We Are about to Lose the Right to Eat Raw Food

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Permalink Reply by Tom on November 19, 2008 at 11:28pm

Good points to spread! (forage, garden, sprout, greenhouse, etc).

Action steps beyond www.healthfreedomusa.org :

Barron I noticed you're from NZ; you can use the NZ Health Trust's website to send your comments to your Member of Parliament: http://www.nzhealthtrust.co.nz/email_mp.html

If you'r'e from US: write https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml or http://www.visi.com/juan/congress
(Congress counts every write-in to a congressperson ostensibly as 13,000 emails, as they believe there are 13,000 others who share similar views but do not take the time to promulgate them).

If you're from the UK: email Michelle McQuillan of Food Standards Agency (which reps UK at Codex sessions) at michelle.mcquillan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

If you're from Australia: email Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia or the Minister for Agriculture in your representative state. (ie. in WA the email address is enquiries@agric.wa.gov.au ) The Therapeutic Goods Administration can also be contacted online via its website http://www.tga.gov.au/contact.htm

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Permalink Reply by Tom on November 19, 2008 at 11:33pm

Some Codex standards that will take effect on December 31, 2009 and once initiated are completely irrevocable include:

* All nutrients (vitamins and minerals) are to be considered toxins/poisons and are to be removed from all food because Codex prohibits the use of nutrients to "prevent, treat or cure any condition or disease"

* All food (including organic) is to be irradiated, removing all toxic nutrients from food (unless eaten locally and raw).

* Nutrients allowed will be limited to a Positive List developed by Codex which will include such beneficial nutrients like Fluoride (3.8 mg daily) developed from environmental waste. All other nutrients will be prohibited nationally and internationally to all Codex-compliant countries [2].

* All nutrients (e.g., CoQ10, Vitamins A, B, C, D, Zinc and Magnesium) that have any positive health impact on the body will be deemed illegal under Codex and are to be reduced to amounts negligible to humans' health [3].

* You will not even be able to obtain these anywhere in the world even with a prescription.

* All advice on nutrition (including written online or journal articles or oral advice to a friend, family member or anyone) will be illegal. This includes naturalnews.com reports on vitamins and minerals and all nutritionist's consultations.

* All dairy cows are to be treated with Monsanto's recombinant bovine growth hormone.

* All animals used for food are to be treated with potent antibiotics and exogenous growth hormones.

* The reintroduction of deadly and carcinogenic organic pesticides that in 1991, 176 countries (including the U.S.) have banned worldwide including 7 of the 12 worst at the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pesticides (e.g., Hexachlorobenzene, Toxaphene, and Aldrin) will be allowed back into food at elevated levels [4].

* Dangerous and toxic levels (0.5 ppb) of aflotoxin in milk produced from moldy storage conditions of animal feed will be allowed. Aflotoxin is the second most potent (non-radiation) carcinogenic compound known to man.

* Mandatory use of growth hormones and antibiotics on all food herds, fish and flocks

* Worldwide implementation of unlabeled GMOs into crops, animals, fish and trees.

* Elevated levels of residue from pesticides and insecticides that are toxic to humans and animals.

Some examples of potential permissible safe levels of nutrients under Codex include [2]:

* Niacin - upper limits of 34 mcg daily (effective daily doses include 2000 to 3000 mcgs).

* Vitamin C - upper limits of 65 to 225 mcg daily (effective daily doses include 6000 to 10000 mcgs).

* Vitamin D - upper limits of 5 μg daily (effective daily doses include 6000 to 10000 μg).

* Vitamin E - upper limits of 15 IU of alpha tocopherol only per day, even though alpha tocopherol by itself has been implicated in cell damage and is toxic to the body (effective daily doses of mixed tocopherols include 10000 to 12000 IU).

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Permalink Reply by mish on November 20, 2008 at 11:35am

WHA? These ideas are really for 2009? These look like they came off a space alien takeover "TO DO" List.

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Brenny on November 20, 2008 at 12:23am

I am so scared!

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Permalink Reply by FarmSchooler on November 20, 2008 at 1:29am

Its my opinion also that this is very serious and our nation is in for things we would never have imagined. I manage a buying club for several communities in my area. Our grocery distributor has already begun to move MANY personal supplements to a special (retailers only) "Select Warehouse". That started early last spring.

