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Tuesday, 27 June
23:45
Report Release: Why is PFAS in My Kale? Alliance for Natural Health USA Protecting Natural Health
The federal government doesnt seem to think PFAS contamination of our food supply is a concern, but independent testing from ANH-USA tells a different story. We need to act now to ban PFAS. Action Alert!
Independent
testing conducted by ANH-USA has found kale samples
purchased at grocery stores across the US to be contaminated with
dangerous PFAS chemicals. ANHs report builds on an increasing body
of evidence telling us that the pervasive contamination of our
world with PFAS chemicals is producing a public health disaster.
The EPA and the FDA have demonstrated that they are not responding
with the kind of urgency that is required to deal with this public
health nightmare. We must act now to ban these chemicals.
For some time
now, weve been sounding the
alarm about the extensive contamination of the
environment with PFAS chemicals and what that means for human
health. PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of
chemicals used in hundreds of consumer products. They are nicknamed
forever chemicals because they do not break down in the environment
and accumulate in blood and organs.
Up until the last few years, we thought PFAS was a contained problem you could protect yourself from by avoiding things like nonstick pans, fast food packaging, and microwaved popcorn. But in 2019, the FDA began very limited testing of PFAS in common U.S. food items and found what we believe are alarming levels of PFAS in certain seafood.
This led our staff at ANH to wonder: Are Americans really being told the truth about our levels of PFAS exposure is food?
We decided to test this question with a pilot study that found shocking results. ANH staff purchased organic and conventional kale from local grocery stores in New York (Stop & Shop), Pennsylvania (Weis), Georgia (Publix), and Arizona (Whole Foods). If PFAS were found in kale, one of the healthiest options available at the store, we would have a clear indication of the extent of PFAS contamination in our food supply.
We sent our local grocery store kale to be tested for PFAS, hoping to confirm what the FDA states on their website as of May 31, 2023, we have found that most foods not grown or produced in specific...
22:00
The Real RFK Jr.: Trials of a Truth Warrior Nominated For Plutarch Award Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!
Please join us in wishing
luck to Skyhorse Publishing and author Dick Russell on this
prestigious nomination for a Plutarch Award for best biography.
Named after the famous ancient
Greek biographer, the Plutarch is awarded to the best biography of
the year by a committee of five distinguished biographers from
nominations received by BIO members and publishers. The award comes
with a $2,000 honorarium.
As an aside, we have been writing about RFK Jr for more than a
decade. Please don't confuse our keeping up with his work and even
complimenting or congratulating him on his work with an endorsement
as a Presidential candidate. We do not and can not endorse.
We know our readers come from all walks of life. Left, right and
center. Thank you.
Note from Author Dick Russell:
Dear friends and colleagues,
I've just received some exciting news, that my latest book -
The Real RFK Jr.: Trials of a Truth
Warrior has been nominated among the finalists for the Plutarch
Award, given annually for "best biography of the year."
And I wanted to let you know a little about why I decided a year
ago to write it. I've known Bobby Kennedy Jr for more than twenty
years, when I was putting together my books "Eye of the Whale" and
then "Striper Wars: An American Fish Story." We were both activists
in protecting the habitats of the amazing gray whales and Atlantic
striped bass and went on to collaborate on other environmental
campaigns. Bobby wrote the introductions for two editions of my
book exposing the fossil fuel corporate giants most responsible for
climate change.
Once he began speaking out about public health concerns, a lot of
people who he'd worked closely with for years shied away from him
and his views were suddenly no longer welcome in the media. During
the pandemic, Bobby was kicked off Instagram and labeled an
"anti-vaxxer" who spread misinformation. I knew from many
conversations with him this wasn't fair or true, that he was an
advocate for safe vaccines and a foe of government agencies being
captured by the very corporations they're supposed to regulate.
So, I decided to write a book that would chronicle his re...
10:00
Editor's Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published February 3, 2018.
Moving through life, most have a tendency to accumulate "stuff." You may have drawers full of pictures and mementos, a closet full of clothes you no longer wear or a kitchen full of utensils you can't remember how to use. It is a common human condition to acquire "things" from places you've been or events you want to remember.
You may often crave more room or space to live in, which may mean you're looking for a larger home every 10 years. But, what if you could create more in your life for yourself and your family by living with less?
This is the basic premise in a popular movement toward minimalism. The minimalist movement began in the 1960s in the art world, when sculptures and paintings began to focus on the art medium and not an overt expression of emotion or symbolism.1 Today, minimalism has become a tool to help you live with greater freedom in your life.2 It is not a set of rules or restrictions, but rather an approach to help reduce a consumer culture that breeds a need for goods.
According to The Minimalists, Joshua Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, minimalism is quite simply "a tool to rid yourself of life's excess in favor of focusing on what's important so you can find happiness, fulfillment and freedom."3
Therefore, you define how much you want to live without and enjoy greater freedom. There are several psychological reasons to declutter your life and bring greater organization to the "stuff" you continue to own, and simple strategies to make the process go smoothly.
How Clutter Affects Your Brain
You may think the decision to buy an item is based on logic, but far more often it is grounded in an emotional response that marketing professionals understand how to trigger. For instance, the mere act of touching an item may increase your emotional attachment to the item and your desire to purchase it.4
In one study researchers found the longer you hold an item, the more you're likely to pay for it. Apple stores are built on the premise that if you can hold, handle and use their product, you're more likely to purchase it.
As you introduce new items into your life, you assign a value to the item, making it more difficult to give it up. Assigned to an item are memories, hopes and dreams, which means that if you get rid of them you may have failed.5 Getting rid of the skinny jeans you haven't worn in years may mean you've given up hope of eve...
How to Identify Atrial Fibrillation and What Might Help Articles
Atrial fibrillation (Afib)1 is an abnormal, often rapid, heart rhythm that occurs when the atria, your heart's upper chambers, beat out of sync with the ventricles, the heart's lower chambers. It's a common symptom in those with heart failure or heart disease.
Afib is one of the most common arrhythmias, or irregular heart rhythms, affecting more than 2 million U.S. adults.2 While it sometimes goes away on its own, it can often become more frequent, with episodes lasting longer. Because Afib can lead to serious complications, including stroke and heart failure,3 its important to know what to watch out for and how to help prevent it.
What Is Atrial Fibrillation?
