Tainted Eggs and Scrambled Tubes Two recent news stories caught my eye. Both are fairly common stories of public health hazards, but the results and reaction to both are stunningly different. Where do the real dangers lie? You decide. Headline #1: AP:Associated Press, updated 8/20/2010 Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs “Investigation...
Science Fiction In the last 50 years or so a new science emerged that now dominates and influences almost all, if not all, fields of research: corporate science. The name itself exposes the obvious conflict of interests between the corporate profit motive and scientific independence and integrity. This bottom-line driven science leaves little, to nothing,...
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The FDA Takes On Cheerios! May 5, 2009 FDA WARNING LETTER 18 Ken Powell Chairman of the Board and CEO General Mills “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the label and labeling of your Cheerios® Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal. FDA’s review found serious violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...
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Offering Solutions to the Health Crisis Solving the health crisis will require nothing less than a societal paradigm shift away from a disease-based, after-the fact care model to a model that embraces and encourages personal responsibility for lifetime, lifestyle health and wellness. This paradigm shift is similar in many ways to the current push for,...
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