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Little-known mercury detoxification secrets revealed in exclusive interview with Chris Shade, Ph.D.

(NaturalNews) Recent events in the natural products industry have many people asking how they can remove heavy metals from their body. With aluminum in vaccines, mercury in dental fillings, lead in Halloween face paint and copper in household water pipes, metals poisoning is fast becoming one of the greatest health concerns among health-conscious consumers everywhere. That’s why this month’s NaturalNews Inner Circle brings you an exclusive live broadcast event with Chris Shade, Ph.D. who reveals “game changing information” about how to actually test for heavy metals toxicity and then work to remove those heavy metals from your body. Chris Shade received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois where he studied the environmental and analytical chemistries of mercury as well as advanced aquatic chemistry. In the years since, he has developed clinical techniques for measuring mercury exposure and using sound, scientific protocols for toxic metals removal. This event broadcasts LIVE on Wednesday, November 16th, at 7:30 – 9:00 pm (Eastern time). It is FREE for all NaturalNews Inner Circle subscribers. Share the broadcast with your family and friends Even better, Inner Circle subscribers can now share the live broadcast link with an UNLIMITED number of friends and family members who can also watch this event and learn these highly sought-after protocols for heavy metals detection and detoxification. In essence, when you are a member, you can give your family and friends “free tickets” so they can view the event, too. This is an extraordinary benefit that has never before been offered. Join the NaturalNews Inner Circle now at: http://www.naturalnews.com/innercirclespecial.html A second hard-hitting LIVE broadcast event with Dr. Fred Bisci Also this month, the NaturalNews Inner Circle features a hard-hitting live broadcast interview with Dr. Fred Bisci in a special “Ask the Experts” segment focused on food myths versus food truths. Broadcasting Sunday, November 20th, 7:30 – 8:30 pm Eastern time, this event is called “Food Truths Exposed.” In it, you’ll learn a wealth of information about the use of foods to accelerate healing and nourish the human body. Plus, as an Inner Circle subscriber, you can also share the LIVE broadcast link with an unlimited number of friends and family members who can also watch this event. Again, when you’re a subscriber, you can essentially get “free tickets” for all your family members and close friends who also want to watch these exclusive live events featuring world-renowned health experts like Dr. Fred Bisci and others. Click here to join the NaturalNews Inner Circle now. Free gift while supplies last: A hardcopy of the book “Earthing” Right now, while supplies last, when you join the NaturalNews Inner Circle, you’ll receive a physical copy of the book “Earthing” — with FREE shipping in the continental United States! This book covers the theory and practice of “grounding” and how it may help you reduce stress and relieve symptoms of bioelectric imbalance. It’s yours free while supplies last (no strings attached). Join now to get this book mailed to you immediately. Also: Save 12% every day at the NaturalNews Store Another extraordinary benefit of becoming a NaturalNews Inner Circle member is receiving a 12% discount every day at the NaturalNews Store. You’ll save 12% off everything — superfoods, kitchen appliances, sprouting machines, herbal supplements and much more. This is 12% off the already low, low prices including the “specials” which are already discounted! This benefit alone pays for more than the cost of the Inner Circle membership. Click here for pricing. Over $700 in bonus materials, instantly accessible Remember, when you become a NaturalNews Inner Circle , you also receive instant access to over $700 worth of bonus materials, including the entire archives of NaturalNews Talk Hour interviews, plus special bonus materials with Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. It is truly an extraordinary value, both in the savings you get and the content you’ll be able to access. The health wisdom you’ll discover as an Inner Circle subscriber is truly priceless. Plus, you’ll be supporting a noble cause in the industry — NaturalNews.com. We use these subscription funds to help expand our editorial staff, hire more investigative journalists , upgrade our video technologies and keep bringing you more hard-hitting news and information to protect your health and your safety. Thank you for your support! Join the hundreds of NaturalNews readers who are already Inner Circle subscribers at: http://www.naturalnews.com/innercirclespecial.html Each month, we will continue to bring you the most important and life-changing information you need to know about health, longevity and staying safe in a world that seems to be full of toxic substances at every turn. Thank you for your readership.

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New product reviews: Five nutritional products that stand out

