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vrijdag 17 augustus 2018

Monsanto's kankerverwekkende glyfosaat aangetroffen in ontbijtproducten voor kinderen.......

Een nieuw hoofdstuk in Monsanto's doorlopende vergiftiging van de wereld met het smerige Roundup (hoogstwaarschijnlijk één van de hoofddaders voor het uitmoorden van onze insecten*). Julia Conley schreef het hieronder opgenomen artikel op Common Dreams over deze zaak (overgenomen van Anti-Media).

Monsanto is al jaren op de hoogte van het feit dat glyfosaat, de werkzame gifstof in Roundup, levensgevaarlijk is, maar steekt liever kapitalen in pogingen het wetenschappelijk onderzoek te ontkrachten, dat keer op keer het gevaar van Roundup voor de volksgezondheid aantoont......

Zelfs 'GroenLinks' oplichter en EU grofgraaier Eickhout was voor het 5 jaar langer toestaan van Roundup in de EU, ondanks dat hij op de hoogte is van het gevaar voor de volksgezondheid en het lot van insecten door deze letterlijke kankertroep......**

Nu blijkt dus dat glyfosaat zelfs in voedsel voor kinderen is teruggevonden, lees het volgende verontrustende artikel van Julia Conley:

Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing Weedkiller Found in Popular Children’s Foods

August 16, 2018 at 10:11 am
Written by Julia Conley

(CD— A study of dozens of popular oat-based breakfast foods delivered sobering news this week when almost all of the products examined by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) were found to contain the chemical glyphosate.

We’re very concerned that consumers are eating more glyphosate than they know,” said Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs at EWG, in a statement.

Glyphosate is classified as a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization (WHO) and was listed last year as a chemical known to cause cancer by California.

Out of 45 products “made with conventionally grown oats,” all but two were found to contain glyphosate. EWG also tested two organic brands, detecting the chemical in five samples.

Thirty-one of the breakfast foods were found to contain levels of glyphosate that were higher than the level that EWG deems safe for children.

Quaker Simply Granola, Giant Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Dinosaur Eggs Instant Oatmeal, and Quaker Steel Cut Oats had some of the highest levels of the chemical.

Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, claims that glyphosate and Roundup are not unsafe for humans—but a jury in California vehemently disagreed with them last week, ruling in favor of a man who blamed Roundup for causing his cancer.

The company was ordered to pay $289 million in damages to Dewayne Johnson, who worked for years as a school groundskeeper in California.

Thousands of farm workers and others who have come into contact with Roundup are reportedly also preparing to take legal action against the company after developing cancer.

In light of the lawsuit and the World Health Organization’s 2015 conclusion that the chemical is a “probable carcinogen,” said EWG on Wednesday, “It is very troubling that cereals children like to eat contain glyphosate.”

Parents shouldn’t worry about whether feeding their children healthy oat foods will also expose them to a chemical linked to cancer. The government must take steps to protect our most vulnerable populations,” said Alexis Temkin, Ph.D, a toxicologist at the organization.

However, EWG cautioned consumers against waiting for President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take any action in light of the startling study. In December the agency issued a “deeply flawed” analysis, one which relied heavily on industry studies, which claimed that glyphosate is not harmful for humans.

We will petition the Environmental Protection Agency to do its job and end uses of glyphosate that resulted in the contamination we report today,” EWG president Ken Cook said. “But we very much doubt our petition will be acted upon by President Trump’s lawless EPA. So we’re calling on the companies to make these iconic products with clean ingredients.”

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*  Zie: 'Greenpeace vraagt Australische regering de verkoop van Roundup aan banden te leggen, nadat een VS rechter oordeelde dat het gif kankerverwekkend is.....'

** Zie: 'Bas Eickhout ('GroenLinks' EU): het is nodig dat glyfosaat nog 5 jaar gebruikt mag worden......... ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!'



'Voedselfraude in de VS >> als het aan de EU ligt binnenkort ook in onze supermarkten......'

'Bayer oefent druk uit op Nederland voor nieuw 'bijengif.......''

