educated and informed. DO NOT have a knee jerk reaction and run out and get vaccinated. Prepare to stay at home with emergency supplies in the event the virus does become extremely virulent. Get HEALTHY and boost your immune system!
And I ask you to take the time to read this extremely important article posted on
www.goodnewsaboutgod.com entitled SWINE FLU IS A HOAX!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Survive the Swine Flu Pandemic! DO NOT Take the "SOON-TO-BE RELEASED" Vaccine This Fall!
Have you heard the latest??? Coming to a town near you this fall....TA DA...a flu vaccine...and who is going to fund this great adventure....why your federal government. Maybe yes, maybe no. But, here is the story from the Washington Post:
U.S. May Add Shots for Swine Flu to Fall Regimen
www.washingtonpost.com
By Kimberly Kindy and Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Obama administration is considering an unprecedented fall vaccination campaign that could entail giving Americans three flu shots -- one to combat annual seasonal influenza and two targeted at the new swine flu virus spreading across the globe.
If enacted, the multibillion-dollar effort would represent the first time that top federal health officials have asked Americans to get more than one flu vaccine in a year, raising serious challenges concerning production, distribution and the ability to track potentially severe side effects.
Experts in and out of the administration are evaluating a raft of complicated issues, including who ought to receive an inoculation against the swine flu and whether private vaccine makers can simultaneously manufacture the standard 180 million doses as well as up to 600 million rounds of a new vaccine.
"We are moving forward with making a vaccine," said Robin Robinson, a director with the Department of Health and Human Services who oversees pandemic response programs.
Vaccine and pandemic experts are working with the administration to determine how to produce, test, track and educate the public about two different influenza vaccines in the same flu season.
Memories of the nation's earlier experience with a swine flu vaccine present another challenge. In 1976, hundreds of Americans developed neurological disorders after they were vaccinated for a swine flu strain. The public was asked to receive one of two vaccines developed to combat the strain.
Health officials have asked manufacturers to ramp up production of the seasonal vaccine scheduled for rollout this fall to make way for the possible mass production of a swine flu vaccine.
A decision on whether to produce such a vaccine will have to be made soon, because it typically takes five months to produce a new vaccine and authorities would want it available for the next flu season.
Some medical experts said rolling out two vaccines would present additional challenges in terms of testing and tracking adverse reactions. Health officials and manufacturers will need to know what the negative reactions might be for each vaccine on its own and in combination with the other. Initial tests would be done on animals, and then clinical trials would be conducted with people to determine side effects before either vaccine is rolled out.
Harvey Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, said officials will have to weigh the risks of the time spent on testing.
"All this takes time, money and organization," said Fineberg, who led an investigation into the government's handling of the 1976 swine flu vaccinations.
The greater challenge will be tracking any adverse reactions as millions of Americans get multiple vaccinations in a matter of months this fall and winter.
"There will be adverse effects to any vaccine. That's just science," said Michael Hattwick, who ran the CDC's vaccine-tracking system during the last swine flu scare.
Boy, do I feel better. Problem is...if you recall, or you can Google this, this particular flu that we are talking about was called "a never-before-seen" virus, being a combination of swine, bird and human viruses. How can you effectively make a vaccine to combat something that has been apparently "cooked up"?
In addition, who is going to be making this new vaccine. Apparently, a company by the name of "BAXTER"(please remember this name), has thrown it's hat into the ring! But wait a minute...isn't this the same company that "accidently" mixed live bird flu virus with their vaccines??? Lest we forget, here's the scoop mainstream media wants you to forget:
Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus
By Helen Branswell, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Last Updated: 27th February 2009, 3:26pm
The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses.
And an official of the World Health Organization’s European operation said the body is closely monitoring the investigation into the events that took place at Baxter International’s research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria.
“At this juncture we are confident in saying that public health and occupational risk is minimal at present,” medical officer Roberta Andraghetti said from Copenhagen, Denmark.
“But what remains unanswered are the circumstances surrounding the incident in the Baxter facility in Orth-Donau.”
The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabelled H5N1 viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company. The Austrian firm, Avir Green Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to sub-contractors in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany.
The contamination incident, which is being investigated by the four European countries, came to light when the subcontractor in the Czech Republic inoculated ferrets with the product and they died. Ferrets shouldn’t die from exposure to human H3N2 flu viruses.
