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<a name="OLE_LINK3">Organic Bytes #198
Health, Climate, and Coping with the Crisis November 5, 2009 Health, Justice and Sustainability News from the Organic Consumers Association http://www.organicconsumers.org Organic Bytes on the Radio: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19418.cfm Organic Consumers on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/organicconsumers Organic Consumers on Twitter: http://twitter.com/OrganicConsumer ------------------------ In This Issue: -Quote of the Week: Cancer Expert Says, "Go Organic" -Alert of the Week: Boycott Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone -Series of the Week: The Danger of Livestock Waste -Upcoming Campaign of the Week: Organic Fertilizer or Toxic Sludge? -Little Bytes: Food Industry's Ties to Policy, Feces Feed Ban, Soil Carbon -Planting Peace and Grassroots Netroots News ------------------------ Quote of the Week: Go Organic to Avoid rBGH, Monsanto and Eli Lilly's Genetically Modified Bovine Growth Hormone Dr. Sam Epstein, Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, warns: -rBGH makes cows sick. -rBGH-derived milk is contaminated by pus. -rBGH-derived milk is chemically and nutritionally different than natural milk. -Milk from cows injected with rBGH is contaminated with Bovine Growth Hormone, traces of which are absorbed through the gut into the blood of people who consume this milk or products made from it. -rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a potent cancer tumor promoter called insulin-like growth factor number one (IGF-1), which is readily absorbed through the gut. -Excess levels of IGF-1 in the human body have been linked in numerous scientific studies as a cause of breast, colon, and prostate cancer. Dr. Epstein and other scientists recommend boycotting rBGH-tainted milk and dairy products and purchasing organic products instead. According to The Hartman Group, a well-respected firm analyzing consumer, organic milk is now a leading priority for health-minded consumers. Demand for organic milk has grown at an annual rate of 20% until recently, while overall milk consumption has dropped by 10%. "Nevertheless," Dr. Epstein emphasizes, "only a few schools make organic milk available, nor do most state governments, under low- income food programs, particularly by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children." Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., "Cancer Expert Counters Reckless Claims That Hormonal Milk Is Safe," October 14, 2009 Read more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19391.cfm ------------------------ Alert (and Video) of the Week: Boycott Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone Tell the rBGH Profiteers That You Buy Organic to Avoid Genetically Modified Bovine Growth Hormone! Following up on our successful campaign against Yoplait and Dannon, the Organic Consumers Association is now asking our members to boycott ice cream companies that still allow the use of genetically modified bovine growth hormone (Dreyer's, Edy's, Nestle, Haagen-Dazs, Klondike, Good Humor, Breyer’s). The Organic Consumers Association is also joining Breast Cancer Action's Milking Cancer campaign to get Eli Lilly to drop rBGH, which they recently bought from Monsanto and now market through Elanco. As Breast Cancer Action points out, the irony is that Eli Lilly sells both cancer treatment drugs and rBGH, which causes cancer. We're also targeting the National Federation of Milk Producers which allows rBGH in its new Dairy FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) program. Click on this link to watch Breast Cancer Action's Milking Cancer video and take action: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19530.cfm ------------------------- Series of the Week: The Danger of Livestock Waste The New York Times is doing a series of articles, and accompanying videos, about the massive pollution of American waters by corporate agri-business. Click the link below to watch the New York Times video on the water pollution caused by factory farms, "Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells." The video includes an interview with a woman who describes the effects of drinking hormone-contaminated water from a nearby dairy farm on her reproductive health and that of her teenage daughters. Watch the video: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19166.cfm ------------------------- Upcoming Campaign of the Week: Organic Fertilizer or Toxic Sludge? With toxic municipal sewage sludge being spread over tens of thousands of non-organic farms and ranches across the U.S., and sold in garden supply stores, often falsely labeled as "organic" fertilizer--polluting the land, food crops, pasture, and gardeners--OCA is about to launch a major campaign against the sewage sludge industry. http://www.organicconsumers.org/sludge.cfm ------------------------ OCA Needs Your Help to Spread the Organic Revolution OCA and our national, now international, network of organic consumers understand that we have a positive healthy solution for the nation and the globe's food, health, economic, and climate crisis: organic food, farming, and ranching. But to get out our all-important message we need your support