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Food Safety Files 5: Beware of Canola Oil + Canola oil poison +

Plastics As A Food Group? + Fluoride: The Silent Killer

 

 

 

 

Beware of Canola Oil By Jim Lynn - Editor EOO

 

Canola Oil is an Industrial Oil Not Fit For Human Consumption.

 

 

 

It's amazing to me...The more research I do, the more I see a

relationship between the food we eat and fatal diseases. Canola oil is

no exception. Readers of EOO are familiar with the meat industry

practice of feeding rendered meat " by-products " to cattle and poultry

(EOO #015), and the suspected relationship of Mad Cow Disease to CJD

and Alzheimer's Disease (EOO #016). Now comes information that Canola

Oil is the suspected causative agent for Scrapie, a viral disease

transmitted to cattle who were fed rendered sheep infected with

Scrapie. Both Scrapie and Mad Cow Disease destroy the brain's ability

to function. They literally eat the brain away, causing blindness,

loss of mind and erratic behaviour.

 

Canola oil's real name is " LEAR " oil (Low Erucic Acid Rape). it is

more commonly known as " rape oil, " a semi-drying oil that is used as a

lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base, and as an illuminant

to give color pages in magazines their slick look. In short it is an

industrial oil that does not belong in the human body. It is typically

referred to in light industry as a penetrating oil.

 

Back in the 1980's, rape oil was widely used in animal feeds in

England and throughout Europe. It was banned in 1991. Since then,

Scrapie in sheep has totally disappeared.

 

While that's good for Europeans, it is bad for Americans because the

problem is now ours. Rape seed oil (Canola oil) is widely used in

thousands of processed foods...with the blessings of our own government.

 

Canola oil was first developed in Canada. It's proponents claim that

due to genetic engineering and irradiation, it is no longer rape oil,

but " canola " (Canadian oil). They also claim it is completely safe,

pointing to it's unsaturated structure and digestibility. Although, I

could not verify it, it is claimed the Canadian government paid the

FDA the sum of $50 million dollars to have canola oil placed on the

GRAS list (Generally Recognized As Safe). However it was done, a new

industry was created.

 

The truth is, however, that rape is the most toxic of all food oil

plants. Not even insects will eat it. No wonder farmers like growing

it. It turns out that rape is a member of the mustard family of

plants, and is the source for the chemical agent, mustard gas, which

causes blistering on skin and lungs when inhaled. Mustard Gas was

banned after WWI for this very reason.

 

Studies of canola oil done on rats indicate many problems. Rats

developed fatty degeneration of heart, kidney, adrenals and thyroid

gland. When the canola oil was withdrawn from their diet, the deposits

dissolved, but scar tissue remained on the organs. Why were no studies

done on humans before the FDA placed it on the GRAS list?

 

Consumed in food, Canola oil depresses the immune system, causing it

to " go to sleep. " Canola oil is high in glycosides which cause health

problems by blocking (inhibiting) enzyme function. It's effects are

accumulative, taking years to show up. One possible effect of long

term use is the destruction of the protective coating surrounding

nerves called the mylin sheath. When this protective sheath is gone,

our nerves short-circuit causing erratic, uncontrollable movements.

 

To test the industrial penetrating strength of canola oil, soak a

towel in both canola oil and regular vegetable oil. Pre-treat and wash

the towel in your clothes washer and compare the area the two oils

occupied...you will notice an oil stain remains on the area soaked in

canola oil. It is so durable, it could take several washings to

completely remove. Now if this is how canola oil penetrates the fabric

of a towel, what damage can it do in our body?

 

Because canola oil is so cheap, it is now widely used in the food

industry. If you are curious, just read a few food labels the next

time you are in the grocery store. A good example can be found with

commercially prepared peanut butter. In order to give peanut butter

it's spreadability, Jiffy, Peter Pan and Skippy brands remove ALL of

the natural peanut oil and replace it with canola oil. Natural peanut

butter should only have peanuts and salt listed in the ingredients.

 

If you want to use natural peanut butter, it's available in most

stores next to the canola peanut butter. Stir the contents to mix the

oil and peanuts together then store in the refrigerator. The cold

temperature will prevent the peanut oil from separating. Best of all,

you will have eliminated at least one source of a potential food hazard.

