Archive for March, 2006
« Previous Entries Thursday, March 30th, 2006The Meatrix II — TONITE is THE NIGHT!
The hard launch of The Meatrix II: Revolting is set for 12 a.m. EST TONITE! Thursday, 3/30 … but you can take a peak now if you’d like. The Flash animation has just gone live at www.themeatrix2.com.
Be sure to check out the companion site, The Meatrix 360° Interactive at (http://www.themeatrix.com/interactive/index.html).
Juice Box Junkies!
Helping Our Kids Kick the Fruit Juice Habit.
by Cori Young
I get a lot of email each month from parents who are concerned about how much fruit juice their kids are drinking. Some are looking for reassurance, “Is it really that bad, it’s made out of fruit?” Or, “At least they’re getting lots of liquids…” Others […]
Antiperspirant Use Can Increase Your Breast Cancer Risk
http://www.mercola.com/2006/mar/30/antiperspirant_use_increases_breast_cancer_risks.htm
The aluminum salts found in many antiperspirants could increase the risk of breast cancer. Other risk factors, such as shaving the armpits before using antiperspirants, may heighten the risk even further.
Mimics Estrogen
Aluminum salts, which account for 25 percent of the volume of some antiperspirants, can mimic the hormone estrogen. Chemicals that imitate that hormone are […]
With Tysabri decision, FDA declares no drug is too dangerous to be FDA approved
March 28 2006
http://www.newstarget.com/019331.html
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency that claims to be
responsible for protecting consumers from dangerous food and drug
products, has just surrendered its primary responsibility. Recently,
an FDA advisory panel voted to recommend that a dangerous
prescription drug Tysabri, which was withdrawn from the market a year
ago due to its promoting of a deadly […]
Poll: Americans See a Climate Problem
In a new TIME survey, most people see global warming worsening — and
want action
Sunday, Mar. 26, 2006
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1176967,00.html
A large majority of Americans — 85% — say global warming is probably
happening, according to a new TIME magazine/ABC News/Stanford
University poll. An even larger percentage (88%) think global warming
threatens future generations. More than half (60%) say it threatens
them a […]
Now what? Cloned Pig! all in the name of ‘health’
Cloning May Lead to Healthy Pork
By GINA KOLATA
March 27, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/health/27pig.html?_r=2&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
A group of university researchers said yesterday that they had
created what sounds like a nutritional holy grail: cloned pigs that
make their own omega-3 fatty acids, potentially leading to bacon and
pork chops that might help your heart.
For now, the benefits of the research are theoretical. Omega-3 fatty
acids, […]
Will consumers have a beef with test-tube meat?
ANNE MCILROY
From Monday’s Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060327.wxmeat27/BNStory/Science/home?pageRequested=all&print=true
Scientists can grow frog and mouse meat in the lab, and are now
working on pork, beef and chicken. Their goal is to develop an
industrial version of the process in five years.
If they succeed, cultured or in vitro meat could be coming to a
supermarket near you. Consumers could buy hamburger patties […]
Oil Gushes into Arctic Ocean from BP Pipeline
by Leonard Doyle
The Independent / UK
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0321-06.htm
Across the frozen North Slope of Alaska, the region’s largest oil
accident on record has been sending hundreds of thousands of litres
of crude pouring into the Arctic Ocean during the past week after a
badly corroded BPO pipeline ruptured.
The publicity caused by the leak in the the 30-year-old pipeline
could […]
Meat out day TODAY! FREE Vegetarian Kit
Meatout is an international observance helping individuals evolve to a wholesome, nonviolent diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains. The purpose is to expose the public to the joys and benefits of a plant-based diet, while promoting the availability and selection of meat and dairy alternatives in mainstream grocery stores, restaurants, and catering operations.
Meatout has grown […]
Vegetarians, Vegans, Raw Foodists, Macrobiotics & more
What do Mahatma Gandhi & Steve Jobs have in common?
By DAVID SCHMEICHEL
March 19, 2006
http://winnipegsun.com/News/FoodFright/2006/03/19/pf-1495094.html
There are almost as many different kinds of vegetarians out there as
there are vegetables themselves. There’s even a name (”flexitarian”)
for those sliders who claim to be vegetarians, but surrender every
once in awhile to their cravings for a meat loaf or filet mignon. […]