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29th June 2006
US Study Links Air Pollutants With Autism Children with autism disorders in the San Francisco Bay Area were 50% more likely to be born in neighborhoods with high amounts of several toxic air contaminants, particularly mercury, according to a first-of-its-kind study by the California Department of Health Services. The new findings, which surprised the researchers, suggest that a mother's exposure to industrial air pollutants while pregnant might increase her child's risk of autism, a neurological condition increasingly diagnosed in the last 10 years. But the scientists cautioned that the link they found in the Bay Area is uncertain and that more definitive evidence would be needed before concluding that mercury or any other pollutant could trigger autism. www.naturalmatters.net/newsview.asp?news=1989
Beware the parent trap Will state intervention on the back of a database of all children enhance their future or blight it? Plans for government surveillance of the country's 12 million children (allegedly including checks on whether they eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day) provide the state with astonishing licence to intervene in the role of parents, yet many of them don't realise the severity of the situation. Section 12 of the Children Act 2004 allows the government to create a database including every child in England under 18. The detail of what information can be collected will be specified after consultation this summer. This "children's index", linked to several other databases, will provide a complete directory from birth, including all the agencies with which children have been in contact and whether they have had an assessment as a result of concerns about their development. www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1808379,00.html
US scientist accused of selling tissue samples - Deal said to earn $285,000 for vials that cost millions WASHINGTON -- A senior government scientist pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars as a drug company consultant in exchange for human tissue samples that cost the federal government millions to acquire, congressional investigators said yesterday .
MMR/Autism and Thimerosal Link - US Autism Rates Fall Fresh controversy over the MMR vaccine may or may not be relevant but recent reports from the USA are irrefutable. Using the government's own databases, independent researchers analyzed reports of childhood disorders including autism, before and after the removal of thimerosal. The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (March 10, 2006 ) reported that since thimerosal - 50% ethyl mercury - was removed from childhood vaccines, the alarming increase in reported rates of autism and other neurological disorders in children dropped by as much as 35 percent. This is fully in line with the origins of autism in the USA, Japan, UK etc. All occurred after the introduction of the whooping cough vaccine, containing thimerosal. The fact that the DPT-jab/autism link is routinely ignored, clouds the issue with regard to a possible MMR/autism link. Pat
Rattigan - hera@nemesisawake.com
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D. Express 26.6.06 "PESTICIDES BOOST RISKS OF GETTING PARKINSON'S" People exposed to pesticides suffer a 70% higher risk of getting Parkinson's Disease, new research has shown. This includes small-scale users such as gardeners as well as high users such as farmers. Harvard School of Public Health in USA studied 140,000 people. Pesticides may also be linked to cancer & ME.
D. Mail 23.6.06 "PESTICIDES FOUND ON 66% OF FRUIT GIVEN OUT IN SCHOOL" Pesticides have been found on a vast range of fresh produce, including free fruit given out in schools. Some contained chemical residues above the legal limit. The studies were published on 22.6.06 by the Govt's Pesticides Residues Committee. Cypermethrin, dithlocarbamates, chlorothalonil, dieldrin, methamidophos, methomyl, imazalil etc. were found.
The MRSA superbug has evolved into "fitter" strains which could prove even more resistant to treatment, warns Prof. Hajo Grundmann a world expert in infectious diseases, writing in The Lancet. The Office For National Statistics said deaths in which MRSA was mentioned on the death certificate rose by 22% between 2003 & 2004.
Urgent calls have been made for the law to be changed to stop ingredients for deadly biological weapons being bought over the Internet. A Guardian investigation has exposed how sequences of smallpox DNA virus can be bought online then delivered through the post in UK.
D. Mail 14.6.06 "LETHAL RISK FROM A-PLANT" Cancer rates among young women living near a disused nuclear power station are 15 times higher than the UK average, a study claims. Former environment minister Michael Meacher called for an independent inquiry & urged the Govt. to delay future commitments to nuclear power until the health effects of radioactive waste are known. For the study Green Audit questioned 1,000 people living close to the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station near Blaenau Ffestiniog in N. Wales. Their results were reported on Welsh language channel S4C on 13 June.
D. Mail 22.6.06 "MEDICAL RECORDS TYPED UP ABROAD 'COULD KILL'" Lives are
being put at risk by the decision to have patients' medical notes typed
abroad. A growing number of Health Service trusts are outsourcing
secretarial work to countries where English is not their first language,
to save money, says Unison trade union. They expose a series of blunders
such as typing the word "hypertension" instead of "hypotension", which
means the opposite & "urological" instead of neurological". "known
malignant" instead of "non-malignant" "septic" instead of "aseptic" (not
infected.)