The only solution I see is to not only find, but help establish local producers. Dont squawk when they give you a competitive price. They have to buy the seed and the minerals...they have to pay for the land and the FENCE. They have to deal with all the regulatory folks. SUPPORT the local producers....pay for their work. They are worth EVERY PENNY you can scratch together. Shoot BECOME a local producer (if you have a good knowledge of farming). After 7 years in the country, we are JUST NOW catching up to the learning curve enough to be productive. It takes TIME.

Personally we wont be "selling" a darn thing off our place. I will gladly trade services though (eg my ag knowledge, experience & resources for yours. EVERYONE has gifts. That IS another way to slow the whole process....if we dont use their money and dont take their money and dont sell out for their money then they are left with little power.

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Permalink Reply by Mera Magic Meraa on November 20, 2008 at 2:17am

Don't be scared Nicole, that is the point, the purpose of this all, to make us scared, I'm glad everyone is posting solutions, because quite frankly, the more we practice our independence and community the easier it will be to see all of our option, get reacquainted with the ideals and actually prefer the simplicity and community over supermarkets, etc. We have sooo been dsroping out in the last year since hearing of this stuff... connect to your community, I'm sure there's a good number of people around you who would be very interested in building independent sources of community led markets based on barter/trade... it takes some time and must be done slowly and carefully, but it's a fun process... at this point it's all very exciting to me... of course I heard this information almost a year ago. But you'd be surprised how much can be accomplished when people connect for a common cause to save our standard of living.

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Brenny on November 20, 2008 at 8:58am

you are so right, and I completely agree with that. That is our purpose!

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Permalink Reply by Mica on November 20, 2008 at 3:21pm

LOvE not fear conquers all!! ;)

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Permalink Reply by Francis on November 20, 2008 at 1:24am

Can you direct me to a bibliography of articles from respected peer-reviewed scientific journals showing the evidence that irradiation reduces the nutritional value of food?

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Permalink Reply by Mica on November 20, 2008 at 3:37pm

I appreciate and respect your need for proof on all matters, but isn't this obvious??

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Permalink Reply by Tom on November 21, 2008 at 4:49am

A word on the respectability of monetarily influenced peer-review journals: http://www.naturalnews.com/019981.html ; http://www.naturalnews.com/023074.html

Truth is, there are only 5 stand alone studies that claim irradiation is safe, yet all have been found to be invalid studies (statistical defects, failure to document statistical methods used, use of improper controls, unsound conclusions based on the data presented, and findings that actually indicated the dangers of irradiated foods, rather than the safety):
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Elias, PS: Toxicology studies in rats fed a diet containing 15 percent irradiated Kent mangoes. Technical Report IFIP-R-58 1981.

Radomski, JL, Deichmann, WB, et al: Chronic toxicity studies on irradiated beef stew and evaporated milk. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 1965; 7:113-121.

Renner, HW and Reichelt, D: On the wholesomeness of high concentrations of free radicals in irradiated foods (translated from the German). Zentralblatt für Veterinarmedizin Reihe B (Berlin) 1973; 20: 64860.

Hickman, R, McLean, DLA, and Ley, FJ: Rat feeding studies on wheat treated with gamma-radiation: 1. Reproduction. Food & Cosmetics Toxicology 1964; 2(15): 1521.

Coquet, B, et al: Etudes chez la souris concernant le toxicite, I'influence sur la reproduction, la mutagenecite et la pouvoir teratogenic du riz irradie incorpore dans la nourriture. Final Report IFIP-R-40, 1976.
Coquet, B, et al: Oignons irradies: Etudes de toxicite et de reproduction chez le rat. IFREB Report in WHO Irradiated Onion Monograph, 1980.
Coquet, B, et al: Legumes irradies: Essais de toxicite et de reproduction chez le rat. Technical Report in WHO Irradiated Legumes Monograph, 1980.



Yet, the evidence of the dangers of irradiated foods abounds:

-Masefield, J and Dietz, GR: Food irradiation: The evaluation of commercialization opportunities. CRC Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 1983; 19(3): 267.

-Webb, T, Lang, T, and Tucker, K: Food Irradiation: Who Wants It? Thorson Publishers, Inc., Rochester, Vermont, 1987: 34.

