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ACTIVE From OCA Organic Consumers Association: New EPA Deal Lets Factory Farms Pollute Air without Restriction The day after the inauguration, January 21, the Bush Administration signed an agreement that allows factory farms to freely violate any and all clean air standards for the next two years, and forgives these same companies from paying fines for past air pollution violations. In exchange for the freedom to pollute without any restrictions, the deal "requests" that factory farms agree to monitor their air pollution and provide that data to the government. This "Dirty Air" agreement is outrageous, given that the Clean Air Act already requires factory farms to provide air pollution data, while also requiring facilities to adhere to clean air standards. Fortunately there is a 30 day public comment period (closing 2/12/2005). Please sign on to a petition in opposition. Petition and more information on this issue is available here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa3.htm Please also forward this message to interested friends and colleagues. (source: Organic Consumers Association http://www.organicconsumers.org)***
From The Association of Flight
Attendants (AFA):
http://thiscause.org/p/menu.php?p=AFL_CIO34967
Show the airlines and the Department Of Transportation that passengers and crew
do not want to be sprayed with pesticides during a flight, and that passengers
would choose to fly with an airline that does not spray over one that does.
Click on the link above and then click on "sign petition." If you don't want to
sign your name online, just print it in block letters. You find more information under http://ashsd.afacwa.org/index.cfm ================================================= BOOK Janette Sherman:
Life’s delicate Balance – Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer Life's Delicate Balance defines and documents known causes of breast cancer, and emphasizes the means of prevention. Published at a critical time, this book is applicable to other cancers affecting women, men and children, and useful for all those working toward prevention of cancer. Patients, family members, environmental activists, physicians, and attorneys will find this book informative and insightful. “A well informed academic
recently expressed disbelief that there were established causes of cancer beyond
diet and exercise! Should said professor read Life's Delicate Balance by
Dr. Janette Sherman, his ignorance would be quickly dispelled. Considering that
'traditional' risk factors account for no more than 30% of breast cancers how do
we explain the causes of the other 70%? It is always more convenient to 'blame
the cancer victim' while obscuring the effects of pollution from radiation,
carcinogens and unregulated drugs in our air, food and water.”—Lanie Melamed,
Breast Cancer Action
Montreal. “Rachel Carson introduced the public to the links between pollution and breast cancer in her groundbreaking Silent Spring (1962) . . . [Life's Delicate Balance] serves as a continued clarion call to clean up the environment.”—Library Journal “It is clear to Sherman—and her arguments are compelling—that while gains may be made by researchers in understanding the mechanisms of disease, true advances in conquering cancer will only come when we 'understand the connections between the loss of personal health and the worldwide pollution from toxic chemicals, ionizing radiation, and endocrine-altering chemicals.' . . . Take action, she counsels, demand real prevention: 'Be outraged by the status quo of waste, sickness, needless early death, loss of human potential, and the loss and degradation of the world's resources.”—Kirkus Reviews “Finally a book about breast cancer that is willing to call things by their real names . . . should be on every cancer activist's shelf.”—Barbara Brenner, Executive Director, Breast Cancer Action “Dr. Sherman probes the synergistic relationship between nuclear fallout and chemical pollutants as the major cause of the breast cancer epidemic in our times ...a fitting successor to (Rachel Carson's) Silent Spring.”—Dr. Jay Gould, Ph.D., Director, Radiation and Public Health Project “Finally, scientific answers telling us what does cause cancer. And it's not all in our genes!”—Rose Marie Williams, President, Cancer Awareness Coalition “[Dr. Sherman] carefully sifts the evidence to make a convincing argument that the causes [of cancer] are chemicals and radiation from the environment.”—Kaye Kilburn, M.D., Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine and author of Chemical Brain Injury Copies are $10.00 each plus $3.85 postage
for the U. S. or Canada. (Original publisher’s price was $24.95). For copies,
please contact the author at: Also very interesting: A
dangerous gamble: Nuclear power, earthquakes and tsunamis And you will find at www.janettesherman.com also very interesting and helpful links
================================================= From P A N U P S Pesticide Action Network Updates Service, February 4, 2005 A New Secretary of Agriculture Last week, former Nebraska governor Mike Johanns assumed the post of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Born on a dairy farm, Johanns hails from a state that is fourth in the nation in agricultural exports and which, under his tenure, made significant export advances in Asia. Johanns takes the helm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the nation's agricultural imports grow to equal agricultural exports for the first time in 50 years. Johanns' nomination was hailed by agricultural trade organizations, including the National Food Processors Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization, which said, "We look forward to working with Governor Johanns to provide farmers, consumers and the environment with the benefits of agricultural