In a healthy heart, contractions occur about once per second at rest. During Afib, however, this increases significantly. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine:4
In a person with Afib, faulty electrical signals make the atria contract irregularly and much faster than normal. The atria then get out of sync with the ventricles. Blood can pool in the atrium, which may lead to blood clots and strokes. Afib that causes the lower chambers to beat too quickly can cause heart failure. Afib may occur occasionally, or it can be constant.
A normal heart beats 60 to 150 times per minute. But during Afib, the atria may contract 400 or more times a minute. The ventricles become overwhelmed trying to keep up with the contractions. They beat faster than they should, and they may not have time to fill with blood and pump blood normally, Johns Hopkins explains. There are three types of Afib:
- Paroxysmal Afib, which happens intermittently and resolves on its own within seven days.
- Persistent Afib, which persists for more than seven days. heart beating normally again.
- Long-standing persistent Afib, which persists for more than one year.
What Are the Signs of Afib?
Because atrial fibrillation causes your hearts upper and lower chambers to work out of sync, your heart may not be able to pump blood to your lungs and elsewhere in your body effectively. Lightheadedness, dizziness and fatigue can result, as can chest pain.
Afib may also feel like your heart skipped a beat or is fluttering or pounding in your chest. It can lead to blood pooling in your chest, increasing your risk of blood clots that may lead to stroke.
The condition is also known to cause heart disease and worsen the condition if it already exists, but sometimes Afib causes no symptoms...
Get Your One Health Token From the World Health Organization Articles
The World Health Organization and their One Health approach are coming for the worlds food systems, aiming to meld them with the health insurance and medical fields. The outcome will be food tokens, medically tailored meals and prescription food programs that both dictate what you eat and have the power to impose penalties if you stray too far off course.
How do you get people to break? Control their food and money, investigative journalist Corey Lynn explains. What is the weapon? Controlling your identity through digital means. The smart phone, QR codes, digital identities, biometrics, AI, and chips are all weapons being used against humanity.1 You can listen to Corey discuss this on Spotify by going to her channel Dig It! Episode #189.2
Are Food Tokens in Your Future?
It was October 2022 when the WHO announced its One Health Joint Plan of Action, launched by the Quadripartite, which, in addition to WHO, consists of the:3
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE)
The Quadripartite will join forces to leverage the needed resources in support of the common approach to address critical health threats and promote the health of people, animals, plants and the environment, according to a WHO press release.4
Echoing this statement, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that a transformation of the worlds food systems is needed urgently, based on a One Health approach that protects and promotes the health of humans, animals and the planet.
Part of this is a new food is medicine agenda, including from the White House,5 which isnt nearly as holistic as it sounds. Instead, food is medicine is the phrase being used to campaign, launch programs, change policies and financing, aggregate data, tie the health care industry in with the food supply, and ultimately screen, track and control people through food, Lynn says.6
It's a smokescreen, under which more people will be ushered into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC), and similar initiatives so digital food tokens can be implemented. This allows for the...
08:17
Why Detoxification is Important GreenMedInfo
Visit our Re-post guidelines
Occasionally a doctor or a nutritionist will write an article and express the opinion that people do not need to use special diets or nutritional supplements to encourage the removal of toxins from the body. Their view is that the body has a perfectly designed detoxification system using the liver and our skin to remove any toxins. In theory that may be correct, but in practice it is "dead" wrong, with pun intended. Here are some questions for the misinformed:
07:49
Georgetown University Conference Addresses Invented Diseases & Overtreatment Mad In America
From CounterPunch: When a loved one dies is your grief a psychiatric condition requiring medication? Why is a vial of insulin, once produced for five dollars, now $300? Is the Alzheimers amyloid model accurate in light of weak correlations to actual improved cognitionand new treatments so expensive they threaten to raise Medicare premiums? And finally, does early cancer detection have concerning drawbacks?
These volatile questions characterized the 9th conference of PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project, held in June.
Created by a two-year grant from Pfizers 2004 off-label neurontin settlementits Warner-Lambert unit pleaded guilty to off-label marketingPharmedOuts focus is to educate healthcare professionals about pharmaceutical marketing practices.
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07:04
From Merck To Microsoft: These Are The Companies That BlackRock Controls The Most Of Medical Kidnap
A week after an employee of the worlds largest asset management company, BlackRock, described how the company attempts to stay out of the media spotlight while buying politicians and profiting off of war (according to undercover footage obtained by the OKeefe Media Group), we thought it worth a look at just what companies does the 34-year-old company have the most control of.
As a reminder, in footage secretly recorded by undercover journalists in New York, a BlackRock recruiter named Serge Varlay explains how the investment company is able to run the world.
They [BlackRock] dont want to be in the news. They dont want people to talk about them. They dont want to be anywhere on the radar, Varlay said.
Varlay told a OMG journalist in the footage that BlackRock manages $20 trillion worldwide (its actually around $9 trillion). Its incomprehensible numbers, he said.
You can take this big f***ton of money and buy people, I work for a company called Black Rock Its not who is the president its who is controlling the wallet of the president.
You could buy your candidates. First, there is the senators these guys are f***in cheap. Got 10 grand you can buy a senator. Ill give you 500k right now. It doesnt matter who wins, theyre in my pocket.
Serge Varlay
BREAKING: @BlackRock Recruiter Who Decides Peoples Fate Spills Info on Companys World Impact
Its not who the president is- its whos controlling the wallet of the president
You got $10K? You can buy a senator"
War is real f***ing good for business #BlackRockExposed pic.twitter.com/DZIy1DuZKF
James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 20, 2023
...
07:04
From Merck To Microsoft: These Are The Companies That BlackRock Controls The Most Of Vaccine Impact
A week after an employee of the worlds largest asset management company, BlackRock, described how the company attempts to stay out of the media spotlight while buying politicians and profiting off of war (according to undercover footage obtained by the OKeefe Media Group), we thought it worth a look at just what companies does the 34-year-old company have the most control of.
As a reminder, in footage secretly recorded by undercover journalists in New York, a BlackRock recruiter named Serge Varlay explains how the investment company is able to run the world.
They [BlackRock] dont want to be in the news. They dont want people to talk about them. They dont want to be anywhere on the radar, Varlay said.
Varlay told a OMG journalist in the footage that BlackRock manages $20 trillion worldwide (its actually around $9 trillion). Its incomprehensible numbers, he said.
