Sunday, May 19, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Mother's Day for Babies
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For the month of May we want to celebrate Mother's Day in unity. Mothers are the supporting foundation of affection and nurture in a child's life. When a child is scared and lonely they have their parents to turn to, when a mother is scared or lonely they have us to turn to.
Listed below in the photo section is our Mother's Day for Babies campaign. It consists of a short story of a veterans' life, an Orlando Sentinel article, and fundraising ideas from. Most importantly we want you to enjoy this campaign by sharing it with the ones you love and have fun while hosting these events.
Thank you in advance and if you decide to join our campaign please contact Nina at Nina@birthdefects.org
Agent Orange ingredient in proposed new GMO crops prompts USDA halt on Monsanto, Dow
http://www.huliq.com/10178/agent-orange-ingredient-proposed-new-gmo-crops-prompts-usda-halt-monsanto-dow
Had the feds approved Monsanto's and Dow Chemical's new genetically modified crops, the Center for Food Safety said it would file suit. The Center for Food Safety has won several lawsuits against the government. USDA is supposed to issue an EIS (environmental impact statement) in the event a government regulation, like approving a new GMO crop, may potentially affect man's natural environment.
Dow Chemical wanted to push forth its new herbicide Enlist crops: cotton, soy, and corn.
Enlist, the herbicide resistant crops proposed by Dow, (soybean, cotton and corn crops) contain a substance ( 2,4-D, or 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) found in the herbicide Agent Orange. Agent Orange is cited as a cause for a neurological and other ailments suffered by those who came in contact with it during and after the Vietnam War.
GMO crops are specialties with Monsanto, Dow and farmers because GMO foods are resistant to herbicides. "Botox apples", biotech Granny Smith apples from Canada are seeking approval for sale in the U.S.
READ MORE: http://www.huliq.com/10178/agent-orange-ingredient-proposed-new-gmo-crops-prompts-usda-halt-monsanto-dow
Had the feds approved Monsanto's and Dow Chemical's new genetically modified crops, the Center for Food Safety said it would file suit. The Center for Food Safety has won several lawsuits against the government. USDA is supposed to issue an EIS (environmental impact statement) in the event a government regulation, like approving a new GMO crop, may potentially affect man's natural environment.
Dow Chemical wanted to push forth its new herbicide Enlist crops: cotton, soy, and corn.
Enlist, the herbicide resistant crops proposed by Dow, (soybean, cotton and corn crops) contain a substance ( 2,4-D, or 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) found in the herbicide Agent Orange. Agent Orange is cited as a cause for a neurological and other ailments suffered by those who came in contact with it during and after the Vietnam War.
GMO crops are specialties with Monsanto, Dow and farmers because GMO foods are resistant to herbicides. "Botox apples", biotech Granny Smith apples from Canada are seeking approval for sale in the U.S.
READ MORE: http://www.huliq.com/10178/agent-orange-ingredient-proposed-new-gmo-crops-prompts-usda-halt-monsanto-dow
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monsanto Wins Seed Case as High Court Backs Patent Rights
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-13/monsanto-wins-seed-case-as-u-s-high-court-backs-patent-rights.html
The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered Monsanto Co. (MON)’s ability to control the use of its genetically modified seeds, ruling that companies can block efforts to circumvent patents on self-replicating technologies.
The justices unanimously upheld an $84,456 award Monsanto won in a lawsuit against Vernon Hugh Bowman, an Indiana farmer. Rather than buying herbicide-resistant soybean seeds from a Monsanto-authorized dealer, Bowman used harvested soybeans containing the technology to plant his crops.
“Bowman planted Monsanto’s patented soybeans solely to
make and market replicas of them, thus depriving the company of
the reward patent law provides for the sale of each article,”
Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court. Kagan rejected Bowman’s
contention that he wasn’t legally responsible for making those
replicas, dismissing what she called his “blame-the-bean
defense.”
READ MORE: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-13/monsanto-wins-seed-case-as-u-s-high-court-backs-patent-rights.html
The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered Monsanto Co. (MON)’s ability to control the use of its genetically modified seeds, ruling that companies can block efforts to circumvent patents on self-replicating technologies.
The justices unanimously upheld an $84,456 award Monsanto won in a lawsuit against Vernon Hugh Bowman, an Indiana farmer. Rather than buying herbicide-resistant soybean seeds from a Monsanto-authorized dealer, Bowman used harvested soybeans containing the technology to plant his crops.
The case centered on a technology
that has helped make Monsanto Co. the world’s largest seed company,
with $14.7 billion in annual revenue, as well as a prime target for
opponents of genetically modified food. Photographer: Daniel
Acker/Bloomberg
READ MORE: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-13/monsanto-wins-seed-case-as-u-s-high-court-backs-patent-rights.html
Monday, May 13, 2013
Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-agent-orange-cancerbre94c03u-20130512,0,795598.story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate cancer than unexposed veterans, researchers have found.
What's more, those who served where the
herbicide was used were diagnosed with cancer about five years earlier
than other men, on average, in the new study.