D. Mail 19.6.06 "WOMEN AT RISK AS 200 EPIDURAL INJECTIONS ARE BOTCHED A YEAR" Figures released by National Patient Safety Agency reveal over 200 errors occurred with pain-killing epidural injections in UK hospitals last year. 3 women have died. Mayra Cabrera, 30, died when this was injected into her arm instead of her spine at Great Western Hospital in Swindon. Other blunders occurred when staff muddled up the bags containing different drugs. Epidurals are used in about 20% of UK births.
It has emerged that 1 in 5 residents who should have received free care have been denied it. The Govt. has admitted that over 5,000 sick & elderly people were forced to find £1000s a month in nursing home fees when the NHS should have been paying. A Health Services Ombudsman judgement of 3 years ago is often ignored by some health authorities. Age Concern say the number of people being denied the free care they should receive is believed to be much higher.
D. Mail 19.6.06 "PARENTS WIN INQUIRY INTO DEATHS AFTER MMR JABS" The cases of 2 children who died after the MMR jab are to be investigated by experts. The DoH said it will consider info by the families of Anna Duncan & George Fisher who died. But campaigners stressed that the study must be carried out by impartial scientists to ensure the findings can be trusted.
Big Pharma Research Racket Is Killing People Over the past six years, ten FDA approved drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to deaths and injuries, leading lawmakers to accuse the FDA of not doing its job in protecting the public from unsafe drugs and to call for measures of improvement. On June 20, 2006, the New York Times reported that “two influential senators are expected within weeks to introduce a legislative proposal that could drastically change how drugs are tested and approved in the United States.” The Senators behind the proposal are Michael Enzi (R-Wy), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Ted Kennedy (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the committee. “In broad terms,” the Times article by Gardner Harris explains, “the bill would require that drug makers disclose the results of all large human tests of their drugs, known as Phase 3 and Phase 4 trials; create a detailed risk management plan to uncover and control any safety problems that arise after a drug is approved; and pay penalties if they fail to follow through with this plan, according to four experts who were briefed on the proposals.” However, while lawmakers search for ways to ensure that Big Pharma does not continue to conceal adverse reactions that surface during drug trials and to sever the ties between the nation’s public health officials and Big Pharma, the Bush administration continues to promote their cozy relationships and help drug companies escape accountability for misconduct. The best example of the administration's efforts to protect Big Pharma was revealed recently when the FDA announced a preemption rule that would disallow lawsuits in state court against drug makers if a drug has been approved by the FDA. www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/Pharma.html
EMF Omega News
Effect of electromagnetic field produced by mobile phones on the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD-1) http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2193445/
The incidence of electromagnetic pollution on the amphibien decline http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2204047/
Public education regarding harmful effects of EMF is nilch in the USA http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2191251/
Swimming In A Deadly Sea: Awash In Radiation http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2206800/
Dr Goldberg's brilliant book on microwave radiation http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2195003/
Light during darkness and cancer: relationships in circadian photoreception and tumor biology http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2201569/
Cell phone use linked to brain tumors? http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2229683/
Repacholi to retire http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2202788/
Children and mental health http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2206853/
Mobiles 'as addictive as smoking' http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2209783/
Group will keep an eye on phone masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2188828/
Ireland: Anti-mast postcard campaign http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2198138/
Can council not refuse these masts? http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2201629/
Fight to keep beauty spot phone mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2215254/
Fight to close mast loophole http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2228128/
Cell phone mast 'affecting my family's health' http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2229635/
Mobile phone users warned of lightning strike risk http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2229363/
Mobile phone ban to be lifted in hospitals as ward costs rise http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2193675/
GPS data applied to link radar emissions, cancer http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2189924/
UK MEP: U.S.Appeal for your support re Electromagnetic Radiation funding http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2193765/
EPA tests show high levels of electromagnetic waves http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2194693/
Biological Effects of Microwaves http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2202906/
EMFs and health-related issues topic of Aurora town meeting http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2203725/
Mobiles: are they doing you harm? http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2212951/
A town in Sussex - Essex study http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2222534/
Essex University Experiments http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2194625/
The World Cup: Ronaldo with 'Radio Wave Sickness'? http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2217111/
Industry continues legal dance around health lawsuits http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2204122/
Doug Loranger & B. Blake Levitt on KPFA http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2201685/
The cost of brainwash or antennas for lunch http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2194743/
Leukaemia risk: 80% afraid of living near power lines http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2210335/
L'Expansion: Free asticote les rois du portable http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2203810/
Au hasard dans la rue 4,4 V/m http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2203817/
Dossier Santé: Champs ElectroMagnétiques et Fausses couches http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2210647/
Le "triple play": un suicide financier pour les opérateurs historiques? http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2210663/
Dossier Santé: les Enfants, les Leucemies, et les CEM http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2217819/
News from Mast Sanity
Omega-News Collection 24. June 2006 http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2229775/
Mondale backs pre-emptive missile strike Former Vice President Walter Mondale said Friday he supports a pre- emptive U. S. strike against a North Korean missile, saying the U. S. should tell North Korea to dismantle the missile or "we are going to take it out." "I think it would end the nuclear long-range dreams of this dangerous country," said Mondale, who was the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee and a former U. S. ambassador to Japan.