Public health authorities concerned about what has been described as a “serious error” on Baxter’s part have assumed the death of the ferrets meant the H5N1 virus in the product was live. But the company, Baxter International Inc., has been parsimonious about the amount of information it has released about the event.
On Friday, the company’s director of global bioscience communications confirmed what scientists have suspected.
“It was live,” Christopher Bona said in an email.
The contaminated product, which Baxter calls “experimental virus material,” was made at the Orth-Donau research facility. Baxter makes its flu vaccine — including a human H5N1 vaccine for which a licence is expected shortly — at a facility in the Czech Republic.
People familiar with biosecurity rules are dismayed by evidence that human H3N2 and avian H5N1 viruses somehow co-mingled in the Orth-Donau facility. That is a dangerous practice that should not be allowed to happen, a number of experts insisted.
Accidental release of a mixture of live H5N1 and H3N2 viruses could have resulted in dire consequences.
While H5N1 doesn’t easily infect people, H3N2 viruses do. If someone exposed to a mixture of the two had been simultaneously infected with both strains, he or she could have served as an incubator for a hybrid virus able to transmit easily to and among people.
That mixing process, called reassortment, is one of two ways pandemic viruses are created.
www.torontosun.com
Somehow I am not comforted.
And what about the acclaimed Tamaflu?
There is no evidence that Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled by Britain, the United States and Europe, will work if a flu pandemic takes off in humans, according to a review published today by the Lancet medical journal,” the Guardian reported in January. “While the drugs might reduce patients’ symptoms, the authors say the use of Tamiflu could actually increase the spread of the flu virus. If people take the drug and have fewer symptoms they may end up going to work and spreading the potentially lethal virus.”
Tamiflu was originally manufactured by Gilead Sciences and licensed to Hoffman-La Roche. Donald Rumsfeld, was appointed chairman of Gilead Sciences in 1997. Former Sec. of State George Schultz — is on the board of Gilead Sciences.
Rumsfeld and Schultz stand to make a great deal of money on the Tamiflu ruse.
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U.S. May Add Shots for Swine Flu to Fall Regimen
www.washingtonpost.com
By Kimberly Kindy and Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Obama administration is considering an unprecedented fall vaccination campaign that could entail giving Americans three flu shots -- one to combat annual seasonal influenza and two targeted at the new swine flu virus spreading across the globe.
If enacted, the multibillion-dollar effort would represent the first time that top federal health officials have asked Americans to get more than one flu vaccine in a year, raising serious challenges concerning production, distribution and the ability to track potentially severe side effects.
Experts in and out of the administration are evaluating a raft of complicated issues, including who ought to receive an inoculation against the swine flu and whether private vaccine makers can simultaneously manufacture the standard 180 million doses as well as up to 600 million rounds of a new vaccine.
"We are moving forward with making a vaccine," said Robin Robinson, a director with the Department of Health and Human Services who oversees pandemic response programs.
Vaccine and pandemic experts are working with the administration to determine how to produce, test, track and educate the public about two different influenza vaccines in the same flu season.
Memories of the nation's earlier experience with a swine flu vaccine present another challenge. In 1976, hundreds of Americans developed neurological disorders after they were vaccinated for a swine flu strain. The public was asked to receive one of two vaccines developed to combat the strain.
Health officials have asked manufacturers to ramp up production of the seasonal vaccine scheduled for rollout this fall to make way for the possible mass production of a swine flu vaccine.
A decision on whether to produce such a vaccine will have to be made soon, because it typically takes five months to produce a new vaccine and authorities would want it available for the next flu season.
Some medical experts said rolling out two vaccines would present additional challenges in terms of testing and tracking adverse reactions. Health officials and manufacturers will need to know what the negative reactions might be for each vaccine on its own and in combination with the other. Initial tests would be done on animals, and then clinical trials would be conducted with people to determine side effects before either vaccine is rolled out.
Harvey Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, said officials will have to weigh the risks of the time spent on testing.
"All this takes time, money and organization," said Fineberg, who led an investigation into the government's handling of the 1976 swine flu vaccinations.
The greater challenge will be tracking any adverse reactions as millions of Americans get multiple vaccinations in a matter of months this fall and winter.
"There will be adverse effects to any vaccine. That's just science," said Michael Hattwick, who ran the CDC's vaccine-tracking system during the last swine flu scare.