-Tritsch GL: Statement before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives) on House Resolution 956 - June 19,1987. U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C.,1988: 96.

-Swaminathan MS, et al.: Mutation incidence in drosophilia melanogaster reared on irradiated medium. Science August 1963: 437-438.
Roggenthen, ES: Food Irradiation: Its Safety, Value and Dangers. Pamphlet Publications, Dayton, Ohio, 1984:8.

-Kuzin, AM Plyshevjay, EG, Kpylov, VA, Iranitslay, EA Lebedev, NE, Kolomijtsezar IK, Tokarskay VI and Melmikova SK: On the role of the orthophenolorthoquinone system in the initial effect of ionizing radiation on the organism. International Journal of Radiation Biology 1966; 10(1): 1115.

-Schindler, AF, Abadie, AN, and Simpson, RE: Enhanced aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus after gamma radiation of the spore inoculum. Journal of Food Production 1980; 32(1): 7-9.

-Smith, J: Food irradiation. The Maine Nurse 1987; 73: 5.

Shaw, MH, and Hayes, E: Effect of irradiated sucrose on the chromosomes of human lymphocytes in vitro. Nature 1966; 211(5055): 1254-1256.

Holsten, RD, Sugis, M, and Steward, FC: Direct and indirect effects of radiation on plant cells: Their relation to growth and growth induction. Nature 1965; 208 (5013):850-856.

Lofroth, G: Toxic effects of irradiated foods. Nature July 16, 1966: 302.

Monsen, H: Heart lesions in mice induced by feeding irradiated foods. Federation Proceedings December 1960:1031-1034.

Metta, VC Mameesh MS and Johnson, BC: Irradiated beef and the hemorrhagic syndrome. Federation Proceedings 1957; 18:537.

Mellette, S, and Leone, LA: Influences of age, sex strain of rat and fat soluble vitamins on hemorrhagic syndromes in rats fed irradiated beef. Federation Proceedings 1960;19:1045-1054.

Ralston Purina Company: .Final Report: A Chronic Toxicity, 0ncogenieity and Multigeneration Repro­ductive Study Using CA-I Mice to Evaluate Frozen Thermally Sterilized, Cobalt-60 Irradiated and I -MeV Electron Irradiated Chicken Meat. The Ralston Purina Company, June 1983.

Levina, AI, and Ivanov, AE: Pathomorphology of the kidneys in rats after ingestion prolonged of irradiated foods. Bulletin of Experimental Biological Medicine Feb­ruary 1978:236-238.

Ivanov, AE, and Levina, AI: Pathomorphological changes in the testes of rats fed on products irradiated with gamma rays. Bulletin of Experimental Biological Medicine 1981; 91: 232.

Swaminathan, MS, et al.. Mutation incidence in drosophilia melanogaster reared on irradiated medium. Science August 1963: 437-438.

Rinehart, RR, and Ratly, FL: Mutation in drosophilia melanogaster cultured on irradiated food. Genetics December 1965:119-126.

Rinehart RR and Ratly, FL: Mutation in drosophilia melanogaster cultured on irradiated whole food or food components.

Bhaskaram, C, and Sadavasian, G: Effects of feeding irradiated wheat to malnourished children. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition February 1975 130-135.






Potential Health Hazards
of Food Irradiation
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Verbatim Excerpts from Expert Testimony
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
INTO FOOD IRRADIATION
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
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~ JUNE 19 1987 ~
Excerpted from the testimony of
1.
S. G. Srikantia, B.Sc.,.B.B.S., D.Sc.
Professor of Food and Nutrition,
University of Mysore, India;
Former Director,
National Institute of Nutrition,
Hyderabad, India.

2.
Donald R Louria, Ph.D.,
Chairman, Department of
Preventive Medicine and Community Health,
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey

3.
George L Tritsch, Ph D
Cancer Research Scientist,
Roswell Park Memorial Institute,
New York State Department of Health


4.
Richard Piccioni, Ph D ,
Senior Staff Scientist,
Accord Research and Educational Associates
New York, NY.

http://www.ccnr.org/food_irradiation.html
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/articles/irradiation_main.html
http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Food-Last-Forever-TOC.htm

There's more out there, but I'm tired, and i think that's more than enough to chew on.

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Permalink Reply by Francis on November 22, 2008 at 6:33pm

Cool, thanks.

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