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ESSAY OF THE WEEKANY VOLUNTEERS?
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Would you knowingly volunteer to be part of a giant experiment that could have
dangerous implications for your health? Probably not.



But the author of this week’s essay argues that we are all just that—unwitting
lab rats in an experiment designed by the industrial chemical agriculture giants
whose only motive is profits, not science.

In this week’s essay, Dave Chapman, executive director of the Real Organic Project
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health, destroying plant and animal health, destroying human health—and if that
weren’t bad enough, destabilizing our climate.

Chapman says that industrial ag “has chosen yield over taste, and shelf life
over nourishment.” Pointing to research on the relationship between soil health
and human health, he writes:

“For the first time in history, humans are eating food grown without the benefit
of a healthy soil microbiome. The health consequences are likely to be very
serious. Any volunteers to participate in this experiment? It is hard to avoid
volunteering.”

According to Chapman, humans have evolved to thrive on a diet rich in antioxidants and polyphenols
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Read ‘May the Fork Be With You’
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ACTION ALERTLABEL LOOPHOLE

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When you see a “Product of U.S.A.” label on a package of meat you should be able
to assume that the meat you’re looking at came from an animal raised and
processed here in the U.S.



But chances are, the meat or some portion of it was actually imported from
another country.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Services Agency allows the use of the
“Product of U.S.A.” label on any beef as long as the meat passed through a
U.S.-based inspection plant, and/or was blended with meat from animals that were
born and raised in the U.S.

This policy defrauds consumers who are committed to supporting local producers,
and who assume the label means what it says.

The policy also hurts U.S. ranchers, especially those who produce grass-fed and
grass-finished beef from cattle born, raised and processed in the U.S.

It’s time to close this labeling loophole.

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to stop grass-fed beef fraud!
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MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO'SUGGESTION OF DEATH'

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At last count, nearly 42,000 people have joined lawsuits against Monsanto
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This week, U.S. Right to Know’s [[link removed]] Carey Gillam reports
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death, or have suffered such extreme health problems that their ability to
undergo the rigors of depositions and trials has become limited.”

Some of those deceased or dying plaintiffs will be represented at trial by
family members, under a legal process called “Suggestion of Death.”
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Gillam also reports on the status of the upcoming trials, and on the story of
Chris and Elaine Stevick. Elaine was the first to sue Bayer, alleging that her
repeated use of Roundup caused her cancer. Now, her husband, Chris—who often
mixed Roundup for his wife and tested the sprayer used to dispense the weed
killer, has chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Meanwhile, we have a suggestion of our own for Monsanto-Bayer: Stop killing
people.

Read 'Cancer Taking Toll as New Roundup Trials Near'
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SUPPORT OCA & CRLIN. YOUR. FACE.
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The Trump administration has officially abandoned any last shred of pretense
when it comes to the role of U.S. regulatory agencies.

Those agencies, funded by your tax dollars, now exist for the sole purpose of
protecting corporate profits.

The latest in-your-face assault on your health and safety?

The (under this administration, laughably still named) U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) wants to “limit the scientific and medical research that
the government can use to determine public health regulations”—even though
scientists and physicians say the new rule would “undermine the scientific
underpinnings of government policymaking,” according to the New York Times.

That’s right. We don’t want any scientific or medical research getting in the
way of writing “environmental protection” policy.

The new euphemistically named “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science”
proposal would require scientists to disclose all of their raw data, including
confidential medical records, before the agency could consider an academic
study’s conclusions.

As the Times reports, this “would make it more difficult to enact new clean air
and water rules because many studies detailing the links between pollution and
disease rely on personal health information gathered under confidentiality
agreements.”

Even worse? The proposal could apply retroactively to public health regulations
already in place.

Goodbye health and safety, hello smog and mercury-contaminated waterways.

Maybe this administration figures that the more they attack us, the weaker and
more overwhelmed we’ll become. Until we just give up.

We’re not willing to give up. Are you?

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK'GROUND WAR'
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Andrew Nisker’s dad was a health nut. And a golfer.

After his dad died—of a rare type of blood cancer called mantle cell
lymphoma—Nisker, a documentary filmmaker went looking for answers.

As reported
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course, listing the pesticides used on the golf course.

The tally, for just that one year, came to 16 products—including 2,4-D, a
component of the Vietnam War-era Agent Orange herbicide
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If you or your kids play outside, you’ll want to watch this film when it’s
available. Or sign up
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Watch the ‘Ground War’ trailer
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Read ‘Golf, Pesticides and a Father’s Death’
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Host a ‘Ground War’ screening
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TAKE ACTION: Ask your state lawmakers to ban chlorpyrifos!
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to ban Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller
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END FACTORY FARMINGTURKEY TRAVESTY

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Thanksgiving dinner means only one thing for millions of us: turkey. Of the 100
million turkeys on farms around the U.S., 46 million [[link removed]] of them will be eaten on Thanksgiving Day.

When turkeys arrive at our supermarkets, plucked and cleaned, there’s nothing to
alert most of us to the conditions endured by most of the birds that eventually
land on our holiday tables.

But the vast majority of the turkeys we eat come from industrial factory farms,
where as many as 25,000 birds—pumped full of antibiotics
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The lives of industrially produced turkeys are short and miserable. And the
environmental damage and human health consequences of supporting factory farm
turkey producers are well-documented.

What’s the alternative? Organic, pasture-raised turkey from farmers who treat
the birds humanely and are also good stewards of the land.

Read ‘Factory Farmed Turkeys—Nothing to be Thankful For’
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Holiday Turkey Buying Guide
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Map of regenerative turkey producers
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DIG DEEPER: Read this new report on animal welfare labeling claims
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TAKE ACTION: Make a tax-deductible donation to our ‘End Factory Farming’
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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING

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Shocking Truth How Google Censors Health News
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There Are 2,000 Untested Chemicals in Packaged Foods — and It’s Legal
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Thailand Wants to Ban These Three Pesticides. The U.S. Government Says No.
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Scientific American Warns: 5G Is Unsafe
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EPA to Limit Science Used to Write Health Rules
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Olive Oil Lobby to FDA: Regulate Us, Please
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Trans Fats Linked to Increased Risk for Alzheimer’s
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