(NaturalNews) What are some of the best nutritional products that have been recently introduced? Here are some of the best that I’ve become aware of recently, along with a new colloidal silver device that can help protect you from respiratory infections. None of these are paid placements. These are all independent reviews of products offered by their respective manufacturers, with appropriate links are provided below: Life Extension Vitamins D and K with Sea-Iodine This Life Extension product is a superb combination of vitamins D and K (both of which are crucial to bone health) with the added benefit of sea iodine made from sea vegetables like kelp and dulse. Each capsule provides 5,000 IU of vitamin D3, which is a daily dose being taken by nearly everyone familiar with vitamin D nutrition (I currently take 10,000 IUs per day). As an added benefit, the Life Extension Foundation is one of the leading voices for health freedom , and it is sponsoring efforts to fight the FDA over the agency’s insidious plot to outlaw virtually all dietary supplement ingredients before the end of this year. Take action at the petition page at: http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/0719_FDA-views-supplements-as-synthetic-food-preservatives.htm Additionally, Bill Faloon, the founder of Life Extension, is the author of the phenomenal new book Pharmocracy , which exposes the outright criminal corruption of the FDA and calls for wholesale reforms. Check out the book announcement page at: http://www.lef.org/lpages/Congress/ The Life Extension D + K with sea-iodine supplement is available at: http://www.lef.org/Vitamins-Supplements/Item01472/Vitamins-D-and-K-with-Sea-Iodine.html Genesis Today GenEssentials Superfruit Oil Blend Genesis Today is perhaps best known for its superfruit juices, but it has recently introduced a really nice omega oil blend (3-6-7-9) made entirely from seed oils such as sacha inchi oil, sea buckthorn oil, acai oil, goji oil, hemp seed oil and others. The product is called GenEssentials Superfruit Oil Blend , and it’s a 100% plant-based supplement for balancing or restoring healthy oil deficiencies in your diet (and most people are chronically deficient in healthy omega-3 oils, as you probably know). The Genesis Today company, headed by Dr. Lindsay Duncan, offers a wide range of nutritional products, all the way from the low-cost blends sold by Wal-Mart to extreme high-end 100% pure superfruit concentrates used by raw food vegans. I personally love their Mangosteen concentrate, which I often blend into fruit smoothies. Their Goji Berry juice concentrate is also a winner. Learn more at www.GenesisToday.com Living Fuel Super Essentials Aminos Living Fuel has earned consistent accolades for their LivingFuel SuperBerry Ultimate product, which remains my No. 1 choice for nutrition while traveling. I love this product so much, I actually volunteered to film a segment with the founder, KC Craichy, in a studio in Florida. (No, I wasn’t paid for this. It was purely volunteer.) You can view that video at: http://www.livingfuel.com/Living-Fuel-Rx-Super-Berry-Ultimate.aspx Now, Living Fuel has come out with an impressive amino acid powder called LivingFuel Super Essentials Aminos . It contains a blend of amino acids formulated to help speed exercise recovery, boost stamina and enhance athletic performance. The aminos present in the formula are: L-Leucine, L-Lysine HCI, L-Phenylalanine, L-Isoleucine, L-Valine, L-Threonine, L-Glutamine, L-Arginine, L-Histidine, Glycine, L-Methionine and L-Tryptophan I really like this product, and it’s from a company with a solid reputation. Learn more at www.LivingFuel.com Biotivia Transmax Trans-Resveratrol We recently publicized a free report about the miracle nutrient known as resveratrol . You can download that report (PDF) at: http://naturalnews.com/RR-Resveratrol_and_its_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_Longevity_Myth_or_Miracle.html This report was authored by James Betz, the founder and CEO of a company called Biotivia , which offers a selection of high-end supplements derived from plant-based nutrients such as pterostilbene , one of the medicinal compounds found in blueberries. But its primary focus is on resveratrol, which is now known to be the single most important nutrient for longevity and physical endurance. The drug companies, by the way, have been trying to patent resveratrol molecules for years and turn them into “miracle” drugs to treat heart disease and other degenerative health conditions. If these were drugs, they would cost 100 times the price! Fortunately, resveratrol is available in supplement form, and the Biotivia company has even graciously offered NaturalNews readers a 15% discount on all orders through the end of 2011. Just use coupon code NN15 and you’ll save 15% at: www.Biotivia.com (No, we do not earn anything from this. It’s not an affiliate deal, we’re just publicizing their discount code because we think their products are great.) One more thing: Their resveratrol capsules contain no fillers , no GMOs, no silica or additives. The colors on the capsules are made out of plant-based pigments, too. Solgar Natural Vitamin D3 10,000 IUs As more and more people are becoming aware of the importance of vitamin D, companies have begun offering higher-dose vitamin D capsules to meet the demand. While I used to take just 1,000 or 2,000 IUs a day, I now take 10,000 IUs a day , and the brand I consume is Solgar , which offers a 10,000 IU softgel. The main carrier oil in the softgel is safflower oil, which I’m not super excited about or anything, but it’s a small amount of carrier oil, so it’s not a big issue. Virtually the entire medical industry, as you probably know, maintains a conspiracy of silence about vitamin D, refusing to teach people that this nutrient is the No. 1 way to prevent cancer and even help reverse cancer. The Institute of Medicine runs a cover story which tries to convince people that taking too much vitamin D might be dangerous for their health (http://naturalnews.com/030598_vitamin_D_Institute_of_Medicine.html), and yet as very few people know, the IoM is actually funded by pharmaceutical companies, vaccine makers and even junk food manufacturers like PepsiCo. It’s also funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security and a long list of globalist miscreants who are steeped in the business of profiting from degenerative disease (http://www.naturalnews.com/033455_Institute_of_Medicine_vaccines.html). Powerful research shows that people need 4,000 – 8,000 IUs of vitamin D daily to raise their levels up to optimum levels (http://www.naturalnews.com/031577_vitamin_D_scientific_research.html). Most Americans, meanwhile, get only a tiny fraction of that through their diet and sunlight. It is estimated that 90% of the population remains chronically deficient in vitamin D. Solgar’s 10,000 IU vitamin D Softgels are available in health food stores everywhere. Learn more about this product at their website: http://www.solgar.com/SolgarProducts/Vitamin-D3-Cholecalciferol-10000-IU-Softgels.htm Enjoy these outstanding nutritional products! And watch for more product reviews here on NaturalNews, including an upcoming review of an innovative new colloidal silver generator that produces high-quality silver for mere pennies an ounce.