Boy, do I feel better. Problem is...if you recall, or you can Google this, this particular flu that we are talking about was called "a never-before-seen" virus, being a combination of swine, bird and human viruses. How can you effectively make a vaccine to combat something that has been apparently "cooked up"?
In addition, who is going to be making this new vaccine. Apparently, a company by the name of "BAXTER"(please remember this name), has thrown it's hat into the ring! But wait a minute...isn't this the same company that "accidently" mixed live bird flu virus with their vaccines??? Lest we forget, here's the scoop mainstream media wants you to forget:
Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus
By Helen Branswell, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Last Updated: 27th February 2009, 3:26pm
The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses.
And an official of the World Health Organization’s European operation said the body is closely monitoring the investigation into the events that took place at Baxter International’s research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria.
“At this juncture we are confident in saying that public health and occupational risk is minimal at present,” medical officer Roberta Andraghetti said from Copenhagen, Denmark.
“But what remains unanswered are the circumstances surrounding the incident in the Baxter facility in Orth-Donau.”
The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabelled H5N1 viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company. The Austrian firm, Avir Green Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to sub-contractors in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany.
The contamination incident, which is being investigated by the four European countries, came to light when the subcontractor in the Czech Republic inoculated ferrets with the product and they died. Ferrets shouldn’t die from exposure to human H3N2 flu viruses.
Public health authorities concerned about what has been described as a “serious error” on Baxter’s part have assumed the death of the ferrets meant the H5N1 virus in the product was live. But the company, Baxter International Inc., has been parsimonious about the amount of information it has released about the event.
On Friday, the company’s director of global bioscience communications confirmed what scientists have suspected.
“It was live,” Christopher Bona said in an email.
The contaminated product, which Baxter calls “experimental virus material,” was made at the Orth-Donau research facility. Baxter makes its flu vaccine — including a human H5N1 vaccine for which a licence is expected shortly — at a facility in the Czech Republic.
People familiar with biosecurity rules are dismayed by evidence that human H3N2 and avian H5N1 viruses somehow co-mingled in the Orth-Donau facility. That is a dangerous practice that should not be allowed to happen, a number of experts insisted.
Accidental release of a mixture of live H5N1 and H3N2 viruses could have resulted in dire consequences.
While H5N1 doesn’t easily infect people, H3N2 viruses do. If someone exposed to a mixture of the two had been simultaneously infected with both strains, he or she could have served as an incubator for a hybrid virus able to transmit easily to and among people.
That mixing process, called reassortment, is one of two ways pandemic viruses are created.
www.torontosun.com
Somehow I am not comforted.
And what about the acclaimed Tamaflu?
There is no evidence that Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled by Britain, the United States and Europe, will work if a flu pandemic takes off in humans, according to a review published today by the Lancet medical journal,” the Guardian reported in January. “While the drugs might reduce patients’ symptoms, the authors say the use of Tamiflu could actually increase the spread of the flu virus. If people take the drug and have fewer symptoms they may end up going to work and spreading the potentially lethal virus.”
Tamiflu was originally manufactured by Gilead Sciences and licensed to Hoffman-La Roche. Donald Rumsfeld, was appointed chairman of Gilead Sciences in 1997. Former Sec. of State George Schultz — is on the board of Gilead Sciences.
Rumsfeld and Schultz stand to make a great deal of money on the Tamiflu ruse.
So, what can you do? Get Informed! Don't take the flu vaccine. Instead, start building and boosting your immune system naturally! Choose to eat a healthy diet, drink pure water, take natural herbs that boost your immune system, use essential oils which have been shown to combat and fight viruses!
You may also purchase individual oils at Mountain Rose Herbs. Click logo below:
Nitro-Pak.com
can supply all these and any other emergency equipment you may need. (also an EXCELLENT source for other preparedness gear) and More Than Alive sell Big Berkey orLehman's CLICK HERE
(which is also a great source for non-electric and many unique products.Or you may select other water filters:
EdenFilters.com offers residential reverse osmosis systems and economy water filters at wholesale prices. Shipping is free and replacement cartridges are standard sizes. We offer 100% customer satisfaction guarantee and one year waranty on all purchases.