 

Food consumers have headaches enough, without worrying about a toxic

plant oil being added to their food. The problem is you will find

canola oil in bread, margarines, and all manner of processed foods.

But the consumer is king. Be informed and make it a practice to read

what goes into your food. Avoid using canola as a cooking oil and

salad oil. It is not a healthy oil.

 

Resources:

 

http://www.1999.com/canola/

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1158/UPDATE.HTM

 

Perceptions, Aug/Sep 96 issue, The Great Canola Debate Perceptions,

Nov/Dec 95 issue, The Devil's Bargain Book, Fats That Heal and Fats

That Kill, by Udo Erasmus

 

 

 

Canola oil poison

 

Millions of people have suffered the loss of thelr vision from

glaucoma, a disease involving atrophy (deterioration) of the optic

nerve. For years, " experts " have been telling us that glaucoma results

from fluid-pressure buildup in the eye that causes the optic nerve to

deteriorate. This theory was based on an incorrect medical model: They

were wrong!

 

Now, the experts have admitted that this is not true and have given

birth to a new theory. According to it, glaucoma is instead caused by

a deficiency of of oxygen and blood flow. Finally they are on the

right trail. In the end, they will discover that glaucoma is the

result of insufficient blood flow due to agglutination (clumping

together) of the red blood cells and waste buildup in the cells and

intercellular fluids.

 

These blood-corpuscle clusters cannot squeeze through the extremely

tiny capillaries in the posterior of the eye, so cannot deliver oxygen

to the mitochondria*1*. This is what the problem has been all along,

and if people continue to eat soy*2* and canola oils, a lot more of

them are going to experience vision irregularities - like retinitis

and macula lutea*3* degeneration.

 

Death of the mitochondria in the cells in the posterior of the eye is

due to oxygen starvation, sodium toxicity and waste accumulation. When

the mitochondria die, the cells die and the posterior eye tissues

atrophy. In this respect, glaucoma has much in common with hair loss,

Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and hearing

problems.

 

There are several things a person can do to reverse these debilitating

conditions. Biologically friendly water*4* is basic to all

rejuvenation, as is fresh, viable food. Detoxification of the tissues

and body fluids is accomplished with yucca extract, Kombucha tea,5

PACs*6* and colon therapy.

 

Rape Seed Oil or " Canola " ?

 

Canola is a coined word. It appeared out of nowhere and is not listed

in any but the most recent reference sources.

 

The flip side of the canola coin reads: " rape " ! You must admit that

canola sounds better than rape. The name canola disguised the

introduction of rape oil to America.

 

Canola oil comes from the rape seed, which is part of the mustard

family of plants. Rape is the most toxic of all food-oil plants. Like

soy, rape is a weed. Insects will not eat it; it is deadly poisonous!

The oil from the rape seed is a hundred times more toxic than soy oil.

 

Canola is a semi-drying oil that is used as lubricant, fuel, soap and

synthetic rubber base, and as an illuminant for the slick color pages

you see in magazines. It is an industrial oil and does not belong in

the body!

 

Canola oil has some very interesting characteristics and effects on

living systems. For example, it forms latex-like substances that

agglutinate the red blood corpuscles, as does soy, but much more

pronounced. Loss of vision is a known, characteristic side effect of

rape oil which antagonizes the central and peripheral nervous systems

- again like soy oil, again worse. The deterioration takes years,

however. Rape (canola) oil causes emphysema respiratory distress,

anemia, constipation, irritability and blindness in animals - and

humans. Rape oil was widely used in animal feeds in England and Europe

between 1986 and 1991 when it was thrown out. You may remember reading

about the cows, pigs and sheep that went blind, lost their minds,

attacked people and had to be shot.

 

A woman called me from Chicago to tell me that she had been in England

when the " Mad Cow Disease " had been at its peak. She said that she had

seen a television news report that told people not to panic if they

had been using rape oil in their diet and were over 65 years of age.

