What Dow Chemical Doesn’t Want You to Know About Your Water

Anna Lappé
CivilEats

Earlier this year, I was contacted by a PR firm working for Dow Chemical to contribute a 60-second video for The Future We Create virtual conference on water sustainability the company launches today. As a vocal advocate for strict regulation of toxic chemicals—especially for food and farming—I was surprised the company would approach me. Dow is the country’s largest chemical maker, and profits handsomely from developing some of the world’s most polluting products, many of which are widely used in industrial and consumer goods as well as agriculture.



In the video I submitted, which you can watch below, I stress that one of the greatest threats to clean water is chemical contaminants—and that Dow Chemical has a long history of water pollution. The PR representative e-mailed to say “unfortunately we can’t use your video,” but that she would be happy to include me, still, if I would consider re-recording it. When we discussed what that would mean she said, no “fingerpointing;” they wanted a “positive, inclusive discussion.”

Fluoride Poisoning – It’s All Over

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Mary Sparrowdancer
TheNHFIreland

German and Austrian scientists knew in the
early 1930s that an over active thyroid (hyperthyroidism) 
could be successfully treated by bathing patients in water
containing minute amounts of fluoride. They had discovered
 nearly a century ago that fluoride blocked thyroid function.
For the US government, long partnered with the
pharmaceutical industry, to then force this same treatment 
on a nation of people with healthy thyroids under the lie 
that fluoride “prevents cavities in children,” is
unconscionable. The Nuremberg Code of ethics pertaining to 
human experimentation labels it an act of crime, stating,
“The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely
 essential.”  Today, 70% of the US is being forced to receive 
this thyroid-blocking chemical via their water without
 consent or medical monitoring for overdose, allergic
reaction or blocked thyroid function. The benefits are being 
reaped by the largest of US industries:  the pharmaceutical
industry. Fluoride has created a nation of suffering people
seeking more drugs to treat blocked thyroids and fluoride 
toxicity. We might drink bottled water, but most of us 
cannot avoid the bathwater.

Deliberately damaging the thyroid will produce
 a plethora of symptoms affecting the entire human body from
 head to toe. Symptoms of thyroid damage and fluoride 
poisoning include weight gain, edema, kidney disease, kidney 
failure, hair loss, depression, aggression, aches, pains, skin problems, bone deformities (likely including
“arthritis” and spontaneous fractures), sexual/erectile
 dysfunction, memory loss, weakness, fatigue, heart disease,
 irritability, cancer, digestive disorders including severe 
GERD as a result of swallowing fluoride, nausea, vomiting,
 visual problems, gum disease, “high cholesterol,” connective 
tissue damage, brittle teeth, wrinkles, premature aging,
dehydration, and long, long after the whole body has been
damaged, “cosmetic fluorosis” might finally show up in a 
tooth or two. “Cosmetic fluorosis” is usually the only sign 
of fluoride poisoning mentioned by fluoride promoters, while 
downplaying the rest of the signs as though their 
livelihoods depended upon it.

Genetically Engineered Salmon's Empty Promises

It's not going to feed more people, be cheaper, or cleaner. So what's it about? A power grab.

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Paul Greenberg
Gilt Taste

For those who follow the theater of food politics, particularly the underwater portion of the drama, AquaBounty's AquAdvantage genetically engineered salmon has played something of leading role for two decades, dating back to the 1990s when the fish was first conceived. The AquAdvantage salmon, in case you haven't heard about it, is an Atlantic salmon with a (much larger) Chinook salmon growth gene inserted into its DNA. This is coupled with a promoter from a third fish, an ocean pout, that keeps that growth gene more or less permanently in the "on" position. This makes for a fish that grows faster than an unmodified salmon—something which its creators hail as a key to providing more fish for the world and easing the crisis in over-fishing.

I have long opposed the AquAdvantage salmon, taking pretty familiar positions that any member of the local/organic/wild food community would recognize: Positions that include the fear that the fish will escape and contaminate wild populations of salmon, and that the fish requires much wasteful transport since it would be cloned in Canada, grown in Panama and then flown back to the U.S. for consumption. But at a recent lecture when I was laying out these old chestnuts, it suddenly occurred to me that the non-fishy public might be missing one monumental fact about the AquAdvantage salmon, with all its attendant risks:

It is completely unnecessary.

The Truth About 'Fluoride' (or what every Mother should know)

Fluoride used by Nazis to sterilize inmates and make them docile. Fluoride a key dumbing down ingredient of Prozac and Sarin nerve gas -- poisons of choice for tyrant rats.

A. True Ott
GreatThings

First of all, it needs to be stated that the 'substance' referred to as 'Fluoride' is a misnomer - there is no such substance listed in the periodic chart of the elements, nor in the prestigious CRC handbook, nor in the sacred 'bible' of the pharmaceutical industry - the illustrious 'Merck Index'. Instead, we find a GAS called Fluorine - and from the use of this gas in various industries such as aluminum manufacturing and the nuclear industry -certain toxic byproducts are created which have 'captured' fluorine molecules. One such toxic, poisonous 'byproduct' is called sodium Fluoride - which according to the Merck Index is primarily used as rat and cockroach poison and is also the active ingredient in most toothpastes and as an "additive to drinking water". But sadly, there is much more to this sordid tale.

