Terrorist may poison the food supply (but the food companies already have)

(NaturalNews) Always on the terror streak, the mainstream media is now warning Americans that terrorists may strike the food supply by dumping poison into restaurant salad bars and buffets, for example. CBS News broke the story, quoting anonymous “intelligence” sources who insist that terrorists might use ricin or cyanide to poison foods in salad bars. I have news for CBS, the federal government, and the terrorists: If you really want to poison the U.S. food supply, just use aspartame. It causes neurological disorders and yet remains perfectly legal to dump into foods such as diet sodas and children’s medicines. You don’t even have to dump it into the food supply in secret, either: You can do it right out in full view of the public. Heck, you can even list this chemical right on the ingredients label! Or get into the MSG business. MSG, which is often hidden on “natural” foods under an ingredient called yeast extract , is a potent neurotoxin that promotes obesity and even cancer, according to some experts. Feed people enough MSG and they’ll probably die of cancer sooner or later, and that counts toward the goal of terrorism too, doesn’t it? If you really want to get nasty and up the body count, start a hot dog company and dump sodium nitrite into your processed meat like all the other hot dog companies do. Sodium nitrite promotes aggressive cancers — even in children — and yet the USDA and FDA allow its use in the food supply (http://www.naturalnews.com/007133.html). Better yet, feed the population genetically modified corn and then wait for the mutations to kick in. GMOs might actually be called a biological weapon because they cause so much harm to humans and the environment. (http://www.naturalnews.com/GMO.html) Why be a terrorist when you can do so much more damage as a processed food company? If you’re a terrorist looking to poison the U.S. food supply, get in line, buddy! The food companies have beat you to it! In the U.S. food supply right now, you can find toxic mercury, BPA, acrylamides, petrochemicals, dangerous preservatives, synthetic chemicals like aspartame, pesticide residues and artificial colors that alter brain function. The FDA doesn’t seem to care about any of this, of course: All these poisons in the food supply are legal! So here’s a message to Al-Qaeda and all the other terrorists trying to kill Americans: Don’t bother with bombs and missiles… just get into the processed food business! Or, heck, if you really want to kill Americans with poison, get into the cancer industry! The “Al-Qaeda Cancer Clinic” could really rack up some body bags by doing what all the other cancer clinics do: Inject patients with chemotherapy and watch them die (http://www.naturalnews.com/029996_chemotherapy_brain_function.html). Seriously, if you want to kill Americans, all you really need to do is keep supporting conventional medicine and the FDA with its do-nothing position on dangerous chemicals that threaten the health of Americans right now. FDA-approved drugs kill well over 100,000 Americans each year — a statistic that dwarfs the body count of any terrorist group. Come to think of it, how do we know the FDA isn’t already being run by terrorists? Their actions, which blatantly endanger American lives, are entirely consistent with the aims of a terrorist organization. (http://www.naturalnews.com/001894.html) By the way, this is all depicted in a CounterThink cartoon I created in 2006 called The Food Terrorists : http://www.counterthink.com/The_Food_Terrorists.asp This cartoon anticipated today’s terror news alerts by four years. That’s because when it comes to the U.S. government’s rhetoric on terrorism, it’s not that difficult to see where they’re taking it. Want to know what the next four years will bring us? I’ll soon be publishing a list of predictions for 2011 and beyond. Watch NaturalNews.com for that announcement. In the mean time, you might want to steer clear of FDA-approved foods and drugs, because you just never know what’s really in them. Sources for this story include: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/20/eveningnews/main7169266.shtml

If you use pharmaceuticals, you are polluting the water

(NaturalNews) Any personal use of pharmaceutical products can lead to dangerous water pollution, even if drugs or cosmetics are applied only to the skin, researchers have found. Researchers have known for several years that after a person ingests a drug, their body may excrete residues of the chemical that remain biologically active. Thus, internal drug use, combined with improper disposal of unused drug stores, has been blamed for residues of everything from antibiotics to painkillers to hormones found in municipal and natural water supplies across the country. Because drugs are specifically designed to produce biological effects at very low concentrations, this pollution is considered a major threat to human and environmental health. Now a study conducted by researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Touro University in Henderson, Nev., and presented at the American Chemical Society annual meeting in San Francisco has shown that the shower and washing machine may be even more potent sources of pharmaceutical pollution than the toilet. “We’ve long assumed that the active ingredients from medications enter the environment as a result of their excretion via urine and feces,” study co-author Ilene Ruhoy said. “However, for the first time, we have identified potential alternative routes for the entry into the environment by way of bathing, showering and laundering.” “These routes may be important for certain APIs found in medications that are applied … to the skin,” she said. “They include creams, lotions, ointments, gels and skin patches.” The researchers reviewed hundreds of studies analyzing the body’s use and metabolism of drugs, and concluded that drugs including acne medicine, antimicrobials, narcotics and steroids are entering the water system by being washed directly from people’s skin in baths and showers. In addition, many medications dissolve in sweat and wash off the body into people’s clothing, only to enter the water system when those clothes are laundered. It is the first study to show a link between bathing or laundering and pharmaceutical pollution. In contrast to ingested drugs, which are broken down by the liver and kidneys and then released in less-potent form, drugs that wash off the human body enter the water completely unmodified. “Topical [active pharmaceuticals] from bathing and showering … are released unmetabolized and intact, in their full-strength form,” Ruhoy said. “Therefore, their potential as a source of pharmaceutical residues in the environment is increased.” Ruhoy advised consumers to do their part to reduce pharmaceutical pollution by always following directions exactly, not applying more of a topical drug thinking that if a little is good, more must be better.” She suggested that doctors always prescribe the minimum effective dose for the shortest possible time. Researchers should work on developing drugs that can be absorbed more quickly and thoroughly, leaving little or no residue behind on the skin. “We need to be more aware of how our use of pharmaceuticals can have unwanted environmental effects,” Ruhoy said. “Identifying the major pathways in which APIs enter the environment is an important step toward the goal of minimizing their environmental impact.” The EPA further encourages consumers to always properly dispose of all medications, carefully reading the information on drug labels and accompanying documentation, and taking advantage of drug take-back or hazardous waste disposal programs where they live. In areas without take-back or household collection programs, state or local waste management authorities should be able to provide guidelines for disposal of pharmaceutical products. Protecting water from household pollution need not end with pharmaceuticals. The EPA advises that consumers use non-toxic household cleaners and other chemicals wherever possible, and limit pesticide and other toxin use. Leftover chemicals should never be disposed of by flushing. Sources for this story include: http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/637163.html; http://www.themedguru.com/20100326/newsfeature/medications-released-while-bathing-pollute-water-say-experts-86133416.html; http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589976,00.html; http://www.wateronline.com/article.mvc/Bathing-And-Showering-Under-Appreciated-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO ; http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/faq.html.