The " experts " added that the effects of rape oil ingestion takes at

least 10 years to manifest, and in all likelihood, most of these

people would be dead by then anyway. Comforting!

 

In the reports I read, the " experts " blamed the behavior on a viral

disease called scrapie. However, when rape oil was removed from animal

feed, " scrapie " disappeared.

 

No longer a European livestock problem; now it is ours. U.S. farmers

grow rape seed, and manufacturers use its oil (canola) in thousands of

processed foods, with the blessings of government watchdog agencies,

of course.

 

Officially, canola oil is known as LEAR oil - Low Erucic Acid, Rape.

Industry experts love to tell how canola was developed in Canada and

that it is safe to use. They admit it was developed from the rape

seed, but that through genetic engineering, i.e. irradiation, it is no

longer rape seed, but " canola " instead. [ " Canadian oil " , get it?] They

love to talk about canola's qualities - its unsaturated

structure(Omega 3, 6, 12), its wonderful digestibility and its fatty

acid makeup. They turn us against naturally saturated oils and fats,

while they come to the rescue with canola oil. They even tell us how

Asia has warmly embraced canola due to its distinctive flavor. Isn't

it wonderful how internationalists brokers " help " third-world peoples?

Reminds me of the introduction of the microwave oven.

 

An earthly expression from the Old West sums up the flimflam

accompanying rape oil's rebirth and promotion worldwide: " horseshit

and gun smoke! " . Its new name provided the perfect cover for

commercial interests wanting to make billions in the United States.

The euphemism is still very much in use, but is no longer needed. Look

at the ingredients list on peanut butter labels. The peanut oil has

been removed and replaced with rape oil.

 

Chemical Warfare

 

Rape oil is also the source of the infamous chemical-warfare agent,

mustard gas, which was banned after blistering the lungs and skin of

hundreds of thousands of solders and civilians during WWI. Recent

French reports indicate that it was again used during the gulf war.

 

Between 1950 and 1953, white mustard(rape) seed was irradiated in

Sweden to increase seed production and oil content. Irradiation is the

process the experts want use to make our food " safe " to eat.

Genetically engineered fruits and vegetables - which will soon have

innocent things like hepatitis-B spliced into their DNA - are another

example of man's misuses of technology and abuse of public trust by

powerful interests and " head-in-the-sand " watchdog agencies.*8*

 

Canola oil contains large amounts of *isothiocyanates* -

cyanide-containing compounds. Cyanide inhibits mitochondrial

production of adenosine triphosphate(ATP), which is the energy

molecule that fuels the mitochondria. ATP energy powers the body and

keeps us healthy and young!

 

Canola Oil and the Metabolism

 

Many substances can bind metabolic enzymes and block their activity in

the body. In biochemistry, theses substances are called inhibitors.

 

Toxic substances in canola and soy oils encourage the formation of

molecules with covalent bonds which are normally irreversible: They

cannot be broken by the body once they have formed.

 

For example, consider the pesticide malathion.*9* It binds to the

active site of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase and stops this enzyme

from doing its job, which is to divide acetylcholine into choline

andacetate.

 

Nerve Function

 

Organophosphates

 

Acetylcholine is critical to nerve-impulse transmission. When

acetylcholinesterase is inhibited, as by pesticide residues, nerve

fibers do not function normally, and muscles do not respond.

 

For example, think of a garage door opener: If its signal is not

received, the door does not open. worth one's body, the hand or leg is

ordered to move, but does not respond. Recently there has been a

tremendous increase in disorders like systemic lupus, multiple

sclerosis, cerebral palsy, " Myelinoma " *10* pulmonary hypertension and

neuropathy. Soy and canola oils are players in the outbreak of these

Mdisease conditions. So are the organophosphates, insecticides such as

malathion used in food production in the name of efficiency.

 

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors cause paralysis of the

striated(skeletal) muscles and spasms of the respiratory system. That

is why malathion is the pesticide of choice by the experts; it kills

insects by paralysis - just like rotenone from soy beans does! It

inhibits the insect's enzymes and those of humans, too!