Olmert: Israeli lives worth more than Palestinian ones Mr Olmert said last night in Caesarea: "I am deeply sorry for the residents of Gaza, but the lives, security and well-being of the residents of Sderot [the Israeli border town which has borne the brunt of Qassam attacks] is even more important. I reject the attacks on the IDF and its commanders. No one is more dedicated or more cautious, and will continue to be so in the future." Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, this week called on Israel to ensure its responses were "proportionate and do not put civilians at grave risk ". Almost three times as many Palestinian civilians have been killed in Gaza in the past nine days as Israeli civilians in Sderot killed by Qassam rockets in the past five years. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1095841.ece
Fidel Castro to light Menorah (with former Mossad agent) Cuban leader, Israeli Minister Eitan to inaugurate huge Israeli symbol in central Havana square in memory of Holocaust victims Ofer Petersburg Cuban ruler Fidel Castro will use an official state ceremony to inaugurate Israel's symbol – the seven-branch menorah – in a central Havana square, in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Attending the event will be Castro's associate, Israeli Minister Rafi Eitan (Pensioners Party). www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3266051,00.html
Rafí Eitan, Israel’s minister responsible for old-age pensions and a former agent of the Israeli intelligence service, who is subject to an FBI arrest order, said that he will travel to Cuba to meet with Castro. Eitan was elected to the Israeli Parliament by the retirees’ party. Israel has no diplomatic relations with Havana. After giving up teaching, Eitan, became a business man; he owns farms in Cuba and is a close friend of Castro. (AFP, Jerusalem, May 16) www.cubacenter.org/media/this_week/06-06.php
More on Rafi Eitan's Mossad projects at http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/vanunu.html
London Bomber Was Working For MI5 A noted terror expert has told the BBC that Mohammed Siddique Khan, the alleged ringleader of the 7/7 London bombings, was working for British intelligence agency MI5 as an informant at the time of the attacks. Charles Shoebridge is a 12-year veteran detective of the London Metropolitan Police, a former graduate of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and now a broadcaster and writer on terrorism in the UK. Shoebridge told the BBC Newshour program that from the evidence little else can be assumed other than that Khan was working for British intelligence. www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/270606londonbomber.htm
28th June 2006
Chinese labor laws set to tighten Domestic pressure is driving China to introduce labor law changes that could drive some non-Chinese firms out of the country, a report said. A bill introducing tough laws that prevent the exploitation of workers, including regulations that exceed even European standards, is heading for the Chinese People`s Congress, even as industrial unrest and wage inflation threaten the economy, the Times of London reported Monday. The proposed law would strengthen safety and workplace inspections, force employers to consult with workers` representatives over significant job cuts and tighten the enforcement of minimum wages that already apply in provinces. It may also reduce the maximum workweek and impose higher pay rates for overtime. http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1173985.php/Chine
Nanoparticles in sun creams can stress brain cells Tiny grains send cells into potentially dangerous overdrive. Tiny particles used in some sun creams have the potential to cause neurological damage, researchers in the United States have found. The research does not necessarily imply that these microscopic grains, which are also used in consumer products such as some toothpastes and cosmetics, are harmful in the human body. But it adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests that their safety cannot be taken for granted simply because larger particles of the same substance have no ill effects. www.naturalmatters.net/newsview.asp?news=1963
Drugs firm blocks cheap blindness cure - Company will only seek licence for medicine that costs 100 times more A major drug company is blocking access to a medicine that is cheaply and effectively saving thousands of people from going blind because it wants to launch a more expensive product on the market. Ophthalmologists around the world, on their own initiative, are injecting tiny quantities of a colon cancer drug called Avastin into the eyes of patients with wet macular degeneration, a common condition of older age that can lead to severely impaired eyesight and blindness. They report remarkable success at very low cost because one phial can be split and used for dozens of patients. www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,1799772,00.html
The self-neutering Parliament Forget bloody revolutions, military coups or terrorist attacks. A stealth weapon to destroy democracy is currently being deployed -- in the calm and sedate surroundings of the very cradle of that democracy -- which threatens to do the job while no-one is looking. It is the tactic of political anaesthesia -- sending the country to sleep by a measure that sounds so unutterably tedious that the very mention of its title induces a national loss of consciousness. But when people eventually open their eyes, they may find too late that Parliament has been emasculated by the very government they elected, and that the democracy they took for granted has been all but extinguished. People are currently transfixed by scandals over Tessa Jowell, the sale of peerages and the undermining of our once-dispassionate civil service through brazen cronyism. There is rightful concern about the damage all this is doing to the integrity of government. But while attention is concentrated on these sundry excitements, those attempting to draw attention to a measure which has the potential for destroying parliamentary democracy altogether have failed to ignite similar outrage. www.melaniephillips.com/articles/archives/001628.html
Lost in translation - Experts confirm that Iran's president did not call for Israel to be 'wiped off the map'. Reports that he did serve to strengthen western hawks...the New York Times, which was one of the first papers to misquote Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came out on Sunday with a defensive piece attempting to justify its reporter's original "wiped off the map" translation. http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jonathan_steele/2006/06/post_155.html