Treat cancer – Recent research shows natural combinations boost IV vitamin C

(NaturalNews) The latest research on high dose, intravenous vitamin C continues to confirm its cytotoxic effects on many cancers in tissue culture models. Results have been so promising that oncologists are now researching the combination of vitamin C with standard chemo drugs. Not surprisingly, vitamin C was found to boost the effectiveness of several chemo drugs so much that two clinical trials have been started. But recent research has also uncovered several natural compounds that boost the cancer-killing effects of vitamin C and may pave the way for highly effective, all-natural combination therapies in the future. It is now well accepted that high dose IV vitamin C therapy generates hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in tissues, and it is the H2O2 that selectively kills cancer cells through oxidative stress. Oncologists reasoned that this added stress may enhance chemo drugs’ effectiveness. Many lab studies have supported this, showing that vitamin C significantly increases the effectiveness of drugs against breast, colon, ovarian, prostate cancer cells and others. However, some of the same studies also confirmed the cytotoxicity of vitamin C alone for these cancers. This raises the question if doctors should be looking for less harmful, natural agents to combine with vitamin C rather than chemo drugs, which often carry terrible side effects and toxicity. Recent research has shown that several natural compounds do indeed boost vitamin C’s ability to kill cancer cells. A summary of this is shown in the table below, along with the combined anti-cancer effect compared to vitamin C alone (indicative only), and the type of cancer tested. Natural Agent Combined With Vitamin C or H2O2–Combined Effect–Cancer Type/Cell Line Maitake Beta-glucan++prostate PC-3 Maitake GD Fraction++bladder T24 Meshimakobu PL Fraction ++bladder T24 Black tea polyphenol TF(3)++lung adenocarcinoma SPC-A-1 Green tea polyphenol EGCG+lung adenocarcinoma SPC-A-1 Retinoic Acid++breast MCF-7 Vitamin D (with H2O2)+breast MCF-7 Vitamin D (with H2O2)+colon HT-29 Hyperthermia+leukemia Hyperthermia +glioblastoma Copper (CuCl / CuCl2)+leukemia HL-60 Iron (FeCl2 / FeCl3)-leukemia HL-60 IV Glutathione–pancreas xenograft Maitake and meshimakobu mushroom extracts combined with vitamin C achieved a 90% death rate of bladder cancer cells, while maitake extract with vitamin C achieved a 95% death rate of prostate cancer cells — and all with a relatively low dose of vitamin C. Black and green tea polyphenols were both helpful, but black tea polyphenol was the stand-out winner, increasing lung cancer cell death rate from 1% to over 22%. Retinoic acid (a metabolite of vitamin A) tripled the anti-proliferative effect of vitamin C on breast cancer cells (up to 75.7% inhibition). Vitamin D (calcitriol) combined with H2O2, which is released during IV vitamin C treatment, increased the breast cancer cell death rate by 78% compared to H2O2 alone. Some additives, however, actually inhibited the effectiveness of vitamin C. For example, vitamin C lost 95% of its cancer killing power when glutathione was co-injected, and the tumour shrinkage normally seen with vitamin C alone was inhibited. This remains a very active area of research, and more powerful combinations with vitamin C may yet be identified in the future. The positive combinations shown above are not yet being tested in clinical trials, but in the meantime they offer a lower risk, high potential benefit that patients and practitioners may want to consider in designing their own natural therapies. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8635156 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082037/?tool=pubmed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16443354 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10851301 http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/12/1/63.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15964518 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16889957 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8917417 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9252668 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21672627 About the author Ethan Evers is author of the award-winning medical thriller “The Eden Prescription,” which is based on the latest science in natural medicine for cancer. Ethan wrote this book to show the future reality that natural medicine can bring us, and also to warn of the strategies now being used by those who are trying to stop it. Ethan has a PhD in Applied Science. The Eden Prescription is available on amazon: www.amazon.com/Eden-Prescription-cancer-what-think/dp/1439276552/ You can also find Ethan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Eden-Prescription/130965870291786 For more information: www.edenprescription.com

NaturalNews names award winner for 2011 Book of the Year: The Trillion Dollar Conspiracy by Jim Marrs

(NaturalNews) If you’re looking for a way to make sense of the world, look no further than the book, The Trillion Dollar Conspiracy (by Jim Marrs). It reveals a hard-hitting, big-picture overview of how things really work behind the scenes of our modern world (and who’s pulling the levers). The title of the book is actually a bit of a misnomer. Jim’s original title was going to be “Zombie Nation” which I think is actually a better title because the book talks about “zombie banks” that are steeped in debt, “zombie politicians” who are totally controlled by a corporate agenda, and even “zombie people” who are drugged up on psychiatric medications. The publisher, however, insisted on the current name, and that’s why it isn’t called Zombie Nation . Listen to my interview with Jim about his book at: http://snd.sc/nrGd3P How things really work behind the curtain If you want to know why the world seems to be so crazy these days, just read this book and you’ll gain a keen understanding of the zombification of modern civilization and why it’s taking place. The Trillion Dollar Conspiracy touches on all the big issues and industries of our modern world: War and defense contractors, Big Pharma and the FDA, the fluoridation of the water supply, GMOs and the genetic pollution of our planet, the criminal banking industry and the Federal Reserve, stolen elections, corrupt politicians and a whole lot more. It is, without question, the best book I’ve read all year. And that’s why I’m giving this book the NaturalNews Book of the Year Award . I’ve never actually given out this award before, but I’m planning on giving this out once a year to the most important book of each year. Of course, 2011 isn’t over yet, so there could still be some amazing books in 2011 that deserve consideration. It’s possible I may give out the award more than once if there’s another deserving book that comes along. The next book for consideration of this award, in fact, is Bill Faloon’s upcoming book called Pharmacracy , scheduled to be released later this month. That’s a hard-hitting book on the tyranny of the FDA and the outrageous damage that has been caused by chemical medications. (www.LEF.org) Getting back to Jim Marrs’ book, his website can be found at www.JimMarrs.com and there, you’ll find details on some of his other books. You can also just search Amazon.com for “Jim Marrs” or follow this link: Click here for the Jim Marrs section on Amazon.com . Jim Marrs is an award-winning journalist and his book is a shining example of the great lost art of factual journalism in America. He honestly deserves to win a Pulitzer prize for this latest book — it’s really that good. It’s also extremely well researched and cited. This isn’t some loose compilation of conjecture or conspiracy ranting; rather, it’s a coherent, well-organized presentation of the shocking details of how the world really operates (it’s far stranger than you might suppose). Jim Marrs is also widely recognized as a top researcher of 9/11 truth and the Kennedy Assassination . Listen to the interview with Jim Marrs I recently interviewed Jim Marrs to discuss the financial chaos happening in our world, the coming debt collapse, and details about the growing “zombie nation” in which many of us live. You can hear that interview through SoundCloud at: http://snd.sc/nrGd3P Or listen to it by clicking the PLAY button in the object below: Interview with Jim Marrs, author of the Trillion Dollar Conspiracy by NaturalNews Through this interview, you’ll learn a wealth of information about where our world is really headed. I might also mention that you can buy Jim’s latest book, The Trillion Dollars Conspiracy , as a downloadable audio book through Audible.com, which is of course owned by Amazon.com. Here’s the audio book link at Audible.com: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B003S84RNM& Enjoy!