 

Agents Orange and Blue that were used in Viet Nam to defoliate jungle

cover are also organophosphorus compounds. The Viet Nam vets and the

Vietnamese people know about them firsthand. Government experts who

okayed their use and chemical companies that manufactured them have

finally owned up to their toxic effects on people and the environment.

Nonetheless, present-day experts in academia and government continue

to bamboozle the public with stories of " safe " science and cheap food

through the use of poisons.

 

Canola oil is also high in glycosides that cause serious problems by

blocking enzyme function and deprive us of our life force - chi, qi,

prana, call it what you like.

 

Glycosides interfere with the biochemistry of humans and animals.

Their presence in rattlesnake venom inhibits muscle enzymes and causes

instant immobilization of the victim.

 

Canola Oil, HIV, AIDS

 

Soy canola oil glycosides also depress the immune system - the T

cells- to go into a stupor and fall asleep on the job. These oils

alter the bioelectric *terrain* and promote disease.

 

The Cancer/Trans-Fatty Acid Connection - Known in 1949!

 

In orthodox cancer research, renowned cancer researchers, among them,

Nobel Prize winner, V. Euler of Stockholm, wrote and published a book

in 1949 in which they concluded that if the numerous and diverse

symptoms associated with various types of cancer were reduced to one

common denominator, it would be that " the fat lacks the ability to

integrate in the living tissue " . " Trans-Fatty acid is the name of the

fat that lacks this ability - it is bad fat.

 

Non-Spoiling, " Spreadable " Oils Are Destroying Our Health

 

Since 1902, Western countries have resorted to chemical process to

destroy the " unsaturatedness " of vegetable oils. It is done to make

them easier to handle; easier to market; and to preserve them so they

will not spoil so quickly. In the early 1900s, clever advertisements

hailed its " spreadability " - exclaiming that what everyone was waiting

for was " a spreadable fat " ! Although the destruction of the essential

elements of the fat was originally well intended - to prevent it from

spoiling - the methods of processing fats are destroying our health.

Avoid any vegetable oil that is labeled " hydrogenated " , or " partially

hydrogenated " , as this oil contains 100% Trans-fatty acid!

 

Why Are We Still Being " Sold " Trans-Fatty Acid?

 

Food manufacturing is a big, profitable business and employs many

highly skilled lobbyists. The new U.S. labeling laws do not list

" Trans-Fatty acid " because the large food manufacturers spent billions

of dollars to pay for lobbyists to keep " Trans-fatty acid " off the labels.

 

" Cold Pressed " labeling means nothing in the U.S. All commercial oils

and nut butters sold in U.S. Supermarkets contain Trans-fatty acid -

this is because the U.S. government allows heat treated and high

pressure squeezed vegetable oil to be used and even labeled " Cold

Processed " . The Italian government passed a law that olive oil must be

protected from heat and high pressure. The U.S. government could save

many lives if it passed a similar law to include all vegetable oil(and

banned cotton seed oil - it is poison).

 

Figure The Amount of Trans-Fatty Acid In Packaged Food By Using The

New U.S. Labels

 

1) Find the amount of " Total Fat " on the label. 2) Find the amounts of

" Saturated Fat " , " Polyunsaturated Fat " and " Monosaturated Fat " . (These

are found on the label, listed directly under " Total Fat " and slightly

indented. If one or the other is not listed, that particular food does

not contain it.) 3) Add theses three together. If there are only two

listed, add them together or use one amount if only one is listed. 4)

Subtract the total amount of #3 from the amount of #1. 5) The answer

is the amount of Trans-fatty Acid in that product.

 

Fats That Can Be Safely Heated

 

Butter and tropical fats - coconut, palm, palm kernel, cocoa, and shea

nut - are safest for frying, because they contain only small

quantities of Essential Fatty-Acids(EFAs). The saturated fatty acids

contained in these fats/oils are inert and therefore heat stable. Heat

does not destroy them in the same way it destroys EFAs. Butter and

tropical fats are best used unhydrogenated. Only small amounts should

be eaten, as they are sticky, hard, saturated fatty acid-containing fats.

