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Dangerous Foods for Pets

safefoods — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:22:40 CDT

Dangerous Foods for Pets

Which foods could be dangerous for my dog?

Some foods which are edible for humans, and even other species of animals, can pose hazards for dogs because of their different metabolism.

Some may cause only mild digestive upsets, whereas, others can cause severe illness, and even death. The following common food items should not be fed (intentionally or unintentionally) to dogs. This list is, of course, incomplete because we can not possibly list everything your dog should not eat.

~ Drs. Foster and Smith List

Caution: Do not buy Foster and Smith's petfood or petfood products. Drs. Fosters and Smith Recall Expanded May 4th, 2007.

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Alcoholic beverages
Can cause intoxication, coma, and death.

Baby food
Can contain onion powder, which can be toxic to dogs. (Please see onion below.) Can also result in nutritional deficiencies, if fed in large amounts.

Bones from fish, poultry, or other meat sources Can cause obstruction or laceration of the digestive system.

Cat food
Generally too high in protein and fats.

Chocolate, coffee, tea, and other caffeine

Contain caffeine, theobromine, or theophylline, which can be toxic and affect the heart and nervous systems.

Citrus oil extracts

Can cause vomiting.

Fat trimmings Can cause pancreatitis.

Grapes and raisins

Contain an unknown toxin, which can damage the kidneys.

Hops
Unknown compound causes panting, increased heart rate, elevated temperature, seizures, and death.

Human vitamin supplements containing iron

Can damage the lining of the digestive system and be toxic to the other organs including the liver and kidneys.

Large amounts of liver
Can cause Vitamin A toxicity, which affects muscles and bones.

Macadamia nuts

Contain an unknown toxin, which can affect the digestive and nervous systems and muscle.

Marijuana

Can depress the nervous system, cause vomiting, and changes in the heart rate.

Milk and other dairy products
Some adult dogs and cats do not have sufficient amounts of the enzyme lactase, which breaks down the lactose in milk. This can result in diarrhea. Lactose-free milk products are available for pets.

Moldy or spoiled food, garbage

Can contain multiple toxins causing vomiting and diarrhea and can also affect other organs.

Mushrooms

Can contain toxins, which may affect multiple systems in the body, cause shock, and result in death.

Onions and garlic (raw, cooked, or powder) Contain sulfoxides and disulfides, which can damage red blood cells and cause anemia. Cats are more susceptible than dogs. Garlic is less toxic than onions.

Persimmons
Seeds can cause intestinal obstruction and enteritis.

Pits from peaches and plums
Can cause obstruction of the digestive tract.

Potato, rhubarb, spinach, and tomato leaves; potato and tomato stems
Contain oxalates, which can affect the digestive, nervous, and urinary systems. This is more of a problem in livestock.

Raw eggs
Contain an enzyme called avidin, which decreases the absorption of biotin (a B vitamin). This can lead to skin and hair coat problems. Raw eggs may also contain Salmonella.

Raw fish
Can result in a thiamine (a B vitamin) deficiency leading to loss of appetite, seizures, and in severe cases, death. More common if raw fish is fed regularly.

Salt
If eaten in large quantities it may lead to electrolyte imbalances.

String
Can become trapped in the digestive system; called a "string foreign body."

Sugary foods
Can lead to obesity, dental problems, and possibly diabetes mellitus.

Table scraps (in large amounts) Table scraps are not nutritionally balanced. They should never be more than 10% of the diet. Fat should be trimmed from meat; bones should not be fed.

Tobacco
Contains nicotine, which affects the digestive and nervous systems. Can result in rapid heart beat, collapse, coma, and death.

Yeast dough
Can expand and produce gas in the digestive system, causing pain and possible rupture of the stomach or intestines.

itchmo.com/human-foods-dangerous-for-your-dog-and-how-to-avoid-them-News for cats and dogs - Human Foods Dangerous for Your Dog and How to Avoid Them

wikiHow.com - Avoid-Foods-Dangerous-for-Your-Dog
How to Avoid Foods Dangerous for Your Dog - Please go to this wiki for the exact text. Each food is explained on their particular danger. <edited>

There are some common foods on the human table that are deadly for dogs. It is important to know about them to avoid causing severe or fatal illness in your loyal canine companion.

Chocolate
Caffeine/Coffee
Alcohol
Onions, garlic and chives
Macadamia Nuts
Grapes and Raisins
Avocado
Yeast dough
Raw or undercooked meat and eggs

Milk
Xylitol - extensive list here -> Pet Diabetes wikia Sugar-Free_Products_Warnings
Bones
Corn on the cob

Many of these ingredients are tucked away in cookies, bread, cake, preserves and other processed foods

Ensure that your dog eats a healthy and balanced diet. Read up on the appropriate foods for your dog type and make regular vet visits to ensure that your dog is in top shape.

Minimize snacks from the human table

Many natural dog food supplements boast garlic as a natural flea preventative.

Be very careful when taking medication. If you drop one on the floor make sure you get it before your animals do.

Take your dog to the vet immediately if it shows any signs of poisoning or any of the symptoms described above following consumption of any of these foods.

Related wikiHows

How to Make Healthy Dog Treats
How to Choose Healthy Dog Food

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Grocery

scottishterrier — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:27:34 CDT

Safe Foods

Local Store, Global Foods

Source: USA Today.com. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-07-10-food-list_N.htm

If you enter a supermarket with the goal of buying products grown or produced in the USA, here's an aisle-by-aisle sampling of your options:

1. Fruits and vegetables

•Bananas: From Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras.
•Apples: 94% from USA; rest from Chile, New Zealand and Canada.
•Oranges: Most from USA. In winter, some from South Africa and Australia.
•Apricots, avocados, grapes, kiwifruit, limes, mangoes, nectarines, papayas, peaches, pineapples, plums, strawberries, tangerines: USA, Mexico, Chile, the Philippines and Thailand.
•Potatoes: USA.
•Tomatoes:USA, Mexico and Canada.
•Lettuce, leafy green vegetables and carrots: USA.
•Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, and snap beans: USA, Mexico, Canada and China.
•Dried beans, peas and lentils: USA and Mexico.