Did you know that sodium Fluoride is also one of the basic ingredients in both PROZAC (FLUoxetene Hydrochloride) and Sarin Nerve Gas (Isopropyl-Methyl-Phosphoryl FLUORIDE) - (Yes, folks the same Sarin Nerve Gas that terrorists released on a crowded Japanese subway train!). Let me repeat: the truth the American public needs to understand is the fact that Sodium Fluoride is nothing more (or less) than a hazardous waste by-product of the nuclear and aluminum industries. In addition to being the primary ingredient in rat and cockroach poisons, it is also a main ingredient in anesthetic, hypnotic, and psychiatric drugs as well as military NERVE GAS! Why, oh why then is it allowed to be added to the toothpastes and drinking water of the American people?

Study shows that 'more than half' of measles outbreak cases had been vaccinated

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Neil Foster 
The Sovereign Independent 

According to the Irish independent this week, the Health Service Executive in Ireland is warning of a measles outbreak whereby the blame is laid on visits to Europe by children.

http://www.independent.ie/health/latest-news/hse-warns-of-measles-threat-from-european-outbreak-2661549.html

They claim that 1 in 5 cases, that they ‘had visited Europe or been in contact with someone who had traveled here from the continent in the weeks before they fell ill.'

They go on to state that apparently 42 cases were reported in Ireland this year. Of these, 8 were too young for ‘vaccination’ with ‘almost half’ of the remainder of cases, ‘almost’ half of 34, in children who were ‘unvaccinated’ with the MMR ‘vaccine’.

Doesn’t something in these figures not strike you as a little unusual?

Radiation & Chemtrails Assaults: Additional Support for Your Immune System (Part 2)

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Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri
Conscious Life News

“It is clear that dilution is not the solution to pollution. Dumping radioactive contaminated materials into bodies of water has a boomerang effect. It is not long before the ionizing radiation is washing back up on riverbanks and shorelines.” – Geoscientist Leuren Moret, 2008

[Part 1 is here: http://aircrap.org/radiation-support-immune-system/33118]

We are now living under daily radiation, chemical and biological siege. Because so much of this is invisible, it may be difficult for many people to comprehend the enormity of what is happening throughout our environment. The on-going catastrophe at Japan’s Fukushima ruined nuclear reactors continues to affect our entire planet. From the very beginning and behind the scenes of this epic crisis, the real reasons were deliberately covered-up. Safety factors were omitted, citizens continue to be put in harm’s way in Japan, throughout North America, and the rest of the planet. Mainstream Orwellian news is worthless in terms of reporting the magnitude and real dangers involved; so the public has never been properly informed. As with the on-going BP Gulf of Mexico oil-rig catastrophe, all we get as citizens are distortions and deception. Safe ways of handling this nightmare or real precaution were deliberately not part of any “emergency” plan.

100 Ways To Become More Conscious: How To Raise Your Consciousness

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4Mind4Life 

1. Connect with nature – Go for a walk in the forest, jungle, field of daisies, or wherever you feel like getting a connection with nature. It is possible to feel at deep sense of peace and oneness when you attempt to connect with nature. As you learn to connect and appreciate nature, you allow your consciousness to rise up.

2. Get your body moving – Exercise and dancing will raise your consciousness by promoting healthy brainwave patterns, healthy neurotransmitter levels, and great circulation throughout your nervous system. Help yourself rise up and break the pattern of not exercising by going for a friendly walk with one of your friends or even going to the club to dance. Both examples are: easy, fun, and empowering.

3. Simple meditation - Whether you are an advanced meditator or a beginner, the benefits are tremendous and will allow you to tap into your highest state of conscious functioning if you stick around long enough. It is an act that will definitely raise your conscious awareness and allow you to attain greater focus, discipline, and develop a deeper joyous connection to life.

The Health Dangers of Table Salt

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By Dr. Edward Group
Global Healing Center

Salt is a wonderful thing. Whether from the far reaches of the Himalayan rock mountains, to the depths of the oceans floor, salt is a beautiful and necessary mineral. It’s an important element in keeping the proper mineral balance in practically all of the earth’s living creatures.

In fact, every cell in our body needs salt. Our bodies rely on salt to keep good bone density, proper circulation and stabilized blood sugar levels. But how could something so wonderful and natural become a poison? Here are a few common misconceptions and dangers of salt.

Salt vs. Naturally Occurring Sodium

“Table Salt” is a manufactured form of sodium called sodium chloride. While similar to naturally occurring rock, crystal, or sea salt, table salt merely mimics the taste of these elements.

Avoiding MSG is trickier than you think

Editor's Note: Even if you are not 'allergic' to MSG, removing this excito-toxin from your diet has profound impacts on health.

Coping with MSG blog

Names and addresses of ingredients that contain processed free glutamic acid (MSG) 

The first essential to coping with MSG is understanding where MSG is hidden -- just in case you would like to avoid it, or would like to begin to understand how much MSG you are able to tolerate without having an obvious adverse reaction.

Everyone knows that some people have reactions after eating the food ingredient monosodium glutamate -- reactions that include migraine headaches, upset stomach, fuzzy thinking, diarrhea, heart irregularities, asthma, and/or mood swings.  What many don’t know, is that more than 40 different ingredients contain the chemical in monosodium glutamate -- the processed (manufactured) free glutamic acid -- that causes these reactions.  These ingredients have names like maltodextrin, gelatin, citric acid, and sodium caseinate, that don't give the consumer a clue to the presence of MSG.