Tag: children
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EPA Says BPA a ‘Chemical of Concern’
On Monday [mar29], the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is formally listing Bisphenol A (BPA), an industrial chemical found widely in consumer goods, as a “chemical of concern.”
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Police State Updates: CCTV, Census & Complaints
Beyond Orwell: The Electronic Police State, 2010 // 20 signs that the US is rapidly becoming totalitarian big brother police state // UK schoolkids ‘routinely monitored’ by cctv // Video: DHS unveils mobile mind screening checkpoints // ‘Minority Report’ digital billboard ‘watches consumers shop’ // Tracking electric use could allow utilities to track you, too
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School Spied On Kids Via Webcams On School-Supplied Laptops
from pcworld: In case you haven’t been following the plot of Webcamgate, starring the Lower Merion School District in Southeastern Pennsylvania and a cast of thousands, here’s the skinny: Last week the Robbins family, whose son Blake attends LMSD’s Harriton High, filed a class-action suit against the district alleging that it’s been spying on its…
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biowars/envirohealth: vaccines, quakes & secret chemicals
bill gates: ‘we must make this the decade of vaccines’*swine flu stirred profits, but fewer deaths than predicted*video: sanofi pasteur hired rand to determine how to vaccinate school children*canadians contract guillain-barre syndrome after swine flu shot from same doctor* vaccine study retracted as causes of autism remain elusive*”finish it off so it doesn’t suffer”:russian journalist…
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more food safety news: beef, babies, nuts & budgets
should we care about genetically modified foods?*seed monopolies: the warning signs were there*failure to declare leads to recalls*west missouri beef recalls 14,000lbs*more melamine-tainted milk found in china*baby formula recalled in middle east*usda releases study on peanut industry*washington to ban bpa in food containers for kids*obama boosts fda food safety in fy2011 budget*
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food industry continues to market junk food to children
from natural news: A study conducted by Children Now, a California-based child advocacy group, has been released that indicts the food industry for continuing to market unhealthy food to children. Despite many food companies’ expressed willingness in years prior to self-regulate themselves and shift their advertising efforts towards more healthy fare, little change has been…
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police state updates: drones, guns, abuse & arrests
video: houston police dept using spy drones from news junkie post: KPRC in Houston recently filmed a secret experiment by law enforcement agencies, including Homeland Security, of a drone intended to spy on Americans. north american security perimeter on the horizon video: el paso police get m4 semi-automatic rifles from kfoxtv: On Tuesday, the El…
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another melamine-tainted milk scandal in china
from ntdtv: A new milk safety scandal has broken out in China. Authorities in Shanghai have closed a dairy company and arrested three executives, after milk products were found to contain high levels of the toxic industrial chemical melamine. According to the state-run Shanghai Daily, melamine was found in milk powder and condensed milk made…
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nestle sells “100% juice” that isn’t
from allgov: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come down on Nestle for marketing juice drinks to children that aren’t as healthy as the company claims. FDA officials took exception with Nestle’s advertising that its BOOST Kid Essentials Nutritionally Complete Drink amounts to a medical treatment that can be beneficial to children recovering from…
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drugwar updates: money, child care fronts & more
drug money ‘saved banks from collapse’from daily mail: Drugs money saved some banks from collapse at the height of the global crisis the United Nations’ drugs and crime chief claimed today. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, told the Observer that there were signs that some banks were rescued…
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media/memes: obamavision, tv twilight & the end of the road
abc announces oprah-obama christmas special* nbc’s obamavision: ’30 rock’ offers up more gore*washington post shutters all US bureaus outside capital* vatican sinks teeth into vampire film ‘twilight’*mpaa says copyright-treaty critics hate hollywood* gang was killing people for fat, attempting to sell it to cosmetic companies*study: many day cares showing tv to tots*rihanna’s ‘russian roulette’: or,…
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obama’s pesticide-pushing nominee: islam ‘isi’ siddiqui
from mother jones: When Michelle Obama announced plans to plant an organic garden at the White House, nearly everybody thought it was a great idea. Everybody except for the pesticide industry. Representatives from a branch of the industry’s main trade association, CropLife America (CLA), wrote to the First Lady asking her to respect the role…