 

Tropical oils got a bad reputation for increasing cholesterol and

triglyceride levels that supposedly cause cardiovascular disease. An

unconfirmed rumor suggests that the soy bean industry financed the

successful campaign against tropical fats to kill imports and increase

soy bean sales. Tropical oils used in their country of origin have

been shown in several studies to decrease cholesterol levels. The

difference in results may be due to several causes: deterioration in

tropical oils during storage n(oxidation; processing (hydrogenation);

differing experimental design; or a combination of the above. Raw

tropical oils are rich sources of vitamin E and tocotrienols, which

help protect arteries from damage leading to cardiovascular

disease(CVD). Olive oil imported from Italy is safe for baking but not

for frying or deep frying. But only imported Italian olive oil as it

is cold processed by law.

 

Liver and Gall Bladder Problems Improved

 

The metabolism of fat affects each and every organ. Anyone with liver

and gall bladder problems is quite aware of how fats affect them. In

medicine they say " Eat less fat " , because it was observed that fats do

not agree with the sick person. However, if this person with liver and

gall bladder problems is given " good fat " , i.e. live, highly

unsaturated fat, it will agree with him or her very well. It is best

to use the threefold unsaturated fat from flax seed oil or hemp seed

oil, together with a substance that makes it soluble (mix it with

plain, low fat cottage cheese or emulsify it with 2 or more ounces of

low fat milk) before you take it.

 

Many serious medical problems can be solved on the simple basis of

taking flax seed oil or hemp seed oil and a sulfur containing protein.

 

Diseased organs react very favorably to this remedy. [Ed. Note: Also

Recommended: EPA capsules(fish oil) and Evening Primrose Oil

capsules]. A Special Report from The Road To Health . . . Using " The

Clark Method "

 

Alcohols and glycosidcs in canola and soy oils shut down our

protective grid - the immune system. Fluoride, immunizations,

antibiotics and bio-junk food play a similar role in immune system

collapse. An alcohol is a chemistry term for the " reactive " chemical

group on an organic molecule. Those " R " groups are what make organic

compounds work - for good and bad! Canola alcohols and glycosides are

very reactive. They are as toxic as fermented alcohols, but their

effects manifest differently. The damage takes years to show up. In a

future article, I will discuss the sweet proteins in soy.

 

When the medical experts check your blood for the presence of the HIV

virus, they are looking at your white blood cell " count " . If the

numbers are normal, they will tell you that you do not have HIV. What

they don't see is that the T cells are in a stupor. This opportunistic

condition causes life forms in the blood and nymph to metamorphose,

manifest as hepatitis, pneumonia and HIV, bypass the body's

immune-system defenses(the T cells) and get a foothold. As Claude

Berard said, " The terrain is everything! "

 

Once inside the cells, HIV takes over the RNA and DNA. It uses the

mitochondria to produce energy for its own use. Quietly it multiplies,

then one day - BANG! - you wake up dying of AIDS.

 

Aids and Green Monkeys

 

In his earth-shaking book, " AIDS: The End of Civilization " , Dr.

William Campbell Douglass asked, " Do you really think some green

monkey all of a sudden bit some guy in the ass and presto, AIDS all

over the world? "

 

Dr. Douglass was examining the hype that the Centers for Disease

Control in Atlanta have been peddling to the public about the AIDS

virus, HIV. Douglas's book tells the " whole " story of the development

of HIV at the Ft. Detrick(Maryland) military installation. His story

is well documented and confirms the theme of the futuristic movie

" Outbreak " .

 

Lorenzo's Oil

 

Another film, " Lorenzo's Oil " , offers a good example of how far off

course medical science has strayed and how muddled is the scientific

mind. Early on in the movie, the experts say the problem with the

dying child is not in the " math " , i.e., pH. They are wrong.

 

Had the experts determined the pH of the saliva, urine and blood they

would have instantly known what they were up against: That the dying

boy had a chronically low total-body pH - so low that his fluids were

dissolving the myelin sheathing protecting his nerve fibers. This

caused his nervous system to disintegrate. Does this description sound

like the dozens of degenerative nerve-related disorders plaguing

people today?