IsoPure Water
Village Resource Solutions, LLC
Friday, May 1, 2009
Survival Tip! Grow Potatoes In A Barrel
Now is the time to truly consider growing your own vegetables. But, what if you don't have a large plot to grow a garden? You can grow vegetables in an assortment of containers...buckets, recycled plant containers, old barrels, etc. One vegetable that is EASY to grow and delicious (once again, once you eat one of your own potatoes, you'll not want for the potatoes in the store!...TASTE is back!)is the potato. And, you can grow potatoes in a container...anything from a 1/2 barrel to a full 55 gallon barrel. Here are some tips to get you going:
Choose the size of container/s in which to grow your potatoes...it can be plastic, metal or wood.
Drill holes in the bottom of your container to allow for drainage. You may have to put a screen over the holes once they are drilled to prevent soil leakage, etc..depends on how big you drill the holes! The holes should be about 6 inches apart.
Set barrels on blocks, old pallets, or whatever, to ensure that there is good drainage. And make sure your barrels are in a spot that receives a good amount of sunshine.
Place some gravel in the bottom of the barrel...again, to help with drainage.
Put down at least six inches of clean soil, mixed with a good compost, sand and maybe some sawdust.
Now...plant your potatoes. To plant potatoes you must get "seed" potatoes from a garden supply store, nice neighbor (smile) or feed store...or online. Do not use the potatoes you buy from the store...they will not produce well even though the potatoes grow little "buds". Once you get your seed potatoes, cut the potato into halves or fourths, depending on the size of the potato. But, make sure you have at least 2 "eyes" in each piece of the potato. Allow your cut potatoes to rest for the night and let the cut edges dry a bit. Next morning, place the cut-side down in the dirt and the "eyes" looking up, and push the potato seed down so that the seed is just covered. Water gently. In a couple of days, your potatoes will start to sprout. Let your potatoes sprout about 2-4 inches...then cover the plant with more soil/compost/sand mixture and gently water. Continue this procedure until your barrel is full. Once you see your potatoes "blossom" you know you have succeeded. Then, let the plants die back. When you are ready to harvest, kick the barrel over, and gather your potatoes. Then, enjoy!
Choose the size of container/s in which to grow your potatoes...it can be plastic, metal or wood.
Drill holes in the bottom of your container to allow for drainage. You may have to put a screen over the holes once they are drilled to prevent soil leakage, etc..depends on how big you drill the holes! The holes should be about 6 inches apart.
Set barrels on blocks, old pallets, or whatever, to ensure that there is good drainage. And make sure your barrels are in a spot that receives a good amount of sunshine.
Place some gravel in the bottom of the barrel...again, to help with drainage.
Put down at least six inches of clean soil, mixed with a good compost, sand and maybe some sawdust.
Now...plant your potatoes. To plant potatoes you must get "seed" potatoes from a garden supply store, nice neighbor (smile) or feed store...or online. Do not use the potatoes you buy from the store...they will not produce well even though the potatoes grow little "buds". Once you get your seed potatoes, cut the potato into halves or fourths, depending on the size of the potato. But, make sure you have at least 2 "eyes" in each piece of the potato. Allow your cut potatoes to rest for the night and let the cut edges dry a bit. Next morning, place the cut-side down in the dirt and the "eyes" looking up, and push the potato seed down so that the seed is just covered. Water gently. In a couple of days, your potatoes will start to sprout. Let your potatoes sprout about 2-4 inches...then cover the plant with more soil/compost/sand mixture and gently water. Continue this procedure until your barrel is full. Once you see your potatoes "blossom" you know you have succeeded. Then, let the plants die back. When you are ready to harvest, kick the barrel over, and gather your potatoes. Then, enjoy!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Influenza Pandemic 2009: Are You Prepared to Weather This Storm?
Is your family prepared for this spreading flu virus. As of today, Wednesday, April 29, 2009, there is one confirmed death in the U.S., and the virus has been found in 10 states. Does your family have enough food? Do you have a water purification system? Do you have hospital grade masks or hand sanitizer? Do you need vitamins?
Nitro-Pak.com
can supply all these and any other emergency equipment you may need.
Please also read my post on essential oils and homeopathic remedies in connection with this most pressing issue. Do not delay! Take action today!
Nitro-Pak.com
can supply all these and any other emergency equipment you may need.Please also read my post on essential oils and homeopathic remedies in connection with this most pressing issue. Do not delay! Take action today!
Influenza Pandemic 2009!: Prevention Using Essential Oils!
