New pesticide/ Cellphone

[kim]

Are these two more situations where numerous people may be injured. The injury may show up 10 20 or even 30 years later. By that time, in the case of cell phones, maybe there will no no land lines left, hence, no "control group." Then it can just be chalked up to another genetic mystery, and billions spent on "research."

 

 

EPA approves new pesticide despite scientists' concerns

 

Chemists say methyl bromide [sic? methyl iodide?], a neurotoxin that can

mutate DNA, has 'serious potential for accidents,' but federal officials

say safeguards in place are sufficient to protect farm workers and

 

By Marla Cone

Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

October 6, 2007

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/c...0,3454295.story

 

Despite the protests of more than 50 scientists, including five Nobel

laureates in chemistry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Fridaapproved use of a new, highly toxic fumigant, mainly for strawberry

fields.

 

The new pesticide, methyl iodide, is designed for growers, mainly in

California and Florida, who need to replace methyl bromide, which has been

banned under an international treaty because it damages the Earth's ozone

layer. Public health: The hidden menace of mobile phones

 

Research into the link between regular handset use and disease reveals the

risks rise significantly after 10 years, despite official assurances that

they are safe. Geoffrey Lean reports

 

Published: 07 October 2007

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3036005.ece

 

excerpts

 

He said he uses a mobile phone as little as possible, and urges others to

use hands-free equipment and make only short calls, reserving longer ones

for landlines. He also said that mobiles should not be given to children,

whose thinner skulls and developing nervous systems make them particularly

vulnerable.

 

and

 

The danger may be even greater than the new study suggests for, as

Professor Mild says, 10 years is the "minimum" period needed by cancers to

develop. As they normally take much longer, very many more would be likely

to strike long-term users after 15, 20 or 30 years – which leads some to

fear that an epidemic of the disease could develop in the coming decades,

particularly among today's young people.

 

and

 

Both sides agree that there is need for more research. Professor Mild said

a possible link between mobile phones and Alzheimer's disease should also

be examined, since "we have indications that it might be a problem" as

well as a possible link with Parkinson's disease, "which can't be ruled

out".

[Calicat]

Thanks so much, Kim. I always appreciate your links and posts and sharing the results of all the reading and research you do. Very useful info!

Heidi

[kim]

Heidi,

 

Many of these articles are shared by someone on another group. I enjoy reading them too (enjoy is a bad choice of words, let's say, I find them helpful), and like to pass them on. Thanks for letting me know you find them useful too

 

These are a couple more doozies. What a grand idea. Manipulation of data (where have I heard of that before?) and human waste on crop fields!

 

http://www.enewscourier.com/local/local_story_279203932.html

 

“Sewage sludge is a toxic end product resulting from sewage treatment,” she said. “For those of us that understand sludge to be toxic, this is an environmental and public health disaster.

 

Second article

 

hmmmm, very puzzleing, why on earth would they......

(bolding mine....I hope John Kattwinkel has a plan B for future employment if he keeps going around making statements like that)

 

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/loca...5717275,00.html

 

excerpts:

 

In fact, we are getting further away from solving the mystery of sudden infant death syndrome because of sloppy procedures, manipulation of statistics, misguided efforts to protect the feelings of grieving parents and deliberate attempts to make SIDS go away, at least on paper.

 

and

 

Coroners and medical examiners said SIDS was responsible for nearly 80

percent of all sudden infant deaths 15 years ago and only 55 percent in

2004. What increased during this time were diagnoses CDC statisticians

labeled as "threats to breathing" and "other ill-defined causes ofmortality."

 

Some researchers think this "code-shifting" of infant death causes has

overstated the success of public health efforts against SIDS. The

diagnosis of SIDS has been replaced on death certificates by new and vague

terms like "undetermined cause" and "sudden and unexplained death."

 

Code-shifting clouds hope

 

"A lot of us are concerned that the rate (of SIDS) isn't decreasing

significantly, but that a lot of it is just code-shifting, " said John

Kattwinkel, chairman of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's

special task force on SIDS. "We don't know where the best place is to put

our emphasis on further reducing the risk of SIDS. It is still a very high

killer of babies."

 

The danger is that medical researchers can't trust the causes listed on

infants' death certificates, clouding hopes for a solution to the mystery

of SIDS.

[kim]

amongst numerous "reassuring studies" we may stumble across a different opinion. Now, this guy probably does not own a lot of stock in mobile phone co's or make a great deal of money, traveling the country giving lectures on their safety and usefulness

 

http://www.next-up.org/pdf/PressReleaseCon...ion06102007.pdf

 

BTW, my oldest sons Razor/ipod is something that never leaves his body, now what? I was thinking of a lead lined protective box and ear bud only, but can't have the lead, hummmm (I'm only 1/2 joking here)!