Foundation Comment – Following on from our posting New Alarm Bells about Chemicals and Cancer – Monsanto a history of poisons – and indeed the early piece where we highlighted the food contamination issue in “Please assume the mushroom position – Thank You” comes more detail on how everyday we are being slowly poisoned. Obama [...]

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF – New York Times The President’s Cancer Panel is the Mount Everest of the medical mainstream, so it is astonishing to learn that it is poised to join ranks with the organic food movement and declare: chemicals threaten our bodies. The cancer panel is releasing a landmark 200-page report on Thursday, [...]

This is a serious health risk to society. On Monday April 26th I visited a branch of the largest retail hardware store in Australia. The purpose of the visit was to determine how well informed the staff were as to the toxic carcinogenic poisoning risks to themselves and their customers of CCA (copper chrome arsenate) [...]

In a follow up to the story ‘The ticking time bomb of Arsenic poisoning in our society’ Associated press on April 20 2010 report – Residents of a neighborhood on the edge of a polluted Florida Superfund site sued the property owners Tuesday, seeking at least $500 million to decontaminate their homes and monitor their [...]

Source GM Watch This detailed history of Monsanto was prepared by GM Watch Monsanto was created in 1901. The company’s first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin. In the 1920s Monsanto expanded into basic industrial chemicals. During the Second World War Monsanto contributed to research on uranium for the Manhattan Project, which lead to the [...]

The Voice of Russia, April 16 2010 Russia has started the annual Days of Defence against Environmental Hazards from the 15th of April to the 5th of June with the announcement of sensational results of an independent work of research. Scientists have proved that Genetically Modified Organisms are harmful for mammals. The researchers discovered that [...]

It has been a great honour and privilege to come to know Deborah Barrie. Dedorah became a crusader for the banning of CCA treated timber after her families tragic poisoning from inhaling arsenic fumes from the burning by her neighbour of CCA (Copper Chrome Arsenate) treated timber. Deborah has committed the remaining time she has left [...]

(CBS)  Vegetarian burger lovers, take note. Your tasty patty may come with an unwanted condiment: Hexane.  Many popular brands of soy-based vegetarian foods, such as Morningstar Farms, Trader Joes, Amy’s Kitchen, Boca Burger, Yves and others, may include a decidedly un-green petroleum byproduct of gasoline refining, Mother Jones magazine reports.  In an effort to produce lower fat products [...]

The Food and Drug Administration said recent research raises “valid concerns” about the possible health effects of triclosan, an antibacterial chemical found in a growing number of liquid soaps, hand sanitizers, dishwashing liquids, shaving gels and even socks, workout clothes and toys. The FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency say they are taking a fresh look [...]

This post first appeared on Food Politics.  You almost have to be sorry for soft drink companies these day.  The latest blow?.  BPA has been found in soft drink cans in Canada (and, presumably, in the US?). – What about your country? And the Danes have banned BPA from food packages targeted to children, no doubt, as  the Swiss have shown, bottle-fed [...]