The recent influenza outbreak continues to spread. Due to the fact that this is a rare and "never-been-seen" before virus, it is essential to take immediate steps to protect you and your family.
Jonathan Campbell, Health Consultant for
Natural Therapies for Chronic Illness & Health Maintenance says, "The way to prepare yourself and protect your family from this influenza is not a vaccine or anti-viral drug. I strongly recommend that if vaccines and/or anti-viral drugs are offered to you, that you refuse them. These actually reduce your immunity; vaccines contain many toxic components, such as aluminum, mercury, and solvents, and anti-viral drugs interfere with critical body processes. Historical evidence of vaccinations has shown that they actually increase the chances of becoming severely ill. Influenza vaccines in particular are notoriously ineffective and have harmed thousands of people, and there is evidence already that Tamiflu, now being stockpiled for a possible epidemic, is useless against Avian Influenza."
So, what can a person do? An alternative step you can take immediately, is to use a combination of the essential oils clove, rosemary, cinnamon bark, lemon and eucalyptus radiata . These oils may be bought separately or already blended. During the 15th century in England there was a plague. Robbers and thieves would rub these oils on their bodies to avoid getting the plague while robbing their victims. This combination of oils has been shown to be 99.6% effective against airborne bacteria.
I have personally used these oils and can attest with 100% confidence of their effectiveness. I highly recommend, without any hesitation, these oils. You may purchase Thieves essential oil blend
or the individual oils at the same web-site.
For individual oils, it is recommended that you blend 200 drops of clove, 175 drops lemon oil, 100 drops cinnamon bark, 75 drops eucalyptus radiata and 50 drops of rosemary. This blend, or the Thieves, may be applied to the bottom of your feet, or stomach.
You may also purchase individual oils at Mountain Rose Herbs. Click logo below:
Please also my post on other homeopathic remedies to fight the flu!
Jonathan Campbell, Health Consultant for
Natural Therapies for Chronic Illness & Health Maintenance says, "The way to prepare yourself and protect your family from this influenza is not a vaccine or anti-viral drug. I strongly recommend that if vaccines and/or anti-viral drugs are offered to you, that you refuse them. These actually reduce your immunity; vaccines contain many toxic components, such as aluminum, mercury, and solvents, and anti-viral drugs interfere with critical body processes. Historical evidence of vaccinations has shown that they actually increase the chances of becoming severely ill. Influenza vaccines in particular are notoriously ineffective and have harmed thousands of people, and there is evidence already that Tamiflu, now being stockpiled for a possible epidemic, is useless against Avian Influenza."
So, what can a person do? An alternative step you can take immediately, is to use a combination of the essential oils clove, rosemary, cinnamon bark, lemon and eucalyptus radiata . These oils may be bought separately or already blended. During the 15th century in England there was a plague. Robbers and thieves would rub these oils on their bodies to avoid getting the plague while robbing their victims. This combination of oils has been shown to be 99.6% effective against airborne bacteria.
I have personally used these oils and can attest with 100% confidence of their effectiveness. I highly recommend, without any hesitation, these oils. You may purchase Thieves essential oil blend
or the individual oils at the same web-site.For individual oils, it is recommended that you blend 200 drops of clove, 175 drops lemon oil, 100 drops cinnamon bark, 75 drops eucalyptus radiata and 50 drops of rosemary. This blend, or the Thieves, may be applied to the bottom of your feet, or stomach.
You may also purchase individual oils at Mountain Rose Herbs. Click logo below:
Please also my post on other homeopathic remedies to fight the flu!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Influenza Pandemic 2009! : Prevention Through Homeopathic Remedies
Natural Remedies Can Help!
The major pharmaceutical companies are not the only ones with solutions to the 'flu virus. Herbalists and Naturopaths have had thousands of years experience in treating Here are some additional recommendations from Native Remedies:
1. There are some excellent herbal alternatives to the pharmaceutical anti-viral drugs which have been recommended by the CDC and the World Health Organisation. Native Remedies Immunity Plus Formula contains a selection of the most powerful and effective anti-viral herbs from around the world and can be of great benefit in boosting immune functioning to protect the system against the 'flu virus. It may also be used at the very first signs of 'flu or cold symptoms in order to stop the virus in its tracks. Immunity Plus has an added benefit over and above the pharmaceutical anti-virals in that it also contains antibacterial herbs which act as natural anti-biotics. This means that you would be less likely to develop secondary infections from the 'flu virus. Although the 'flu virus comes with very uncomfortable symptoms, it is the secondary infections like pneumonia and bronchitis that are potentially very dangerous.
