There is an association of vascular fluoride uptake with vascular calcification and coronary artery disease. | GreenMedInfo | Article | Natural Medicine | Alternative Medicine | Integrative Medicine | Consumer Advocacy. OBJECTIVE: The feasibility of a fluoride positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan for imaging atherosclerosis has not been well documented. The purpose of this study was to assess fluoride uptake of vascular calcification in various major arteries, including coronary arteries. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the imaging data and cardiovascular history of 61 patients who received whole-body sodium [¹⁸F]fluoride PET/CT studies at our institution from 2009 to 2010. Fluoride uptake and calcification in major arteries, including coronary arteries, were analyzed by both visual assessment and standardized uptake value measurement.
RESULTS: Fluoride uptake in vascular walls was demonstrated in 361 sites of 54 (96%) patients, whereas calcification was observed in 317 sites of 49 (88%) patients. Significant correlation between fluoride uptake and calcification was observed in most of the arterial walls, except in those of the abdominal aorta. Panel Finds Few Clear Environmental Links to Breast Cancer. The Leading Cause of Breast Cancer? Profiteers in the medical CT scan business took a big hit last week from a major new government report on the causes of breast cancer. Published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, the exhaustive analysis found that medical radiation, particularly the large radiation dose delivered by CT scans, is the foremost identifiable cause of breast cancer.[1] Almost 230,480 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United States, and about 40,000 women will die of the disease, roughly one out of every 3,875 women.
The new Institute of Medicine report probably doesn’t sit well with the industry, hospitals and clinics that make so many millions of dollars selling and over-using CT machines. The authors suggest that women avoid “unnecessary” or “inappropriate” medical radiation, a thinly veiled criticism of the industry that will give you a CT scan for a tooth ache if you don’t object to it. Dr. Notes. Cell Phone Use Increases Cancer Risk. The World Health Organization recently found cell phone use to be in the same cancer-causing category as lead, engine exhaust, and chloroform. Up until Tuesday, May 31, 2011, the organization tried to make it clear to consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.
Despite these claims, a team of 31 scientists from 14 different countries reviewed many studies and made the decision that cell phone use could in fact cause cancer. The radiation emitted from cell phones is considered “non-ionizing” radiation. This refers to radiation that is not energetically powerful enough to chemically alter atoms. Similar to how microwave ovens cook food from the inside out, the non-ionizing waves emitted from cell phones essentially cook the brain in the same way. For this reason, it is recommended that you hold the cell phone far enough away from the body or head so that the waves don’t penetrate as deeply. Blackberry Bold makes a similar recommendation for users as well: Solution! TEDxIowaCity - Dr. Terry Wahls - Minding Your Mitochondria. NY Times, Big Fix: BP, Gov't carpet-bombing Gulf people coverup - National Human Rights.
The New York Times and 'The Big Fix' break deafening silence on Gulf of Mexico catastrophe cover-up through documentary evidence: World now knows Gulf Truth The New York Times, in its front page review of "The Big Fix" that opened in New York Friday, honed into the film's documented and damning evidence that Gulf people and their waters, air and food are still being carpet-bombed with Corexit, although government reported discontinuing the poisonous gassing of the area following the April 2010 'BP oil spill. ' To date, aside from "The Big Fix" and a handful of of related major human rights defenders, most of whom are in the film, there is no "Gulf Truth" movement, despite the Gulf ecocide being the nation's biggest media and government cover-up to date in terms of direct injuries, death and dying plus environmental destruction.
Even tiny amounts of the oil-Corexit witches brew are poisonous. "Once on the Gulf Coast, the Tickells snoop around areas that have been declared off limits. BP Says Halliburton Destroyed Evidence in Gulf Spill Case. (Updates with Halliburton comment in fifth paragraph.) Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc accused a unit of Halliburton Co. of intentionally destroying evidence that could be used to prove the oilfield services firm shares blame for the blowout that caused the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Halliburton Energy Services Inc. destroyed test results that showed samples of the cement used to seal London-based BP’s Macondo well, which exploded off the Louisiana coast last year, were unstable, BP said in a filing today in federal court in New Orleans.
The oilfield services provider also suppressed computer models that might prove Halliburton was at fault “because it wanted to eliminate any risk that this evidence would be used against it at trial,” BP said in the filing. BP asked the court to find that Halliburton destroyed evidence on purpose and to compel the company to turn over for third-party examination the computer used for the modeling. Eleven Dead ‘Thin’ Slurry ‘At Best, Lost’ BP asked U.S. Sick Gulf residents continue to blame BP - Features. Just weeks after BP's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico began on April 20, 2010, Fritzi Presley knew something was very wrong with her health.