and your donations. For the next two weeks, our strongest ally in the organic industry, the Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap Company, will be matching your donations dollar for dollar. So please send us a tax-deductible donation today. PLEASE DONATE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/donations.cfm ------------------------ Little Bytes: 1) Food Industry Dictates Nutrition Policy CNN covers the benefits of a low-meat diet, while at the same time outlining the ties between the food industry, the USDA, and bad nutrition. READ MORE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19513.cfm 2) FDA Urged to Ban Feeding of Chicken Feces to Cattle A coalition that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, along with McDonald's Corp. is asking the FDA to prohibit the feeding of poultry litter to cattle READ MORE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19507.cfm 3) The Dark Side of Dairies: A Broken System Leaves Immigrant Workers Invisible - and in Danger Milk may have a wholesome commercial image, but the dairies that produce most of the nation's supply aren't always healthy places to work. Dairy workers are injured at a much higher rate than other workers in the U.S. To make matters worse, federal labor laws that protect workers in other industries and give them a voice don't cover dairy workers. READ MORE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18933.cfm 4) Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger? The New York Times hosts a debate between experts for and against GM agriculture. LEARN MORE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19519.cfm 5) 80+ Groups and 38,000+ Reach Out to Senate Finance Committee Against Siddiqui Nomination Over 80 groups sent a letter urging the rejection of Islam Siddiqui as Chief Agriculture Negotiator at the office of the United States Trade Representative. READ MORE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19524.cfm ------------------------- Planting Peace and the Grassroots Netroots News 1) PLANTING PEACE: The Afghanistan Occupation: Opium, Rape and the American Way READ MORE: http://www.grassrootsnetroots.org/articles/article_19517.cfm 2) JUSTICE: Ohio Market Farmer Cited for Washing Raw Produce READ MORE: http://www.grassrootsnetroots.org/articles/article_19521.cf 3) DEMOCRACY: An Interview with Robert Jensen on War, Ecological Crises, and the Quest for Justice READ MORE: http://www.grassrootsnetroots.org/articles/article_19511.cfm 4) HEALTH: Autism Spikes, Toxins Suspected READ MORE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19514.cfm 5) SUSTAINABILITY: The Power of the People READ MORE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19506.cfm ------------------------ Message From Our Sponsors Five Environmental Questions About Your Phone Company. If you're concerned about the environment, you ask questions about the things you buy. Here are five questions to ask about your phone company: 1. Do they give to politicians who encourage our dependence on coal? 2. Do they regularly donate to progressive environmental groups like Greenpeace and the OCA Club? 3. Do they consistently support legislation to drastically cut CO2 emissions? 4. Do they fight for new, stricter rules on tailpipe emissions? 5. Do they cover all of their paper use by donating to tree-planting organizations? Click here for the answers (http://action.credomobile.com/specialoffers/oct09/oca/oca1a.html) Now here's a question for you: if you make green choices every day, why not choose a phone company that is as green as you? Sign up with CREDO Mobile today and you'll not only get 10% off your monthly service fee for 12 months and a FREE Solio™ Classic solar phone charger. Stuck in a contract? We'll also pay your current carrier's early termination fee by giving you a contract buyout credit up to $200. Join now and get free 2-day shipping. Offers expires November 13, 2009. http://action.credomobile.com/specialoffer.../oca/oca1a.html ------------------------ Travel to Mexico on OCA's "Via Organica" Tour November 15-22 OCA invites you to join us on an enjoyable and inspirational organic food and farming eco-tour November 15-22, hosted by our Mexican sister organization Via Organica, based in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. We have several spaces left and are offering a discounted price of $850 for a week of bi-lingual workshops, tours to area organic farms, restaurants, stores, and green-building projects. At the Via Organica farm school and resort meet Mexican activists and savor gourmet organic meals and beverages, swim in our thermal pool, hike and bike and enjoy the cultural attractions of the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende. OCA Director Ronnie Cummins and other OCA staff will lead the tour. The theme of this tour will be "How Organic Food and Farming Can Stop Global Warming." Check out our tours website and sign up now! http://www.organicconsumers.org/tours/index.cfm ------------------------ ORGANIC BYTES is a publication of: ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION 6771 South Silver Hill Drive Finland, Minnesota 55603 Phone: (218)- 226-4164 Fax: (218) 353-7652 __________________________________ |
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