How Do I use Immunity Plus?
According to Michele Carelse, Clinical Psychologist and formulator of Immunity Plus, it is best to take a 6 weeks course of Immunity Plus at the very beginning of winter. Thereafter 'booster' courses of about a week can be taken at eight - ten week intervals. At the very first signs of 'flu symptoms, take a 5 - 10 day course to stop the virus in its tracks. Michele also recommends using Immunity Plus for about a week to protect yourself if you are exposed to someone with the 'flu.
2. If you have been following an unhealthy lifestyle or have been exposed to environmental toxins, we recommend a three week course of our Detox Drops along with the Immunity Plus. Please be sure to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day during this time.
3. Studies have shown that people who are suffering from stress or depression will have lowered resistance to illness and are much more likely than others to become ill, especially with viral infections. If you are depressed or suffering from stress, protect yourself by taking a 6 month's course of our Mindsoothe Capsules, accompanied by the Native Remedies Triple Complex Nerve Tonic for extra protection.
*This article is courtesty of Native Remedies and was written by:
Michele Carelse who is a Registered Clinical Psychologist and Licensed Counselor.
Michele has also developed Native Remedies - a range of natural herbal and homeopathic remedies for adults and children, specifically aimed at promoting emotional, psychological, cognitive and physiological health.
We will be following this "swine" flu outbreak very carefully. In the meantime, please take much preventative action. In addition to boosting your immune system, it is recommended that you do the following!
Tips to help you boost your immune system and natural homeopathic alternatives to the flu vaccine.
Sustaining immunity is the key factor behind cold and flu resistance, so save yourself money and sickness in the long-term by implementing healthy habits now!
Consider an effective homeopathic flu remedy to the conventional flu vaccine, either in conjunction or used alone. Orally administered, homeopathic flu remedies may be used by all ages -- without the side effects and complications sometimes experienced by the conventional flu vaccine.
Don’t Just Wash Your Hands- Wash Them Right!
Liquid soap is preferred over bar soap, as bar soap tends to harbor viruses and bacteria.
Rub your hands vigorously together with warm water, scrubbing all surfaces, including wrists.
Dry your hands thoroughly, but consider how you do so -- Bacteria and viruses can live on hand towels and sponges for hours. If you have sick ones in the house, change towels frequently or use disposable options instead.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Most germs are spread through hand-to-hand contact, so become conscious of such habits.
If you have children, wash toys thoroughly in warm, soapy water to kill bacteria and germs. At work and at home, disinfect commonly used surfaces like keyboards, phones, doorknobs, counters, etc.
When possible, open windows to allow fresh air to circulate. Germs linger in stagnant air.
Try to quit smoking, as it irritates the respiratory tract, thus increasing susceptibility to illness-causing viruses.
Be considerate when you are sick, and stay home from work and keep the kids out of school or daycare.
Limit your alcohol consumption, as alcohol dehydrates the body and leaves you more vulnerable to infection.
Strive to obtain consistent, adequate sleep and regular exercise help to ward off infections.
Reduce stress by practicing relaxation techniques, exercising, or listening to music.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water : Why You Need A Water Purifier
By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writers - Mon Apr 20,
U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to make ceramics and treat bipolar disorder; nitroglycerin is a heart drug and also used in explosives; copper shows up in everything from pipes to contraceptives.
Federal and industry officials say they don't know the extent to which pharmaceuticals are released by U.S. manufacturers because no one tracks them — as drugs. But a close analysis of 20 years of federal records found that, in fact, the government unintentionally keeps data on a few, allowing a glimpse of the pharmaceuticals coming from factories.
But some researchers say the lack of required testing amounts to a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy about whether drugmakers are contributing to water pollution.
Last year, the AP reported that trace amounts of a wide range of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in American drinking water supplies. Including recent findings in Dallas, Cleveland and Maryland's Prince George's and Montgomery counties, pharmaceuticals have been detected in the drinking water of at least 51 million Americans.
Most cities and water providers still do not test. Some scientists say that wherever researchers look, they will find pharma-tainted water.