Amnesty: Microsoft helped Israeli Police in Vanunu probe Human rights group says company complied with request by Israel police to hand over information on nuclear whistleblower Ynet Amnesty International's British branch chief, Keith Allen, said Microsoft helped Israeli Police interrogate Mordechai Vanunu, who leaked nuclear secrets to the foreign press. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3256136,00.html
Israel: More Evidence on Beach Killings Implicates IDF Palestinians Agree to Independent Inquiry A digitally dated and time-stamped blood test report of a victim treated at a Palestinian hospital that admitted wounded from the June 9 killings on a Gaza beach suggests that the attack took place during the time period of an Israeli artillery attack, Human Rights Watch said today. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have denied responsibility for the killings, saying that although they fired six artillery shells onto the beach between 4:32 p. m. and 4:51 p. m., the fatal incident must have occurred after that. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/15/isrlpa13570.htm
EMF-Omega-News
Roger Santini will not fight any longer with all of us for a better Life for all http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2182466/
Prominent Irish academic says radio wave emissions may cause an EHS reaction http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2178284/
Conflict of Interest and Bias in Health Advisory Committees: A case study of the WHO’s EMF Task Group http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2178233/
Mobile Phones Pose Health Risks http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2155520/
New maps fuel campaigners' claims of phone mast 'radiation' http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2185400/
Consumer Groups Warn Public of Cell Phone Industry Tactics http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2181913/
Götene residents forced from home by wireless broadband http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2158120/
Mast plans suspended http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2149396/
Big phone mast protest http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2151978/
Mast campaigners set up watchdog http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2157726/
Anger after mast ruling is overturned http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2166290/
Anger at mast next to house http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2168153/
T-Mobile at it again, too http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2168164/
13 phone masts are enough says mayor http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2178518/
Mobile phone mast opposed http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2182364/
ROGERS WIRELESS INC. IS PLANNING TO BUILD 18 CELL PHONE TOWER/TRANSMITTERS ACROSS PEI http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2185478/
Demos delay masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2186306/
Mystery of the mast solved http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2186327/
Church court will rule on plans for phone mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2187842/
Swedes hit hard by WiMAX waves http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2163464/
How many EHS victims are there? http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2173869/
Australian EMF Newsletter http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2178329/
Disney: cashing in on getting kids connected http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2158054/
Choked by the electrosmog http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2159362/
Research funding for electromagnetic radiation http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2168308/
The study which was not funded http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2180509/
Residents vent their concerns about powerlines at environmental hearing http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2185535/
Electronic Harassment: A Real Threat http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2157888/
L'affaire du Collège Marc Seignobos de Chabeuil va commencer http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2162116/
Ecouter et donner la parole aux Riverains d'antennes relais http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2162133/
Une antenne de téléphonie mobile inquiète des Versoisiens http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2162137/
News from Mast Sanity
Omega-News Collection 17. June 2006 http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2188185/
Banks in the dock over 'rip-off' penalty fees BANKS are being deluged by thousands of court actions a month as a consumer campaign against unfair penalty charges gains momentum. Campaigners have called on customers to take banks to the small claims courts to get a refund of "unjust" charges - most of which are not legally enforceable, even if they are listed in the terms and conditions of an account or loan. Banks have already paid out tens of thousands of pounds to angry customers rather than risk losing a court case - a move which could set a legal precedent and cost the banking industry millions. Martin Lewis, the television consumer champion who created the Money Saving Expert website, described the wave of claims as "a massive revolution in favour of ordinary customers". http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=888322006
'ANIMALS MATTER TO ME' Global Petition Launch The ‘ANIMALS MATTER TO ME‘ petition calling for a United Nations Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare was officially launched on the 8th June 2006, at the WSPA Biennial Symposium meeting in London. The event is attended by more than 300 animal welfare groups from over 110 countries around the globe. www.naturalmatters.net/newsview.asp?news=1922