'TTIP: wat ons te wachten staat >> verboden labeling van o.a. genetisch gemanipuleerde voeding......'

'Van Dam (PvdA staatssecretaris), Monsanto lobbyist..... EU tekent waarschijnlijk voor nog 7 jaar lang vergiftiging mens en dier met glyfosaat.........'

'Monsanto 'liefdadigheidsorganisatie die zich inzet voor wereldvoedselprobleem......''

'Monsanto en EPA hebben samen Roundup veilig verklaart >> Alweer een 'samenzweringstheorie' verheven tot waarheid'

'Timmermans' Europese Commissie dreigt in strijd met de regels het kankerverwekkend glyfosaat, opnieuw toe te laten op de EU markt.............'

'EU: verbiedt het uiterst gevaarlijke glyfosaat voorgoed!' (Helaas, te vroeg gejuicht...)

'Glyfosaat, de leugens van Monsanto over dit kankerverwekkend gif..........'

'Op aardbei zes keer meer landbouwgif dan op ander fruit.........'

'EPA tegenstrijdig over glyfosaat >> EU 'politici' laten als ware lobbyisten van o.a. gifmenger Monsanto het kankerverwekkende Roundup nog eens 5 jaar op ons los....'

'Corruptie: Europese Commissie maakt gemene zaak met Monsanto (over toestaan glyfosaat!')

'Monsanto heeft moeite zich in Armenië te vestigen door de bemoeienis van System of a Down voorman!'

'Vietnam eist genoegdoening voor gebruik Agent Orange door VS in Vietnam oorlog'

Zie daarnaast ook: Verbied gebruik glyfosaat tot er bewijzen zijn (De Standaard): http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170426_02852617 en Monsanto koopt wetenschap die de onschuld van glyfosaat bewijst:

zaterdag 11 augustus 2018

'Protection Environmental Agency' staat gebruik asbest weer toe.......

Het Environmental Protecion Agency (EPA) is er o.a. om de burgers in de VS te beschermen tegen gevaarlijke chemische stoffen, echter daar komt in de praktijk geen bliksem van terecht, zo bleek afgelopen 1 juni, toen de EPA het gebruik van het zwaar kankerverwekkende asbest weer toestond......... Het moet dan wel gaan om 'echt nieuwe gebruiksregels' (SNUR >> Significant New Use Rule).......

Neemt niet weg dat men ook asbest weer mag gebruiken voor dakbedekking en de restricties zullen in de praktijk vrijwel niet tot verboden op het gebruik van asbest leiden.....

Hoe is 't mogelijk mensen..??!!! Een overheidsorgaan dat een stof toestaat waarvoor bij wijze van spreken kilometers aan bewijzen liggen dat het zwaar kankerverwekkend is...... Ach ja, zoals bij ons heel vaak de centen voorgaan op de volksgezondheid, is het in de VS een 'nationale sport' om de producten van bedrijven toe te staan die schadelijk zijn voor de volksgezondheid...... (men is zelfs bezig om de etikettering van deze stoffen niet langer verplicht te stellen, dan wel te alsnog te verplichten.....) E.e.a. blijkt ook weer uit het hieronder opgenomen artikel van Sydney Franklin dat werd gepubliceerd op National News Product Technology. Jaarlijks overlijden alleen in de VS al 40.000 mensen aan de gevolgen van asbestkanker (ook wel mesothelioom genoemd).....

Moet je nagaan dat er in Washington al vanaf begin vorig jaar een peperdure EU lobbyclub zit, die het liefst vandaag nog het TTIP verdrag getekend wil hebben..... Als Trump al geneigd zou zijn dit te doen, is het zeker, dat ook fabrieken die in hun producten asbest hebben verwerkt, deze producten mogen gaan verkopen in de EU, immers Trump heeft alleen oog voor de belangen van VS bedrijven.........

EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing

By SYDNEY FRANKLIN • August 6, 2018



The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has enacted a SNUR (Significant New Rule) allowing companies to use new asbestos-containing products on a case-by-case basis. (Courtesy Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center)

One of the most dangerous construction-related carcinogens is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a new rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Fast Company recently reported that on June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) which allows new products containing asbestos to be created on a case-by-case basis. 