2. Deli

•Cold cuts and less expensive cheeses: USA.
•Prepared salads: Hard to tell because of the number of ingredients.

3. Seafood

Shrimp is the most popular seafood eaten in the USA. In 2006, almost all of it came from these five countries (by volume): Thailand, 33%. China, 12%. Indonesia, 10%. Ecuador, 10%. Vietnam, 8%.

4. Soda pop All American, because pop consists primarily of water and high-fructose corn syrup, and America produces enormous amounts of cheap, high-fructose corn sugar.

5. Meat

•Beef: 16% is imported from Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand.
•Pork: 6% is imported from Canada and Denmark (Denmark is a big supplier of baby back ribs).
•No chicken is imported. (yet, China is pushing for importing rights)

6. Dairy Milk, butter, yogurt, eggs: USA.

7. Juices

•Juices: Brazil is the largest supplier of orange juice.
•Apple: Argentina, Chile and China are the leading suppliers.

8. Pasta American, except for pasta imported from Italy.

9. Coffee and tea

•Coffee: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala.
•Tea: Sri Lanka, India, China, Japan and Kenya.

10. Bread Homemade. Ninety-four percent of wheat used here is U.S.-grown. About 6% comes from Canada and Mexico. The USA is the world's largest wheat exporter.

11. Peanut butter It's all from U.S.-grown peanuts.

12. Jellies and jams

Both U.S.- and foreign-grown fruit, mostly from the European Union. Unless labeled it's impossible to know. (Do not buy if package or label says made from concentrate).

13. Heat and serve

No way to know. The starches — potatoes, rice, flour — in them are almost certainly from the USA. The spices and other ingredients could be from anywhere in the world.

14. Baking items

•Flour: 94% USA, the rest from Canada and Mexico.
•Sugar: About 50% is from the USA. The rest comes from Brazil, Caribbean countries and Australia.

15. Oils

•Corn, soy: .USA.
•Canola (short for Canadian Oil): Canada.
•Olive oil: Read the label. Much oil labeled "bottled in Italy" actually comes from Spain, Greece, Tunisia and other Mediterranean countries.

16. Nuts

•Almonds: USA.
•Brazil nuts: Brazil.
•Cashews: India.
•Hazelnuts: USA and Europe.
•Pistachios: USA.
•Pecans: USA and Mexico.
•Walnuts: USA.

17. Wine This is one place where coming from overseas is celebrated. ..."

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The Center for Food Safety Organization

New Book! Your Right to Know
CFS announces new book, Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food!

True Foods Now! Organization

The Pocket Shoppers' Guide to Genetically Engineered Foods
CONTENTS
Introduction and Overview 1
The “Big Four” GE Crops 3
Fruits and Vegetables 4
Meats and Fish 5
Dairy Products 6
Alternative Dairy Products 8
Eggs 9
Baby Foods and Infant Formula 10
Grains and Beans 12
Condiments, Oils, Dressings, and Spreads 13
Soups and Sauces 14
Canned Foods 15
Frozen Foods 16
Baked Goods 17
Breakfast Foods 18
Snack Foods 19
Chocolate Products and Candy 20
Sodas and Juices 21

Poisons

scottishterrier — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:01:08 CDT

Safe Foods Poisons

Ni, Maoshing Dr. "`Toxins in the Kitchen`." Online: Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living. 04May07. Accessed: 09May07.
http://teddyj.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/toxins-in-the-home/
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"...
Toxins in the Kitchen
Posted by Dr. Maoshing Ni
on Fri, May 04, 2007, 5:14 pm PDT

Eating for longevity begins in the kitchen. You may be eating only organic, antioxidant-rich foods, but if you cooked your food on the toxic surface of your stovetop in a carcinogenic no-stick pan, you just might be doing more harm than good. Find out how to make over your kitchen for health and long life!

Cut the Grease Without the Toxins

When you are facing a stovetop with a buildup of baked-on grease, don’t turn to commercial oven and stovetop cleaners - that is like cleaning with poison.
Instead, try baking soda. Just sprinkle baking soda on your stovetop, let it sit for five minutes and then scour the surface with either steel wool or scrubber. For the stubborn spots that refuse to be removed, try spraying this mixture on: mix dishwashing liquid, borax, and warm water together; let it sit for 20 minutes, and then scour it.

Microwave: Nothing to Rave About

People in the U. S. think microwaves are an ingenious time-saving device and wonder how anyone ever lived without one. Think again!

Microwaves use super-fast particles to literally radiate the contents of water inside food and bring it to boil. Not only has microwave use been linked to causing infertility in men, but it also denatures many of the essential proteins in the food making them virtually indigestible.

If you must, use the low setting just to heat the foods. Or better yet, get a small toaster oven or steam oven and warm your foods. Take your time and warm up your food in a safe and healthy way.

Poisonous Pots and Pans

Are your pots and pans poisoning you? If you are using copper or aluminum cookware, they might be. These metals interact with heat and food, and leach into your diet; gradually these will accumulate in your body, sometimes reaching the point of toxicity.

Toxic levels of aluminum have been linked to memory loss, headaches, indigestion, and brain disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease. High levels of copper can debilitate the immune system and enable cancer cells to proliferate.