The Science of Soy: What Do We Really Know? Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health. EHP is published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and its content is free online at www.ehponline.org A stroll through nearly any American grocery store or pharmacy yields ample proof of the soybean’s increasing role in the U. S. diet. Food packaging offers statements about products’ soy content and the purported associated health benefits. Products such as tofu, soy milk, soy-based infant formula, and meatless “texturized vegetable protein” burgers are widely available. Shelves of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals are stocked with isoflavones, naturally occurring estrogen-like compounds found in soy. The general impression is one of certainty that both soy and soy isoflavones deliver many health benefits, including prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis, as well as treatment of menopausal symptoms. The science is less absolute, however, and still evolving. www.naturalmatters.net/article.asp?article=1913&cat=7
Scientists see spike in kids' food allergies The treatment for a severe allergic reaction to food has not changed much since the late 19th century -- a quick shot of epinephrine and a rush to the doctor to stave off the rapid closing of airways, brain damage and possibly death. Medical personnel, from school nurses to chiefs of hospital pediatric departments say such near fatal allergic reactions are becoming more common in children. So three Chicago medical institutions said on Wednesday they will collaborate on an extensive study to determine the cause of the increase and will plead for more federal research funding. "I've been treating children in the field of allergy immunology for 15 years, and in recent years I've really seen the rates of food allergy skyrocket," said Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic, head of the allergy department at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. "Where in the past it only represented a small proportion of my practice, now more than half of the children I care for have a food allergy." www.naturalmatters.net/newsview.asp?news=1908
Holland moves to ban Holocaust denial When a Dutch family comes back to Holland after eight years of living in Israel, people tend to assume its members are Jewish. So says Leon Meijer, and he should know. Meijer, who completed his doctorate at the Technion, learned that lesson the hard way when his 11-year-old daughter was told by a classmate soon after her return: "It's a pity Hitler didn't finish the job." Meijer was shocked not only by the comment, but by the discovery that the Netherlands has no laws clearly outlawing Holocaust denial. Now, six years later, he has drafted legislation which would do just that. Under his proposal, individuals who deny or glorify genocide with the intent to hurt others could be fined or sentenced to up to a year in jail. The law would be added to current legislation prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of race and religion. www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1149572654064&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Who is this Israel, and what’s all this talk of an “Israel Lobby”? In March 2006, the London Review of Books published The Israel Lobby and U. S. Foreign Policy by Professor John J. Mearsheimer, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago and Professor Stephen M. Walt, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.[1] In this working paper, the two authors make the argument that the centerpiece for US Middle Eastern policy, especially since the Six-Day War in 1967, has been developed by the United States based primarily on its relationship with Israel. While many fellow scholars have applauded the authors for having the courage to suggest that the “Israel Lobby” might have too much power and influence in Washington DC, which it in fact does, the mainstream media has blacklisted the merits of this report by only reporting on the backlash of those who are offended by its content. www.teamliberty.net/id242.html
Iran is Israel’s problem Iran is Israel’s problem. Even though the yellow journalists that make up the dead-stream media in the United States are reporting otherwise, Iran is solely Israel’s problem. Yet somehow the Iran / Israel conflict has infiltrated the minds of news editors across the United States to the degree that Iran’s nuclear ambitions, whether peaceful or not, are being reported in the United States as if the U. S. shared a border with the Islamic Republic. U. S. occupied Iraq does not constitute a shared border with Iran, although Israeli officials, working directly and indirectly through the Israel Lobby firmly rooted in the halls of Congress, have been relentless in their effort to convince the American people that it does. www.teamliberty.net/id262.html
A Duplicitous Referendum - Setting the Record Straight on Hamas A June 3rd poll conducted by Near East Consulting based in Ramallah, Palestine shows that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians support the Prisoner's Agreement, an inter-factional agreement signed by one member each of Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and the DFLP inside Israel's Hadarim prison this past May. (1) The document implicitly recognizes Israel by accepting, among other things, a Palestinian state in the lands occupied by Israel in the June 1967 war. www.counterpunch.org/loewenstein06122006.html
27 June 2006
Apologies for the lack of updates recently. This has been due to a relapse in my Chronic Fatigue illness. More updates coming very soon.
Beware: the new goths are coming ONE of Britain's most senior military strategists has warned that western civilisation faces a threat on a par with the barbarian invasions that destroyed the Roman empire. In an apocalyptic vision of security dangers, Rear Admiral Chris Parry said future migrations would be comparable to the Goths and Vandals while north African "barbary" pirates could be attacking yachts and beaches in the Mediterranean within 10 years. Europe, including Britain, could be undermined by large immigrant groups with little allegiance to their host countries - a "reverse colonisation" as Parry described it. These groups would stay connected to their homelands by the internet and cheap flights. The idea of assimilation was becoming redundant, he said. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2220267,00.html
D. Express 13.6.06 "EVERYDAY VITAMIN PILL STOPS CANCER" Folic acid (a B vitamin) could stop cancer cells forming & help the body repair itself. It may even force cells which are beginning to mutate into cancer to shrink back, found research by Dr. Giovanni Almadori of Cattolica del Sacro Cvore in Rome. Hazel Nunn information officer at Cancer Research UK said "It's one of a number of vitamins which may help protect against cancer. People in the trial were given 5mgs of folic acid 3 x a day. Published in "Cancer" journal.
