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Every once in a while - well, quite often actually - Organic Consumers Association publishes a blockbuster newsletter, in which every item is major news. The headlines and pictures are, as always, vastly entertaining. Read and take heed on The EPA, Dead Sheep & Goats, German Water, Ethanol, GE Corn, Canadian Health Care, Conagra Survey, and Obese Kids EPA Administrators Pressure Staff To Overlook Toxic Pesticides
Government scientists are blowing the whistle on the Environmental Protection Agency's attempts to allow the
continued use of 20 hazardous organophosphate pesticides. Genetically Engineered Cotton Killing Sheep and Goats
In India's Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, government officials have ordered an investigation into the
deaths of hundreds of sheep and goats who appear to have been poisoned by eating genetically engineered (GE)
cotton. German Company Taking Over U.S. Drinking Water Supply
A German company, RWE, now owns the water in over 1,100 U.S. cities. In Illinois alone, more than one million
people now have their local water supply owned by that same German company. Driving Away From Corn-Based Ethanol
President Bush has made a surprising call to eliminate a two decade long tariff on ethanol produced from
sugarcane in Brazil. Sugarcane produces eight times more energy per pound than corn, making U.S.
corn-based ethanol appear to be irrational and inefficient. Genetically Engineered Corn Producing Herbicides In Your Gut?
A widely cultivated variety of genetically engineered corn may be slowly poisoning American consumers. Dupont's
Pioneer Liberty Link corn was bioengineered to withstand high levels of the toxic herbicide glufosinate. Study: Canadian Health Care System Better Than U.S.
PHarvard Medical School has released a study revealing that Canada's health care program is doing a better job
of taking care of its citizens than the U.S. health care system ... and at half the price. Survey: Nearly A Quarter of U.S. Consumers Now Buy Organic
'Organic' has replaced the word 'natural' as the mainstream food buzzword. Conagra consumer survey released last week Overly Strict Parenting Can Produce Obese Kids
'Children of authoritarian parents had five times the risk of being overweight compared to children of
authoritative [a more diplomatic style] mothers,' Subscribe to OCA newsletter, Organic Bytes permanent link to this entry |
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