After scouring with abrasives, even stainless steel can release small amounts of toxic metals like chromium and nickel. Nonstick pans - although convenient in the kitchen - contain Teflon, a plastic that in recent years has been linked to immune disorders and possible cancer conditions.

My suggestion is to use cookware with porcelain enamel coating or made of glass, cast iron, or lead-free, terra-cotta clay.

Bad News About Canned Goods

In today’s industrialized world, it is more important than ever to search out fresh food, as much for the health benefits of locally grown produce as for the health dangers presented by the alternative.

Canned foods, though easier to use than cooking from scratch, are a threat to your health. The substance bisphenol A, used to line food cans, is classified as an endocrine disruptor, a compound that can act like a hormone when it enters the human system.

Scientists have discovered that exposure to these chemicals can contribute to prostate cancer, breast cancer, cystic ovaries, and endometriosis.

I hope you receive the longevity rewards that come from making over your kitchen! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.
May you live long, live strong, and live happy!

—Dr. Mao ... "

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Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Pet Food
Companies and Retailers For Misleading Consumers Regarding the Contents of Pet Food “Premium” Pet Food Marketed and Sold as “Complete and Balanced” Has Historically Contained Such Items as Euthanized Dogs and Cats, Restaurant Grease, Hair, Hooves, and Diseased Animals, and Other Inedible Garbage. Download Press Release (PDF - 24 KB) Download Complaint (PDF - 536 KB) Download Background Information on Industry Practices Relating to Pet Food Manufacturer and Marketing ( PDF - 5 MB) If you are a pet owner and wish to be considered for participation in this lawsuit, click here.

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ConAgra

safefoods — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:40:56 CDT

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ConAgra

Poisonous Food Company

ConAgra Foods, Inc. Wikipedia

Shared by wikipedia on Sep 14, 2005 4:59 am.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. is one of North America's largest packaged foods companies. ConAgra's products are available in supermarkets, as well as restaurants and food service establishments.

History

ConAgra was founded in 1919 by Alva Kinney, who brought together four grain mills as Nebraska Consolidated Mills. In 1940, it began producing flour at its own mill, and in 1942 ventured into the livestock feed business. Consolidated Mills funded the establishment of Duncan Hines in 1951 as a way to market more flour by selling cake mixes. This venture was very successful, but did not lead Consolidated to consider other food ventures. Instead, they sold their assets in Duncan Hines to Proctor & Gamble in 1956. As American households purchased more and more prepared and instant foods in the 1950s and 1960s, Consolidated chose not to expand into the businesses that used their flour, instead turning in the opposite direction and focusing more on raw foods like poultry and expanding its livestock feed business.

In 1971, Consolidated Mills changed its name to ConAgra. The 1970s brought the company to the brink of ruin as it lost money expanding into the fertilizer, catfish, and pet product industries and as commodity speculation wiped out ConAgra's margins on raw foods. In 1974, Mike Harper, an experienced food industry executive, took over the firm and brought it back from the brink of bankruptcy. Nonetheless, ConAgra's business model left it at the mercy of volatile commodity prices. In response, the company set off on a two decade long buying spree, purchasing over 100 prepared food brands starting with its 1980 purchase of Banquet Foods. It moved heavily into the frozen food business and the packaged meat industry, and then picked up a selection of other brands from firms like RJR Nabisco and Beatrice Foods among others, as the leveraged buyouts of the 1980s gutted and sold off many major American consumer product firms. In 1993 alone it purchased $500 million in smaller firms, and in 1998 it purchased another $480 million in brands from Nabisco.

Subsidiaries

*ConAgra Foods Seafood - Institutional seafood sales
**Louis Kemp - Surimi vendor
**Meridian - Seafood importer
**Singleton - Shrimp vendor
*ConAgra Foodservice - Institutional food services
**Angela Mia - Italian-style food services
**Award - Comfort foods and side dishes
**Fernando's - Mexican-style food services
**Longmont - food services
**The Max - Pizza ingredients for school cafeterias
*ConAgra Food Ingredients - High volume basic foods
**Gilroy Foods - Garlic, onion, and peppers
**ConAgra Mills - Flour and grains
**Spicetec -Spices and flavouring agents
*ConAgra Packaged Meats and Deli - meats division, based partially on formerly independent, Chicago-based companies
**Armour
**Butterball
*J. M. Swank Company - Bulk food distribution and warehousing
*Lamb Weston - Institutional sales of potato products

Brands

Here is a list of ConAgra's consumer brands as of 2005, according to their website:

