Archive for 2006
« Previous EntriesA Warm and Fuzzy Feeling
Thursday, December 28th, 2006Yes, the world is getting warmer, but the Earth does this roughly every 1,500 years, and we cannot stop it. The good news is humans and most other species tend to do better during the warm periods.
There is a wonderful new book, “Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years,” by distinguished climate physicist Fred Singer […]
Elite Magazine Says High-Yield Farmers Are Saving Wildlife
Friday, December 22nd, 2006The Economist, one of the most influential magazines in the world, is lavishing praise on non other than the world’s high-yield farmers—for saving the planet’s wildlands and wild species!
That’s right, a powerful media outlet is touting the environmental triumph of those oft-reviled farmers who grow food using industrial fertilizers, chemical sprays, and […]
Bovine Growth Hormone
Thursday, December 21st, 2006Terry Etherton’s Blog
By Rich Maloof for MSN Health & Fitness
Reality Check
The synthetic growth hormone is used to help cows produce milk more efficiently.
Growth hormones exist naturally in a dairy cow and in the milk she produces. The hormone, called bovine somatotropin (bST) or bovine growth hormone (bGH), is a determining factor in how much milk […]
Don’t be Afraid of rbST
Monday, December 18th, 2006Health News Digest
By Michael D. Shaw, Contributing Columnist
Excerpt…
Just what is rbST?…rbST stands for Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin [trade name POSILAC®], a meta-natural version of the naturally occurring hormone bST (Bovine somatatrophin), present in the pituitary glands of all cattle. bST has always been present in cow’s milk at a concentration of about 10 parts-per-billion. Thus, ever […]
Two More Global Warming False Alarms
Friday, December 15th, 2006The global warming debate has developed a pattern: In part A, a scientist makes a scary claim and gets headlines for himself, and his funding source, across the known world. In part B, a few months later new evidence blows the scary claim away—but with no press coverage of its demise.
Two […]
African-American Organization Urges FDA to Stop Deceptive Marketing of ‘No rBST Milk’
Thursday, December 14th, 2006NOAAH: Low-Income Consumers Needlessly Paying More for Identical Milk
Kevin Marchman
AfricanAmericanTimes.net
Excerpt…
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Organization for African Americans in Housing (NOAAH), a non-profit advocate for low-income citizens, has called on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to stop dairy processors from deceptively marketing “no rBST” milk, which is identical to other milk but costs more.
In […]
Feedstuffs Food Link Interview with Alex Avery
Monday, December 11th, 2006Interview by Trent Luce
Feedstuffs
Trent Luce interview with Alex Avery about his new book, The Truth About Organic Foods. Alex Avery explains that the book is designed to be used as a tool to help consumers distinguish fact from fiction about organic foods by cutting through the marketing hype.
To watch the interview with Alex Avery, click […]
Can British Wine Grapes Resolve A Global Warming Question?
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006British wine grapes are suddenly in the midst of the global warming controversy.
Historic records tell us that Britain grew wine grapes 2000 years ago during the Roman Warming, and 1000 years ago during the Medieval Warming. Since 1300, however, Britain has been too cold for wine grapes. The debate: Is human-induced warming boosting British […]
Bovine Somatotropin
Monday, December 4th, 2006Feedstuffs
Excerpt…
Bovine somatotropin (bST) is a tool used by dairy producers to enhance milk production and improve the efficiency of dairy operations. bST is a natural protein produced in the pituitary glands of cattle. Milk from cows receiving supplemental bST is unchanged. Supplemental bST use allows dairy farmers to produce more milk with fewer cows.
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How Americans Are Living Dangerously
Saturday, November 25th, 2006We worry too much about overhyped threats, and ignore the things that really put us at risk
By JEFFREY KLUGER
TIME
It would be a lot easier to enjoy your life if there weren’t so many things trying to kill you every day. The problems start even before you’re fully awake. There’s the fall out of bed that […]