UK govt. scientists who carried out experiments on humans between 1939 & 1989 will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday. Experiments such as dropping toxic Sarin nerve gas on servicemen's' skin were carried out at Porton Down under the Human Volunteer Observer Scheme.
The human rights of care home residents are frequently ignored, with frail, vulnerable people going unfed, unwashed & facing physical abuse. "The Relatives' & Residents' Assoc." said elderly people who pay for their care are particularly vulnerable as they don't have the protection of a local council social services complaints procedure.
1,000s of
war veterans will lose the right to claim additional money for gulf war
syndrome because the MoD has decided to ignore a landmark decision which
ordered it to recognise the condition. It will prevent
D. Mail 12.6.06 "JUST 6 TOMATOES CAN PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING DVT" Eating 6 tomatoes or drinking a quarter pint of tomato juice a day can prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT.) The yellow fluid around the seeds has anti-clotting properties, found Prof. Asim Duttaroy & his team at Rowett Institute in Aberdeen. He advises airline passengers to have tomatoes as it's safer than drugs such as aspirin.
D. Mail 12.6.06 "CHOKED BY THE ELECTROSMOG" 2-page article by Alasdair Philips. He writes on how to reduce exposure to microwaves & EMFs. Alasdair warns people not to keep switched-on mobile phones in their pocket but to keep them in a bag or briefcase. Don't keep it on a bedside table, particularly when it's re-charging. He warns that cordless landline phones emit radiation from both the base unit & handset, which is alleged to cause brain tumours, breast cnacer, DNA damage etc. He advises: instal a landline phone that plugs into the wall socket & use it for most calls. If you can't do without cordless phones buy an analogue model, as their base units emit radiaion only when the phone is active. Avoid the newer digital phones (DECTs) as their base units emit radiation 24 hours a day. He advises people to sit at least 6 ft. away from plasma screen TVs. Extracted from "The Powerwatch Handbook" by Alasdair & Jean Philips, pub. by Piatkus on June 22.
D. Mail 10.6.06 "BLAIR'S NUCLEAR POWER DEAL WITH FRANCE" Tony Blair committed Britain to a nuclear future on 9 June 06 as he struck a deal with President Jacques Chirac of France to create a string of atomic power stations in UK. British officials said it would lead to French firms helping to build about 12 nuclear plants in UK. Alan Duncan shadow trade & industry spokesman said "This is further proof that the PM has pre-empted his energy review."
EMF-Omega-News 10. June 2006
ATHENS LECTURES ON LINE http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2124616/
UMTS Base Station-Like Exposure, Well Being and Cognitive Performance http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2126709/
Sensation of Hearing in Electromagnetic Fields http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2115625/
Mitigating the risks of cell phone cancer http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2129249/
Mystery at Marc-Seignobos school http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2115020/
Legal warning over phone mast decisions http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2115011/
Fraud and deceit by CETECOM http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/cetecom_aaronia_uk_ges.pdf
Stockholm puts ban on cell phones http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2116834/
Radio interviews, (Olle Johansson, Magda Havas, etc) TV interviews etc. http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2116895/
We can't say no to the masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2115081/
Phone mast given council approval http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2117050/
School U-turn on phone mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2123245/
Neighbours' mast orders http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2127369/
Decision on phone mast overturned http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2131183/
MAST THREAT NEWT-TRALISED http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2131334/
The biggest scandal of all: The Church of England has turned a place of sanctuary into a place of business http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2132625/
Local councils can say no to unwanted phone masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2132657/
Man says cellphone tower near home is making him and neighbours sick http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2137107/
"Intimidated" staff won’t complain about mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2137484/
Simcoe cellphone tower to be moved: Neighbours complaint of illness http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2143228/
Montreal wants ban on cellphones while driving http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2142949/
Radio waves and microwave exposures http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2122108/
Killer Communications http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2119605/
The wolf has taken on sheep's clothing http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2136646/
New Laws Protecting Children http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2143404/
How Safe Is Your Wireless-Networked Laptop? http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2145020/
Laptop Computers And The EMF Hazard Revisited http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2144974/
Ten Reasons to Throw out your Microwave Oven http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2145425/
Media opportunity? http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2135311/
SWEEP 18 http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2115068/
News from Mast Sanity
Omega-News Collection 10. June 2006 http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2148567/