*Act II - Microwave Popcorn
*Andy Capp's fries - French fry-style potato chips
*Armour - Processed meats
*Banquet - Frozen chicken and ready-to-heat meals
*Big Mama Sausage - Snack-sized preserved sausages
*Blue Bonnet - Margarine and bread spreads
*Butterball - Frozen turkey and prepared poultry products
*Chef Boyardee - Ready-to-eat pasta meals
*Cook's - Cooked ham
*County Line - Cheese
*Crunch 'n Munch - Snack food
*Culturelle - Dietary suppliment
*David - Sunflower seeds
*Decker - Cold cuts
*Dennison's - Chili
*Eckrich - Beef and processed meats
*Egg beaters - Processed egg product
*Firecracker - Spiced snack sausages
*Fleischmann's - Bread spreads
*Gebhardt - Tex-Mex style foods
*Gilardi Foods - Italian-style foods
*Golden Cuisine - Ready-made food for seniors
*Gulden's - Mustard
*Healthy Choice - Ready-to-eat and prepared foods
*Hebrew National - Kosher sausages, cold cuts and condiments
*Hunt's - Canned tomato products, ketchup and barbecue sauce
*Hunt's Snack Pack - Shelf-stable pudding
*J. Hungerford Smith - Dessert ingredients for restaurants | valign="center"|
*Jiffy Pop - Popcorn
*Kid Cuisine - Prepared foods for children
*Knott's Berry Farm - Jams and jellies
*La Choy - Chinese-style foods
*Lamb Weston Inland Valley - Consumer sales of frozen potato products
*Libby's - Canned meats
*Lightlife - Soy-based meat substitutes
*Luck's - Canned baked beans
*Lunch Makers - Prepared food for children
*MaMa Rosa's - Frozen pizzas and snack foods
*Manwich - Canned Sloppy joes
*Margherita - Italian-style processed meats
*Marie Callender's - Frozen meals
*Move Over Butter - Margarine
*Orville Redenbacher's - Popcorn
*PAM - Spray cooking oils
*Parkay - Bread spreads
*Patio - Tex-Mex-style frozen meals
*Pemmican - Beef and turkey jerky
*Penrose - Pickled sausages
*Peter Pan - Peanut butter
*Ranch Style - Baked and Refried beans
*Ready Crisp Bacon - Pre-cooked bacon.
*Reddi-wip - Whipped cream
*Ro*Tel - Canned tomato sauce
*Rosarita - Mexican-style foods
*Slim Jim - Meat snacks
*Swiss Miss -Powdered cocoa for hot chocolate and pudding
*Squeez 'N Go - Prepared pudding
*Van Camp's - Canned pork and beans
*Wesson - Cooking oils
*Wolf Chili - Chili
*Wolfgang Puck - Prepared foods branded by Chef Wolfgang Puck, founder of Spago |

External link

*ConAgra Foods, Inc. Web site

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Unfit for Human or Pet

safefoods — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:53:10 CDT

Safe Foods
Unfit for Human or Pet

Source: WorldNetDaily.com Online. Accessed: 31May07.
POSTED FOR FAIR USE ONLY FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES.
Please see the original site for more.
Copyright Intact.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55892

HOMELAND INSECURITY

Is China trying to poison Americans and their pets? U.S. market flooded with foods unfit for humans, tainted with carcinogens, pesticides, bacteria, drugs.

Posted: May 27, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

"...
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com http://www.worldnetdaily.com

WASHINGTON – While Americans are still recovering from a scandal over poison pet foods imported from China, FDA inspectors report tainted food imports intended for American humans are being rejected with increasing frequency because they are filthy, are contaminated with pesticides and tainted with carcinogens, bacteria and banned drugs. Last month, like most months, China topped the list of countries whose products were refused by the FDA – and that list includes many countries, including Mexico and Canada, who export far more food products to the U.S. than China. Some 257 refusals of Chinese products were recorded in April. By comparison, only 140 were from Mexico and only 23 from Canada. Refused by the FDA in April because they were "filthy":

salted bean curd cubes in brine with chili and sesame oil
dried apple
dried peach
dried pear
dried round bean curd
dried mushroom
olives
frozen bay scallops
frozen Pacific cod
sardines
frozen seafood mix
fermented bean curd

Among the foods rejected because they were contaminated with pesticides:

frozen eel
ginseng
frozen red raspberry crumble
mushrooms

Frozen catfish was stopped because it was laced with banned antibiotics. Scallops and sardines were turned away because they were coated with putrefying bacteria. Toothbrushes were rejected last month because they were improperly labeled.

And last week the FDA found Chinese toothpaste contaminated with a chemical used in antifreeze – the same chemical that killed people in Panama last year when it turned up in cough syrup.

Just three days ago, the U.S. warned consumers not to buy or eat imported fish labeled as monkfish, which actually may be puffer fish, containing a potentially deadly toxin called tetrodotoxin.

Two people in the Chicago area became ill after consuming homemade soup containing the fish. One was hospitalized due to severe illness. The FDA is also on the lookout for vegetable proteins contaminated with melamine – the chemical that killed American cats and dogs when it was imported from China in pet foods.

In the past year, the FDA rejected more than twice as many food shipments from China as from all other countries combined. Most of the time, the reason listed is simply "filthy," the official term used when inspectors smell decomposition or gross contamination of food.

Officials say FDA inspectors examine only a tiny percentage of the food imported from foreign countries – about 1 percent -- meaning most of the contaminated products make it inside the country and to the shelves of retailers. In the age of globalization, food imports in America are big business and getting bigger. In 2006, they represented $64 billion – a 33 percent increase over 2003.

No country is increasing its food exports faster than China – about 20 percent in the last year alone. China has become America's leading supplier of apple juice used as a food sweetener, garlic and garlic powder, sausage casings and cocoa butter.

China has also attempted to export hundreds of thousands of pounds of chickens and poultry products to the U.S., even though it is not yet certified to do so. Chinese exporters disguise the meat by labeling crates "dried lily flower" or "prune slices" or "vegetables." Despite the deliberate deception, the U.S. government is about to certify the Chinese to export poultry legally.

..."

Some 257 refusals of Chinese products were recorded in April. By comparison, only 140 were from Mexico and only 23 from Canada

See: Refusal Actions by FDA as Recorded in OASIS for China (Mainland) - Jan, 2007 to present.
http://www.fda.gov/ora/oasis/10/ora_oasis_c_cn.html

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Diet Drinks

safefoods — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:48:14 CDT

Safe Foods
Diet Drinks

[Food] Get off Diet Sodas and Flavored Water

Posted here
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/life_liberty_longevity
From Lois Guzman Sun May 20 21:03:48 2007
To: life_liberty_longevity@yahoogroups.com

In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her.

She was in so much pain, and so sick, she just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of. She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment. I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.

My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100%, but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home. Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind.

In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda... and literally dying a slow and miserable death. When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery. And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article saved her life.