"This is a very, very strong predictor of lethal cancer," said urologist Dr. Mark Garzotto, who worked on the study at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Oregon.
"If you're a person who's otherwise healthy and you've been exposed to Agent Orange, that has important implications for whether you should be screened or not screened," he told Reuters Health.
But one researcher not involved in the new study said it's hard to take much away from it, given the imprecise way it measured exposure.
Agent Orange - named after the giant orange drums in which the chemicals were stored - was used by the U.S. military to destroy foliage, mainly in southern Vietnam. The herbicide was often contaminated with a type of dioxin, a potently carcinogenic chemical.
READ MORE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-agent-orange-cancerbre94c03u-20130512,0,795598.story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate cancer than unexposed veterans, researchers have found.
"This is a very, very strong predictor of lethal cancer," said urologist Dr. Mark Garzotto, who worked on the study at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Oregon.
"If you're a person who's otherwise healthy and you've been exposed to Agent Orange, that has important implications for whether you should be screened or not screened," he told Reuters Health.
But one researcher not involved in the new study said it's hard to take much away from it, given the imprecise way it measured exposure.
Agent Orange - named after the giant orange drums in which the chemicals were stored - was used by the U.S. military to destroy foliage, mainly in southern Vietnam. The herbicide was often contaminated with a type of dioxin, a potently carcinogenic chemical.
READ MORE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-agent-orange-cancerbre94c03u-20130512,0,795598.story
Sunday, May 12, 2013
USDA says more review needed for new Monsanto, Dow GMO crops
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/10/usa-gmo-idUSL2N0DR3F520130510
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it will extend its scrutiny of controversial proposed biotech crops developed by Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, and Monsanto Co. after receiving an onslaught of opposition to the companies' plans. The news frustrated Dow officials who had hoped to have secured regulatory approval and have their new herbicide-tolerant corn called "Enlist" on the market by 2013 or 2014 at the latest. But 2015 is now likely the best hope for commercialization, said Dow AgroSciences spokeswoman Kenda Resler Friend. Farmers need the new technology to better manage weeds, she said. "They (regulators) have had a long time to look at the information," said Friend. "This is something that farmers are going to lose from."USDA said it will conduct two separate environmental impact statements "to better inform decision-making" on the approvals sought by Dow and Monsanto.
READ MORE: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/10/usa-gmo-idUSL2N0DR3F520130510
Friday, May 10, 2013
Toxicity found in breast milk of mothers in dioxin-affected areas
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/239127/toxicity-found-in-breast-milk-of-mothers-in-dioxin-affected-areas.html
DONG NAI (VNS)– During the war in Viet Nam, US troops stored more than 98,000 buckets of Agent Orange at Bien Hoa airbase in the southern province of Dong Nai. After they overflowed several times, the contamination level far exceeded what regulations permitted.
Today, the breast milk of women in Bien Hoa City still contains more toxic dioxin than that of women in other areas.
In so-called dioxin "hot spots" – Da Nang, Phu Cat District in the central province of Binh Dinh –toxicity levels are even higher.
These troubling findings emerged as part of a study on dioxin's effect on newborns conducted by Kanazawa Medical University and the Dong Nai Department of Health. During the study, doctors took more than 200 blood and umbilical cord samples from babies born near the Bien Hoa airbase. They also drew breast milk samples and checked the development of the infants' nervous systems.
According to the researchers, newborns' heads in Bien Hoa City were bigger than in Da Nang; the babies who were born prematurely gained weight slowly.
READ MORE: http://vietnamnews.vn/society/239127/toxicity-found-in-breast-milk-of-mothers-in-dioxin-affected-areas.html
DONG NAI (VNS)– During the war in Viet Nam, US troops stored more than 98,000 buckets of Agent Orange at Bien Hoa airbase in the southern province of Dong Nai. After they overflowed several times, the contamination level far exceeded what regulations permitted.
Today, the breast milk of women in Bien Hoa City still contains more toxic dioxin than that of women in other areas.
In so-called dioxin "hot spots" – Da Nang, Phu Cat District in the central province of Binh Dinh –toxicity levels are even higher.
These troubling findings emerged as part of a study on dioxin's effect on newborns conducted by Kanazawa Medical University and the Dong Nai Department of Health. During the study, doctors took more than 200 blood and umbilical cord samples from babies born near the Bien Hoa airbase. They also drew breast milk samples and checked the development of the infants' nervous systems.
According to the researchers, newborns' heads in Bien Hoa City were bigger than in Da Nang; the babies who were born prematurely gained weight slowly.
READ MORE: http://vietnamnews.vn/society/239127/toxicity-found-in-breast-milk-of-mothers-in-dioxin-affected-areas.html
Superfund issues stick around
http://mtstandard.com/news/opinion/columnists/superfund-issues-stick-around/article_96d69f5a-b6ee-11e2-b5ba-0019bb2963f4.html
Butte is ill-served by the EPA's and Montana Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) Superfund cleanup. Apart from these agencies allowing potentially harmful tailings dust to blow around town, serious Superfund problems still plague Butte.