Resveratrol, grape seed extract help prevent skin cancer

(NaturalNews) Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have made a fascinating discovery about the synergistic effects of certain fruit and vegetable compounds on preventing skin cancer. Resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant found in grape skins, grape seed extract, D-glucarate, a cellular detoxifier, calcium and ellagic acid all seem to work in harmony together to protect against skin cancer. In one study, published in Cancer Prevention Research , scientists observed that these various natural compounds exhibited a protective effect on the body when administered both orally and topically in mice with skin cancer. Even in low doses, the plant agents exerted maximum therapeutic effects when combined with each other because each compound plays a specific and unique role in the process. When administered individually, however, scientists say the compounds are not particularly effective. “Both the combined agents and the combined treatments work better than single agents or treatments in prevention of skin cancer,” explained Dr. Zbigniew Walaszek, research associate professor of pharmacology at the center. But even on its own, resveratrol has been shown in other studies to be particularly effective in preventing and treating cancer. “In controlled studies, resveratrol has been shown to reduce skin cancer tumors by up to 98 percent, to stop production of leukemia cells,” explains Jon Barron in his book Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness . “In addition, it works as a Cox inhibitor, thus halting the spread of cancer throughout the body.” The discovery is groundbreaking because it provides potential alternatives to conventional sunscreens, which often contain toxic ingredients. Sunscreens also block out the vitamin D-producing ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun, which ultimately prevents users from gaining any of the sun’s health benefits. Editor’s Note: NaturalNews is strongly against the use of all forms of animal testing. We fully support the implementation of humane medical experimentation that promotes the health and well-being of all living creatures. Sources for this story include: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/uoth-ast082610.php http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/3/2/170.short

Medication strips your body of vital nutrients, says pharmacist

(NaturalNews) Often prescribed to alleviate symptoms of illness, pharmaceutical medications rarely attack the root cause and cure the illness and have the added downside of side-effects. Aside from the litany of side-effects listed, new book “Drug Muggers: Which Medications Are Robbing Your Body of Essential Nutrients” suggests the medications may be further adding to your state of illness by “stealing nutrients from your system or preventing their absorption.” Not only might this make you feel worse, but it also may cause you to develop another condition. Author of the new book, leading U.S. pharmacist Suzy Cohen, claims, “If you run low on even one vital nutrient, you can experience a cascade of uncomfortable side effects,” she claims. Eating healthy is not going to save you either, if you are taking nutrient-robbing medications, according to Cohen. “Even if you eat fresh fruits and vegetables every hour, you still get only a fraction of the essential nutrients you need from these foods — and if your medication is depleting them, you’ll need even more,” says Cohen. The solution is supplements, according to Cohen, who suggests specific doses in her book depending on what drugs you are taking. Here is a list of some medications and the associated side effects from Cohen’s new book: * Statins block the production of CoQ10, an anti-oxidant and nutrient associated with energy production. Risks include: fatigue, weakness, memory loss, shortness of breath, leg cramps and frequent infections. * Antibiotics kill bacteria, including good bacteria that produce B vitamins. Risks include: heart disease, increased risk of cancer, leg cramps, low thyroid and bone loss. * Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, a type of painkiller commonly referred to as NSAIDs, include ibuprofen and aspirin. They raise the risk of stomach ulcers and bleeding by attacking prostaglandins that protect the stomach lining. This also leads to a loss of iron, which can be made worse by some NSAIDs that also bind to iron and make it useless. Risks include: heart disease, depression, diarrhea, mouth sores and anemia. * Some ACE inhibitors, a treatment for high blood pressure that dilates blood vessels, attach themselves to zinc in the body. This can affect certain kinds of cell growth in the body, the immune system and the production of testosterone. Risks include: loss of sex drive, prostate problems, hair loss and slow wound healing. * SSRIs antidepressants or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as paroxetine and fluoxetine (Prozac), may affect thyroid hormone production, which regulated metabolism, digestion, mood, immune function and muscle function. Risks include: hypothyroidism, depression, weight gain and lowered immunity. * Diuretics , prescribed for hypertension, heart failure and edema, increase urine production, leading to loss of minerals and nutrients, including vitamin C and calcium. Risks include: slow wound healing, depression, leg cramps, weight gain and brittle bones. * Prescribed to control hormone levels, the pill and HRT also destroy good bacteria in the gut and affect synthesis of nutrients, including vitamin B6 and zinc. Risks include: insomnia, memory loss, irritability, heart disease and increased risk of cancer. * Diabetes medications , including metformin (Glucophage), metformin and sitagliptin (Janumet), and glipizide (Glibenese, Minodiab), reduce levels of succinate dehydrogenase, CoQ10 and hemoglobin. Low hemoglobin levels can lead to lowered levels of vitamin B12. Risks include: anemia, muscle cramps, fatigue, memory loss and irregular heartbeat. Sources for this article include: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1395028/How-medicine-draining-vital-nutrients-body.html