Dr. Jonathan Fishbein's fight for medical ethics in AIDS medicine Editor’s note: In December 2005, GNN’s Liam Scheff spoke with NIH whistleblower Dr. Jonathan Fishbein. In an exclusive interview, Fishbein discusses the controversial African AIDS drug trials he exposed, his firing and reinstatement and how medical ethics and the public trust are violated when profit and politics rule the day. – A. L. “Science has become so severely politicized that one has to be skeptical of nearly every research result that is reported.” Says Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, once and future NIH employee. www.gnn.tv/articles/2058/Exclusive_The_Good_Man_at_the_NIH
INSIDE INCARNATION As the debate over AIDS-drug trials at Columbia's Incarnation Children Center grows louder, a former ICC employee reveals what she saw. Mimi Pascual gave the children drugs every day and every night, on schedule, as the doctors ordered. She shook the children awake and popped the pills into their mouths, or squirted a syringe full of ground pill and water to the back of their throats. She and the other child-care workers made the rounds: midnight, 3 a. m., 5 a. m. Some kids took the pills by mouth, some through nasal tubes, and some through tubes jutting out of their stomachs. The children didn't like the drugs. They'd wake up vomiting or with bad diarrhea. But Mimi and the workers at Incarnation Children's Center had to follow the regimen, or they'd be fired."The drugs had side effects, everybody knew that," said Mimi. But the workers were told the drugs were saving the children's lives. After a young girl who had just gone on the drugs had a stroke and then quickly died, and another young boy who was put on thalidomide wasted away on a respirator, Mimi stopped believing that the drugs were just saving lives. She believed they were killing the children too. www.nypress.com/18/30/news&columns/liamscheff.cfm
Anger syndrome 'under-diagnosed' A condition which makes people lash out violently for no reason is vastly under-diagnosed, say US researchers. As many as 16 million Americans have been affected by intermittent explosive disorder (IED) in which the sufferer displays unwarranted violent outbursts. A study in Archives of General Psychiatry showed 4% of the US population had severe IED with three or more outbursts in the past year. An expert said cultural differences in the UK could mean its rate was lower. IED is clearly defined in the manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV) but no-one really knows how many people might be affected by the disorder. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5049610.stm
Big Pharma scare tactics: How the pharmaceutical industry influences American consumers Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, especially in this case. Lloyd Grove, a columnist for the New York Daily News, says that the pharmaceutical lobby in the United States, a group called PhRMA, actually commissioned the writing of a fiction novel designed to scare Americans into avoiding prescription drugs from Canada. The book was supposed to tell a story of terrorists who altered prescription drugs from Canada in order to kill Americans who were buying them over the internet or crossing the border to buy them at lower prices. Bizarre, huh? What an interesting tactic to try to convince people to pay sky-high prices -- monopoly prices, in fact -- for prescription drugs in the United States. But that's only part of this story. www.newstarget.com/019406.html
SAD: Prozac works, but light therapy works best Tell your doctor you have SAD (seasonal affective disorder), and he’ll probably do one of two things: if he’s of the old school, he’ll laugh, and otherwise he’ll prescribe Prozac (fluoxetine). Prozac is a powerful antidepressant that has been associated with suicide and suicidal thoughts, especially among the young. Still, it’s effective, apparently, and it will stop you being SAD, although it may make everyone around you downright miserable. But the much better way of tackling SAD, which works faster and better than Prozac, is light therapy. Using a light box every day seems to do the trick, but make sure it’s emitting around 10,000 lux to have the full effect. Just such a light box was tested recently against Prozac on a group of 96 SAD sufferers. Not only was it more effective, it was also far safer without any side effects. Those taking Prozac suffered agitation, sleep disturbance and palpitations, while those using light therapy reported no side effects at all. The researchers conclude that it is ‘reasonable’ for doctors to offer either Prozac or light therapy for SAD. Now let’s see, which one shall we go for. . .(Source: American Journal of Psychiatry, 2006; 163: 805-12).
MENINGITIS: Standard treatment may be a killer Most doctors will give a child with suspected meningitis an immediate penicillin injection before calling an ambulance. It’s almost become standard practice, and every doctor carries around penicillin shots in case of a meningitis emergency. But it’s a practice that could kill the child, new research has discovered. Children who are given penicillin are over seven times more likely to die than children who weren’t given the shot before getting to hospital. And those who survive are then five times more likely to suffer a serious complication. This alarming discovery was made when researchers tracked the progress of 158 children who had been diagnosed with meningococcal disease, named after the virus that causes meningitis and septicaemia. It’s the second research paper to suggest that children given penicillin are more likely to die – but why? There are two possible reasons: it could be that doctors are vaccinating children whose meningitis seems to be more severe, and so they were the ones more likely to die or suffer complications in any event. The second, and more worrying, possibility is that the children are reacting to the penicillin. The body may go into shock when the penicillin releases toxic compounds known as endotoxins. These findings place an enormous ethical responsibility on the shoulders of doctors when they are faced with a case of meningitis – should they vaccinate or not? While there is growing evidence that penicillin may be doing harm, there seems very little that suggests it is doing any good. Even in cases of life-threatening meningitis, the dictum ‘first do nothing’ may become a realistic option. (Source: British Medical Journal, 2006; 332: 1295-8).