You can take this big f***ton of money and buy people, I work for a company called Black Rock Its not who is the president its who is controlling the wallet of the president.
You could buy your candidates. First, there is the senators these guys are f***in cheap. Got 10 grand you can buy a senator. Ill give you 500k right now. It doesnt matter who wins, theyre in my pocket.
Serge Varlay
...BREAKING: @BlackRock Recruiter Who Decides Peoples Fate Spills Info on Companys World Impact
Its not who the president is- its whos controlling the wallet of the president
You got $10K? You can buy a senator"
War is real f***ing good for business #BlackRockExposed pic.twitter.com/DZIy1DuZKF
James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 20, 2023
06:58
Artificial Intelligence is the New Danger the Government Wants to Protect You Against Medical Kidnap
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
The Hegelian principle of order out of chaos is the principle of creating a crisis that allegedly threatens society, and then proposing the solution to solve that crisis, to achieve some predetermined purpose or purposes.
The COVID-19 Scam is probably the most recent historical example of this principle, as it was a created crisis, by advertising an alleged novel new virus that was going to wipe out humanity, with the proposed solution, the COVID-19 vaccines, with predetermined purposes which included introducing mRNA vaccines into the population who served as guinea pigs, and temporarily rescuing the financial system by bringing in a windfall of funding to the pharmaceutical industry to fight the unseen enemy, COVID-19.
This Hegelian principle is attributed to the political theories of Marxism, and only works when government authorities enforce the solutions to the alleged threats, and it can only work in a society that is divided against each other, otherwise the society as a whole may wake up to the deception and decide to join forces to fight back against the tyrants.
Here is a short clip from Altiyan Childs 5-hour video on the secret ancient religion of Freemasonry where he explains this principle. You can read more about his treatise on Freemasonry here:
Insider Exposes Freemasonry as the Worlds Oldest Secret Religion and the Luciferian Plans for The New World Order
The entire 5-hour video is well worth your time! This is on our Bitchute channel and is less than 3 minutes.
The new threat to humanity that the U.S. Government is currently rushing forward to protect us all from, is the alleged threat from Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The threat of AI is generally published through...
06:57
Artificial Intelligence is the New Danger the Government Wants to Protect You Against Vaccine Impact
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
The Hegelian principle of order out of chaos is the principle of creating a crisis that allegedly threatens society, and then proposing the solution to solve that crisis, to achieve some predetermined purpose or purposes.
The COVID-19 Scam is probably the most recent historical example of this principle, as it was a created crisis, by advertising an alleged novel new virus that was going to wipe out humanity, with the proposed solution, the COVID-19 vaccines, with predetermined purposes which included introducing mRNA vaccines into the population who served as guinea pigs, and temporarily rescuing the financial system by bringing in a windfall of funding to the pharmaceutical industry to fight the unseen enemy, COVID-19.
This Hegelian principle is attributed to the political theories of Marxism, and only works when government authorities enforce the solutions to the alleged threats, and it can only work in a society that is divided against each other, otherwise the society as a whole may wake up to the deception and decide to join forces to fight back against the tyrants.
Here is a short clip from Altiyan Childs 5-hour video on the secret ancient religion of Freemasonry where he explains this principle. You can read more about his treatise on Freemasonry here:
Insider Exposes Freemasonry as the Worlds Oldest Secret Religion and the Luciferian Plans for The New World Order
The entire 5-hour video is well worth your time! This is on our Bitchute channel and is less than 3 minutes.
The new threat to humanity that the U.S. Government is currently rushing forward to protect us all from, is the alleged threat from Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The threat of AI is generally published through...
06:53
Powerful study shows cardiovascular risk from drinking alcohol Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
A peer-reviewed examined over 400,000 medical records which showed a link between drinking alcohol and risk of cardiovascular disease.
06:33
From Merck To Microsoft: These Are The Companies That BlackRock Controls The Most Of Health Impact News
A week after an employee of the worlds largest asset management company, BlackRock, described how the company attempts to stay out of the media spotlight while buying politicians and profiting off of war (according to undercover footage obtained by the OKeefe Media Group), we thought it worth a look at just what companies does the 34-year-old company have the most control of.
As a reminder, in footage secretly recorded by undercover journalists in New York, a BlackRock recruiter named Serge Varlay explains how the investment company is able to run the world.
They [BlackRock] dont want to be in the news. They dont want people to talk about them. They dont want to be anywhere on the radar, Varlay said.
Varlay told a OMG journalist in the footage that BlackRock manages $20 trillion worldwide (its actually around $9 trillion). Its incomprehensible numbers, he said.
You can take this big f***ton of money and buy people, I work for a company called Black Rock Its not who is the president its who is controlling the wallet of the president.
You could buy your candidates. First, there is the senators these guys are f***in cheap. Got 10 grand you can buy a senator. Ill give you 500k right now. It doesnt matter who wins, theyre in my pocket.
Serge Varlay
BREAKING: @BlackRock Recruiter Who Decides Peoples Fate Spills Info on Companys World Impact
Its not who the president is- its whos controlling the wallet of the president
You got $10K? You can buy a senator"
War is real f***ing good for business #BlackRockExposed pic.twitter.com/DZIy1DuZKF
&mdash...
06:31
Fired OSU postdoc charged with forgery admitted to faking data, feds say Retraction Watch
A cancer researcher who was terminated from one postdoc position and resigned another faked data in multiple papers and grant applications, according to the U.S. Office of Research Integrity.
ORI found that Yiorgos (Georgios) I. Laliotis engaged in research misconduct by intentionally and knowingly falsifying and/or fabricating data, methods, results, and conclusions in three published papers and two applications for grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings were based on Laliotis own admissions as well as reports from The Ohio State University and Johns Hopkins University.
As weve previously reported, Ohio State terminated Laliotis from his postdoc position in November of 2021, and he apparently resigned from another postdoc position at Johns Hopkins University that same month. Whether both universities employed him at the same time is unclear.
Laliotis has also been charged in Franklin County, Ohio home to Ohio State with forgery, identity theft, and telecommunications fraud in connection with allegations he created a fake email address in the name of Philip Tsichlis, his PI at Ohio State, and used it to send letters of recommendation purporte...
