Raising Happy Healthy Children…Naturally!
Please pass this on to ALL your friends and family in NJ! There is currently a bill in the works to ban bisphenol A. The more folks that know about this, the better for NJ. Maybe we can do this state by state? 
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23858
No, this is not a joke. I’ve been stewing over this for a number of days now. I just can’t figure out who had to be asleep at the wheel for this to happen.
The Agriculture Department of Pennsylvania has deemed that milk labels that state “rBST-free” or “hormone free” are no longer permitted. Do you want to know the reasoning behind this? Hold on to your hats. Here is a direct quote from Monsanto spokesman, Michael Doane, in speaking about the hormone free label, ”implies to consumers, who may or may not be informed on these issues, that
there’s a health-and-safety difference between these two milks, that
there’s ‘good’ milk and ‘bad’ milk, and we know that’s not the case.”
And if you are wondering what Monsanto has to do with PA dairy regulations….maybe it has to do with their request to the FTC to take action against dairies using “hormone free” labels. Their request was denied. But they obviously have friends in high PA places.
Monsanto, the only manufacturer of rBST (also known as recombinant bovine growth hormone - rBGH) also sued a small Maine dairy back in 2003 due to their “hormone free” labeling practices. Monsanto claimed…guess what? The same exact claims made by the Pennsylvania Agriculture Dept. I am looking into if they won the suit or not.
The rBST hormone has been approved in the US since 1994 but is is banned in the European Union, Canada, Australia and Japan. Under FDA policy, food companies are allowed to make claims on labels that they do not use rBST, as long they do not “mislead consumers” to believe milk from cows without rBST is safer or of higher quality.
So Monsanto is sleeping with the PA government. It is said that Ohio is also looking into a similar ban. Please contact your representatives and let them know that if THEY too sleep with Monsanto, that you will not support them!
Have you heard? Monks and nuns in Burma embarked on a peaceful protest after decades of brutal dictatorship. Thousands upon thousands of ordinary people are joining in. Yesterday, the Burma military started shooting into the unarmed crowd, killing monks and journalists.
There is a petition about that is aimed at the United Nations and calling the world to stand alongside the Burmese people. We should not let this happen and something as small as your name on a piece of paper CAN make a difference.
The last peaceful demonstration in Burma in 1988 ended with thousands dead. Let us NOT let this happen again.
I try to keep politics out of my blog/site but being human its not always easy and I find myself biting my tongue. So the truth is I am not a fan of our current administration IN THE LEAST.
This is a big week in DC, lots of action going on. Let’s see what happens since the administration has already tried to disallow impeachment press releases.
Okay, so it seems there’s so much in the news as of late on this chemical that certain toy/baby bottle manufacturers and retail stores are petitioning to continue to use in products we expose our newborns to. I’ll just keep adding links to this entry, this one below summarizes the current research.
The Organic Consumers Association has a call for comments on two dockets the USDA is considering regarding the approval of human genes in rice in Missouri. BUT I just read that the USDA has already given preliminary approval for the planting of rice with human genes in Kansas. Here is a link to more info;
And the Missouri information which also provides info on how to send your comments is following.
I pondered over this entries title and almost put, “Like being Screwed Over? Shop at Walmart!”. There are apparently Organic store tags being posted on items that are not organic. We don’t shop there anyhow for a number of reasons (have I posted them here?) but still, many have to and it kills me that they might not catch the very misleading signs.
These Profiteers are guilty of commiting atrocities (war crimes, torture, toxic dumping and stifling freedom of speech) against mankind in the name of Greed.Here’s the LowDown on these Prophets of Profit.
Corporations carry out some of the most horrific human rights abuses of modern times, but it is increasingly difficult to hold them to account. Economic globalization and the rise of transnational corporate power have created a favorable climate for corporate human rights abusers, which are governed principally by the codes of supply and demand and show genuine loyalty only to their stockholders.
Several of the companies below are being sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a law that allows citizens of any nationality to sue in US federal courts for violations of international rights or treaties. When corporations act like criminals, we have the right and the power to stop them, holding leaders and multinational corporations alike to the accords they have signed. Around the world-<>in Venezuela, Argentina, India, and right here in the United States-citizens are stepping up to create democracy and hold corporations accountable to international law.
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