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A note from Linda

Linda — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:12:22 +0000

A note to my readers from Linda…..

I thought you might be interested in this alert from the Organic Consumers Association (November 13, 2009):

A major reason why consumers shop for products that are certified organic is to avoid the hazardous and unlabeled Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), toxic chemicals, and now the most recent, and likely most dangerous hi-tech poison of them all: nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is now a multi-billion dollar Frankenstein monster industry churning out a vast menu of untested and unlabeled products containing tiny nanoparticles including non-organic vitamin supplements, food packaging, processed food, cosmetics and sunscreens.

Over the objections of the OCA and thousands of our members, on November 5, 2009, the National Organic Standards Board decided to table a recommendation to prohibit nanotechnology in organic. The NOSB member who fills the scientist slot, Katrina Heinze of General Mills, delayed the process by insisting that the Board consider a compromise position that wouldn’t exclude nanotechnology from organic altogether, but would classify it as a “synthetic” that could be petitioned for use in specific instances. Please write to the NOSB and tell them to ban untested, unlabeled and hazardous nanotechnology products and ingredients in organic.

Nanotechnology is inherently dangerous. Mounting scientific evidence indicates that nanomaterials produce dangerous “free radicals” which can destroy or mutate DNA and can cause damage to the liver and kidneys. Nanotech particles not only injure and kill lab animals–they can kill you as well.

Please click the link below to tell the USDA that you want the National Organic Standards Board to take a strong stand against the use of nanotechnology in organic.

Click on this URL to take action now
http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/utr/2/?a=13948781&i=1234&c=&u=capwiz.com%2Fgrassrootsnetroots%2Fissues%2Falert%2F%3Falertid%3D13948781

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A note from Linda

Linda — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:09:39 +0000

A note to my readers from Linda…..

I thought you might be interested in this alert from the Organic Consumers Association (November 13, 2009):

A major reason why consumers shop for products that are certified organic is to avoid the hazardous and unlabeled Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), toxic chemicals, and now the most recent, and likely most dangerous hi-tech poison of them all: nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is now a multi-billion dollar Frankenstein monster industry churning out a vast menu of untested and unlabeled products containing tiny nanoparticles including non-organic vitamin supplements, food packaging, processed food, cosmetics and sunscreens.

Over the objections of the OCA and thousands of our members, on November 5, 2009, the National Organic Standards Board decided to table a recommendation to prohibit nanotechnology in organic. The NOSB member who fills the scientist slot, Katrina Heinze of General Mills, delayed the process by insisting that the Board consider a compromise position that wouldn’t exclude nanotechnology from organic altogether, but would classify it as a “synthetic” that could be petitioned for use in specific instances. Please write to the NOSB and tell them to ban untested, unlabeled and hazardous nanotechnology products and ingredients in organic.

Nanotechnology is inherently dangerous. Mounting scientific evidence indicates that nanomaterials produce dangerous “free radicals” which can destroy or mutate DNA and can cause damage to the liver and kidneys. Nanotech particles not only injure and kill lab animals–they can kill you as well.

Please click the link below to tell the USDA that you want the National Organic Standards Board to take a strong stand against the use of nanotechnology in organic.

Click on this URL to take action now
http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/utr/2/?a=13948781&i=1234&c=&u=capwiz.com%2Fgrassrootsnetroots%2Fissues%2Falert%2F%3Falertid%3D13948781

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BPA May Be Linked to Heart Disease Risk

Linda — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:16:24 +0000

Linda’s comments: May be linked to heart disease?? Yikessssssssssssss….wake up folks, BPA is a deadly chemical that we are ingesting and having shoved at us for the sake of money. This is why I preach to drink from glass bottles and not from cans or plastic bottles. When they say “no significant association between BPA and diabetes or liver enzymes”, by whose standards???

Do I trust what they say when they say “May Be linked” very simple NO, I do not trust them…

Bottom-line BPA is NOT safe and we need to start standing up and say NO…when we stop purchasing products with BPA in them, then and only then will the industry listen…

Regards,

Linda

Excerpt:

January 13, 2010 — Nearly everyone in the U.S. carries the plastics chemical BPA in their bodies. But those with the highest BPA levels have the highest risk of heart disease, new data confirm.

BPA — bisphenol A — is one of the world’s most heavily produced chemicals. More than 2.2 metric tons of BPA are used each year to make PVC pipes, epoxy resins that line food cans, food packaging, and drink containers. It can be detected in the bodies of more than 90% of Americans.Animal studies suggest BPA can have a wide range of health effects. But it’s not at all clear whether these animal studies are relevant to humans. In response to calls for data, the CDC in 2003-2004 began testing a representative sample of Americans for BPA as part of the huge NHANES data-collection study.