Sweet Misery: The Horrors of Aspartame Revealed in Documentary

http://www.mercola.com/2004/jul/24/sweet_misery.htm


Informant: DitziSis

Some have said they welcome major corporate investment in the natural food market, as vindication of the value of natural foods. We should be concerned, however, that control of the natural foods industry by fewer companies will result in multinational corporate control of organic acreage and marketing, forcing out smaller regional/family suppliers, reducing competition, leading to weakened organic standards (sewage sludge, irradiation, GMOs).

http://www.ithacanews.org/greenstarstock.html#multi

--------------------

The Organic Foods Movement—Led by Heinz Corporation or We, the
People?

The Time to Choose is Now!

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0531-11.htm

------------------------

Independent Organic Brands: "To the best of my knowledge, these examples are not owned by a parent company traded on stock market."

http://www.ithacanews.org/goodfood.html

------------------

Shopping is Voting…..Cartoon:

http://www.lightlink.com/hours/ithacahours/archive/9906.html

------------------------------------

'Organic' Outcry Heeded. The Bush Administration withdraws changes allowing more pesticides: The Bush administration abruptly reversed itself Wednesday and withdrew four changes in organic food standards that critics had said threatened to undermine public trust in the word "organic."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/05/27/MNGBT6SHM71.DTL

-------------------------------------

Biofuels….BEWARE!

June 30, 2004: The biomass fuels industry is exploding in the wake of war in Iraq, a country touting the second largest oil reserve on the planet. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has initiated a slowing of oil production and the Pentagon warns us about the eminent dangers of global warming and greenhouse gasses. Fuel prices continue to rise while fuel consumption steadily increases.
http://www.newfarm.org/features/0604/biofuels/index.shtml

------------------------

The Next Big Thing...Move aside, tree huggers. More and more hardheaded entrepreneurs are tapping into the growing green market.

It's 2040, and America's corporate titans have convened for a conference boondoggle to compare net worth and catch up on the latest gossip. A mellow Bill Gates presides over it all with the kindly mien of an elderly uncle. But tech is not the star of the show. No, that guy chugging a brew was one of the first entrepreneurs to invest in fuel cells, the very ones that are used in every American car and that now constitute a multibillion-dollar industry. The lanky woman dancing on the deck, which is made of recycled plastic bags, is a much-feared solar baron. The burly guy with the bulging biceps? He's made a fortune in real estate, building environmentally certified houses and condominiums. And the rude guest sniffing the food runs a chain of organic supermarkets that has Wal-Mart seriously concerned. The big economic winners of the past few decades, it turns out, have been those who decided that green is good--and a good way to get rich.

http://ecomall.com/greenshopping/1reportfortune.htm (not an
endorsement.....)

----------------------

"Please Pass the Salt".....Streaming Video

http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/cnbc.htm

------------------------

D.F., mom, educator, peace activist, Orange, CA, U.S.A.


Informant: ps4erth

"Landliebe" und Co: Produktnamen sind oft nur Marketingtricks

15.07.04

Die Zunahme von Werbeversprechen auf Verpackungen, die eine umweltfreundliche oder biologische Herkunft vortäuschen der Weltdachverband für Verbraucherorganisation Consumers International am Mittwoch bei einer Pressekonferenz in Wien kritisiert. Allein in Österreich wurden auf 55 Produkten 69 Claims, die eine heile Welt versprechen, gefunden. Am häufigsten findet man hier Verpackungen, die eine idyllische Natur oder traditionelle bäuerliche Bewirtschaftung zeigen. Bei den Konsumenten entstehen so völlig falsche Vorstellungen über die Bedingungen der heutigen Massenproduktion.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=8912

Prof. Henry Becker on the critical changes needed to avert the national health crisis...

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DGHTF.php

Möglicherweise sind Sie schon informiert, aber falls noch nicht, möchte ich Sie gerne persönlich zur Teilnahme an der "Burgerbewegung" einladen. Sie hat das Ziel, McDonald's zu überzeugen, Hamburger anzubieten, deren Fleisch von Tieren stammt, die mit gentechnikfreiem Futter gefüttert worden sind .

80 Prozent (!) aller gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen gehen in die Futtermittelproduktion. Zwar müssen Futtermittel gekennzeichnet werden, jedoch nicht tierische Erzeugnisse (Fleisch, Milch). Die Verbraucher werden deshalb zu Zwangsunterstützern der neuen Technologie. Sie können sich beim Kauf nicht gegen oder für die neue Technologie entscheiden. Der Verbraucher wird entmündigt.

Die Entscheidung über eine echte Wahlfreiheit für Verbraucher fällt im Futtermittelsektor. McDonald' s ist als bedeutender Nachfrager von Rindfleisch in der Lage, von seinen Lieferanten den Einsatz von gentechnikfreien Futtermitteln zu verlangen und damit die Wahlfreiheit der Verbraucher zu stärken. Vorausgesetzt: Die Verbraucher wollen das.

