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Though the end to the government-shutdown is barely past a week old, count on the backlog of food inspections to last abit longer than the original 2+ week duration.
And to that end, you might want to reacquaint yourselves with BuzzFeed’s breakdown+list down at the links for some good reminders on how to stay safe abit longer.
PS: It might also be good to check back in with EWG’s Dirty Dozen, too…
-Saving at least a little face in the bottom of the 9th.
A recent study on obesity in children showed that the fattest group of was 2x as likely to have BPA in them, but only provided they were white.
The jury is still out, with the more likely candidate being Soda Consumption, as BPA is part of the plastic bottles it comes in…
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UPDATE!: NYT Finds Counter-Study!
And on a similar note to the EWG List,
What the EFF was Stanford trying to prove with that meta-analysis-study on Organics?
The whole thing was presented to make you feel like Organic is just as bad as regular food and not worth the outlay.
The first thing I’ve always thought about Organic is this: Lower Chemical Load in the Body.
-You get less of less-toxic pesticides, antibiotics, growth-hormones, etc.
-Therefore, there is less of a chance those will STAY in your body and cause problems over time…
Here’s a good small list of fruits and vegetables, published by the Environmental Working Group, that gives you a good look into which have the most & worst persistent Pesticide Residue.
If any of you out there have blanched at the prices on some organic foods, then this list is also for you,
-Especially because the EWC has been nice enough to include another list of the Cleanest foods in the same pesticide-load terms as the dirty ones.
That should help the budget abit…
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Is this just another instance of The Peoples’ Republic of California and any organization, person, or thing involved with them being hopelessly extremist and thus out-of-touch with Reality?
OR: Is this just another instance of a Malicious, Soulless, Big Industry lobbying group trying to ensure cheap inputs of manufacture and infinite frictionless profits through opposing any and all regulation?…
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Absolutely Terrifying, but so far 2 people have died from a fresh-water amoeba via Neti-Pot nasal irrigation in Louisiana.
IIt turns out it’s MUCH easier for bad things to cross into the brain if they get up in the sinus cavity via your nose.
Both victims died of encephalitis.
There is no way to know if the microbe, or something similar, is in your own water or not without specific testing.
Usually most people don’t read the manual, and…
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Three studies on pre-natal exposure to chemicals were published at the same time by Researchers at UC Berkeley, Mt. Sinai and Columbia in the Journal, “Environmental Health Perspectives”.
They concerned both City-dweller and Country-dweller subjects.
And it looks bad for babies.
It turns out if a pregnant mother is exposed to Organo-Phosphate pesticides; -at-all, either through Environmental exposure, OR through Diet, it affects the developing fetus.
This impact took a toll of up to…
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