Organic Bytes: Perchlorate, Food Safety, Humane Labels & More...

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At 06:02 PM 11/2/06, you wrote:

 

 

>ALERT OF THE WEEK:

>STUDY SHOWS MILITARY POLLUTION POISONING U.S. FOOD SUPPLY

>A new analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control indicates

>that a toxic chemical in rocket fuel has severely contaminated the

>nation's food and water supply. Scientists warn that the chemical, known

>as perchlorate, could cause thyroid deficiency in more than 2.2 million

>women of childbearing age. This thyroid deficiency could damage the fetus

>of pregnant women, if left untreated. Perchlorate, the explosive

>ingredient in solid rocket fuel, has leaked from military bases and

>defense and aerospace contractors' plants in at least 22 states,

>contaminating drinking water for millions of Americans. Despite massive

>complaints, defense contractors such as Kerr-McGee have done little or

>nothing to clean up the pollution. Perchlorate has also been widely

>detected in milk, lettuce, produce and other foods. In an alarming study,

>the CDC found perchlorate in the urine of every person tested. The OCA has

>mobilized thousands of organic consumers to pressure the EPA and

>government officials to begin a massive clean up of perchlorate for over a

>year.

>Learn more and take action: http://www.organicconsumers.org/perchlorate.htm

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At 06:02 PM 11/2/06, you wrote:

 

 

>PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK:

>WAL-MART, HANES, J.C. PENNEY AND PUMA SWEATSHOP SCANDAL

>Major U.S. clothing companies continue to exploit children in overseas

>sweatshops. In the latest in a series of reports from the National Labor

>Committee (NLC), brand name Wal-Mart, Hanes, J.C. Penney, and Puma clothes

>have been traced to a Bangladesh sweatshop. An estimated 200 children,

>some under eleven years of age, are being forced to work over 100 hours

>per week and are being paid six and a half cents per hour to make these

>clothes. " It is time for these U.S. companies to act immediately, today,

>to guarantee that this does not happen and that the children are returned

>to school, " said Charles Kernaghan, director of the NLC. Check out OCA's

>Clothes for a Change campaign to learn more about organic and fair trade

>clothes and textiles. http://www.organicconsumers.org/clothes/

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