McDonald's hat angesichts der von foodwatch organisierten Kundenwünsche bereits signalisiert, dass der Konzern in Deutschland auf gentechnikfreie Futtermittel umzusteigen bereit ist. Also müssen wir jetzt den "Druck" auf McDonald's aufrechterhalten, damit aus Worten Taten werden!

Deshalb meine Bitte:

Gehen Sie auf http://www.burgerbewegung.de und mailen Sie den versandfertigen Kundenbrief an die Konzernzentrale!

Und noch etwas:

Bitte empfehlen sie den Link weiter! Das wäre großartig!

Für Rückfragen stehe ich gerne zu Ihrer Verfügung!

Herzlichen Dank und beste Grüße,

Thilo Bode

http://www.burgerbewegung.de

Die Burgerbewegung ist eine Mitmach-Aktion für Wahlfreiheit bei Gentechnik - auf zur Burgerwahl bei McDonald's!

Dr. Thilo Bode
foodwatch e.V.
Brunnenstr. 181
10119 Berlin
Tel. 030 - 240 476 - 0
Fax 030 - 240 476 - 26
E-Mail: bode@foodwatch.de
Internet: http://www.foodwatch.de

Jetzt neue Aktion zum Mitmachen: http://www.burgerbewegung.de

Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter # 124

Artificial colorings and preservatives boost levels of hyperactivity in pre-school children, and urgent consideration should be given to removing them, doctors from the University of Southampton announced May 25.

The researchers had just completed the first major study of the impact of food additives on the behavior of ordinary children. Previous studies had focused on the worsening of symptoms in hyperactive children, on the assumption that they were somehow more sensitive.

According to the study, published in Archives of Child Health, the incidence of high levels of hyperactivity was halved when the additives were removed.

The Southampton University team, led by Professor John Warner, selected 277 children aged three and four on the Isle of Wight and fed them a carefully controlled diet over four weeks. During the first week, they ate a strictly additive-free diet, devoid of colorings such as tartrazine and sunset yellow and the preservative sodium benzoate.

In the second week, half the children were given a daily drink of fruit juice containing colorings and preservatives, while the other half were given the same drink minus the additives. The experiment was repeated in the third and fourth weeks and changes in the behavior of the children were noted by their parents, who did not know which drink their child had been given.

Parents rated their children as significantly less hyperactive when the additives were removed and markedly more so when they were put back in. As a result the proportion with the highest level of hyperactivity fell from 15 per cent to 6 per cent, the authors say.

"These findings suggest that significant changes in children's hyperactive behaviour could be produced by the removal of artificial colourings and sodium benzoate from their diet," Professor Warner said, adding that the doses of additives used in the study were "on the low side of normal," and the effects were observed throughout the group regardless of allergies or chemical sensitivities.

COLORINGS USED IN THE TEST

* Tartrazine (E102): A synthetic yellow azo dye found in sodas, ice cream, sweets, chewing gum, jam and yogurt, commonly used in UK but banned in Norway and Austria.

* Sunset yellow (E110): Also a synthetic yellow azo dye which must be heat-treated. Found in orange jelly, apricot jam, hot chocolate mix, packet soups, canned fish. Banned in Norway and Finland.

* Carmoisine (E122): A synthetic red azo dye which must be heat-treated. Used in jams, sweets, sauce, yogurts, jellies and cheesecake mixes. Banned in Japan, Norway, Sweden and the U.S.

* Ponceau 4R (E124): Also known as Cochineal Red, a synthetic red azo dye used in dessert toppings, jelly, salami, seafood dressings, canned strawberries and fruit pie fillings. Banned in Norway and the U.S.

PRESERVATIVE USED IN THE TEST

* Sodium Benzoate (E211): The sodium salt of benzoic acid used as a food preservative and antiseptic. Found in a wide variety of processed foods including margarine, pineapple juice, prawns, milk products, baked goods, lollipops and soft drinks.

"We were surprised by the results because the effect was not just in one group," Professor Warner said. "We showed there was an effect on perfectly normal children. If that is confirmed by further research then there is a public health issue."

A larger, three-year follow-up study is scheduled for September, funded by the UK's Food Standards Agency.


Informant: Gary Kohls

http://www.haciendapub.com/article27.html
http://members.aol.com/budzowski/budzowski/excitoto.htm


Informant: Sylviane

http://www.truthinlabeling.org/

Informant: Sandy

Published on Monday, May 31, 2004 by CommonDreams.org

The Time to Choose is Now

by Paul Cienfuegos

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0531-11.htm


Informant: Teresa Binstock

A recent study involving brain scans has found that when people smell foods like pizza, fried chicken, ice cream, cake, and other junk foods, specific areas of the brain react similarly to that of a cocaine addict. Dr. Gene-Jack Wang of the Brookhaven National Laboratory said that this reaction, coupled with constant junk food advertising, is fueling the obesity epidemic. The FDA is considering mandating placement of warning labels on certain junk foods.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/school/addictive051804.cfm