If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME," marketed as 'NutraSweet, ' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use, irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.

We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas. In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear.

We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly. This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

During a lecture, I said, "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss, you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!" People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?"

Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it!

This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens." Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the "diet products" and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance. Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.

Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called "behavior modification prescription drugs" (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place! Most of these children were being "poisoned" on a daily basis with the very foods that were "better for them than sugar."

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances due to the use of NutraSweet.

Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that Aspartame is to blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which is a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the metabolism of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. It is known that for many years the FDA outlawed this true sweet food, due to their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company.

Books on the subject are available:

EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell Blaylock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665)

DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE-written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist.

These two doctors will soon be posting a position page on the Internet with case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame. According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians, "We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison."

Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!

There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a "piece of the Aspartame pie. "I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians? This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These organizations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill was killed. It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you're informed now! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!

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NO Purchase List

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:22:05 CDT

Safe Foods
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WorldNetDaily: Is China trying to poison Americans

WASHINGTON – While Americans are still recovering from a scandal over poison pet foods imported from China, FDA inspectors report tainted food imports ...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55892
FDA's China Foods Banned in April, 2007
Filthy:
salted bean
curd cubes in brine with chili and sesame oil dried apple
dried peach
dried pear
dried round bean curd
dried mushroom
olives
frozen bay scallops
frozen Pacific cod
sardines frozen
seafood mix
fermented bean curd

Among the foods rejected because they were contaminated with pesticides:
frozen eel
ginseng frozen
red raspberry
crumble mushrooms

Current Import Alerts (FIARS)
Import Refusal Report (Formerly "Detentions")
This is a listing of Import industry types for FOODS.

Whole Grain/Milled Grain Prod/Starch
Bakery Prod/Dough/Mix/Icing
Macaroni/Noodle Prod
Cereal Prep/Brea kfast Food
Snack Food Item
Milk/Butter/Dried Milk Prod
Cheese/Cheese Prod
Ice Cream Prod
Filled Milk/Imit Milk Prod
Egg/Egg Prod
Fishery/Seafood Prod
Meat/Meat Prod/Poultry
Vegetable Protein Prod
Fruit/Fruit Prod
Nuts/Edible Seed
Vegetables/Vegetable Products
Vegetable Oils
Dressing/Condiment
Spices, Flavors And Salts
Soft Drink/Water
Beverage Bases/Conc/Nectar
Coffee/Tea
Alcoholic Beverage
Candy W/O Choc/Special/Chew Gum
Choc/C ocoa Prod
Gelatin/Rennet/Pudding Mix/Pie Filling
Food Sweeteners (Nutritive)
Mult Food Dinner/Grav/Sauce/Special
Soup
Prep Salad Prod
Baby Food Prod
Dietary Conv Food/Meal Replacements
Food Additives (Human Use)
Multiple Food Warehouses
Miscellaneous Food Related Items

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Consider Purchasing

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:36:29 CDT

Safe Foods
Consider purchasing list
Always research yourself.
Do you have any food companies you do trust to feed your family their products?
If so, please share your lists for our consideration.

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Pet Food Research

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:50:52 CDT

NO Safe Pet Food Research

All pet foods and treats can be considered poison since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot trace the poisoning ingredients to companies who are not issuing recalls but are known to be poisoning animals.

Please see Truth in Labeling, Congressional Legislation

Pet food mishap shows reason for COOL

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Pet-food recall: Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)

For those still willing to feed their animals pet foods here are a few that although not proven safe, people owned by their pets may want to research on their own. First view this video. See if you are still willing to feed your pets any commercial pet foods.

All information found for these selective foods are found on The Pet Foods List.com

Per the FDA wheat, corn, rice, soy glutens AND flours not safe. Chicken, pigs, and fish have been fed the same kind of poison in the human food supply. Do not feed your pets any of those substances. Also be very careful feeding raw foods. They can give your pets food poisoning with substances such ecoli. Some of the below may have these ingredients. Call first and research before feeding any pet food. Links to their websites have been provided when possible.

BEFORE FEEDING ANY PET FOOD ON THIS LIST VERIFY IT WITH THE PET FOOD COMPANY.

Bil-Jac (verified via website 3/27/07)

No products made by Menu Foods
All grains used in Bil-Jac products are grown and harvested domestically.
Bil-Jac does not use and has never used any rice or rice protein ingredients in any of our products. (from website 4/18/07)
We do not use any gluten meals in our products, including wheat gluten meal, rice gluten meal or corn gluten meal. (from website 4/18/07)

Bravo Raw Diet (information provided by company partner 4/19/07)

Bravo is their only brand.
Bravo is manufactured in our own USDA human food processing facility.
All of our products are from the US except our lamb, venison and beef which are imported from New Zealand and Australia.
No ingredients from China.
Bravo is grain free and uses no gluten of any kind.
No rice protein concentrate is used.
Our products are made exclusively from human grade meat, bones and vegetables.
Bravo is an individually owned company. (no parent company).

Canidae (verified by company 3/28/07, updated 4/18/07)

Brands include Canidae and Felidae
No products made by Menu Foods
All ingredients are grown in the US and are also processed here.
No wheat gluten is used in their products.
All products are free of corn, wheat, soy and all grain fractions
Canidae does not use glutens in any form. (from website 4/18/07)
We do not import any ingredients from China or overseas. (from website 4/18/07)

Dynamite Specialty Products (information provided by company 4/06/07)

Brands include Dynamite Super Premium Diet for Dogs and Dynamite Canned Turkey for Cats (only one variety of each)
Menu foods does not manufacture their products
All ingredients are guaranteed U.S. ingredients
Corn and wheat-free, and free of wheat gluten.