D. Telegraph 5.6.06 "OLDER GREENER GENERATION PUT YOUNG TO SHAME" A poll of over 2,000 people found 18-24 year olds are far less likely to recycle & save energy than any other age group. The true 'eco-warriors' are over the 65's, who were brought up in austere times & 9 out of 10 of them recycle waste & buy eco-friendly appliances.
Breathing exercises could help asthma patients cut down their medication, say researchers. They can reduce the use of inhalers by up to 80%. Prof. Christine Jenkins headed the study at Woodcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney. One technique focused on shallow, nasal breathing (Buteyko method) & the 2nd used upper body exercises with relaxation.
Tony Blair's garden at No. 10 is still being watered with a hosepipe by gardeners, despite being in a hosepipe ban area.
23 primary school children were studied on both non-organic & organic diets for several days on each diet. Their levels of malathion & chlorpyrifos, 2 commonly used organophosphate pesticides were measured. Malathion disappeared from the children's urine almost immediately they went on to the organic diet. Chlorpyrifos levels were less than 1ppm on the organic diet. Immediately they returned to their normal diet, chlorpyrifos levels increased 5-fold. Lu, C et al. Environmental Health Perspectives 2005 online.
Children as young as 8 should be given Prozac if they have "moderate depression" according to the European Medicines Agency, but warns parents to look-out for 'suicidal behaviour', while they are on the drug. In light of the recent decision to approve Prozac for children, Jerome Burne, a journalist for the Daily Mail, is looking for a case study of a child in the UK who has been prescribed and had an adverse effect to Prozac. If you know of anyone with a child who has had an adverse effect to another prescribed psychiatric drug, that may be helpful. He is working to a very tight deadline. If you know of anyone who would be willing to speak out or any contacts who may be able to help, you may contact him directly. His contact details are: Tel: 0207 286 9294 Email: jerome.burne@ntlworld.com See also: www.rinf.com/columnists/news/prozac-cleared-for-children-aged-eight-despite-fears-of-suicide-risk
Genetically Engineered Crops May Produce Herbicide Inside Our Intestines Pioneer Hi-Bred's website boasts that their genetically modified (GM) Liberty Link[1] corn survives doses of Liberty herbicide, which would normally kill corn. The reason, they say, is that the herbicide becomes "inactive in the corn plant."[2] They fail to reveal, however, that after you eat the GM corn, some inactive herbicide may become reactivated inside your gut and cause a toxic reaction. In addition, a gene that was inserted into the corn might transfer into the DNA of your gut bacteria, producing long-term effects. These are just a couple of the many potential side-effects of GM crops that critics say put the public at risk. www.naturalmatters.net/article.asp?article=1872&cat=219
Ritalin - The Hidden Effects... In 1986, The International Journal of the Addictions published a very important literature review by Richard Scarnati. It was called “An Outline of Hazardous Side Effects of Ritalin (Methylphenidate)” [v. 21(7), pp. 837-841]. Scarnati listed a large number of adverse affects of Ritalin and cited published journal articles which reported each of these symptoms. For every one of the following Ritalin effects, there is at least one confirming source in the medical literature: Paranoid delusions · Paranoid psychosis · Hypomanic and manic symptoms, amphetamine-like psychosis · Activation of psychotic symptoms · Toxic psychosis · Visual hallucinations · Auditory hallucinations · Can surpass LSD in producing bizarre experiences · Effects pathological thought processes · Extreme withdrawal · Terrified affect · Started screaming · Aggressiveness · Insomnia · Since Ritalin is considered an amphetamine-type drug, expect amphetamine-like effects · Psychic dependence · High-abuse potential DEA Schedule II Drug · Decreased REM sleep · When used with antidepressants one may see dangerous reactions including hypertension, seizures and hypothermia · Convulsions · Brain damage may be seen with amphetamine abuse. www.naturalmatters.net/article.asp?article=1903&cat=40
04 June 2006
Osama Tape Appears Fake, Experts Conclude The latest audio tape attributed to Osama bin Laden appears to be one more installment in a succession of evidence fabricated by the US government to deceive the American people, according to Scholars fo |