FOR THE FULL STORY, PLEASE GO TO: Tainted Water
If you are in a city or you are on a public water system, for the health of you and your family, you should consider a water purification system. Water is an essential and important nutrient. You may consider Big Berkey. Three of our advertisors, Nitro-Pak
(also an EXCELLENT source for other preparedness gear) and More Than Alive sell Big Berkey
or
Lehman's CLICK HERE
(which is also a great source for non-electric and many unique products.
Or you may select other water filters:
EdenFilters.com offers residential reverse osmosis systems and economy water filters at wholesale prices. Shipping is free and replacement cartridges are standard sizes. We offer 100% customer satisfaction guarantee and one year waranty on all purchases.
IsoPure Water
Village Resource Solutions, LLC
We also have various posts on this blog to help you with your research. Scroll down on the side bar and click on the label.
Here's to taking charge of your health!
U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to make ceramics and treat bipolar disorder; nitroglycerin is a heart drug and also used in explosives; copper shows up in everything from pipes to contraceptives.
Federal and industry officials say they don't know the extent to which pharmaceuticals are released by U.S. manufacturers because no one tracks them — as drugs. But a close analysis of 20 years of federal records found that, in fact, the government unintentionally keeps data on a few, allowing a glimpse of the pharmaceuticals coming from factories.
But some researchers say the lack of required testing amounts to a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy about whether drugmakers are contributing to water pollution.
Last year, the AP reported that trace amounts of a wide range of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in American drinking water supplies. Including recent findings in Dallas, Cleveland and Maryland's Prince George's and Montgomery counties, pharmaceuticals have been detected in the drinking water of at least 51 million Americans.
Most cities and water providers still do not test. Some scientists say that wherever researchers look, they will find pharma-tainted water.
FOR THE FULL STORY, PLEASE GO TO: Tainted Water
If you are in a city or you are on a public water system, for the health of you and your family, you should consider a water purification system. Water is an essential and important nutrient. You may consider Big Berkey. Three of our advertisors, Nitro-Pak
(also an EXCELLENT source for other preparedness gear) and More Than Alive sell Big Berkey orLehman's CLICK HERE
(which is also a great source for non-electric and many unique products.Or you may select other water filters:
EdenFilters.com offers residential reverse osmosis systems and economy water filters at wholesale prices. Shipping is free and replacement cartridges are standard sizes. We offer 100% customer satisfaction guarantee and one year waranty on all purchases.
IsoPure Water
Village Resource Solutions, LLC
We also have various posts on this blog to help you with your research. Scroll down on the side bar and click on the label.
Here's to taking charge of your health!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Survive These News Headlines: April 20-24
If you haven't been keeping up with the news headlines, please take a quick gander. Continue to prepare for an emergency. Take charge of your life by becoming more self-sufficient. Be aware. Be Prepared. Many of our affiliate links to the right are excellent sources for emergency kits, seeds, water purifiers, solar power, etc., etc. Read and take action!
HR20-New Mother's Mandated Mental Health Test-JUST PASSED HOUSE!
Posted April 14th, 2009
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/89675
Big Earthquake Coming Sooner Than We Thought, Oregon Geologist Says
a tsunami from this quake could be 80-100 feet high in Oregon
April 19, 2009
By Lori Tobias
The Oregonian
How to prepare for the big one
Discuss: Sit down with your family and put together an emergency plan.
Build: Put together an emergency kit with nonperishable food, water, medical supplies, extra prescriptions, warm clothing and provisions if you need to leave your home. Arrange an out-of-state contact for everyone in case family members are separated.
Know: If you're on the coast, know where high ground is from home and places you frequent.
Drop, cover and hold: Practice dropping under a sturdy desk or table and hanging on; during a quake, you'll be less likely to be hurt by falling objects. If you can't get to furniture, go to a corner away from windows and cover your head.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/news_impact/2009/04/big_earthquake_coming_sooner_t/print.html
America's "Food Basket" in Dire Straits
Farms see fallow fields and laid-off workers, and some urban consumers face their first water cuts in two decades.
April 17, 2009
By Daniel B. Wood
Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0418/p02s01-usgn.html
Severe Texas Drought Threatens Coastal Wildlife
A severe drought gripping Texas is causing unusually salty conditions along the Gulf Coast, upsetting the region's ecological balance and threatening coastal wildlife including oysters, crabs and whooping cranes, the most endangered crane species.
