Panel Finds Fault With FDA Conclusion on BPA

WASHINGTON -- A panel of science experts challenged the Food and Drug Administration's conclusion that a chemical widely used in plastic food containers is safe, saying the FDA should have paid more attention to studies suggesting the contrary.

The FDA in August issued a report saying the chemical biphenol-A, or BPA, is safe at current levels found in plastic baby bottles and canned foods. The report prompted criticism from lawmakers and scientists because it relied largely on industry-funded studies and contradicted over 100 studies suggesting BPA is harmful to humans.

I don't know what to think about BPA. It's hard to trust the FDA when they rely on data from the corporations that stand to make a profit if the FDA says their products are safe.

Think Twice Before Using That Air Freshener!

If you believe ignorance is bliss you may not want to read this article. Otherwise, follow the link.

It is a great big toxic world out there, yes indeed. So here's to the marketing professionals that get us to buy air fresheners and laundry products that may actually harm us. Why do we pay so much attention and invest "so much" into breathing pleasant smelling air? Give me some of that good, old fashioned country air. You know, air that's been cleaned by the trees and grass, mixed with cow farts and some rotting worm guts.

Cross-disciplinary research reveals low-level pesticide exposure linked to myriad of learning, behavioral and medical problems.

http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20080627/n1
I just learned something disturbing about the EPA and how it tests pesticides and herbicides.

Dr. Porter cites two independent studies that determined the "inactive" ingredients in Round-up make it twice as biologically active and, therefore, twice as potentially toxic as the potential of it's "active" chemical parts. Unfortunately, solvents and surfactants are not tested as part of the EPA registration process. "For example," says Porter, "the EPA registers glyphosate, the chemical considered an active ingredient in Round-up, not Round-up itself."

This article was found on the Rodale Institute web site. What really makes me angry about all these toxic chemicals that most farmers use is that they can use them without telling their neighbors or people downwind,

"hey, I'm spraying petsicide/herbicide/fertilizer (anhydrous ammonia) you might want to put on biochemical warfare protection..."

So, has anyone noticed fields of young, green corn spotted with dead, crispy weeds? If you noticed, did you wonder how weeds can be dead but corn looking fine in the same field? I didn't have to wonder long. My stomach turns when I see it because that field was probably sprayed with RoundUp and that corn is genetically modified to be RoundUp resistant. But when was it sprayed? were my kids outside then?

Check out the article for yourself; don't take my word for it. You may end up deciding to never buy non-organic produce again.