MONTANA POLE PLANT
Because surface water, groundwater, soils and sediments at the Pole Plant are contaminated with highly toxic dioxins, the Pole Plant is one of the most dangerous of Butte Superfund sites. Sadly, the Pole Plant cleanup isn't working.
Dioxin poses a serious human health threat. There are no safe levels of exposure to dioxin. (EPA) Dioxin has been referred to as the "most toxic chemical known." (Hazardous Waste in America, Epstein, et. al.) Lethal effects of dioxin can be seen at very low exposure levels-a millionth of a gram can kill lab animals. Dioxin causes serious cancerous and non-cancerous health effects. (World Health Organization) The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences states that the "dangers of dioxin last for decades after initial exposure."
READ MORE: http://mtstandard.com/news/opinion/columnists/superfund-issues-stick-around/article_96d69f5a-b6ee-11e2-b5ba-0019bb2963f4.html
Butte is ill-served by the EPA's and Montana Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) Superfund cleanup. Apart from these agencies allowing potentially harmful tailings dust to blow around town, serious Superfund problems still plague Butte.
MONTANA POLE PLANT
Because surface water, groundwater, soils and sediments at the Pole Plant are contaminated with highly toxic dioxins, the Pole Plant is one of the most dangerous of Butte Superfund sites. Sadly, the Pole Plant cleanup isn't working.
Dioxin poses a serious human health threat. There are no safe levels of exposure to dioxin. (EPA) Dioxin has been referred to as the "most toxic chemical known." (Hazardous Waste in America, Epstein, et. al.) Lethal effects of dioxin can be seen at very low exposure levels-a millionth of a gram can kill lab animals. Dioxin causes serious cancerous and non-cancerous health effects. (World Health Organization) The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences states that the "dangers of dioxin last for decades after initial exposure."
READ MORE: http://mtstandard.com/news/opinion/columnists/superfund-issues-stick-around/article_96d69f5a-b6ee-11e2-b5ba-0019bb2963f4.html
Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Mother's Day for Babies Campaign
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For
the month of May we want to celebrate Mother's Day in unity. Mothers
are the supporting foundation in affection and nurture in a child's
life. When a child is scared and lonely they have their parents to turn
to, when a mother is scared or lonely they have us to turn to.
To make a one time donation please go here: https://www.givedirect.org/give/givefrm.asp?CID=510
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has been helping mothers since 1982 and we turn to you to help
fund-raise on the behalf of mothers, fathers, and their children. What
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Children(BDRC) Mother's Day for Babies Campaign.
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
WATCH FOR AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE SYMPTOMS
http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/13150
By Carolyn Ballou, California Department of Veterans Affairs
May 2, 2013 (Sacramento)--U.S. Air Force veteran George Chappell was a fuels specialist in Vietnam. He worked on all kinds of aircraft, including those used to dump the toxic herbicide Agent Orange over the jungles to expose enemy hiding places. At age 60, George was diagnosed with Stage 4 mantel cell lymphoma. He died just 18 months later. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) presumed that George’s disease was the result of his Agent Orange exposure 40 years earlier.
The USDVA presumes that 14 different diseases and disorders are related to Agent Orange exposure when diagnosed in “boots-on-the-ground” veterans and certain other veterans groups. Certain birth defects in the children of Vietnam veterans may also be the result of Agent Orange exposure.
Early diagnosis and treatment are a veteran’s best hope for cure or successful management of an Agent Orange-related disease. Following is a list of the diseases and disorders presumed by the USDVA to be related to Agent Orange exposure and the symptoms associated with these diseases:
READ THE LIST OF DISEASES HERE: http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/13150
For more information about veteran health, including military exposures, diseases and conditions, treatments, wellness and more, go to www.publichealth.va.gov/index.asp.
By Carolyn Ballou, California Department of Veterans Affairs
May 2, 2013 (Sacramento)--U.S. Air Force veteran George Chappell was a fuels specialist in Vietnam. He worked on all kinds of aircraft, including those used to dump the toxic herbicide Agent Orange over the jungles to expose enemy hiding places. At age 60, George was diagnosed with Stage 4 mantel cell lymphoma. He died just 18 months later. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) presumed that George’s disease was the result of his Agent Orange exposure 40 years earlier.
The USDVA presumes that 14 different diseases and disorders are related to Agent Orange exposure when diagnosed in “boots-on-the-ground” veterans and certain other veterans groups. Certain birth defects in the children of Vietnam veterans may also be the result of Agent Orange exposure.
Early diagnosis and treatment are a veteran’s best hope for cure or successful management of an Agent Orange-related disease. Following is a list of the diseases and disorders presumed by the USDVA to be related to Agent Orange exposure and the symptoms associated with these diseases:
READ THE LIST OF DISEASES HERE: http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/13150
For more information about veteran health, including military exposures, diseases and conditions, treatments, wellness and more, go to www.publichealth.va.gov/index.asp.
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