Evangers (verified by company 3/28/07)

No products made by Menu Foods
No products contain wheat gluten, fillers, or preservatives
They're a privately owned company that manufactures their own food as well as manufacturing food for other private labels.
All ingredients domestic except for New Zealand or Australian lamb, on request.

Grandma Lucy's (information provided by company 4/11/07)

Brands include Grandma Lucy's and Bella Lucy
We manufacture all of our products here in our Irvine, CA facility
All of our ingredients are from the United States.
Products do not contain wheat gluten.
Grandma Lucy's is an independently owned company. (no parent company)

Happy Dog Food (information profided by company owner 4/06/07)

Only brand is Happy Dog Food
All of our materials/ingredients are purchased from US food brokers/vendors.
Food is manufactured by Happy Dog Food
We use brown rice, barley and oats in some of our recipes
Products do not contain wheat gluten.

Homestyle Select (verified via website 3/24/07, updated 4/24/07)

All foods are manufactured in their own plant in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
Made with all natural locally sourced ingredients.
Never any wheat gluten, corn or preservatives.

Life4K9 (information provided by company CEO 4/09/07)

Have never used Menu Foods to manufacture their products.
We do not manufacture out of the US nor does LIFE4K9 purchase any foreign ingredients.
We do not add wheat gluten.
Oven baked using human grade ingredients.
The canned line is made by Evangers and we offer Lamb and a Chicken formula.
Independently owned company (no parent company).

Neura (verified by company rep 3/26/07)

"Menu does make some of our canned cat and canned dog foods. They make OUR recipes according to OUR quality standards."
"We have procedures in place to clean between each run of food that is produced. We also inspect the plant regularly to audit their procedures. Since we take our quality very seriously we go above and beyond what is expected in the industry. We are happy to tell you that we require our facilities to pass an audit by Cook & Thurber, a HUMAN FOOD auditing firm."
Other manufacturers are used besides Menu Foods.
Products do not contain wheat, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.

Oma's Pride (information provided by company 4/16/07)

Brands include Oma's Pride, Dr. Harvey's, O'Paws, Freeze dried Food and Treats
We do not do business with Menu Foods
We manufacture our own products in our USDA inspected, family owned and operated facility, In CT
All raw Ingredients are USDA Inspected. Some meats are imported from Australia and New Zealand.
None of our raw products have any wheat, corn, soy or grain in them.
Our processing plant is USDA inspected for people food processing.

Paw Naturaw (information provided by company president 4/24/07)

Naturally Raw, LLC d.b.a. Paw Naturaw produces Grass Fed Organic Bison, Organic Beef, Organic Chicken, and Organic Turkey Diets.
Certified organic, frozen, raw diets.
Made with USDA inspected human-grade ingredients.
100% grain free.
Products do not contain any glutens of any kind.
Products do not contain rice protein concentrate.
Privately owned and manufactured in their own plant built to LEED green specifications in Wisconsin.

Pet Promise (verified via website 3/25/07)

No products made by Menu Foods
Pet Promise foods are made in our own factories (from website 4/24/07)
Pet Promise does not use rice protein concentrate or wheat gluten (from website 4/24/07)

PHD Products (information provided by company 4/06/07)

In light of the recent pet food recall, we want our customers to rest assured that PHD products are as safe and healthful as always.
No products made by Menu Foods
We have never used wheat gluten, the possible source of the contamination.
Our sources of raw material are American with the exception of our New Zealand Lamb which is of the highest quality available worldwide!
Our foods have always been: wheat free, gluten free, beef free, soy free, hypoallergenic, free of chemical preservatives, free of artifical flavoring, free of pork (the same formulas for 12 years and still exceeds any industry standards.)
We don’t make wet food. If your pet prefers wet food, you add the extra meat or other ingredients, thereby giving you control.
We test our products rigorously - before the production run, twice during the run and after the run (the actual product you get from us).
Our food has always far exceeded both safety standards and vitamin, mineral, micronutrient Minimum Daily Requirements.

Primal Pet Foods (information provided by company 4/09/07)

Only brand is Primal.
Primal does not have any of our products manufactured by Menu.
Foods are manufactured at a USDA human food processing facility in Portland, Oregon.
All ingredients are from USA except for Lamb and Venison products imported from New Zealand.
We do not use any wheat gluten.

Sojourner Farms Pet Foods (information provided by Owner/President 4/17/07)

Brands include Sojos, Monzies, Good Dog and Sojourner Farms
Foods are manufactued at their own plant in Minnesota
They use only human-quality ingredients.
Locally-grown grains - Wheat & Corn free dog foods, no wheat gluten
Individually owned company (no parent company)

Stella and Chewy's (verified via website 3/31/07)

Made exclusively from human-grade free-range meats, ground bones, and fresh organic vegetables.
Manufactured in their own plant in Wisconsin
100% grain free.

Three Dog Bakery (information provided by company 4/25/07)

Only brand is Three Dog Bakery

We manufacture all of our treats and none of our food relates to the recall.

Ingredients are 100% domestic. No foreign suppliers or manufacturers.

Foods contain no glutens of any kind.

Rice protein used is 100% US human quality.