Radiation is Already Killing Babies

(NaturalNews) Newborn babies are the most vulnerable of all beings. Vulnerability says it all when it comes to a newborn infant. Children deserve the best medical treatment from the best form of medicine human intelligence can implement but what they get is governmental interference and neglect. Below we see the first information coming in that the radiation that the government is saying is safe and harmless and of very low concentration is already killing babies on the west coast of the United States where death rates are spiking. Who cares about the babies that die? Our government certainly doesn’t! It is outrageous and tragic that our government and many of our doctors don’t care. Certainly we will never see medical officials caring about the deaths of infants caused by vaccines on a regular basis. The government’s identity has grown to such beastly proportions these days that everyone who is not “them” is an enemy, even the babies. What do medical officials really care when a baby dies from vaccine complications? What do FDA officials do to block out the guilt and pain of knowing that they caused a lifetime of suffering for a young child when they allow dental mercury amalgam (toxic waste dumps) to be put right in their mouths? Do they care about peoples’ iodine deficiencies that leave them more vulnerable to the radioactive iodine from Fukushima? Do they care about the wreck and ruin in millions of peoples’ lives suffering from the toxicity of fluoride deliberately put in the public’s drinking water supplies? And do you honestly think they are going to care about babies dying and fetuses being underweight from the radiation exposure coming over the Pacific to the west coast of the United States and Canada? We know the radiation is there for it has been detected and reported on the inside pages of newspapers in small print that one would need a magnifying glass to read. There now exists a new rule-of-thumb regarding the media: the less the media says about something the more dangerous it is. The thing that tells us we are in serious danger is the almost complete absence of anything in the papers about the dangers coming from Fukushima. The news is so bad that they cannot and will not print anything about it. But now we have very disturbing reports about a 35% spike in infant mortality in Northwest cities since the meltdown in Fukushima. Dr. Janette Sherman and Joseph Mangano wrote: “U.S. babies are dying at an increased rate. The recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicates that eight cities in the northwest U.S. (Boise ID, Seattle WA, Portland OR plus the northern California cities of Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose and Berkeley) reported the following data on deaths among those younger than one year of age: “4 weeks ending March 19, 2011: 37 deaths (avg. 9.25 per week) 10 weeks ending May 28, 2011: 125 deaths (avg. 12.50 per week)” “This amounts to an increase of 35% (the total for the entire U.S. rose about 2.3%), and is statistically significant. Of further significance is that those dates include the four weeks before and the ten weeks after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. In 2001 the infant mortality was 6.834 per 1000 live births, increasing to 6.845 in 2007. All years from 2002 to 2007 were higher than the 2001 rate.” The Most Vulnerable Infants and pregnant women are most at risk. Doctors Alexey V. Yablokov, Vassily B. Nesterenko, and Alexey V. Nesterenko say, “When children have the same menu as adults, they get up to five times higher (radiation) dose burdens from locally produced foodstuffs because of their lower weight and more active processes of metabolism.” “It is well known that women are more susceptible — approximately twice as susceptible, or worse — to radiation’s harmful effects than men who get the same dose. Young people are more susceptible than old. Young children are perhaps ten times as susceptible to radiation’s dangers as adults are, because their cells are dividing and establishing themselves. The cells of some organs will continue to divide; but cells such as neurons and heart muscle cells stop dividing at adulthood. Cancer can also get established at this early stage. Cancer usually requires a long sequence of cell changes to occur — often 10 or 12 or more changes in the cell DNA’s structure will have to occur, which can take many years,” writes Ace Hoffman. Hoffman continues saying, “Infants are even more susceptible than young children. Newborns, preemies… immune-challenged… even more so. Since Fukushima, our babies are dying at a significantly increased rate on the west coast of the United States (see article below). Across the country deaths are up as well, though not as much (ibid). Fetuses vary from “infinitely” more susceptible to radiation’s dangers, to thousands of times more when they are very small, to “merely” hundreds of times more as they grow, to whatever they are at birth — no one knows precisely.” You just imagine the masses wondering how any of this can be true. How can babies die from nuclear radiation that is supposedly the safe low-level stuff that the government and media say could not harm a fly. Well for those who are wondering, watch this most current video from Arnie Gundersen who said, ” In April, the average person in Seattle breathed in 10 hot particles a day .” Video: CNN’s John King interviews Arnie Gundersen about the Hot Particles discovered in Japan and the US. Dr. Sherman was probably not surprised about the increased birth deaths because she knows what happened at Chernobyl, having been the chief editor of the book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and Nature , written by Drs. A. V. Yablokov, V. B., Nesterenko and A. V. Nesterenko, published by the New York Academy of Sciences in 2009. ” Data from Chernobyl , which exploded 25 years ago, clearly shows increased numbers of sick and weak newborns and increased