The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act" (S. 510)

Update from the Citizens for Health regarding a well-meaning but flawed bill .

"The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act" (S. 510) purported to address growing concerns over the state of food safety in the U.S. but, as written, would have actually strengthened the forces that for the past fifty years have led to unsafe, nutritionally compromised food by giving powerful incentives to large, concentrated food manufacturers (the sources of the most significant threats to our food so far) and undercutting producers of healthy foods and organics that are smaller, safer, and often local. It also would have threatened access to dietary supplements that are safe and protected under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) and paved the way for harmonizing our food policies with those of the international Codex Alimentarius.

Score Round 1 for Center for Health members and allies! We can be thankful this week that our voices were heard and that several positive changes were made to this 'turkey" of a bill."

Climate Scientists E-mails Reveal Global Warming Hoax?

Some conservatives who dispute the existance of global warming have jumped on an e-mail that is being interpreted by them as referring to faked data. The e-mail is one of many that have been made public after emails from the University of East Anglia were hacked. At the center of the controversy is a phrase that includes using "Mike's Nature trick of adding in". As one who uses the term "trick" in my lines of work ('tricks for bloggers' for example does not mean tricking bloggers), it would appear to me they're blowing smoke. Judge for yourself. Google The CRU Hack. here are a few sites that share varying perspectives:

Real Climate Response
"Disputer" of GW The Belmont Club
"Supporter" of GW Grist

I saw old autumn in the misty morn


Stand shadowless like silence, listening

To silence.

-- Thomas Hood

Million Baby Crawl to Eliminate Toxins

Seventh Generation created the Million Baby Crawl to lend its support for a new law that discloses toxic chemicals and protects babies, children, and women from the chemicals that can harm them the most. Support the effort now - you can even create your own baby avatar -Check it out!