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More Coca-Cola Ties Seen Inside U.S. Centers For Disease Control

huffingtonpost.com

by Cary Gillam

August 1, 2016

In June, Dr. Barbara Bowman, a high-ranking official within the Centers for Disease Control, unexpectedly departed the agency, two days after information came to light indicating that she had been communicating regularly with a leading Coca-Cola advocate.

Now, more emails suggest that another veteran CDC official has similarly close ties to the global soft drink giant. Michael Pratt, Senior Advisor for Global Health in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC, has a history of promoting and helping lead research funded by Coca-Cola. Pratt also works closely with the nonprofit corporate interest group set up by Coca-Cola called the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests show.

Chiropractors Present Themselves As An Alternative To Painkillers

forbes.com

by CJ Arlotta

July 28, 2016

As government officials attempt to tackle the opioid epidemic, associations advocating for nonpharmacologic approaches to pain management are launching their own campaigns to inform the general public of alternatives to prescription painkillers.

There were 18,893 deaths involving prescription opioids in the country in 2014, up 16% from 2013. Deaths involving drugs like fentanyl and tramadol increased by 79% from 2013 to 2014. Often it's said that healthcare companies don't cover chiropractic services for those in pain, but according to research published by the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, that's not the case. The non-profit organization's findings revealed that up to 87% of all insured American employees are covered for chiropractic care.

Farmers fight for the right to repair their own tractors

Fox News

by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

July 25, 2016

Farmers in Nebraska, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and New York are staging something of a mechanical revolt. They're attempting to get legislation passed in their states that would enable them.

At the root of the morass is the software that helps run modern tractors and their sensors, diagnostic tools, and other high-tech elements. If farmers so much as open the metaphorical hood to check out the computers they could be violating the federal act, reports Modern Farmer.

Monosodium Glutamate Used as a Stabilizer in Vaccines

thevaccinereaction.org

by Rishma Parpia

June 19, 2016

When you think of monosodium glutamate (MSG), what is the first thing that comes to mind? More than likely it is Chinese cuisine, however, this same ingredient is also found in several other food products we use everyday.

Almost all processed foods on the grocery store shelves ranging from soups to crackers to meats contain MSG to enhance their flavor. MSG is also an ingredient in vaccines. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vaccine Excipient and Media Summary lists five vaccines that contain monosodium glutamate...

Widespread illegal GMO planting is a problem in Ukraine

agrimoney.com

by Marketpublishers.Com

June 14, 2016

Reports that 80% of Ukraines soybean crop is grown from illegal genetically-modified seeds are "probably true," Mykola Kovalski, chief strategy officer at Astarta, told the Agrimoney Investment Forum.

Astarta, a Ukrainian agribusiness which is the country's largest sugar producer, buys non GM seeds from Canada, Mr Kovalski said. The non-GM meal produced means the company receives a premium for its product. But Mr Kovalski noted that it was "difficult to estimate" the scale of GM planting across the country, with fields of non-GM and GM soybeans plant "It is a problem for us" he said.

'I Wouldn't Feed This Stuff to a Dying Animal'

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by Yelena Sukhoterina

June 14, 2016

Carrol Krause, a former reporter for the Herald-Times of Bloomington, Indiana, had to retire from her journalism career because of an ovarian cancer diagnosis in 2014.

A few months ago she started having digestive issues and could no longer eat normal food. What hospice workers brought her as meal replacements horrified her. Krause writes: "Hospice had the very best of intentions, [but] the stuff they sent over was not real FOOD. In fact, I'm outraged at the idea that they feed this stuff to dying people." What the hospice provided to Krause was a bag full of products by Ensure: pudding, shakes, and a drink that pretends to be apple juice.

Meet Turkish Journalist Who Lost Custody Of Kids Over Critical Reporting

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by Mahir Zeynalov

June 11, 2016

Relentless crackdown on journalists and media outlets in Turkey is not news. But the censorship has taken a whole new level last week when a Turkish court stripped a prominent journalist of legal rights over her two children for publishing a video.

Arzu Yildiz, an unwavering journalist mostly reporting about court battles and a fierce critic of the government, was also given a 20-month prison sentence for publishing the video on YouTube last year. The video is a two-hour long court defense of a prosecutor who intercepted a truck in southern Turkey full of arms heading toward a Syrian territory held by Ahrar al-Sham, an Islamist extremist group.

The Truth About Grassfed Beef

foodrevolution.org

by Thierry Vrain I Retired 10 Years Ago After A Long Career as A

May 21, 2016

A lot of people today, horrified by how animals are treated in factory farms and feedlots, and wanting to lower their ecological footprint, are looking for healthier alternatives.

As a result, there is a decided trend toward pasture-raised animals. One former vegetarian, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mark Morford, says he now eats meat, but only "grassfed and organic and sustainable as possible, reverentially and deeply gratefully, and in small amounts." Sales of grassfed and organic beef are rising rapidly. Ten years ago, there were only about 50 grassfed cattle operations left in the U.S. Now there are thousands.

Seahorses wash ashore at Coronado beach

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by Maria Arcega-Dunn

April 27, 2016

CORONADO, Calif. - Various sea creatures have been washing ashore on San Diego beaches in recent months and now seahorses have been added to the list.

Coronado residents have found a few seahorses on the coastline and scientists say it's likely because of El Niño. Other seahorses have been found within the last month from Orange County and Coronado to Imperial Beach. The reason it's unusual is this particular species known as the Pacific Seahorse is normally found hanging out in the waters off central Baja all the way down to Peru.

Concerns over administrative shake-up quickly fizzle;

uniondemocrat.com

by Scott Carpenter

April 23, 2016

The drama played out practically by the hour. A closed session discussion of the employment of two popular administrators at a board meeting in Twain Harte provoked a frenzy Tuesday afternoon, only to fizzle in a collective sigh Wednesday evening.

Parents and staff at Twain Harte Elementary-Long Barn School District received an email at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday notifying them that two administrators, Jeff Winfield, superintendent, and Dan Mayers, principal, were up for discussion during closed session at a 4 p.m. meeting Wednesday. The topic? Their employment. That afternoon, parents and staff mobilized on Facebook. At the meeting Wednesday, about 40 people filled the district office conference room, perhaps seven or eight times the usual.

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