numbers of deaths in the unborn and newborns, especially soon after the meltdown . These occurred in Europe as well as the former Soviet Union. Similar findings are also seen in wildlife living in areas with increased radioactive fallout levels.” Protect the Children, What Are You Waiting For? Should the public discover the true health costs of nuclear pollution, a cry would rise from all parts of the world and people would refuse to cooperate passively with their own death. Dr. Rosalie Bertell There are many alarming trends in pediatric care, not the least of which is increasing radiation exposure. It is now estimated that that the average child will get more than seven radiation scans by age 18 and this does not include dental X-rays. Most alarming is the increasing use of CT scans, which entail far more radiation and can raise the risk for cancer in children. X-rays of the chest, hands and feet are the most common. Forty-two percent of children had at least one radiation procedure and 25 percent had two or more during the three-year study period. Eight percent of the children got at least one CT scan, and more than three percent of children got two or more. What we can do to save our children after they have been exposed to radiation is the most important thing a parent can learn at this point in time. We must acquire this knowledge before we or our children have been exposed, but now it’s already too late for that for a great number of people in the northern hemisphere. Heavy Metal and Particle Vulnerability Children are more vulnerable to the dangers of toxic chemicals than are adults , according to Herbert L. Needleman, M.D. and Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., authors of Raising Children Toxic Free . According to a study released in October 2004, conducted by the University of North Carolina, 21 percent of women of childbearing age have mercury levels in their hair that exceeds federal health standards. That is up from eight percent in just four years using a recent CDC study as a reference point. Under United States guidelines, 79 percent of Inuvik women of childbearing age have unsafe levels of mercury. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a directive warning women of childbearing age to eat no more than two meals or 12 ounces of seafood, including canned tuna, weekly. The life period with the highest adaptability and vulnerability to environmental factors: the period inside the womb. Dr. Sandra Steingraber describes the particular vulnerability of children when it comes to mercury poisoning: “The placenta, which works well to bar pathogens from entering the womb, does a terrible job of keeping methylmercury out. In fact, the placenta actively pumps mercury into the fetal capillaries as though it were a precious molecule of calcium or iodine. This is why levels of mercury in the blood of a newborn typically exceed those of its mother by 70 percent. When confronted with methylmercury, the placenta functions more like a magnifying glass than a barrier. Once inside the fetal blood supply, mercury is carried to the fetal brain where it interferes with brain cell migration. Just as a spider can lower itself from the ceiling by reeling out a single strand of silk, a fetal brain cell moves from the center of the brain to the surface by rappelling along its own fiber. This process of brain cell migration begins in earnest during month four of pregnancy and continues after birth at least through the age of two. Methylmercury paralyzes migrating brain cells and thus interferes with their movement from center to surface. Methylmercury also halts cell division in the fetal brain by binding directly to neural chromosomes. The cerebellum — center of balance and coordination — is a special target of methylmercury. Prenatal exposures to methylmercury have also been linked to deficits in memory, learning, and attention span that persist into adolescence and appear irreversible. In short, human fetuses are more vulnerable than adults to the brain-addling powers of mercury for two immutable reasons: They receive a comparatively bigger exposure (because of the placenta’s concentrating powers), and their brain cells need to move and multiply.” A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency biochemist, Kathryn Mahaffey, estimates that one in six pregnant women in the United States had high enough blood mercury to damage her child, for a total of 630,000 U.S. newborns at risk . This was the first study to calculate the numbers based on children’s blood levels, not the mother’s blood. The new formula showed that one in six pregnant women had mercury levels in their blood of at least 3.5 parts per billion, sufficient for levels in the fetus to reach or surpass the EPA safety threshold of 5.8 parts per billion. In 1999-2000, the last year for which government data is available, this meant that 630,000 children were at risk instead of the original estimate of 320,000. According to Dr. Sandra Steingraber, “The EPA has taken pains not to adopt the 630,000 figure as its official position. Calculated by EPA scientist Kathryn Mahaffey, these new estimates were published in Environmental Health Perspectives , April 2004. Children are more vulnerable than adults to oxidative stress due to their naturally low glutathione levels from conception through infancy. Erden-Inal 2003 More than 100 years ago Dr. Abraham Jacobi, the father of American pediatrics, recognized the importance of and need for age-appropriate pharmaceutical therapy when he wrote, “Pediatrics does not deal with miniature men and women with reduced doses and the same class of disease in smaller bodies, but… has its own independent range and horizon.” Modern pediatrics has abandoned this wisdom as demonstrated by the fact that vaccines are not adjusted down to the bodyweight of infants. For all the references, sources and more articles on radiation and chemical toxicity please visit Dr. Mark Sircus blog .