The 57-year-old singer/songwriter from Long Beach, Mississippi began to feel sick, and went to her doctor. "I began getting treatments for bronchitis, was put on several antibiotics and rescue inhalers, and even a breathing machine," she told Al Jazeera. The smell of chemicals on the Mississippi coastline is present on many days when wind blows in from the Gulf. Presley's list of symptoms mirrors what many people living in the areas affected by BP's oil spill have told Al Jazeera. "I was having them then, and still have killer headaches. The 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf last year was the largest accidental marine oil spill in history, affecting people living near the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Dr Wilma Subra, a chemist in New Iberia, Louisiana, has tested the blood of BP cleanup workers and residents. Deepwater trouble on the horizon: oil discovered floating near source of Gulf of Mexico spill (Photo gallery, video)
MOBILE, Alabama -- Oil is once again fouling the Gulf of Mexico around the Deepwater Horizon well, which was capped a little over a year ago. Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of small, circular patches of oily sheen dotted the surface within a mile of the wellhead. With just a bare sheen present over about a quarter-mile, the scene was a far cry from the massive slick that covered the Gulf last summer.
Floating in a boat near the well site, Press-Register reporters watched blobs of oil rise to the surface and bloom into iridescent yellow patches. Those patches quickly expanded into rainbow sheens 4 to 5 feet across. Each expanding bloom released a pronounced and pungent petroleum smell. Most of the oil was located in a patch about 50 yards wide and a quarter of a mile long. The source of the oil was unclear, but a chemical analysis by Louisiana State University scientists confirmed that it was a sweet Louisiana crude, and could possibly be from BP PLC’s well.
U.S. “Looks suspicious. Oil analysis. Rocky Kistner: Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf. Update March 20, 2011: A Coast Guard officer with a command center in Morgan City, LA, said today the Coast Guard has confirmed that oil is not coming from the Deepwater Horizon well but that they have found what appear to be smaller oil slicks in the Gulf. Their investigation into reports of large oil slicks is continuing. Additional photos and information from pilots John Wathen and Bonnie Schumaker who flew over the area yesterday are expected to be released today. The Coast Guard is investigating reports of a potentially large oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico not far from the Deepwater Horizon site. According to a knowledgeable source, the slick was sighted by a helicopter pilot on Friday and is about 100 miles long. A fishing boat captain said he went through the slick yesterday and it was strong enough to make his eyes burn. According to the Times Picayune, the Coast Guard has confirmed they are investigating a potentially large 100 mile slick about 30 miles offshore.
Shock: Gulf Truth Activist Shot At His New Orleans Home. | The Hive Daily Raw. Unfiltered. Fearless. Tucker Mendoza, a gulf truth activist, was shot early this morning 4 times through the door of his home in Laplace. He was hit 3 times in the chest and once across the forehead. With him was a niece, he reports she was struck in the neck and bottom.
Tucker has been able to communicate via his phone and post to FB on the events. Please pray for him and his niece, for a full recovery and include the entire family. LaPlace Shooting Injures 2, WDSU, April 3, 2011: … The sheriff's department said a 42-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds to his forehead and torso. Investigators said the man apparently came back two more times, and after being told for a third time the person he was seeking didn't live at the home, he fired shots at the house. To help Tucker and his niece, visit the Mendoza Recovery Fund. See also: Report: Gulf activist shot 4 times through door of home, niece hit twice. The Mysterious Deaths of Nine Gulf Oil Spill Whistleblowers. Girl, 13, left in 'waking coma' and sleeps for 23 hours a day after 'severe reaction to cervical cancer jabs'
Lucy Hinks is unable to walk or talk after having injections at schoolParents warn others to check on potential side effects of Cervarix vaccine By Paul Sims Created: 11:17 GMT, 14 November 2011 Bad reaction: Lucy Hinks, 13, began to experience extreme exhaustion soon after having the cervical cancer vaccine alongside classmates which her parents are convinced caused it They were told the vaccine had few side-effects and would protect their daughter from cervical cancer.
But Steve and Pauline Hinks are convinced the controversial HPV jab is behind their daughter Lucy’s mystery illness which is making her sleep up to 23 hours a day. Tests have so far ruled out a brain tumour and glandular fever and the 13-year-old’s paediatric consultant is investigating potential links with the vaccine Cervarix.