06:21
Is Berberine a safe and effective replacement for Ozempic? Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
With the shortage of the weight loss drug Ozempic (semaglutide), people are pushing the supplement berberine as a replacement.
06:16
Artificial Intelligence is the New Danger the Government Wants to Protect You Against Health Impact News
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
The Hegelian principle of order out of chaos is the principle of creating a crisis that allegedly threatens society, and then proposing the solution to solve that crisis, to achieve some predetermined purpose or purposes.
The COVID-19 Scam is probably the most recent historical example of this principle, as it was a created crisis, by advertising an alleged novel new virus that was going to wipe out humanity, with the proposed solution, the COVID-19 vaccines, with predetermined purposes which included introducing mRNA vaccines into the population who served as guinea pigs, and temporarily rescuing the financial system by bringing in a windfall of funding to the pharmaceutical industry to fight the unseen enemy, COVID-19.
This Hegelian principle is attributed to the political theories of Marxism, and only works when government authorities enforce the solutions to the alleged threats, and it can only work in a society that is divided against each other, otherwise the society as a whole may wake up to the deception and decide to join forces to fight back against the tyrants.
Here is a short clip from Altiyan Childs 5-hour video on the secret ancient religion of Freemasonry where he explains this principle. You can read more about his treatise on Freemasonry here:
...
05:28
Summer Staycation or Break? Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!
Each Summer, we ask readers to chime in
on their children's Extended School Year services, or now that many
of us have adult children with autism, their Summer as an
adult.
Summer for many of us growing up meant a well earned break from
school, a day or sleep over camp, perhaps a vacation (fancy or not)
with family, picnics, a Summer job. Good stuff. Fun stuff.
The seasons can become a blur when you're caring for a loved one
with autism. Tot, to teen to adult. Take the opportunity to tell us
what you have, wish you had, need. XOX
03:12
Horowitz: Confidential Pfizer Document Shows the Company Observed 1.6 Million Adverse Events Covering Nearly Every Organ GreenMedInfo
Over 10,000 categories of nearly 1.6 million adverse events - many of them serious and debilitating - brought to you by Pfizer!
03:10
Horowitz: Confidential Pfizer Document Shows the Company Observed 1.6 Million Adverse Events Covering Nearly Every Organ GreenMedInfo
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Originally published on www.conservativereview.com
by Daniel Horowitz
Over 10,000 categories of nearly 1.6 million adverse events - many of them serious and debilitating - brought to you by Pfizer!
03:00
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Nine) Mad In America
Editors Note: Over the next several months, Mad in Gtzsches book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook. In this blog, he describes more harms caused by depression pills, including akathisia and its connection to homicide, as well as dementia and sexual dysfunction. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here.
More about SSRIs and SNRIs causing homicide
Some critical psychiatrists believe that the suicide risk has been better documented than the homicide risk. Perhaps so, but the main reason is that SSRIs and SNRIs cause suicide much more commonly than they cause homicide, which is therefore more difficult to prove.
The evidence, which I have described in detail in another book,7:103 is nonetheless overwhelming.2,6,7,21,401,402
The main mechanisms of action are that depression pills
can cause akathisia, emotional blunting and psychosis. Many people
who have committed homicide were, by all objective and subjective
measures, completely normal before the act, with no precipitating
factors; they had akathisia; and they returned to their normal
personality when they came off the offending
drug.135,402
There are numerous reports in the literature and on websites that people of all ages have killed other people or came close to it after having experienced akathisia. Many of these people were healthy and had been prescribed the drug for non-disease-related reasons, e.g. for fun, stress, distress, insomnia, worry, harassment at work, family problems, or economic problems.2,6,277,402
In many cases, the treatment provided by the psychiatrists constituted medical malpractice and contributed directly to the violent actions. I...
02:38
Bee sting with stinger still in place Youd have to look far and wide for someone who hasnt been stung by an insect at one point or another. Its not pleasant in any situation, but bees and wasps can inflict some real discomfort if you run afoul of them. In a small minority of[Read More]
The post Bee And Wasp Stings first appeared on .01:42
Doctor Explains Why They Believe Women Definitely Shouldnt Pee In The Shower Healthy Holistic Living
The ongoing discourse regarding whether or not to pee in the shower has spurred a variety of responses. Many individuals argue in favor of this act, pointing towards the significant water savings it yields. However, a medical perspective provided by Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, a pelvic health specialist, cautions against this practice, particularly for those assigned female at birth.
In this article, we will explore this issue in-depth, outlining the pros and cons, the health implications, and the significant water savings involved. By the end, you should have a well-rounded understanding of the debate and be able to make an informed decision.
Understanding the Water Saving Argument
One of the most compelling reasons for peeing in the shower is the potential for substantial water conservation. By syncing your daily shower with a single instance of urination, you could save up to 2,190 liters (579 gallons) of toilet water annually. If the entire population of the US adopted this practice, the resulting water savings would amount to 699 billion liters (185 billion gallons) annually. These figures indicate a considerable environmental benefit if everyone were to take part in this seemingly unconventional habit.
But does this habit carry any health risks?
The Health Implications: Understanding Your Pelvic Floor
While the water-saving argument seems persuasive, its essential to examine the potential health implications.
Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, a leading expert on pelvic health, addresses the issue in her TikTok video . She explains the potential harm to ones pelvic floor and bladder fitness when peeing in the shower becomes a habit.
@thepelvicdancefloor Reply to @gwas007 why you shouldnt pee in the shower (probably part 1 of multiple?) #learnontiktok #tiktokpartner Similar Sensation (Instrumental) BLVKSHP
The Pavlovian Association
Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas makes a fascinating compa...
00:59
There Are None So Double Blind As Those Who Will Not... Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!
Last week, our Anne Dachel prepared a
list of questions to pose to VIDS - Vaccine Injury Deniers
- as a follow up to Robert Kennedy's podcast with Joe Rogan.
You can read it along with a
transcript here.
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By Anne Dachel
When Robert Kennedy, Jr. was interviewed by Joe Rogan on June 15, 2023, he pointed out glaring malfeasance on the part of U.S. health officials.
WHERE ARE THE VACCINE SAFETY STUDIES?
Kennedy said:
And thats the problem with not doing real placebo controlled trials.
None of the vaccines are subjected to true placebo controlled trials. It is the only medical product that is exempt prior to licensure.