Three Dog Bakery, Kansas City, MO. (no parent company)

Timber Wolf Organics (information provided by company 4/5/07, updated 4/24/07)

We have a privately owned manufacturer in the Northeast. Our owner is very passionate about our formulas and we are the only ones who use them.
We do not private label for other companies.
We use US regulated suppliers only.
Our products are 100% free of gluten, wheat gluten, yellow corn, soy, and animal by-products.
Products do not contain rice protein concentrate.
We do not sell any other brands.
We are privately owned. Our office is in Central Florida and the owner is here with us daily.
For more information contact Timberwolf Organics, Inc. at 407-877-8779 or email customer.support@timberwolforganics.com

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Organic

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:45:29 CDT

Organic Safe Foods

Consumer Reports. " Food labels can be misleading ." Online: Consumer Reports.org. Accessed: 09May07.
POSTED FOR FAIR USE ONLY
See article for more, archival copy

" ... Food labels can be misleading

Organic-sounding labels can be confusing, or even meaningless. Below are examples of labels that are meaningful because there are government standards to back them up. You’ll also find a couple of examples of meaningless labels. For more information on food labels, go to www.eco-labels.org

MEANINGFUL

“100% Organic.” No synthetic ingredients are allowed by law. Also, production processes must meet federal organic standards and must have been independently verified by accredited inspectors.

“Organic.” At least 95 percent of ingredients are organically produced. The remainder can be nonorganic or synthetic ingredients. One exception: Organic labels on seafood are meaningless because the U.S. Department of Agriculture has no standards to back them up.

“Made with Organic Ingredients.” At least 70 percent of ingredients are organic. The remaining 30 percent must come from the USDA’s approved list.

MEANINGLESS

“Free-range” or “free-roaming.” Stamped on eggs, chicken, and other meat, this label suggests that an animal has spent a good portion of its life outdoors. But U.S. government standards are weak. The rule for the label’s use on poultry products, for example, is merely that outdoor access be made available for “an undetermined period each day.” In other words, if a coop door was open for just 5 minutes a day, regardless of whether the chickens went outside, the animals’ meat and eggs could legally be labeled “free-range.”

“Natural” or “All Natural.” This label does not mean organic. The reason is that no standard definition for this term exists except when it’s applied to meat and poultry products, which the USDA defines as not containing any artificial flavoring, colors, chemical preservatives, or synthetic ingredients. And the claim is not verified. The producer or manufacturer alone decides whether to use it.

NO KIDDING “Organic” can mean that 5 percent of the ingredients aren’t... "

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Bees

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:44:55 CDT

Safe Foods: Disappearing Bees

“... if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”
~ Albert Einstein

Monsanto is killing our bees!

Bug Girl. "How Much is a Bee Worth?" Online: Bug Girl's Blog. 09May07. Accessed: 09May07.
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/how-much-is-a-bee-worth/
POSTED FOR FAIR USE ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Please see the original article site for more details.

" ... How much is a bee worth?
May 9th, 2007

To continue the bee theme of the last couple of weeks: Why should you care about insects? Why is the dissapearance of some crawly bugs a big deal?

You can go to the Xerces Society and download this paper: The economic value of ecological services provided by insects. 2006. Bioscience 56(4): 311-323.

It’s a bit technical, so here’s the short version: wild insects provide services worth more than $57 billion to Americans annually.

That number doesn’t count the value of honeybees for pollination or wax and honey.

It doesn’t include insects mass-reared for pest control (Trichogramma, for example).

It doesn’t include insect products like shellac, or cochnineal. (What, you didn’t know there were squashed bugs in your lipstick and juice?)

If you add in those, the value could be >$200 billion, depending on who’s numbers you use.

The authors focus on 4 main services: dung prcessing, pollination, maintenance of wildlife, and pest control. Some of their stats:

Insects are food for wildlife that supports a $50 billion recreation industry.
Native insects provide more than $4.5 billion in pest control, & pollinate $3 billion in crops.
Native insects clean up grazing lands with a subsequent savings to ranchers of more than $380 million. (”Clean up” being a euphemism for “eat all the poop”.)

There’s some really nifty tables documenting insectivory in birds, and the amount of pollination provided for different crops by wild insects.

Just thought I’d mention that paper, in case anyone wanted some hard numbers to work with... "

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"Bee Decline May Spell End of Some Fruits, Vegetables" [October 5, 2004]
National Geographics
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1005_041005_honeybees.html
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Monsanto ”Seed Police” Scrutinize Farmers
Even if a farmer decides to stop using Monsanto seeds, the GE plants self-seed and some will spring up of their own accord the following year. ...
www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0115-04.htm
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Bragg Live Foods - The Global Threat of Monsanto's Terminator Seeds
They require farmers to sign a licensing agreement which strongly prohibits the reuse of Monsanto seeds. They even hire investigators like the Pinkerton ...
www.bragg.com/healthinfo/terminatorseedFS.html
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Monsanto's seeds of destruction | Greenpeace International

Mexicans are being forced to swallow Monsanto's seeds of destruction, while back in the US, Monsanto is not allowed to grow its genetically engineered (GE) ...
www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto-s-seeds-of-destructio
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The Blog | Bill Maher: The Birds, the Bees, and Earth Day | The ...

Here's a quote from Albert Einstein: "if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/the-birds-the-bees-and-_b_46410.html
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If the Bees Disappear…

If the Bees Disappear… Beekeepers in 24 states across America are encountering a strange phenomenon: bees—which seemed to be healthy days earlier—are ...
www.realtruth.org/news/070309-001-bees.html
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Collapsing Colonies: Are GM Crops Killing Bees? - International ...

When "bee populations disappear without a trace," says Kriechbaum, it is difficult to investigate the causes, because "most bees don't die in the beehive. ...
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,473166,00.html
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European Bees Also Taking a Nosedive - Perhaps GM Crops? » Celsias

The latter of the two stories intimated that European bees are also being ... an Albert Einstein quote: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe ...
www.celsias.com/blog/2007/03/29/european-bees-taking-a-nosedive/

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My Page Icons

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:43:35 CDT

All credit for Organic Elements go to the very talented artist,

Paintchip

On this page you can find graphical elements that may fit well with the "Organic" template style that Wetpaint offers.