The jab was used in a national vaccination programme which started in September 2008. But just weeks after she received the third dose of Cervarix in May this year she began to feel exhausted. Girl Dies within Hours of Cervarix /Gardasil Vaccine. Australian journalist wins prestigious award for exposing flu vaccine scandal. Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury. Energy saving light bulbs 'contain cancer causing chemicals' Nutrients May Stop Brain Shrinkage Linked To Alzheimer's. Nevada Heath District Raids Picnic 1/2. Raw Foods Raid - The Fight For the Right To Eat What You Want.
McLibel: Trailer. FDA draws criticism after U-turn on antibiotics in animal feed | World news. Environmental and consumer groups have condemned the US Food and Drug Administration's move to renege on its long-held policy to regulate the use of human antibiotics in animal feed. Last week, the agency quietly announced it was withdrawing its plan to limit the use of antibiotics fed to healthy livestock intended for human consumption. Critics say the U-turn, which comes amid the FDA's own stated concerns over food safety, is at odds with its obligations to protect the public. The groups also criticised the timing of the announcement, which was made during the holiday season and disclosed only in the federal register. The use of low doses of antibiotics in agricultural animal feed contributes to drug-resistant superbugs, according to food and health experts.
One leading food policy writer described the policy reversal as "pathetic" and "dismaying. " Pollan said there was "no question" that meat could be produced without human antibiotics, as the EU has already banned them. Christine Escobar: He's Back! Former VP at Monsanto To Advise FDA Commissioner on Food Safety. Michael R. Taylor, the former Vice President for Public Policy at Monsanto has returned through Washington's revolving doors and will now advise FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg on food safety. We learn of this discouraging connection on the same day the White House announced its new commitment to upgrading the country's food safety system.
Much hope had been held out for a change in FDA perspective due to Commissioner Hamburg's lack of industry ties. Her career has consisted of public health research and policy positions. Prior to her appointment as FDA commissioner, she worked as the New York City health commissioner. Unfortunately, it appears that with the addition of Taylor, the FDA has remedied that problem. It seems Taylor is just the man you'd want on the job, if you're concerned about unwanted industry regulation and corporate representation of toxic hormones in your dairy. "I am pleased to welcome Mike Taylor back to the FDA," Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret A. Institute for Responsible Technology -
Before the FDA decided to allow GMOs into food without labeling, FDA scientists had repeatedly warned that GM foods can create unpredictable, hard-to-detect side effects, including allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged long-term safety studies, but were ignored. THE CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHIER EATING IN AMERICA Our goal is to stop the genetic engineering of our food supply. Although the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be one of the most dangerous health and environmental problems we face, it can be one of the easiest of the battles to win. The key is found in the tipping point, whereby a small number of individuals can move the market, forcing GMOs out of our nation’s food supply.Even a small percentage of shoppers avoiding genetically modified (GM) brands is enough to trigger an industry-wide cleanout.
It’s been done before! Tepco admits radiation levels from Fukushima increasing — Now releasing 70,000,000 Bq/hr — Reactor 3 leaking most « EneNews.com. 4/6/2011 -- USA RADIATION CHARTS -- MODELS -- now revealed. Japan Expands Rice Ban as Contamination Spreads. Japan will extend a ban on rice shipments from a third city in Fukushima prefecture after local authorities found more tainted grain, deepening food-safety concerns nine months after a nuclear disaster. The ban will likely cover the Shibukawa area of Nihonmatsu City, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, as rice samples from the area contained 780 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, said Shinji Uchida at the grain division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The maximum allowed by the government for human consumption is 500 becquerels. The discovery came after authorities increased rice testing for cesium after tainted supplies were found in Fukushima City and Date City. Some of the contaminated grain was sold to local buyers after Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato said in October that rice produced in the prefecture was safe to eat. “We may find more contaminated rice in other areas,” Uchida said today by phone. Fukushima residents' urine now radioactive. More than 3 millisieverts of radiation has been measured in the urine of 15 Fukushima residents of the village of Iitate and the town of Kawamata, confirming internal radiation exposure, it was learned Sunday.
Both are about 30 to 40 km from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, which has been releasing radioactive material into the environment since the week of March 11, when the quake and tsunami caused core meltdowns. “This won’t be a problem if they don’t eat vegetables or other products that are contaminated,” said Nanao Kamada, professor emeritus of radiation biology at Hiroshima University. “But it will be difficult for people to continue living in these areas.” Kamada teamed up with doctors including Osamu Saito of Watari Hospital in the city of Fukushima to conduct two rounds of tests on each resident in early and late May, taking urine samples from 15 people between 4 and 77. Radioactive cesium was found both times in each resident. Scientists test sick Alaska seals for radiation - Technology & science - Science. The secret life of plants.