According to environmental advocates, this new rule gives chemical companies the upper hand in creating new uses for harmful products in the United States. In May, the EPA released a report detailing its new framework for evaluating the risk of its top prioritized substances. The report states that the agency will no longer consider the effect or presence of substances in the air, ground, or water in its risk assessments.

This news comes after the EPA reviewed its first batch of 10 chemicals under the 2016 amendment to the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which requires the agency to continually reevaluate hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals in lieu of removing them from the market or placing new restrictions on their use. The SNUR greenlights companies to use toxic chemicals like asbestos without consideration about how they will endanger people who are indirectly in contact with them.

Asbestos was widely used in building insulation up until it was banned in most countries in the 1970s. The U.S. is one of the only nations in the world that has placed significant restrictions on the substance without banning it completely. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) revealed in April that asbestos-related deaths now total nearly 40,000 annually, with lung cancer and mesothelioma being the most common illnesses in association with the toxin. That number could rise if new asbestos-containing products make their way into new buildings.

A close-up photo of roofing with asbestos
Asbestos poses a major health risk for everyone who comes into contact with it, both directly and indirectly. (Courtesy OSHA Safety Manual)

Healthy Building Network (HBN), an environmental advocacy group, told Fast Company that the fibrous material poses a major health risk for everyone exposed to it, including those who mine it, those who handle it in industrial facilities, as well as people near or inside renovation and construction projects where it’s being used. HBN’s Board President Bill Walsh said that the chlor-alkali industry is the only industry in the country that still uses asbestos, reportedly importing about 480 tons of the carcinogen each year from Russia and Brazil. 

Walsh pointed out that chlorine-based plastics are commonly found in building-product materials and that “virtually all” asbestos in the U.S. is used in the industrial process to make chlorine. This includes PVC and vinyl plastics, which is largely found in the creation of pipes, tiles, flooring, adhesives, paints, and roofing products.

As the world’s largest exporter of asbestos, the Russian company Uralasbest operates an enormous open mine nearly half the size of Manhattanin a mountainous town 900 miles northeast of Moscow, according to the Center for Public Integrity. The company has support from the government and President Vladimir Putin, even though their economic success exposes the local residents to major health risks. Once referred to as “the dying city,” Asbest’s residents have reported the carcinogenic dust is often found as a thick film over garden vegetables, laundry lines, and even on the floors of their homes.

A photo on social media of President Trump's face as a seal on Russian asbestos shipping pallets
Uralasbest, a Russian mining company and the world’s largest supplier of asbestos, posted a photo in June of President Trump’s face as a seal on their shipping pallets. (Via the Uralasbest company Facebook Page)
Earlier last month, The Washington Post noted that the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the ADAO had discovered a controversial post on Uralasbest’s Facebook page showing photos of company pallets stamped with a seal of U.S. President Donald Trump’s face. Trump has long been vocal about his skepticism on the harmful effects of asbestos, citing in his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback, that anti-asbestos efforts were “led by the mob.” In 2012, he tweeted that the World Trade Center might not have burned had the fire-retardant material not been removed from the towers. It’s estimated that 400 tons of asbestos fiber went into the structures before the developers stopped it from being used further in 1971. 

Asbestos, while already legal for some uses, has not been as widely used in U.S. construction since nearly 60 countries forbid it from use over 40 years ago. Though the EPA is now easing its regulations against integrating the harmful toxin and others like it under the Trump administration, it will largely be the responsibility of local and state governments, as well as companies and informed consumers to counter these new federal moves. Walsh says it’s up to sustainable building-product manufacturers and ultimately, architects to pressure the market.

Architects really set the pace of design, in terms of aesthetics and materials that we like,” he said. “If they start to incorporate health-based criteria into their palette, it could really have an influence on what the manufacturers produce.”

The EPA told The Washington Post it will conduct further studies on the first 10 chemicals under the amended TSCA and final risk evaluations will published in December 2019.