 

The boy was given Lorenzo's oil to boost energy output and act as a

detoxifier of metabolic poisons. The oil shocked his body into a less

acid condition. Lorenzo's oil is olive oil! When given in large

quantities, olive oil shocks the body and causes it to adjust its pH.

It will also safely purge the body of gall and liver stones, thus

removing the need for gall bladder surgery. (Yucca extract and PACs

must precede the " flush " )

 

Shortly after Lorenzo's oil was released, my brother saw an " expert "

on a TV talk show claim that Lorenzo's oil was rape seed oil. This was

a lie. Give rape oil to a sick person and you seal his or her doom.

Here is another good example of " disinformation " in the public domain.

These falsehoods should cause every thinking person to question the

molding of public opinion by the powerful commercial interests behind

the scenes.

 

Blood Oils

 

By now it should be obvious that congested blood and lymph flow

negatively affect every part of the body. Moreover, using processed

foods containing canola oil, soy oil and chemical additives confuses

the body and weakens the immune system. It should come as no surprise

that anyone wanting to enjoy peak health and longevity must take

personal control and responsibility for his or her health and life.

There is no other way! " Health care industry " is an oxymoron; it

protects its own health and economic interests. Learn to protect your

health and economic interests by learning how to take care of

yourself. Then act on that knowledge. This excerpt from John Thomas'

new book, Young again: How to Reverse the Aging Process, published by

Promotion Publishing, San Diego, has been edited especially for

Perceptions.

 

Notes:

 

1) Bacteria inhabiting the cells of all animals. They produce and burn

the energy-carrying molecule adenosine triphosphate(ATP)

2) Soy contains phytohemaglutinin(PHG), a toxic biochemical that

causes blood to clot and combines with impurities to form plaque,

obstructing capillaries. PHG numbs immune system T cells, alters

hormonal activity and slows vital organ function. Its effects are

cumulative.

) An area in the eye near the center of the retina in which visual

perception is most acute.

4) Water resonant a: 78 hertz, or earth frequency, pure, highly

charged and magnetic in its strong right-spin molecular charge.

5) A revitalizing tea made from a fungus-like organism

6) Proanthocyanidins, plant-derived antioxidants, free-radical scavengers.

7) A solid fatty acid, a nomologue of olaic acid, derived from oils of

mustard seeds and rape seeds.

8) See " The Devil's Bargain " Gene-altered food, Perceptions Nov/Dec/

1995, pg.38.

9) Any organic compound containing phosphorus, specifically one used

as an insecticide. eg. malathion, the " harmless " pesticide spray used

to kill the Med fly and blanket every living thing in California a few

years ago and again in 1994 and 1995, and in Texas in April, 1995.

10) A catch-all term used by doctors for the deterioration of the

myelin sheathing around the nerves, " -ova " means " tumor " , but the

condition could as easily be " myelinosis " . It is also often " Walking

Legs Syndrome " , and causes its sufferers intense burning sensations

they must walk off. Perceptions March/April 1996 (310) 313-5185 29.

11. " The Clark Method " Newsletter, Bonnie O'Sullivan,

Editor/Publisher, 1547 Palos Verdes, #314, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Ph.

510-932-1293, FAX 510-932-4025

 

Your Health produced by WORLDNEWSSTAND at

http://www.wealth4freedom.com/WORLDNEWSSTAND.html

 

Copyright 1999. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

 

 

Plastics As A Food Group?

 

" Plastics. An Important Part of Your Healthy Diet, " boasts a flashy ad

from the American Plastics Council, adding " You could think of them as

the sixth basic food group. "

 

While this at first seems merely outrageous, a Consumers Union (CU)

study on the migration of chemicals in plastic wrap into cheese

reveals how dangerously misleading this ad really is. CU scientists

found that out of 19 cheddar cheese samples, the seven packed in clear

polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic cling wrap, such as Reynolds or Saran

wrap, contained the plasticizer DEHA at an average of 153 parts per

million (PPM). This far exceeds the 18 ppm limit on food migration set

by the Commission of the European Communities for DEHA, which causes

birth defects, reproductive effects, and liver cancer in lab animals.