I said this for many, many years: Not one of these 72 vaccines has ever been tested pre-licensing in a placebo controlled trial where youre looking at vaccinated vs unvaccinated kids, looking for health outcomes. Never been done.
Tony Fauci was saying, [Kennedys]
lying. Hes not telling the truth. This is vaccine
misinformation.
I said to him, Tony, youve been telling people Im a liar when I say no vaccine has ever been, none of the mandated vaccinesnone of them have ever been tested in a placebo-controlled trial safety test prior to licensing.
And I said, Can you show me one vaccine that has been subject to a safety test. Show me one study that shows that.
He made this show of looking through They had brought in from NIH, this big tray full of file folders, and he made a show of looking through that at the time. H...
00:53
Breaking: The FDA Creates a Path for Psychedelic Drug Trials Healthy Holistic Living
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released first-ever draft guidance, making way for psychedelic drug trials. This ground-breaking move may facilitate the mainstream acceptance of substances such as magic mushrooms and LSD as potential treatments for behavioral health conditions.
The Significance of the FDAs New Move
The ramifications of this development are far-reaching. Psychedelics are now on the cusp of becoming a multi-billion-dollar industry and gaining widespread acceptance after years of apprehension due to recreational use of these substances, coupled with their high risk of misuse.
Yet, the bulk of research conducted to date has been primarily backed by private sponsors. This scenario may change with the FDAs novel initiative, bringing the promising potential of these substances into the limelight.
The FDAs Decision in Detail
The FDAs decision, outlined in a 14-page document, proposes guidelines on conducting trials, collecting data, and ensuring subject safety for researchers exploring psychedelic treatments for various conditions. These range from PTSD, depression, and anxiety, to a variety of other mental health disorders.
This guidance came hot on the heels of the introduction of new legislation by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, led by Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), which directed the issuance of clinical trial guidelines. The legislation, House Bill 4242, represents an important step in establishing regulatory frameworks for psychedelic research.
The Largest Psychedelic Conference in History
Interestingly, the FDAs announcement coincided with the largest psychedelic conference in history held in Denver. This conference saw participation from a wide spectrum of attendees, from New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers to National Institute of Mental Health director Joshua Gordon, indicating the growing interest in this field.
A Deeper Look at the Psychedelic Substances
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23:47
Major Breakthrough: How Botox enters brain cells, a discovery that could save lives Healthy Holistic Living
A groundbreaking study led by distinguished researchers from the University of Queensland has unveiled new insights about the complex mechanism through which Botox infiltrates brain cells. The profound findings, published in The EMBO Journal, are set to have a substantial impact on the medical and cosmetic industries and potentially pioneer new treatments for botulism.
Botox: A Multifaceted Tool from Bacterial Origins to Beauty Regimes
The team spearheaded by Professor Frederic Meunier and Dr. Merja Joensuu from the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland, successfully pinpointed the specific molecular pathway through which the botulinum neurotoxin type-A, popularly known as Botox, infiltrates neurons.
A compound released by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, Botox has a long and intriguing history. Its initial medical application was in the treatment of strabismus, a condition characterized by misalignment of the eyes. Over time, its therapeutic applications expanded to include treatments for spasms, migraines, and even excessive sweating as documented by the Mayo Clinic and Hopkins Medicine.
Interestingly, Botoxs most widely recognized use today is in the cosmetic industry, where its employed to smooth wrinkles and rejuvenate the skin. However, the benefits of Botox go beyond the aesthetic realm. When deployed medically, Botox injections can provide various health benefits, such as:
- Alleviating chronic migraines: Regular Botox treatments can decrease the frequency of migraine attacks.
- Reducing hyperhidrosis: Botox can be used to manage excessive sweating.
- Treating muscle spasticity: Botox injections can relax muscles and improve mobility.
- Managing eye conditions: Early use of Botox was to address strabismus and blepharospasm (abnormal contraction of the eyelid muscles).
- Reducing overactive bladder symptoms: Botox has shown positive results in controlling urinary incontinence.
However, despite its numerous benefits, its critical to note that when botulinum toxin is released in large quantities by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, it can cause the potentially lethal disease botulism.
Unraveling the Complex Mechanism of Botox
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Community Shares | June 26th 2023 SafeMinds
- The first person to be diagnosed with autism has died at age 89. Donald Triplett, passed away from cancer in his hometown of Forest, Mississippi. Leo Kanner published his seminal paper Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact in 1943, which outlined data on eleven children with similar behaviors. Donald was part of Kanners original cohort and considered case number one. Kanner used the term early infantile autism when diagnosing Triplett that same year.
- According to a new brief report, the majority of school-age children with autism living in an urban and ethnically diverse population presented with one or more comorbid diagnoses. Specifically, elementary school-age children were more likely to have an additional diagnosis of language disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). At the same time, adolescents were more likely to be diagnosed with depression.
- New research shows that health changes or illnesses can cause challenging behaviors in people with autism. Specifically, the authors found that appetite or dietary preferences, irritability and low mood, and loss of previously acquired skills were associated with changes in health. Based on these findings, the researchers suggest that caregivers should look for distress behaviors to better manage healthcare for those on the spectrum.
- The North Syracuse Central School District has settled a lawsuit for $1.55 million that alleged a student with autism did not receive the proper resources and care. The family sued in 2018 when their son was five, claiming that the district refused to provide Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy and...
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Sweden Examines Health Outcomes for Older Adults with Autism SafeMinds
Study Shows Group Is at Higher Risk of Bodily Injuries, Heart Failure, Cystitis, Glucose Dysregulation, Iron Deficiency, Poisoning, and Self-Harm
The health outcomes of older adults with autism (45 years) have been sparsely studied over the years, leading to a lack of knowledge about the impact of intellectual disability and gender on the overall health patterns of this vulnerable population. However, recent research conducted in Sweden sought to fill this gap in knowledge. A research team conducted a longitudinal, retrospective, population-based cohort study of the Swedish population born between Jan 1, 1932, and Dec 31, 1967, to investigate the association between autism and physical health conditions in older adults. Using linked data from the nationwide Total Population Register and the National Patient Register, the authors investigated the association between autism and various physical health conditions in older adults, considering intellectual disability and gender. They discovered that older adults with autism had higher cumulative incidence and hazard ratios of physical conditions and injuries than their non-autistic counterparts. Specifically, they were at an increased risk of bodily injuries, heart failure, cystitis, glucose dysregulation or dysglycemia, iron deficiency or anemia, poisoning, and self-harm. These risks were observed regardless of intellectual disability or gender. The authors conclude that their findings highlight the importance of collaborative efforts from researchers and health service policymakers to provide older individuals with autism the necessary support to attain healthy longevity and high quality of life.
