儘管美藥檢局(FDA)關注，美國化學理事會堅持雙酚A對人是安全的
Despite FDA concern, American Chemistry Council insists Bisphenol A is safe for everyone
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
(NaturalNews) The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has never met a chemical it didn't like. The organization is a chemical advocacy group whose members include all the largest chemical producers such as Monsanto, Bayer, Merck, Chevron, DuPont and many more. It's like a Who's Who of companies whose products pollute the world, in my opinion.
（NaturalNews）美國化學理事會（ACC）從來沒有見過它不喜歡的化學品，那組織是一個化學鼓吹組，其成員包括所有最大的化工企業，如孟山都，拜耳，默克公司，雪佛龍，杜邦和很多。這就像公司的誰是誰，其產品污染世界，在我看來。
Much like Big Tobacco did with nicotine -- "It's not addictive, we swear!" -- the ACC says bisphenol A (BPA) is perfectly safe for you. Drink all you want!
As the ACC's Lisa Harrison told CBS News, "What's important to remember is the FDA indicated that the BPA has not been proven harmful to children or adults."
This is the default position of all the chemical companies who poison our bodies and our planet: All synthetic chemicals are "safe" until you prove them dangerous.
It's a hazardous assumption to make, of course. The more reasonable assumption would be that all synthetic chemicals are dangerous until proven safe, but that position wouldn't allow these companies to sell very many chemicals, would it?
美藥檢局的陰謀 去推廣危險化學品
The FDA's conspiracy to promote dangerous chemicals
The FDA, for its part, has been engaged in a conspiracy of silence to avoid admitting that BPA is dangerous for human health. This conspiracy was recently shattered when the FDA's own science advisors blasted the agency for ignoring over 100 published studies showing BPA was dangerous. The FDA, you see, had discarded those 100+ studies and, instead, based its conclusions on just two studies that happened to be funded by the chemical industry.
That's how the FDA operates across the board: Ignore all the science you don't like, and cherry-pick the science you want to believe, even if it's all been funded by the chemical companies. By relying on that gimmick, the FDA was able to maintain its intellectually dishonest position that BPA posed no risk to human healthThere's also evidence of corruption and fraud in the FDA's position on BPA. Did you know, for example, that the chairman of the FDA panel making a key decision on BPA "safety" -- Martin Philbert -- also sits at the top of a company that received a secret $5 million payment (http://www.naturalnews.com/026400_B...).
But the scientific evidence against BPA is now so large than even the FDA can't continue to stonewall the public on this issue. BPA is dangerous to human health, and it should be banned from all items that come into contact with foods (which includes soup can linings, food packaging, water bottles and much more...).
As Kelly Wallace from CBC News discovered, just eating one tuna sandwich caused BPA levels in her blood to soar to over five times the average BPA level found in the blood of American consumers (and that "average" level is dangerous to begin with). (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010...)
http://www.naturalnews.com/027975_American_Chemistry_Council_BPA.html
在食品罐頭及嬰兒奶瓶發現的化學物'與心臟病有關 '
Chemical found in food tins and baby’s bottles 'linked to heart problems'
Friday, 15 January 2010 12:09
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Chemical found in food tins and baby’s bottles 'linked to heart problems'
在食品罐頭及嬰兒奶瓶發現的化學物'與心臟病有關'
A chemical found in food tins and baby’s bottles has been linked to an increased risk of developing heart problems.
一種化學物被發現於食品罐頭及嬰兒奶瓶，與心臟病發展的風險增加有關。
By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent
Published: 7:30AM GMT 13 Jan 2010
An estimated nine in 10 people have traces of Bisphenol A, or BPA, in their bodies.
據估計10個人中9個有雙酚A的痕跡(或BPA)在他們的身體內。
Scientists found that those with high levels of the chemicals in their bodies were a third more likely to develop heart disease than those with low levels.
科學家們發現在他們的身體內有高水平的化學物，是三分一人比低水平的更易患心髒病。
The findings follow similar results from a study last year and prove that they were not a “blip” researchers said.
BPA is one of the world’s most common chemicals, used to make everything from plastic bottles to compact discs and credit card receipts.
But it has been at the centre of controversy amid claims that it can cause developmental problems in children.
Previous studies in animals have suggested that BPA, which mimics the effect of oestrogen in the body, could cause the early onset of puberty and even trigger obesity.
In response some manufacturers have started to make products without BPA, in particular baby’s bottles.