 

Most of the DEHA that was an ingredient in the wrap ended up in the

cheese, CU estimated. In fact, plasticizer molecules can migrate from

packaging into food until they are depleted. Migration begins

immediately: A Danish study found that 44 to 58 ppm of DEHA leached

into cheese within two hours of being packaged in PVC.

 

It's not just cling wrap we need to worry about. In some cases,

packaging made from PVC contains over 50% plasticizers, added to

increase flexibility of this inherently brittle plastic. PVC packaging

for food can include plastic trays in boxed cookies or chocolates,

candy bar wrappers, and bottles often identified by the " #3 " recycling

label on the bottom.

 

The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) found that

5% of PVC bottles in a Massachusetts grocer stored food. These include

Planters Peanut Oil and Appalachian Mountain spring water, among

others. " Our unique container keeps the spring water tasting like

spring water, and not like plastic, " the Appalachian Mountain label

proudly proclaims!

 

Other foods packaged in PVC include meat and poultry in cling wrap;

Natural Milled Cane Sugar (Florida Crystal Refinery); Cafe Tiera

(Coffee Bean International); Peter Pan Smart Choice peanut butter

(Hunt Wesson); Borden and Parade creamers; and Salma and Gourmet Style

spices.

 

What can you do? If you must use cling wrap, buy polyethylene-based

Handi-Wrap and Glad wrap, which contain no PVC and thus no DEHA. For

the MASSPIRG report " It's Perfectly Clear: The Case Against PVC

Packaging, " call (617) 292-4800. For a list of products packaged in

PVC and a sample letter to send to manufacturers, send a business-size

SASE to Mothers

Others, PVC Packaging, 40 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10011-4211.

 

(From The Green Guide)

 

 

 

The following was said by Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, during a real-time

conference event that took place February 4, 1996, in Natural Medicine

forum on CompuServe, entitled, " Fluoride: The Silent Killer " .

 

" In 1990 the Chief Toxicologist of the Office of Drinking Water, whose

name is Dr. William Marcus, came out and claimed that the results from

the US Public Health Service clearly showed that fluoride caused

cancer. But since 1990 the US Public Health Service, who has endorsed

fluoridation since 1950, has tried to cover up this link. In 1992,

because of his statements, Dr. Marcus was fired from the US EPA.

Thereupon he filed suit, was reinstated in 1994, with a court finding

that the only reason he was fired was because of pressures brought

upon the EPA to shut him up.

 

" The action continues against us; the more we show the harmful

effects, the more the promoters promote fluoridation. In 1995, the

California legislature, at a time when there's more evidence to show

fluoridation's harmful than ever before, passed a mandatory

fluoridation bill for all of CA.

 

" Needless to say, the worthless politicians in both the Senate and the

House (remember, this was passed overwhelmingly in both houses) along

with their equally worthless governor, Wilson, found it easy -- with

the pressure from organizations like AMA, ADA, American Hospital

Association, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, and their state

and local affiliates, easily went along with the pressures and passed

this fluoridation legislation.

 

" ... Fluoride has an adverse effect on cells which elaborate a protein

called collagen or their type. For example, the discoloration in teeth

we see as a result of fluoride at 1 ppm in the drinking water is due

to its interference with the proper extrusion of collagen-like

proteins in the enamel part of the teeth, which results in

over-calcification of some parts of the tooth and under-calcification

of other parts.

 

" We get the same thing in bone, which leads to over-calcified brittle

bone in some parts, in other parts totally uncalcified bone. And

ligaments and tendons (again made of collagen synthesized by

fibroblasts) which should not be calcified at all, become calcified,

leading to problems with ligaments and tendons -- and, in addition to

that, even [fluoride-affected] protein collagen that is not calcified,

since it does not appear to be normal to the body, elicits an immune

response causing auto-immune reactions, which in turn lead to

rheumatoid arthritis -- this, in addition to the osteoarthritis caused

when ligaments and tendons become calcified.

 

" On an entirely separate issue, fluoride used to be used at the turn

of the century to depress thyroid activity; and those who now live in

fluoridated areas will suffer from Chronic Fatigue, which by the way

is listed in the PDR as one side effect of those people drinking the

amount of fluoride found in a quart of fluoridated water. "