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Blood Sugar Spikes: Unraveling the Mystery and Understanding Its Effects Healthy Holistic Living
Sweet food and beverages are undeniably attractive, thanks to our brains inbuilt mechanisms that respond to their palatability with a surge of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that signals pleasure. This neural response, however, can lead to consequences beyond temporary bliss, particularly in the form of blood sugar spikes that come with a plethora of negative effects.
Alarmingly, such phenomena are not as uncommon as one might presume; research shows that a whopping 88% of people experience high blood sugar spikes, according to American Diabetes Association. A single spike in blood sugar post a meal can exacerbate oxidative stress and trigger inflammation. Over time, the incessant cycle of glucose peaks and troughs could pave the way for conditions like insulin resistance, stubborn weight gain, and even chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease.
While the ill-effects of sugar spikes are well-known, recognizing its signs might be tricky. Here, we will delve into seven common indicators of dysregulated glucose levels and provide comprehensive solutions to mitigate them.
Recognizing Blood Sugar Spikes: Seven Telltale Signs
- Feeling Hungry Soon After Eating: If hunger pangs strike within 90 minutes to two hours post your meal, its likely you experienced a blood sugar spike. The rapid plunge in glucose levels after a steep rise triggers the release of the hunger hormone, ghrelin, signaling the need to eat again.
- Cravings for Sweet Foods: A...
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This Week with Sheila Holm Dr. Tenpenny
06-26-2023 Audio Version here: If you prefer to watch rather than listen, click on the video below: https://drtenpenny.b-cdn.net/2023/06-26-23-TW-SheilaHolm.mp4 About my guest: Sheila Holm is an internationally recognized speaker and []
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Vitamin D Supplementation During the First 2 Years of Life Decreased the Risk of Psychiatric Problems in Later Childhood SafeMinds
High-Dose (1200 IU) vs. Standard-Dose (400 IU) until Age 2 Showed Less Internalizing Behaviors at Ages 6 to 8
A recent international investigation has examined the potential effects of high-dose vitamin D3 supplementation on psychiatric symptoms in healthy infants up to the age of 2 years. The study found that children who received a daily 1200-IU oral vitamin D3 supplement had a lower prevalence of clinically significant internalizing behaviors (e.g., symptoms of depression, loneliness, and anxiety) than those who received the standard recommended dose of 400 IU. Interestingly, the authors did not find any differences in externalizing behaviors (e.g., oppositional defiance disorder, conduct disorder, and antisocial personality disorder) between the two groups. The study also found that children from the 400-IU group with maternal 25(OH)D levels less than 30 ng/mL during pregnancy had significantly higher internalizing problem scores than children from the 1200-IU group, regardless of maternal 25(OH)D status. While previous studies have suggested that higher 25(OH)D levels during fetal life and early childhood may lower the risk of childhood psychopathology, this is the first randomized controlled trial to assess the potential impact of high-dose vitamin D3 supplementation in healthy infants and up to the age of 2 years on psychiatric symptoms during late preschool and early school age. The authors recommend that their findings be interpreted in context with outcomes related to childrens health related to growth patterns and allergies since lower doses of vitamin D3 were found to be more beneficial during infancy for those conditions.
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Editor wont investigate data concerns about paper linking anti-prostitution laws to increased rape Retraction Watch
After reading an economics paper that claimed to document an increase in the rate of rape in European countries following the passage of prostitution bans, a data scientist had questions.
The scientist, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent a detailed email to an editor of the Journal of Law and Economics, which had published the paper last November, outlining concerns about the data and methods the authors used.
Among them: the historical rates of rape recorded in the paper did not match the values in the official sources the authors said they used. In other cases, data that were available from the official sources were missing in the paper, the researchers didnt incorporate all the data they had collected into their model, and a variable was coded inconsistently, the data scientist wrote. (Weve made the full critique available here.)
Given the consequences the conclusions of the article could have for people in the sex industry, the data scientist wrote, I hope that someone takes this very seriously and looks into it the [sic] validity of the analysis and the data they used.
In response, Sam Peltzman, an editor of the journal and a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Chicagos Booth School of Business, instructed the data scientist to contact the authors of the article:
The email raises serious questions but without any specific request. Your questions can better be answered by the authors than editors who, as you must know, cannot give each submission the kind of careful attention reflected in your email. Accordingly, we ask that you contact the authors directly if you have not already done so.
If you mean the email as a prologue to a critique, I am happy to discuss our relevant policies or any other question about our editorial process.
The data scientist wrote back with a specific request:
I have just informed you, the editor, that it appears that the authors made an error in at least one of their models that resulted in a substantive differ...
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RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan: Putting the old denialist technique of bad faith Debate me, bro! challenges on steroids Science-Based Medicine
Joe Rogan conveyed a challenge by antivax crank turned Presidential candidate RFK Jr. to vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez to "debate me, bro!" In the week since, wealthy right wingers have added money to the inducement, and through an awful op-ed by Ross Douthat this weekend, even the New York Times has amped up the pressure for a "debate" about vaccines with RFK Jr. It looks like it's time to revisit the topic of why it's a bad idea to debate science deniers like RFK Jr. sooner than I had anticipated or wanted.
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How Colostrum Can Benefit Your Immune Health Articles
For the first three to four days after giving birth, all mammals, including humans, produce colostrum, also known as initial milk or first milk.1 Rich in enzymes, hormones, growth factors, cytokines and immune cells, this thick, yellow substance is produced only in small quantities, but is packed with so much nutrition that it easily meets the needs of the growing newborn during the first days of life.
About 250 active compounds have been identified in colostrum, but there are likely many others.2 Colostrum contains beneficial bacteria, as well, and acts directly on the babys tissues, ensuring optimal growth and development of the nervous, digestive and immune systems. As explained by researchers with Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy in Wroclaw, Poland:3
"The nutrients and regulatory substances ensure normal growth, differentiation, maturation and function of the digestive system, protect against damage and allow it to heal, control the development of a normal intestinal microbiota and shape the local (gut-related) and systemic immune response."