biotechnology." Sustainable farming and environmental groups saw the selection of Johanns as more of the same. "As a former corporate leader, Secretary Veneman did little to make our hazardous, pesticide-based food system healthier, fairer or more sustainable," said Skip Spitzer, of Pesticide Action Network North America. "Secretary Johanns will likely continue the administration's efforts to open agricultural markets without restraining the market-distorting food giants that rule the food system." In 2003 Johanns reignited controversy in Nebraska when he called for loosening of the state's 22 year-old ban on corporate farming. The ban originated as a citizen initiative by the Nebraska Farmers Union and a coalition of family farm advocacy groups to protect family farms, and has withstood repeated lawsuits challenging its constitutionality. Johanns contended that it stifled agricultural growth in Nebraska and proposed a "Gubernatorial study," that was defeated in the state legislature. John Hansen, of the Nebraska Farmers Union, saw the attack on the ban as a defining moment for Johanns. "He showed his hand for the first time... It showed he was on the side of big business, not the small farmer." While governor, Johanns successfully promoted Nebraska agriculture in trade delegations to many Asian countries. During his tenure Nebraska exports to China more than doubled, from $US 51 million in 1999 to $US 110 million in 2004. Trade was the focus of several questions from reporters during Johanns' first press conference. The new Secretary of Agriculture promised "to do everything I can to reopen trade" in negotiations underway with Japan to allow import of U.S. beef after BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or Mad Cow Disease) appeared in the U.S. Johanns declined, however, to say he would advocate increased BSE testing of U.S. cattle. As Governor of Nebraska, Johanns was also closely involved in the drafting of the 2002 Farm Bill. As Secretary of Agriculture he will oversee the drafting of the next Farm Bill, due in 2008, in which major funding cuts are expected. Johanns suggested that he would be bound by these budget constraints when asked if he would increase funding for the Conservation Security Program. The program is strongly supported by environmental and wildlife conservation groups who have also complained that it has not been adequately funded. Like many others in the Bush Administration, Johanns is a deeply religious person and has been criticized by civil liberties groups for displays of religious favoritism as an elected official. Johanns signed a proclamation declaring "March for Jesus Day" in 1999 and later endorsed "Back to the Bible Day" in honor of a fundamentalist Christian group. He refused, however, to sign a proclamation honoring "Earth Religion Awareness Day," an event that was oriented toward pagan religion and organized by a Wiccan group, saying that he would not sign "something that I personally disagree with." Sources: "New Agriculture Secretary Viewed as a Surprise Choice" December 16, 2004, Southwest Farm Press "A Farm-Raised USDA Choice." Washington Post, December 16, 2004; "Neb. Governor Tapped as Agriculture Chief, USA Today, December 3, 2004; Protecting Initiative 300, Center for Rural Affairs, http://www.cfra.org, Transcript of Tele-news Conference with Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Washington DC, January 24, 2005, USDA. We encourage those interested in having resources listed in the PANUPS Resource Pointer to send review copies of publications, videos or other resources to our office. PANUPS is a weekly email news service providing resource guides and reporting on pesticide issues that don't always get coverage by the mainstream media. It's produced by Pesticide Action Network North America, a non-profit and non-governmental organization working to advance sustainable alternatives to pesticides worldwide. Back issues of PANUPS are available online at: http://www.panna.org/resources/panups.html To comment, send an email to: panna@panna.org To subscribe, send a blank email to: PANUPS-subscribe@topica.email-publisher.com Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) Email: panna@panna.org Web: http://www.panna.org =================================================ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION From Lucinda Grant To: Friends of the Electrically Sensitive Hello! Hope you are well. In 2004 an important event occurred regarding electrical sensitivity which compels me to write you. The World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland held several conferences in 2004 about the link between electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure and health effects. You find the aricle as a htm and as a pdf-file at http://www.safer-world.org/e/topics/emr/who.htm . You also can sent an email to info@safer-world.org and you will get the pdf-file via email-attachment. From Lucinda Grant, PO Box 4146, Prescott AZ 86302 USA *** Scientists serious about 'electricity sickness' claims 24/01/2005 Scientists and health advisers are taking the claims of people who say electricity makes them ill seriously for the first time. The National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) is carrying out a review of existing scientific studies into "electromagnetic hypersensitivity" (EHS). http://www.news.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/01/24/nelec24.xml&sSheet=/health/2005/01/28/ixhmain.html *** Top public health official of Russia: Mobile phones cause child cancer http://omega.twoday.net/stories/501729/ *** Letter to the WHO from the V WSF http://omega.twoday.net/stories/501745/ ================================================= SCIENCE The February
issue of Environmental Health Perspectives is now online. You can see it
here: Correspondence
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