The drought is one of the driest on record for Texas and is currently the worst in the U.S., which has seen persistent dry weather across several Western states, Florida and even Hawaii, according to academic and government monitors. The scarcity of rain has reduced fresh-water flow from rivers and streams into coastal marshes, estuaries and bays that normally dilute the salt content of water from the Gulf of Mexico
The coastal fishing industry also has been hit hard as salty conditions shrink populations of shellfish such as oysters and crabs.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027139462837033.html
HR20-New Mother's Mandated Mental Health Test-JUST PASSED HOUSE!
Posted April 14th, 2009
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/89675
Big Earthquake Coming Sooner Than We Thought, Oregon Geologist Says
a tsunami from this quake could be 80-100 feet high in Oregon
April 19, 2009
By Lori Tobias
The Oregonian
How to prepare for the big one
Discuss: Sit down with your family and put together an emergency plan.
Build: Put together an emergency kit with nonperishable food, water, medical supplies, extra prescriptions, warm clothing and provisions if you need to leave your home. Arrange an out-of-state contact for everyone in case family members are separated.
Know: If you're on the coast, know where high ground is from home and places you frequent.
Drop, cover and hold: Practice dropping under a sturdy desk or table and hanging on; during a quake, you'll be less likely to be hurt by falling objects. If you can't get to furniture, go to a corner away from windows and cover your head.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/news_impact/2009/04/big_earthquake_coming_sooner_t/print.html
America's "Food Basket" in Dire Straits
Farms see fallow fields and laid-off workers, and some urban consumers face their first water cuts in two decades.
April 17, 2009
By Daniel B. Wood
Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0418/p02s01-usgn.html
Severe Texas Drought Threatens Coastal Wildlife
A severe drought gripping Texas is causing unusually salty conditions along the Gulf Coast, upsetting the region's ecological balance and threatening coastal wildlife including oysters, crabs and whooping cranes, the most endangered crane species.
The drought is one of the driest on record for Texas and is currently the worst in the U.S., which has seen persistent dry weather across several Western states, Florida and even Hawaii, according to academic and government monitors. The scarcity of rain has reduced fresh-water flow from rivers and streams into coastal marshes, estuaries and bays that normally dilute the salt content of water from the Gulf of Mexico
The coastal fishing industry also has been hit hard as salty conditions shrink populations of shellfish such as oysters and crabs.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027139462837033.html
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Backyard Home Garden and Backyard Chickens: They Go Together Likes Birds To A Feather!
Are you still planning to put in a garden this year and also raise backyard chickens? Here's an idea you may want to consider...plant your garden and put your chicken coop in the same area...let me explain.
1. Choose a suitable place for your garden and fence twice as much growing space as you will need to grow your various vegetables.
2. Put a gate at each end of your rectangular plot.
3. Build your chicken coop directly in the center of your "compound", and divide that area right down the middle with more fencing. Make sure there is a door on each side of your new chicken coop.
4. The "first" year of your garden, plant vegetables on one half of your plot, while on the other half of your plot, the chickens run free in their yard.
5. At the end of the gardening season, let your chickens have the run of the whole place.
6. The next gardening season, rotate the whole operation: plant your garden on the alternate side, and let the chickens have the run of the area that was your garden last year!
7. Keep this rotation system up each year. Not only will your chickens naturally fertilize the area for your future garden each year, they will do a dandy job of ridding unwanted bugs and insects!
As a reminder, order your heirloom seeds and garden supplies from:
or click on the banner for Survival Seeds
Happy Gardening!
1. Choose a suitable place for your garden and fence twice as much growing space as you will need to grow your various vegetables.
2. Put a gate at each end of your rectangular plot.
3. Build your chicken coop directly in the center of your "compound", and divide that area right down the middle with more fencing. Make sure there is a door on each side of your new chicken coop.
4. The "first" year of your garden, plant vegetables on one half of your plot, while on the other half of your plot, the chickens run free in their yard.
5. At the end of the gardening season, let your chickens have the run of the whole place.
6. The next gardening season, rotate the whole operation: plant your garden on the alternate side, and let the chickens have the run of the area that was your garden last year!
7. Keep this rotation system up each year. Not only will your chickens naturally fertilize the area for your future garden each year, they will do a dandy job of ridding unwanted bugs and insects!
As a reminder, order your heirloom seeds and garden supplies from:
or click on the banner for Survival Seeds
Happy Gardening!
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