To learn how to use these graphics on your wiki go to the How-To's page!

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Small Icons:

Buttons:

Dividers:

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My Safe Foods Nearby

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:40:30 CDT

My Safe Foods Nearby

<Remove Text for a Cut and Paste>

Make a My Safe Foods Nearby Page
Copy and Paste onto a New Page You Create and Name
OR Use the My Safe Foods Nearby Template
Name and Create Safe Foods Nearby

My Area < location, state, country > _____ ______ _____

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Document

safefoods — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:37:12 CDT

Safe Foods
Document Fair Use

How to Document Fair Use Materials:

Source: Website: "US CODE COLLECTION." Legal Information Institute. Cornell University, New York. Accessed: 13Nov03.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/

Cornell US Code Collection: U.S. Code 17 in it's entirety,
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/index.html

"...
TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 1 > Sec. 107.
Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a ...

fair use the factors to be considered shall include -

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
..."

Source: Voices of America MSN Group. Accessed: 28Aug03.
http://groups.msn.com/voicesofamerica/fairuse.msnw
(No longer an active group)

What is Academic Fair Use?

"...
Provide attribution. Whenever you read responsible writing, you will note that when someone is quoted, the person's name and title or relevant affiliation is also provided.
When you cite your source, it's a good idea to provide attribution in the text of your writing, rather than to bury the source information in a parenthetical citation or in a works-cited list. In other words, attribute the quotation, the paraphrase, or the summary to whoever you borrowed it from originally in your research--and weave this information into the body of your writing
..."

Also see:

Source: Miracosta Community College. "Information Competency Documentation: Cite your Sources." Accessed 3 November 2002.
http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/gfloren/IC4.htm#attrib

Source: American Psychological Association (APA) Style Organization. Accessed 3 November 2002.
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Source: US Copyright Office Web Site: "Fair Use." Accessed 15Dec03.

The following is what the Law allows regarding "Fair Use" of Copyright Materials.

Fair Use In The Electronic Age Serving the Public Interest

The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but "[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." To this end, copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work. This result is neither unfair nor unfortunate. It is the means by which copyright advances the progress of science and art.

-- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 US 340, 349 (1991).

The genius of United States copyright law is that, in conformance with its constitutional foundation, it balances the intellectual property interests of authors, publishers and copyright owners with society's need for the free exchange of ideas. Taken together, fair use and other public rights to utilize copyrighted works, as confirmed in the -

Copyright Act of 1976, constitute indispensable legal doctrines for promoting the dissemination of knowledge, while ensuring authors, publishers and copyright owners appropriate protection of their creative works and economic investments.

The fair use provision of the Copyright Act allows reproduction and other uses of copyrighted works under certain conditions for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship or research. Additional provisions of the law allow uses specifically permitted by Congress to further educational and library activities. The preservation and continuation of these balanced rights in an electronic environment as well as in traditional formats are essential to the free flow of information and to the development of an information infrastructure that serves the public interest.

It follows that the benefits of the new technologies should flow to the public as well as to copyright proprietors. As more information becomes available only in electronic formats, the public's legitimate right to use copyrighted material must be protected. In order for copyright to truly serve its purpose of "promoting progress:

" the public's right of fair use must continue in the electronic era, and these lawful uses of copyrighted works must be allowed without individual transaction fees. Without infringing copyright, the public has a right to expect:

* to read, listen to, or view publicly marketed copyrighted material privately, on site or remotely; * to browse through publicly marketed copyrighted material; * to experiment with variations of copyrighted material for fair use purposes, while preserving the integrity of the original; * to make or have made for them a first generation copy for personal use of an article or other small part of a publicly marketed copyrighted work or a work in a library's collection for such purpose as study, scholarship, or research; and;

* to make transitory copies if ephemeral or incidental to a lawful use and if retained only temporarily.

Without infringing copyright, nonprofit libraries and other Section 108 libraries, on behalf of their clientele, should be able:

* to use electronic technologies to preserve copyrighted materials in their collections;

* to provide copyrighted materials as part of electronic reserve room service;

* to provide copyrighted materials as part of electronic interlibrary loan service; and

* to avoid liability, after posting appropriate copyright notices, for the unsupervised actions of their users.

Users, libraries, and educational institutions have a right to expect:

* that the terms of licenses will not restrict fair use or other lawful library or educational uses,

* that U.S. government works and other public domain materials will be readily available without restrictions and at a government price not exceeding the marginal cost of dissemination; and

* that rights of use for nonprofit education apply in face-to-face teaching and in transmittal or broadcast to remote locations where educational institutions of the future must increasingly reach their students.

Carefully constructed copyright guidelines and practices have emerged for the print environment to ensure that there is a balance between the rights of users and those of authors, publishers, and copyright owners. New understandings, developed by all stakeholders, will help to ensure that this balance is retained in a rapidly changing electronic environment. This working statement addresses lawful uses of copyrighted works in both the print and electronic environments.

For more information on what falls under the "Fair Use" exemption to the Copy Rights Laws please visit: http://fairuse.stanford.edu

Unless you have obtained permission to use the following holding a copyright of the artist/photographer do not post them unless they are fully cited as per APA format.

* Political Cartoons

* Images taken by a professional photographer unless permission has been obtained

* Articles that are owned by news agencies such as the Associated Press, should have a notice at the bottom stating clearly that they may not be used but look for exceptions above. Archival purposes may be asserted due to the ever changing of media being moved, deleted, or removed.

* Any other material that was intended by the property owner to support their income that does not specifically allow for reposting but must follow the above guidelines. Not for profit for educational purposes may be another course of action for exception.

Do not construe the above explanation to be legally valid. Per usual, do your own research.

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