National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society skewered in new book by leading cancer expert

(NaturalNews) A new book by leading cancer expert, Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, skewers the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society and blames the organizations for America losing the war against cancer. In the book, “National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society: Criminal Indifference to Cancer Prevention and Conflicts of Interest,” Epstein argues that the NCI and ACS have spent tens of billions of taxpayer and charity dollars focusing on treatment to the exclusion of prevention, which has allowed cancer rates to skyrocket, with the disease now affecting nearly one in two men and more than one in three women. Furthermore, the author claims that not only do numerous conflicts of interest exist within the NCI and ACS, but the NCI and ACS are also withholding a mass of information on avoidable causes of cancer. Epstein, who has served as a consultant for the U.S. Senate Committee on Public Works, is an internationally recognized authority on avoidable causes of cancer, particularly carcinogen exposure through conduits such as food, air, water, household products, cosmetics, prescription drugs or industrial carcinogens in the workplace. Epstein is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health and chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition. He has published more than 270-peer reviewed articles and 20 books, including the prize-winning 1978 The Politics of Cancer , and has appeared on national media, including NPR, 60 Minutes, Face the Nation, Meet the Press, The McNeil/Lehrer News Hour, Good Morning America and The Today Show. He was a key expert in the banning of hazardous products including DDT, chlordane and aldrin. In his new book, he is now the leading critic of the cancer establishment for its indifference to prevention of the disease, which, for the ACS, he claims, borders on hostility. Cancer funding skyrockets along with cancer rates, followed by exaggerated claims of progress The cancer industry has made a series of misleading claims about the advances in the war against cancer over the past three decades, wrote Epstein. Some of the false claims, according to Epstein, include the industry’s 1984 announcement by the NCI that cancer mortality would be halved by 2000, the 1998 NCI and ACS Report Card announcement of a reversal in the almost twenty-year trend of increasing cancer incidence and death, and the 2003 pledge by NCI Director and former ACS president-elect Andrew von Eschenbach to “eliminate suffering and death from cancer by 2015.” The NCI, ACS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also claimed that “considerable progress has been made in reducing the [number of people with cancer] in the U.S. population” in its 2003 “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2000.” The claim, however, is not consistent with NCI’s own data, Epstein said, which shows the overall number of people with cancer and incidence rates actually increased by 18 percent. The data also shows a dramatic increase in nonsmoking-related cancers, according to Epstein, including a 104 percent increase in liver cancer, an 88 percent increase in prostate cancer, a 54 percent increase in thyroid and testicular cancer, a 29 percent increase in breast cancer and a 14 percent increase in brain cancer. Epstein also notes the overall cancer mortality rates have remained unchanged and have increase by 6 percent for blacks. It seems that the more we spend on cancer, the more cancer we get, Epstein said, because while the number of people with cancer goes up, so does the NCI budget paid for by tax payers and charity. The NCI budget has increased 25-fold, from $220 million to $4.6 billion, between 1971 and 2000. Prevention is the key The fixation on “damage control” instead of prevention is the root cause of the booming cancer rates in the face of billions of dollars aimed at elimination of the disease, according to Epstein. He claims the NCI priorities are all wrong. The opening statement of the NCI’s 2001 Cancer Facts report says that “cancer prevention is a major component and current priority — to reduce suffering and death from cancer.” Meanwhile the report claimed that only 12 percent of the NCI’s then $3.75 billion budget was allocated to prevention. Epstein shows that the actual attention to prevention is probably even less, by citing an analysis of a 1992 NCI budget showing that less than 2.5 percent of its then $2 billion budget was spent on prevention. Epstein further crucifies NCI stating that prevention tactics defined by NCI only covered the value of avoiding smoking and a bad diet, while wholly ignoring the myriad of environmental and occupational carcinogens. NCI and ACS withholding a mass of cancer prevention information The NCI has failed to inform the public of published scientific information on a wide range of avoidable causes of multiple cancers, Epstein said. According to Epstein, there are three major categories of avoidable causes including: 1. Environmental contaminants in air, water, soil, the workplace, and food; 2. Carcinogenic ingredients in consumer products, particularly pesticides; 3. Carcinogenic prescription drugs and high-dose diagnostic radiation, particularly pediatric CAT scans. Epstein wrote, “NCI’s silence on cancer prevention is in flagrant violation of the 1971 National Cancer Act’s specific charge to disseminate cancer information to the public. This silence is in further violation of the 1988 Amendments to the National Cancer Program, which called for an expanded and intensified research program for the prevention of cancer caused by occupational or environmental exposure to carcinogens.” Epstein blamed this NCI failure to inform Congress and regulatory agencies of avoidable carcinogens for encouraging petrochemical and other industries to continue manufacturing products containing carcinogens and encouraging corporate polluters to continue polluting. NCI’s aversion to publicizing avoidable carcinogens has even gone as far as suppression and denial, Epstein said, quoting the following examples: “In 1983, the Department of Health and Human Services directed NCI to investigate the risks of thyroid cancer from I-131 radioactive fallout following atom bomb tests in Nevada in the late 1950s and early 1960s.” “NCI released its report in 1997, based on data which had been available for over fourteen years, predicting up to 210,000 thyroid cancers from radioactive fallout. These cancers, whose incidence has almost doubled since 1973, could have been readily prevented had the NCI warned the public in time and advised them to take thyroid medication.” “At a September 1999 hearing by the Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Affairs, former Senator John Glenn (D-OH) charged that the NCI investigation was plagued by lack of public participation and openness. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) charged that NCI’s conduct was a travesty.” [Just] as serious is NCI’s frank suppression of information. At a 1996 San Francisco Town Hall Meeting on breast cancer, chaired by Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), former NCI director Richard Klausner insisted that “low level diagnostic radiation does not demonstrate an increased risk.” However, this was contrary to long-term studies on patients with spinal curvature (scoliosis), which showed that such radiation was responsible for 70% excess breast cancer mortality. ACS has just as abysmal a track record on prevention as NCI, according to Epstein, and it has been and remains the target of periodic attacks by leading scientists and public interest groups. One attack in a 1994 press release by the Center for Science in the Public Interest stated, “A group of 24 scientists charged that the ACS was doing little to protect the public from cancer-causing chemicals in the environment and workplace. The scientists urged ACS to revamp its policies and to emphasize prevention in its lobbying and educational campaigns.” The scientists criticized ACS for requiring human evidence of carcinogenic effects before implementing regulation, saying that they had an unrealistically high action threshold. The scientists included: Harvard University Nobel Laureates Matthew Meselson and George Wald; former Occupational Safety and Health Director Eula Bingham; and past president of the Public Health Association, Anthony Robbins. One major instance of ACS ignoring the science, according to Epstein, was in 1993 when they came out in support of the pesticide industry just before the airing of the PBS Frontline special, “In Our Children’s Food.” ACS released a memorandum in which it trivialized pesticides as a cause of childhood cancers, and reassured the public that pesticide residues were safe, even for infants. Possibly most shocking is the failure of the NCI and ACS to inform the public of the increasing incidence of childhood cancers, which has escalated to alarming rates, according to Epstein. The Cancer Prevention Coalition’s 2003 report said that childhood cancers have increased by 32 percent between 1975 and 2000 and that cancer is one of the leading causes of death in children, second only to accidents. Even more shocking, the NCI claims that “the causes of childhood cancer are largely unknown.” This is diametrically opposed to substantial scientific evidence, according to Epstein, which shows that children are exposed to numerous avoidable carcinogens, including everything from X-rays, prescription drugs, pesticides and contaminants in beauty products to petrochemical and industrial pollutants, radioactive pollutants in the air and drinking water, and pollutants from hazardous waste sites. In 2000, the industry publication Cancer Letter had a commentary on ACS’ behind-the-scenes creation of a legislative committee to gain major control of national cancer policy, according to Epstein. In the commentary, former executive president of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists Dr. John Durant shared his assessment of ACS behavior. “It has always seemed to me that was an issue of control by the ACS over the cancer agenda,” Durant said. “They are protecting their own fundraising capacity [from competition by survivor groups.]” Conflicts of Interest But emphasis on treatment looks likely to remain if, as Epstein shows, the ACS and NCI are in bed with those who profit from a treatment focus. Approximately half of the members of the ACS board are doctors and scientists with close ties to the NCI, Epstein said. Many of the board members and their colleagues obtain funding from both the ACS and NCI, he said. Frank conflicts of interest are evident in many ACS priorities, according to Epstein, including the two major examples of mammography and cancer drugs. “The ACS has close connections to the mammography industry,” Epstein writes. “Five radiologists have served as ACS presidents, and in its every move, the ACS reflects the interests of the major manufacturers of mammogram machines and films … In fact, if every woman followed the ACS and NCI mammography guidelines, the annual revenue to health care facilities would be a staggering $5 billion. ACS promotion continues to lure women of all ages into mammography centers, leading them to believe that mammography is their best hope against breast cancer. A leading Massachusetts newspaper featured a photograph of two women in their twenties in an ACS advertisement that promised early detection results in a cure “nearly 100 percent of the time.” An ACS communications director responded …. “The ad isn’t based on a study. When you make an advertisement, you just say what you can to get women in the door. You exaggerate a point. Mammography today is a lucrative [and] highly competitive business.” “The ACS exposes premenopausal women to radiation hazards from mammography with little or no evidence of benefits,” Epstein said. “The ACS also fails to tell them that their breasts will change so much over time that the ‘baseline’ images have little or no future relevance.” The cancer drug industry is even more lucrative than mammography with annual sales over $12 billion. The intimate association between ACS and the pharmaceutical industry is illustrated, Epstein said, by the unbridled aggression which ACS directs at its critics. “ACS maintains a Committee on Unproven Methods of Cancer Management, which periodically reviews unorthodox or alternative therapies,” Epstein wrote. “This committee is comprised of volunteer health care professionals, carefully selected proponents of orthodox, expensive, and usually toxic drugs patented by major pharmaceutical companies, and opponents of alternative or unproven therapies that are generally cheap, and minimally toxic.” Periodically, the committee updates its statements on unproven methods, which are then widely disseminated to clinicians, cheerleader science writers, and the public. Once a clinician or oncologist becomes associated with unproven methods, he or she is blackmailed by the cancer establishment. Funding for the accused quack becomes inaccessible, followed by systematic harassment. “The highly biased ACS witch-hunts against alternative practitioners are in striking contrast to its extravagant and uncritical endorsement of conventional toxic chemotherapy. This despite the absence of any objective evidence of improved survival rates or reduced mortality following chemotherapy for all but some relatively rare cancers.” The cancer industry’s favor of pharmaceutical products is evidenced, Epstein said, “by the fact that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved approximately 40 patented drugs for cancer treatment, while it has yet to approve a single nonpatented alternative drug.” According to Epstein, “Dr. Samuel Broder, NCI director from 1989 to 1995, frankly admitted, in a 1998 Washington Post interview, that ‘the NCI has become what amounts to a government pharmaceutical company.’ Taxpayers have funded R and D and expensive clinical trials for over two-thirds of cancer drugs on the market. These drugs are given, with exclusive rights, to the industry, which sells them at inflated prices.” Epstein calls for change NCI reform is two decades overdue, Epstein wrote, based in part on “The Stop Cancer Before it Starts Campaign: How to win the Losing War against Cancer,” which is a 2003 report sponsored by eight leading cancer prevention experts and endorsed by over one hundred activists and citizen groups. Numerous NCI reforms were proposed in 1992 at a Cancer Prevention Coalition press conference, a group of 68 leading cancer prevention and public health experts, past directors of federal agencies, and citizen activists across the nation. But prophetically, the press release concluded, “There is no likelihood that such reforms will be implemented without legislative action.” And the ACS has done no better, according to Epstein. “The verdict is unassailable,” Epstein said. “The ACS bears a major decades-long responsibility for losing the winnable war against cancer. Reforming the ACS is, in principle, relatively easy and directly achievable. Boycott the ACS. Instead, give your charitable contributions to public interest and environmental groups involved in cancer prevention. Such a boycott is well overdue and will send the only message this charity can no longer ignore.”

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