Given the immense benefits of colostrum to newborns, its also been harnessed for its disease prevention, wellness and antiaging potential, particularly as it relates to immune system function.
Colostrum for Immune System health
Bovine colostrum contains similar bioactive components as human colostrum, albeit in different concentrations.4 Given its widespread availability, its been used for health purposes for thousands of years, including to heal wounds and protect against infection.5
Its believed that cytokines, immunoglobulins, growth factors, antimicrobial compounds and maternal immune cells are also transferred when colostrum is fed, supporting immunity.6 In fact, colostrum is so beneficial its often referred to as "liquid gold" or "immune milk."7 "Naturally produced bioactive components, immunoglobulins lay the foundation of life-long immunity," researchers explained in Food Bioscience.8
Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is the most common antibody in bovine colostrum (BC), making up 80% to 85% of the immunoglobulin present. The Food Bioscience team noted:9
...Factory Farmed Salmon Full of Disease and Hazardous Chemicals Articles
Editor's Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published December 11, 2018.
Salmon is the second most popular type of seafood in the U.S. (shrimp is the first), with just over 2 pounds consumed annually, per person.1 While many love its flavor, a key reason behind its popularity has to do with its perceived health benefits. As a rich source of beneficial animal-based omega-3 fats, salmon can, indeed, be a very healthy food choice.
However, it can also be among the worst food choices, and the difference lies in the details. While wild-caught Alaskan salmon is an example of good-for-you salmon, rich in healthy fats and low in pollutants, farm-raised salmon is not. Unfortunately, farm-raised makes up 75% of the salmon consumed worldwide, and its volume has increased nearly 1,000% from 1990 to 2015.2
Two Dumpsters of Rotting Salmon Discovered at Fish Farm
The video above, captured by Don Staniford of Scottish Salmon Watch, shows dead salmon rotting in dumpsters at two Scottish salmon farms, one owned by Marine Harvest and the other by Scottish Salmon Company.
This is symptomatic of factory farming its the underbelly of battery factory salmon farming. Infectious diseases are rife in the industry and about a fifth of farmed salmon stock is dying. The fish in these tanks are not going to shops but they have been swimming alongside ones that are, Staniford said in a news release.3 These fish are dying of horrible infections and diseases.
Its unclear how the fish in the video died, but salmon farms are required to store dead fish in a safe manner prior to disposal.4 How many farmed salmon are dying every year in Scotland?
According to Scottish Salmon Watch in a submission to the Scottish Parliament in March 2018...
Contaminated COVID Products and Green Monkey Virus Articles
In the video above, Jessica Rose, Ph.D., interviews microbiologist Kevin McKernan on Good Morning CHD. McKernans team recently discovered1,2,3,4 simian virus 40 (SV40) promoters in Pfizers and Modernas bivalent mRNA COVID shots, which, for decades, have been suspected of causing cancer in humans.5 As explained in the abstract, posted on OSF Preprints in April 2023:6
Several methods were deployed to assess the nucleic acid composition of four expired vials of the Moderna and Pfizer bivalent mRNA vaccines. Two vials from each vendor were evaluated ... Multiple assays support DNA contamination that exceeds the European Medicines Agency (EMA) 330ng/mg requirement and the FDAs 10ng/dose requirements ...
Equally, if not more, troubling, these DNA contaminants also can alter the human genome. As explained by McKernan, genomic sequencing involves reading the letters of the genome, A, T, C and G, which make up the DNA code. Both DNA and RNA can be sequenced in this manner.
DNA can be likened to a copy of the hard drive of your cell, while RNA is like your task manager, dictating the software program being run in a given moment. When you sequence RNA, you get a sense of what the cell is being instructed to do, while sequencing DNA tells you everything the cell could possibly do if the proper instructions are present.
COVID Shots Contain Both RNA and DNA
Its been assumed that the COVID shots contained only RNA, but using genomic sequencing, McKernan discovered they contain DNA fragments as well, and there really should not be any. The RNA is basically copied, or Xeroxed off the DNA, and only the RNA should be in the final product.
As noted by McKernan, the DNA used is proprietary. They dont want people to know all the tricks they put in the DNA to drive maximum amount of Xeroxing, if you will. But what popped out during sequencing was the entire sequencing vector, which shows us everything theyre doing to drive the expression of this RNA, McKernan says.
So, we now know theyre using a T7 promoter, an SV40 promoter, an antibiotic-resistance gene, that the replication is bacterial in origin and more. As explained by McKernan, to get the amount of RNA required for these shots, you need very large amounts of DNA. To get the DNA required, a piece of DNA that codes for RNA in a circle, called a plasmid, was created and then reproduced inside E. coli in a...
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Examining the D in CPTSD | Terry Baranski Mad In America
From CPTSD Foundation: One of the banes of our cultures psychiatric ideology is its tendency to pathologize mental health difficulties as disorders and diseases, both of which imply that theres something wrong with a person that needs to be fixed. This often leads someone diagnosed with a disorder to self-shame, self-blame, and try to fight against their symptoms. In this article, Ill investigate the notion of disorders and argue that they are actually processes that, as trauma expert Gabor Mat eloquently states, are normal responses to abnormal circumstances.
. . . So what exactly are these dynamic processes? To shed some light, we must trace them back to their causes. With CPTSD (along with virtually any other mental health condition), the symptoms that manifest are, in my view, actually a collection of coping strategies that kicked in during childhood due to trauma. These adaptations are highly intelligent when they first come online they prevent our traumatic experiences from becoming even worse, and in many cases actually save our lives. Once the trauma is over, however, they often become maladaptive and outlive their usefulness.
. . . The notion of a disorder tends to create an attitude that symptoms are something to be gotten rid of to battle against using any means necessary. Far from being compassionate, this approach essentially puts the internal system at war with itself. The process perspective, on the other hand, opens the door to treatment modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), which work with our coping strategies rather than against them, using self-compassion and understanding. IFS respects that coping strategies came about for good reasons, and therefore doesnt attempt to change behaviors directly. Instead, a bottom-up approach is used to heal and release a persons trauma, at which point behavioral change comes about as a natural outcome.
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Long COVID symptoms include hair loss and sexual dysfunction Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
Long COVID has a lot of health consequences, but it appears to be linked to hair loss and sexual dysfunction in men.
