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New York Times reporter Marian Burros wrote herself onto Page One on Jan. 23 with a scaremongering story titled "High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi." Burros found that a regular, weekly diet of six pieces of the tuna sushi found in five Manhattan restaurants and stores "would exceed the levels considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency" and quoted a professor of environmental and occupational medicine saying, "No one should eat a meal of tuna with mercury levels like those found in the restaurant samples more than about once every three weeks." As I write, the article is the fifth most popular e-mailed Times article. Before you jab yourself in the eyes with your chopsticks and swear off bluefin forever, consider the scientific findings on fish consumption.
Low Back Disorders Chapter Released
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has released an extensive update to its evidence-based practice guidelines. The chapter on low back disorders is the latest revision to ACOEM's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines: Evaluation and Management of Common Health Problems and Functional Recovery in Workers, 2nd Ed., currently in wide-spread use across the country. Subscribers to UMK Professional (Utilization Management Knowledgebase), or the ACOEM Guidelines Electronic Version, have immediate access to the low back chapter free of charge. A crucial part of the updating process was ACOEM's adoption of a new more meticulous strength-of-evidence rating methodology which incorporates the highest scientific standards for reviewing evidence-based literature.
Mercury in sushi a danger in NYC
NEW YORK: New Yorkers choked on their beloved sushi yesterday after reading that eating only six pieces of raw tuna a week could put them above government safety levels for mercury. Laboratory tests performed by The New York Times found so much mercury in tuna sushi from 20 Manhattan shops and restaurants that a weekly diet of six pieces would exceed the maximum set by the Environmental Protection Agency. Sushi from five of the 20 outlets had such high mercury levels that the Food and Drug Administration could take legal action to remove the fish from the market. "No one should eat a meal of tuna with mercury levels like those found in the restaurant samples more than about once every three weeks," Michael Gochfeld, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey, told the newspaper.
Weight-loss operation can send diabetics into remission
Having tried most methods (including low carb) to deal with weight loss, I found the surgery was more effective. Shortly after the surgery my health improved and I had significantly fewer visits to my doctor. Sadly it was only temporary fix with VBG. I may be dealing with a different set of issues now but I know that bariatric surgery is effective in treating the disease and other symptoms of obesity. Posted 24/01/08 at 8:39 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
UMDNJ-School of Public Health joins child study
The UMDNJ-School of Public Health in Piscataway will join forces with the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute in a vast new federal research project targeting children's health. The National Children's Study will run for more than two decades, making it the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children's health ever attempted in the United States. The study will follow 100,000 children from before birth to age 21, seeking information that will uncover new ways to prevent and treat some of the nation's most pressing childhood health problems, including autism, birth defects, diabetes, heart disease and obesity. "We are especially excited about helping to lead such a monumental study," said Dr. George Rhoads, chairman of the Department of Epidemiology, UMDNJ-School of Public Health.
Pension bonus rule eased
Both these entities are absolutely brilliant at giving in one hand and taking it from the other. And the funniest part of the act? - We all say thanks very much - at the end of it. Posted by: wazha on the hill of Crossdale 9:01am today Comment 1 of 1 .
Some Wood Floor Finishes Are A Likely Source Of PCB Exposure
A case study to be published in the online open access journal Environmental Health suggests that old wood floor finishes in some homes may be an overlooked source of exposure to the now banned environmental pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
PCBs are persistent organic pollutants identified worldwide as human blood and breast milk contaminants. They were widely used in industry as cooling and insulating fluids for electrical equipment as well as in construction and domestic products such as varnishes and caulks. PCBs were banned in the 1970s because of their high toxicity. PCBs are associated with thyroid toxicity, effects on immune, reproductive, nervous, and endocrine systems, and cancer effects including breast cancer. The research by the Silent Spring Institute shows that current exposure from old wood floor finishes may be even more significant for some people than their diet.
Ron Paul 2008(R)
He states that the "inflation tax" is a tax on the poor, because the Federal Reserve prints more money which subsidizes select industries, while poor people pay higher prices for goods as more money is placed in circulation.[66] His warnings of impending economic crisis and a loss of confidence in the dollar in 2005 and 2006 were at the time derided by many economists, but accelerating dollar devaluation in 2007 has led experts like former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan to reconsider Paul's hard money policies. [edit] Opposition to inflation and the Federal Reserve Paul adheres deeply to Austrian school economics and libertarian criticism of fractional-reserve banking, opposing fiat increases to money in circulation;[67] he has authored six books on the subjects, has pictures of classical liberal economists Friedrich Hayek, Murray Rothbard, and Ludwig von Mises hanging on his office wall,[68][69] and is a distinguished counselor to the Mises Institute.[70] Paul opposes inflation as an underhanded form of taxation, because it takes value away from the money that individuals hold without having to directly tax them.
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