Tests carried out on more than 1,400 Americans between 2005 and 2006, as part of a nationwide study, show those with the highest levels of BPA in their bodies were 33 per cent more likely to develop heart disease than those with the lowest levels.
A study carried on a similar group between 2003 and 2004 suggested that those with large amounts of BPA in their bodies were twice as likely to develop heart disease.
However, that group had been exposed to higher levels of BPA, which could explain the difference, researchers said.
However, they warned that they did not understand the biological reason for the link between BPA and heart disease.
Prof Tamara Galloway, from the University of Exeter, a member of the research team, said: "We now need to investigate what causes these health risk associations in more detail and to clarify whether they are caused by BPA itself or by some other factor linked to BPA exposure.
She added: “The risks associated with exposure to BPA may be small, but they are relevant to very large numbers of people."
Prof David Melzer, from the Peninsula Medical School, who led the research, published in the journal, PLoS ONE, added: "This is only the second analysis of BPA in a large human population sample.
“It has allowed us to largely confirm our original analysis and exclude the possibility that our original findings were a statistical 'blip'"
More than two million tonnes of BPA are thought to be produced across the world every year.
猜想每年有超過200萬噸雙酚A在世界各地生產。
http://www.theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2567%3Achemical-found-in-food-tins-and-babys-bottles-linked-to-heart-problems-&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=64&lang=en
測試顯示差不多所有罐頭食物都有毒
Tests Reveal Poison in Nearly All Canned Foods
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The food processing world is reeling right now one day after a shocking new series of tests released by Consumer Reports revealed that many leading brands of canned foods contain Bisphenol A (BPA)—a toxic chemical linked to health risks including reproductive abnormalities, neurological effects, heightened risk of breast and prostate cancers, diabetes, heart disease and other serious health problems.BPA is used in the lining of cans and the toxin leaches from the lining into the food.
According to Consumer Reports just a couple of servings of canned food can exceed scientific limits on daily exposure for children.
The federal government is currently studying the dangers of BPA and advocates are calling on the FDA to ban the use of BPA in food and beverage packaging by the end of the year. Companies in other industries, including Wal-Mart, Target, Nalgene, and Babies R Us have already made commitments to stop using BPA.
The food industry, however, is fighting hard to stop any government regulation. They say it is too logistically complicated to move away from BPA-lined cans.
http://www.doomdaily.com/2009/tests-reveal-poison-in-nearly-all-canned-foods/
消耗人造牛油與降低兒童智商有關
Margarine Consumption Linked to Lower IQ of Children
Friday, February 12, 2010
by: David Gutierrez, staff writer
(NaturalNews) A recent study on dietary influences on IQ turned up a surprising connection: children who ate margarine regularly scored significantly lower on intelligence tests than their peers.
The study was conducted by researchers from Auckland University in New Zealand and published in the journal Intelligence.
Researchers studied the dietary intake and intelligence scores of children born in the mid-1990s.
"We found a number of dietary factors to be significantly associated with intelligence measures," the researchers said. "The association between margarine consumption and IQ scores was the most consistent and novel finding."
After adjusting for other factors that might influence IQ, including socioeconomic status, the researchers found that children who ate margarine daily scored three points lower on IQ tests by the age of three-and-a-half than children with lower margarine consumption.
By the age of seven, the average IQ scores of some margarine eaters were six points below those of their peers. This occurred only in children who had been born underweight, suggesting that disadvantaged brains might be more vulnerable to diet-induced problems.
Because the study was correlational, researchers were unable to determine what exactly caused the IQ gap between the two groups of children. They suspect, however, that the culprit may be transfats, also known as partially hydrogenated oils.
Formed by adding hydrogen atoms to unsaturated vegetable oils, transfats have a longer shelf life and are more solid at room temperature than natural vegetable oils. In the mid-1990s, margarines were made with up to 17 percent transfats. In recent years, however, scientists discovered that not only do transfats have no nutritional value, they also drastically increase the risk of heart attack and death in those who consume them.
Most margarines now contain approximately 1 percent transfats.
Sian Porter of the British Dietetic Association noted that while margarine tends to be healthier than butter, dietary consumption of both should be kept low.
Sources for this story include: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/.
http://www.naturalnews.com/028150_margarine_intelligence.html
科學家們說癌症'純是人為的'，在發現埃及木乃伊幾乎沒有一絲疾病遺跡後
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