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CDC recommends new RSV vaccines for older adults Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
A CDC advisory committee voted to recommend two new RSV vaccines specifically for adults 60 years and older.
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Saturday, 24 June
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Spokane debates $11 million, 5-year water fluoridation project Fluoride Action Network
Spokane is looking into fluoridating its water, and the expenditures may be more than the city can currently afford.
Coming in at $11 million up front and between $1.8 and $2.3 million in recurring yearly operating costs, implementation would take five or more years.
The Spokane City Councils study session on Thursday touched on the issue.
The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of putting fluoride into Spokanes water system, identifying how that would be done, what chemicals we would use, and the costs that go along with that, said Lee ODell, lead consulting engineer on the 502-page study.
Odell gave an overview of Spokanes water system.
With 250,000 people and 80,000 service connections across 1,100 miles of water main, the system pumps 24 billion gallons annually. The system currently has eight well stations, with 14 wells, 12 well pumps, 34 storage reservoirs, and 25 booster stations with 72 pumps.
A big part of the study was looking at how much equipment were going to have to put in and where its going to fit, said Odell.
He went on to address one of the primary cost drivers of the project.
At all of your well stations, it became evident that we were going to need new buildings at each facility, said Odell. We couldnt incorporate it into any of the existing facilities.
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Collingwood doc calls for fluoridated drinking water Fluoride Action Network
Given we are currently updating our drinking water systems, perhaps this would be a good time to re-explore this option, says Dr. Wade Mitchell in letter to council.
Collingwood physician Dr. Wade Mitchell has called on the town to reconsider its stance on water fluoridation.
A letter from Mitchell that was part of the June 19 council agenda cited a recent Canadian Family Physician journal article touting the benefits of water fluoridation and asked the town to consider adding flouride to the municipal water supply.
In the letter, Mitchell called on his experience as a family physician with experience in the emergency department at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital, noting the strong benefits and low, if any, risks of community fluoridation.
Given we are currently updating our drinking water systems, perhaps this would be a good time to re-explore this option, wrote Mitchell.
Chief executive officer Sonya Skinner confirmed to councillors that currently, Collingwood does not add fluoride to the drinking water supply.
There is a small amount of fluoride thats present naturally in the water when its pulled into the plant which I understand is in the range of 20 per cent of the minimum amount that would be recommended for teeth health, however there are quite strong views on both sides of this, said Skinner.
In Collingwood, were a bit of a special case in that were supplying several other communities with water. It does make it a bit more of a complex question, she said.
Fluoride is a mineral that helps prevent cavities by making the outer layer of teeth (enamel) harder. It can also help reverse early-stage tooth decay.
The amount of fluoride added to municipal water supplies to prevent cavities is based on provincial standards and federal guidelines and is closely monitored.
Scientists or doctors who oppose water...
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Public Health considers impact of putting fluoride in Manx water Fluoride Action Network
Research will be carried out on the impact of water fluoridation on reducing tooth decay in children.
Tynwald members supported the move by public health at the June sitting in a combined vote after the issue split the court the previous month.
It was put forward in an amendment by Health Minister Lawrie Hooper as a potentially more cost-effective alternative to fluoride varnish.
That had been suggested by a committee exploring childrens oral health.
The public health directorate will now prepare a research paper, which will be considered by the Council of Ministers by December 2023.
The amendment tasked the body with exploring fluoridation of water, the effects this may have on the population.
It also included looking at to what extent it would reduce levels of tooth decay and whether it would be a more efficient and effective way of preventing tooth decay in children than targeted fluoride varnish application.
The report and any conclusions and recommendations is due to be placed on the Tynwald regist...
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The subterranean chemistry that explains Indias groundwater contamination Fluoride Action Network
As Vajinder Kumar saw more and more cases of cancer in young and old as he travelled through village after village in the Malwa region in northern India he became increasingly concerned. In one village I saw 30 cases of cancer, in another 25, and many people living with brain and nerve disorders, says Kumar, a chemist at Akal University, who has visited more than 100 villages over the past six years, mainly in south-west Malwa. In one centre for children, I saw 500 cases of children severely affected with developmental problems. The grandparents and parents of the affected children say there is no family history of such developmental disorders.
A study by a team of scientists from universities in Punjab, Sikkim and West Bengal, including Kumar, describes how uranium, arsenic and other toxic elements are mobilised in aquifers and surface waters, contaminating drinking water and irrigation in Punjab. It is but the latest in a series of reports on how uranium, arsenic and other contaminants plague a number of regions in the country.
The latest exhaustive review of over 200 reports and analysis of the physical and chemical parameters of the entire Malwa region shows that its groundwater is unfit to drink. Uranium and arsenic in groundwater pose a significant threat to human health, leading to a high prevalence of cancer. Malwa has a relatively high cancer incidence compared with, for example, Aurangabad district in Maharashtra state in central India, which has low uranium levels and a relatively low cancer incidence (exact figures are difficult to come by for the Malwa region).
[Malwa] is also known as the cancer belt of Punjab, Kumar tells Chemistry World. Many residents also suffer from other conditions linked to water contaminated with excess fluoride and arsenic. Fluorosis is characterised by dental and crippling bone problems, while arsenicosis or arsenic poisoning is characterised by cancers and skin lesions, as well as heart disorders and diabetes. Malwa region needs special and serious attention, says Kumar.
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Friday, 23 June
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Critically Thinking Jun 22 2023 Dr. Tenpenny
06-22-2023 Audio Track: If you prefer to watch rather than listen, click on the video below: https://drtenpenny.b-cdn.net/Critically-Thinking-Shows/CriticallyThinking-with-DrT-and-DrP-Episode-149-5DOCS-June-22-2023.mp4 Join Critically Thinking with these 2 doctors for an informal conversation among peers. []
Tuesday, 20 June
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Letter to the editor: Tynwald members should not back fluoride in tap water Fluoride Action Network
Tynwald will vote on mass medication via fluoridation of the public water supply when it next meets on June 20. Hopefully it will again reject the proposal.
The NHS asserts that fluoridation is safe and effective, the only potential side-effect being tooth discolouration called dental fluorosis. Scientists associated with the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) would disagree.
The FAN website provides links to a lot of independent research and highlights certain facts.
Thankfully, most fresh water supplies contain very low levels of fluoride.